Spider-Man: No Way Home's Ending Suit Is Even Deeper Than You Realize

Spider-Man: No Way Home was full of surprises, including an ending suit with a deep meaning. The MCU film was a huge success, setting multiple box office records, including becoming the highest-grossing film of 2021. Part of its appeal was its nostalgia factor. Alongside star Tom Holland as Peter Parker, the film brought back previous Spider-Man actors Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.

Spider-Man: No Way Home also contained a multitude of references to other Spider-Man movies, comics, and moments within the MCU. Throughout the film, Spider-Man wore various suits, each with a distinct design and different strengths, ranging from the high tech Iron Spider suit given to Peter Parker by Tony Stark and featured in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame to the magically enhanced black and gold suit, upgraded by Dr. Stephen Strange and making its debut in Spider-Man: No Way Home. However, while the final suit Tom Holland's Peter Parker wore at the end of the movie was the simplest, it was also the most meaningful.

At the end of No Way Home, all memory of Spider-Man was eradicated from the world, rendering his high-tech suits unusable. Peter Parker made the final Spider-Man suit himself, representing his newfound self-reliance and character growth both as a hero and an individual. However, there were two reasons Spider-Man's final suit in Spider-Man: No Way Home was significant. First, the act of sitting down at the sewing machine and creating his own suit referenced the comic storyline where this took place. Second, the color scheme of the suit Peter Parker created in this scene recalled the original comic design.

Spider-Man swings through New York in his new suit

While Tom Holland wore homemade suits in MCU movies previously, the films did not focus on Peter creating his suits. In contrast, Sam Raimi's Spider-Man movies saw Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker designing, sewing, and repairing the suits himself, as Peter did in the comics. The MCU's Peter Parker started out with a homemade design and quickly upgraded to Tony Stark's high-tech versions that relied more on Stark's innovations and less on Peter's natural talents. Therefore, it was significant in Spider-Man: No Way Home when Peter decided to craft his suit from his own resources. In the movie, the moment mirrored the famous "with great power must come great responsibility" line and symbolized a return for Peter, and potentially the films, to a more faithful interpretation of Spider-Man, a character who traditionally struggled with the balance between independence and community. The visual of Peter Parker sewing his own suit at the end of the movie signaled a hat tip to Spider-Man's roots. Paired with the fact that his social ties were severed and that he was preparing to go it alone, it may also have hinted at what was to come for the character.

The second reason Peter Parker's suit had a deeper meaning was that the bright red and blue color scheme recalled the original design by Steve Ditko, the artist who co-created and designed the character in the original Spider-Man comic. Since nostalgia played an undeniable role in the popularity of Spider-Man: No Way Home, the choice to have Peter Parker's original Spider-Man suit design mirror Ditko's original design was in line with the overall tone and aesthetic of the film. However, it was also a touching tribute that gave the movie greater depth, especially for sharp-eyed readers of the comic.

Spider-Man: No Way Home had Easter eggs, symbolism, and in-jokes in abundance, which can sometimes be a distraction. However, like many of the finer touches, Spider-Man's ending suit enhanced the movie because the acknowledgments of both the original comic and legendary artist were genuine, subtle, and heartfelt. They were references that paid tribute to Spider-Man's true origin story.

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