To add further insult to injury, Johnny Storm tags Peter on the back with a “kick me” sign. To help keep Peter’s real identity a secret on his journey home, he is offered an old Fantastic Four costume (without shoes) and a brown paper bag. Upon discovering that the black suit is actually an alien symbiote, Reed helps Peter remove it. In The Amazing Spider-Man #258 (1984), after Peter’s black suit meddles in his relationship with Mary Jane Watson, Peter has a terrible nightmare that ultimately pushes him to have Reed Richards take a closer examination of the black suit. Starting things off with Peter Parker’s simplest costume: a brown paper bag.

For a collector that might be looking to expand their collection beyond that, here we will attempt to showcase a few other standout suits. It’s for good reason, as it is directly connected to another popular character Venom, and has been featured across the many Spider-Man movies and cartoons. The most popular Spider-Man costume, outside of the original, is probably the black symbiote suit.

The amazing bag man