The writer for the original X-Men movies has shed even more light on why the X-Men were kitted out in black leather suits instead of traditional ones.

We’ve seen new takes on the black symbiote suit, a heroic Green Goblin, and the return of Uncle Ben, but the next evolution for Ultimate Spider-Man will feature not one, but two Spider-Men ...

"I was going to make him an alien and he said, 'No, I want to wear the 'Men in Black' suit,'" Sonnenfeld recalled. "So we figured out how to do that and it worked out. He was lovely." ...