Originally posted by: Darth Simon

I wonder if the comic spidey would still be using it if they never introduced venom.

I think they wouldn't have kept using it. Like Superman, Spidey is an iconic character and the suit is a major part of that. The comics publishers often will use new suits for stunts but the fans always seem to go back to wanting the 'classic' look. Now in books like the X-Men, characters change costume every other issue or so so it just becomes part of the evolution of the series... but for the big solo characters? Nah.