The Iron Spider armor first appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man #529 and was designed by Joe Quesada, based on a sketch by Chris Bachalo.[1][2]

Peter Parker wore this gold and red suit as Spider-Man's official costume until writer J. Michael Straczynski chose to revert to the older costume. It was used symbolically to show the character's divided loyalties during the 2006 - 2007 Civil War storyline.

The Iron Spider armor costume has been duplicated and used by MVP's three genetic clones in the Initiative who identify themselves as Red Team and also labeled the Scarlet Spiders. It is unknown as to what new powers the team possesses, but they have been shown to be us some of the built-in powers such as the cloaking device, communications, and waldoes which the original costume possessed.[3] One change is that there are now four waldoes, as opposed to three. These suits have the original's morphing ability,[4] as well as web-shooters, and wall-crawling capability.