Nothere Posted December 4, 2012 Report Share Posted December 4, 2012 Re: Costumes Who hass the best and worst costuumes will require some consideration. But before I weigh in three questions come to mind. Mysterio's xostume yea or ney? Wasp's often changing costume is attributed to her being a fashion designer. Anyone know of real life fashion designers that have commented on hero costumes? The Sperman picture above. Going with the concept he should really be more bare chested, but they needed somewhere to put the cape. So that gets a pass. But what the heck is with that diamond stuck off by itself? Some really lame attempt to emulate the s symbol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Re: Costumes Who hass the best and worst costuumes will require some consideration. But before I weigh in three questions come to mind. Mysterio's xostume yea or ney? Wasp's often changing costume is attributed to her being a fashion designer. Anyone know of real life fashion designers that have commented on hero costumes? The Sperman picture above. Going with the concept he should really be more bare chested, but they needed somewhere to put the cape. So that gets a pass. But what the heck is with that diamond stuck off by itself? Some really lame attempt to emulate the s symbol? 1) I've always liked Mysterio's costume. Don't understand the dislike. 2) Never heard of any. Sounds like it could have been an article for Wizard. But I don't think they ever did one either. 3) You got me. I will point out as an aside, that there are bare-chested superheroes. Off the top of my head, I can name Hawkman, Hercules, The Incredible Hulk, The Thing, Namor The Sub-Mariner, The Beast when he first became blue-furred--and perhaps the most famous, Tarzan Of The Apes. As for superheroine costumes, even Wonder Woman and the original look for Black Canary look fully dressed and practical compared to the Philippines' Darna. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Re: Costumes I like Mysterio's costume, except for the fishbowl. I'd like to see a somewhat more traditional helmet there. Could be just as faceless ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Re: Costumes Anyone know of real life fashion designers that have commented on hero costumes? I don't think the author was a designer, but the Agent of S.T.Y.L.E. blog at Newsarama dealt with costume commentary, and should be archived on the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Miles Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Re: Costumes Do a search on Youtube for "Tim Gunn" and "Superhero Costumes" and you should be able to find a series of interviews from Comicon with Gunn where he's commenting on various superhero costumes. It's actually an interesting series of interviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Re: Costumes Interesting little page about costume changes including Wasp at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Re: Costumes Costumes can make the hero There is a Dell Comics character called the Owl. He's a police detective who rich and he becomes a crime fighter so he can work outside the law. He has a asian butler, his own plane, and later a woman reporter named Belle Wayne becomes Owl Girl. He's basically a cross between Green Hornet and Batman. But his costume isn't that interesting (Owl Girl's is, however) and he's been all but forgotten. You can read his stories at Comic Book Plus. Their in the achieves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Re: Costumes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Re: Costumes Nice I have one of the updated series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Re: Costumes That research might be lethal. Probably worth it' date=' though.[/quote'] Plastic Man did most of these inquiries. although this example is Barda :[ATTACH=CONFIG]45339[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted December 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 Re: Costumes yikes Well, that's one way to kill off a character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptCastle Posted December 14, 2012 Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 Re: Costumes I always liked the Wonder Twins costumes, and thought it was too bad that they didn't get more attention in the regular continuity. http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/5551/937971-wonder_twins_and_gleek_by_wannabegeorge_super.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted December 15, 2012 Report Share Posted December 15, 2012 Re: Costumes I thought that "Wonder Woman's" all white jumpsuit costume that she wore in her "non super powered phase" was pretty dire. "Paste Pot Pete's" blue outfit with a bloated (because it was full of paste ?) brown vest with gun attached was hopeless as well; then there is the prediliction for purple that was suffered by so many Marvel villains in the 60's ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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