Cobwebs 49.5: Championships Finals

Thirty-two suits from various periods in Spider-Man history entered the tourney to battle it out for the coveted title as Official Crawlspace Spider-Man Suit – now, two remain.  Both classic red and blues, one with web pits, one without.  Which will win?  Which will forever be known as only second best?  You decide because in this tourney, the winner really is chosen because THE FANS DEMAND IT!

The Road to Victory: Web Pits

Critics have stated that Web Pits had this tourney handed to them on a silver platter while supporters claim that the easy victories were only because of the superiority of the Ditko original suit design.  The suits that have fallen victim to the Web Pits in previous match-ups are:

Web Pitts cut through all of these with ease, with the only challenge being the Ben Reilly suit, but even then it kept the lead throughout the whole round.

Road to Victory: Classic

The Romita Classic Red and Blues held a similar dominance in it’s bracket.  Many thought the Iron Spider would be a contender, but the Romita suit mowed it down faster than Larcenous Lil does a Hostess Fruit Pie (and with less mess).  The Symbiote suit did threaten to take out the red and blues, and there was talk about web pit fans slanting the vote toward the symbiote to rig the final competition (but we won’t resort to such tabloid accusations here), but in the end, the Classic look dominated the competition.

Astute readers will note that there are no Crawlspace odds this round.  Due to the dead on accuracy of the predictive odds, BD has order Cobwebs to not post odds as he feels that it is slanting the results (he’s still upset over the fall of the non-symbiote black suit).

The Match Up 

These two are nearly identical except the web pits, so many are touting this match up as a mandate for web pits or not.  Certainly that can be the case and Mets did an amazing 4-part review on the merits and disadvantages of the web pits design in anticipation of this match in his column Tangled Webs.  I thought his use of Ben Franklin quotes were spot on in his deconstruction of Ditko’s design.

However, this match is more than just arm pit embellishments.  This is an Original vs. Nostalgia match up.  This is a Ditko vs. Romita match up.  This is LIFE!

So with stakes this high, it is imperative that all Spidey fans do their part and VOTE.

https://brackify.com/bracket/7414/Spidey-Suit-Madness

The final round ends Wednesday at 5:00 pm (est)!