Amazing Comics: Spider-Man
Chapter 78: New Duds
Previous Chapter Next ChapterPeter examined his nose in the mirror of one of the bathrooms in the Triskellion, prodding it with his fingers to see if it still hurt.
It of course had healed overnight, as had the cut on the side of his head, and he had been emailed by Fury to come to the Triskellion to try out the new suit that'd been developed for him.
He'd questioned the word 'developed' instead of stitched up but he'd decided to go along with it.
He left the bathroom and headed down to the meeting room where Fury was waiting.
"Parker, just in time" Fury said with a smile as Peter walked in "We've just finished folding it and putting it in this box"
"So I missed the fun bit?" Peter asked.
"Afraid so kiddo" Fury shrugged, turning around the S.H.I.E.L.D brand box and sliding it across the table to Peter.
Peter caught the box and unclasped it, taking an excited breath before lifting the lid up.
The first thing he noticed about the new suit was the colour of it. While his original suit was a modified ski suit with faded colours and fraying stitches this new one was a much sleeker and darker shade, instead of the faded crimson it used to be the red was now a beautiful wine red colour, complimenting the new navy blue colours replacing the old cerulean it had once been.
The second thing he noticed was the web patterns, instead of being printed onto the suit they were now standing as a raised pattern off the outfit, made out of a strange plastic. Then he noticed the eyes, no longer the cheap and tacky lenses they once were these were professionally tempered plates that were fastened securely onto the mask.
He picked up his new favourite thing in the world and felt the material, it being a smooth yet durable and still extremely flexible one, looking at the mask with a wide grin seeing that it had been stylized to fit the shape of his head and now had a magnetic collar line that would attach to the collar of the suit itself so it no longer had to hang in the tacky fashion it once did.
"Don't just stand there and look at it, we made it for you to wear it kid" Fury said "I'll still be here when you get back"
Peter nodded, heading back to the bathroom and trying on the suit, the much tighter material feeling stiffer but thinner than ever before with less hang on areas the old one didn't cling to as tightly. It also fit him so well that it never seemed to crease while he stood around.
He walked back into the room with his mask in hand and a wide grin on his face, rolling his shoulders and cracking his neck.
"Oh yeah... this is awesome" he smirked.
"Good, now do you want me to tell you what modifications we made to it?" Fury asked "Or do you wanna figure it out by yourself?"
"Would I want to drive a car down the street at top speed without knowing how to stop it?" Peter asked with a cocked eyebrow.
"Fair point" Fury chuckled "We'll start with the material, the reason the suit feels tighter than before, or at least it should, is because its been laced with a new form of ultra thin material that has the same non-conductive property of rubber, meaning that if you ever go up against Electro again wearing that he won't be able to zap you"
"That's good to know" Peter nodded "Electrocution is not a fun pass time"
"Agreed, secondly, the material is insulated so there'll be no need to splash out on this thermals when the winter comes as the suit'll keep most of your body heat inside when it's cold" Fury said.
"But won't that just cause me to sweat more during the summer if it's already thermal layered?"
"No, because the material of the suit is temperature sensitive, it's designed for the small holes on the suit to shrink when it's exposed to colder temperatures while also expanding when exposed to hot ones to allow your skin to breathe" Fury explained.
"Shit, that's awesome too" Peter smiled "What else has it got?"
"As you can tell the suit isn't just a singular piece like it was last time, but on all the areas where it breaks away we've installed small magnets that'll help hold it together and keep everything down flat when you're doing your thing, that means if you wanna take your shirt off you can, or if you wanna remove your gloves and your boots but keep the rest of the suit on you can do exactly that" Fury continued.
"And removable pants means easy access" Peter nodded "I'm loving this"
"I would usually say something about that but from what I've heard from other heroes that wear similar suits to yours, that is actually a good thing to have" Fury said "It's so you don't have to strip off completely when you need to take a leak on the job"
"So this thing just seems awesome all around, is there anything else you've added to it?" Peter asked.
"Besides making the material more durable and the thermal layering acting as padding to reduce blunt force trauma, then no, that's all we did with it" Fury said "Do you like the colours?"
"I think they're awesome, I always loved darker shades of red and blue anyway, and it's a good thing the eyes aren't a stupidly white colour either, just a nice and dull white instead, or huge, cause that'd look dumb" Peter nodded "I'm really impressed Fury, you guys did a great job with this thing"
"Yeah, you can pay us back later, but first Steve says he wants to check how you move around in that thing before you go back to fighting crime in it, and also he wants you to catch up on your missed training session on behalf of you getting your ass beat" Fury chuckled.
"That sounds fair" Peter shrugged, standing up and shaking Fury's hand with a smile "Thanks again Fury"
"No problem kid" Fury nodded "Now get going, I wanna see Steve beat you up again, that shit's fun to watch"
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