She’s very intelligent, but she wouldn’t be capable of designing and building highly sophisticated (and miniaturized) equipment and a sleek-yet-practical utility belt (at that time), so she would need that purse! Spidey’s outfit is an all-time classic, but I’ve drawn those webs, and trying to keep them consistent is a huge pain! As for Mister Grayson, I can’t agree with this Nightwing suit. (Though I have to say I’m sorry you left out Daredevil’s classic monochromatic suit as well as Captain Marvel’s, which, I believe, was the first super-hero costume to have military stylisticĮlements to reflect his “rank.”) Batgirl you almost got right, except about her purse. I don’t think that costume can be improved upon. Like your list a lot - some very good choices for the most part. I love a lot of Don Heck’s costume designs (Hawkeye, the Swordsman) and you can’t beat a Kirby design for nothin’ (the original FF and Challengers of the Unknown and X-men uniforms were sleek and beautiful and iconic and, in the X’men’s case, wonderfully adaptable to show off different physiques and power types), Ant-man’s outfit was wonderfully designed to work with various accessories, the first gold and red Iron Man outfit was fantastic, Thor’s first look is terrific, the Inhumans look amazing (they’re a terrible team, but they LOOK just brilliant), the original Frightful Four were great looking, too.īut you’ve chosen pretty decently. I love virtually every Legion costume redesign Dave Cockrum did, too (and Cockrum was smart enough to leave U-boy’s outfit alone). My absolute favorite costumes have always been the most garish and striking ones, though… Golden Age Green Lantern and the original Ultra Boy outfit. The only choices I don’t have your back on are the black Spidey outfit, which is just a horror (appropriate to what we eventually found out about its nature, but just awful awful awful as a Spidey suit) and the Perez Nightwing (from Perez’s “if I can’t cover this thing with enough unnecessary linework and detail to sink a naval destroyer, by God, fire me and hire someone who can” period, when his costume designs started to be really, really annoying). I can back you up on about half of these… Dr. It was just so damn exciting when Nightwing debuted. I still don’t know what that triangle/diamond design in the midsection is supposed to signify, but I don’t care. So many people prefer the modern Nightwing - hell, I’m actually pro-red-and-black - but I still think the original is snazzy - unintentional campy high collar and all. Yeah, it’s dated but man, it still looks cool. Debate’s fun! Just be nice to each other, y’know?)ġ3. And by all means if you don’t like a design, say so too. Just add it in the comments below or in whichever social-media thread you found this. (Oh, and naturally, if yours isn’t on here, don’t sharpen the pitchforks. And so much of Wonder Woman’s and Captain America’s symbolism is tied up in the Star-Spangled Banner that it automatically skews judgment, or at least it skews mine. They’re the baseline and we can argue the merits of one over the other but a lot of it comes down to who’s your favorite: I think Batman looks cooler than Superman but Superman’s design is the original, which makes it the de facto measuring stick. The thing is, their outfits are so larger than life that their inclusion is self-evident. You can say that’s a dodge and I don’t care. Now right off, I’m taking four out of consideration: Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and Captain America. As soon as I wrote that, I started putting a list together in my mind of the Top 13. I recently did a piece about Kid Flash and how the original Wally West outfit (or the first revamped one, to be more specific) is one of the all-time great costume designs ( click here). Meanwhile, the TV costume definitely gets the Official 13th Dimension Seal of Approval! And if you wanna see our picks for the 13 Silliest Superhero Designs Ever, click here. So, in case you missed it the first time around, check out our list below. UPDATED 7/12/16: Such timing! The CW’s released the first images of Kid Flash from the upcoming season of The Flash - and you just gotta love those threads! (Those leathers?) And the pix come so soon after we ruminated on the greatest superhero designs ever - and just where Kid Flash fits in. And don’t forget to put on some sunscreen! - Dan These are stories that stand up as well today as they did when they were first published, so enjoy. UPDATED 8/14/18: We’re on semi-vacation, so we’re re-presenting some of our faves from the 13th Dimension vaults. Posted By Dan Greenfield on | 15 commentsġ3 QUICK THOUGHTS on sartorial splendor …
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