Ben Cooper Spider-man Costume 1968

At the height of the popularity of the sixties Spider-man cartoon, Ben Cooper released a redesigned Spidey costume. The year was 1968, and there was already an existing Ben Cooper Spider-man costume based on the famous Ditko Duds. The problem I always had with Cooper’s costumes as a kid was that they really didn’t copy the actual look of the character’s suit. Instead they would emblazen the character’s name on the torso area, and most times the costume was made up of all the wrong colors.

For an example, the original Spider-man Cooper costume had a yellow torso, and only the mask was really correct. Well, for 68 they decided to keep the mask, but get the suit a bit closer to the original. They ditched the name on the chest, and changed the color of the torso. They also made a change in making the suit two pieces instead of the one piece it was before. Still not perfect, but a step in the right direction. These were originally sold on a cardboard hangar displaying the company name, and that’s just what we have pictured below. Enjoy collectors!