What The Inside of Spider-Man's Mask Looks Like

Spider-Man is back in the MCU for a confirmed third solo movie, and he's bringing his iconic costume with him - now see what the suit looks like inside the mask. The high-tech, red and blue suit is a staple of the friendly neighborhood webslinger. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it was first designed by Tony Stark and later remade by Peter Parker in this year's Spider-Man: Far From Home.

While most versions of the Spider-Man suit are simple cloth and spandex, a few have been decked out with advanced technology on those rare occasions when cash-strapped Peter Parker had a wealthy benefactor to help him out. In Captain America: Civil War, the first appearance of the MCU's take on Spider-Man, we see how the teenaged hero's original costume - made from a hoodie, turtleneck, and goggles - was replaced with Stark's sleeker, superior model. This costume shined in Tom Holland's first solo film in the role of Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming, where it was shown to have everything from AI-assisted targeting and "Instant Kill Mode" to a built-in heater.

The interior of Spider-Man's iconic mask couldn't actually be seen in the movie, but for a scene in which Peter and friend Ned Leeds are tinkering with the suit's programming, Marvel artist Ryan Meinerding created a striking "inside-out" version just in case the camera needed it. His design shows a mesh of what appears to be gold-lined computer boards, broken up by a series of cables and transistors that double, on the outside, as Spidey's webs. "This is the Homecoming mask turned inside out," Meinerding captioned the design on his Instagram. "I did this design for the scene where Peter and Ned hack the suit. It wasn’t really shown, but I used it for the damaged version of the suit [from Far From Home]."

Meinerding's concept of the Stark Suit (as it's affectionately called) puts a lot of emphasis on the technical side, explaining through aesthetics just how Iron Man packed so much into what appears to be a simple skin-tight costume. The mechanisms in Peter's webbing, it can be inferred, help carry power throughout the suit and perform mechanical tasks (like the well-received Spidey Eyes), while the gold motherboards do computer stuff, presumably. Without a doubt, an actual scientist probably wouldn't be convinced to suspend their disbelief thanks to Meinerding's additions, but the laymen in the audience would get the message.

So far, though, the inside of the Homecoming and Far From Home suits haven't been properly viewed on-screen, which means the extent of what Meinerding has brought to the classic costume might not technically be canon to the MCU - yet. But given his position as the Head of Visual Development at Marvel Studios, and the generally good reception to his concept art, it seems very likely that a future Spider-Man film in this universe will let the gold-plated motherboard have its day.

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Source: Ryan Meinerding