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Lame Ass Costumes. [PICS]

 
  

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_Boboss
11:33 / 18.10.05
very few pictures of this on t web, because, presumably, it's the horridest superhero costume of all. a bit of back story on this outfit - he chose it because, iirc, it's a canny colour-inversion of his (android) 'brother' the vision's costume (see above) with opposing colours, and W on the chest instead of V. so he appears at his and wanda's house, all 'hey bro look my costume's just like yours. we've got identical personalities, only i'm a fully genitalled-up movie star and you're...well - whaddya mean 'am I trying to get off with her'?' the least likeable superhero ever. (i don't know what the beast saw in him).

chaps and chapettes, i give you simon weston, wonder man, the avenger with conjunctivitis (that's him, and that's the costume, there on the left - imagine that lush green/orange/yellow combo going all the way down to the booties)

 
 
Withiel: DALI'S ROTTWEILER
13:39 / 18.10.05
Hang on. He's in a frame with /Hawkeye/, and /he's/ the one with the bad costume?
 
 
Billuccho!
13:41 / 18.10.05
Wonder Man has always had unfortunate luck with costuming.

Of course, Hawkeye's is pretty garish, too.
 
 
Haus of Mystery
13:56 / 18.10.05
I like garish costumes. What does everyone want? Chains and guns, I bet.
 
 
Sax
14:01 / 18.10.05
I always think costumes like this are very practical for fighting crime and/or cosmic adventuring:

 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
14:04 / 18.10.05
I want something with a lot of pouches.
 
 
Triplets
14:50 / 18.10.05
 
 
Spaniel
14:53 / 18.10.05
Speaking of bad costumes, Image and Liefeld, does anyone know whether any character has ever had the holy quadumverate: guns, chain, claws and knives?
 
 
miss wonderstarr
15:08 / 18.10.05
"Az-Bat"?
 
 
advancedplastics
15:26 / 18.10.05

speaking of costumes in general:

check this out
 
 
A
15:31 / 18.10.05
Who is "the Patriot" and why is his uniform made from "Zubaz"?
 
 
Spaniel
15:32 / 18.10.05
Hmm, Az-Bat had claws, a razor cape, shuriken launchers and a flame thrower so I guess he was pretty cool. I mean, you should get at least 100 points for a razor-cape. But, you know, you can' beat the guns, claws, chains, knives set up. It's a true classic.
 
 
Mr Tricks
16:56 / 18.10.05
love that knitted yarn Iron Man outfit . . .
 
 
Tim Tempest
17:10 / 18.10.05
the holy quadumverate: guns, chain, claws and knives?

I'm pretty Spawn did, at some point or another. And Image had this crappy Wolverine knockoff...anyone know his name? I'm almost positive he was priest in the Quadumverate church...



Ok, that was the worst attempt at a pun. Ever.
 
 
Triplets
17:31 / 18.10.05
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Tim Tempest
17:39 / 18.10.05
To redeem myself from the stupidity of my last post...I present to you all, for your collective mockery and amusement:

THE SPOT!



Incidentally, I'm pretty sure that this is another ripped off idea from me when I was 6.

But I would have called him "Dalmation Man". Spot is too damned generic, and could apply to any breed of canine.

 
 
Tim Tempest
17:40 / 18.10.05
Gorbachev, you amaze me.
 
 
Triplets
17:49 / 18.10.05
"radical! you know, teens will love it."

You mock, but at fourteen I thought the new Superman was fucking wicked. Still do.

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miss wonderstarr
18:01 / 18.10.05
"The Spot" looks just like the original Rorschach, before Moore and Gibbons decided he should wear a trenchcoat and hat rather than a full-body suit.

Sounds like a joke... isn't.
 
 
Jack Fear
18:29 / 18.10.05
Y'know, I actually have a sneaking fondness for the electric-blue Superman design. Not that I read any of the comics, mind you—but I thought it was a clean, well-designed, stripped-down reimagining of the 1939 design—which, let's face it, was very much of its time and is very much an anachronism today. A beloved anachronism, sure, but still.

Electric blue Superman, though, is the Man of Tomorrow—emphasizing the science-fiction roots of the superhero subgenre.

And when I found out there was a red Superman in the same model my sneaking fondness turned to outright affection, such is my boundless love for the 1963 "The Amazing Story of Superman-Red and Superman-Blue!"
 
 
Aertho
18:41 / 18.10.05
Mr. Fear nails why I don't like the current "Superman Forever" costume design.

Plus, Batman has the ability to be a weaponized ninja with various supersuits for various occasions. Neither Wonder Woman - who comes with her own costume-changing twirl gimmick, nor Superman, with a Fortress of Kryptonian technology, have any brand/costume flexibility.

LET Batman be a weaponized ninja for street level battles and detective schemes. LET Superman be alien and science-fictiony. LET Wonder Woman have riproaring battles between myth, imagination, politics, and reality.
 
 
CameronStewart
19:12 / 18.10.05
>>>"The Spot" looks just like the original Rorschach, before Moore and Gibbons decided he should wear a trenchcoat and hat rather than a full-body suit.<<<

But...Rorschach is based on The Question, who's dressed in a trenchcoat, fedora, and featureless facemask....
 
 
miss wonderstarr
19:16 / 18.10.05
You're right of course. So it makes even less sense. I guess I'll have to try and find a picture to back this up -- I think the only place I've seen this early design was in the fanzine Arkensword around 87, in a Moore/Gibbons interview. Apparently Ozymandias looked too sinister in this picture too, so they junked it as a promotional image.
 
 
Mark Parsons
19:42 / 18.10.05
THE FOOLKILLER WOULD BE BORN.

Foolkiller is needed over here (USA) desperately. If you know him, get his ass in gear and give him some bullets!
 
 
Benny the Ball
20:00 / 18.10.05
The Spot was brilliant - he stole some of Cloak's power and would punch Spider-man in the back of the head, what more does a villian need do?
 
 
Hallo, Paper Spaceboy
20:08 / 18.10.05
Speaking of Cloak, I always liked his look but Dagger? Well. I liked the "pure light" colour scheme and the odd eye circle which had no functional purpose but I remember thinking looked cool. But the negative-space dagger cut into her bodysuit? Ugh, so tragic!
 
 
Aertho
20:47 / 18.10.05
Re: Dagger.

What are your feelings on this lil number?



Emma Frost's New X-Men 1? 2? 4? piece supersuit.
 
 
advancedplastics
21:04 / 18.10.05

Mmmmm... camel toe.
 
 
Alex's Grandma
21:33 / 18.10.05
Damn. Fucking. Straight.
 
 
Benny the Ball
21:52 / 18.10.05
Chad - can't see it. Make it be seen. Link. Please.
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
22:02 / 18.10.05
It's that Quitely Emma Frost image again, isn't it? Calm yourself.
 
 
Tim Tempest
22:29 / 18.10.05


Can you even call that a costume?
 
 
Tim Tempest
22:55 / 18.10.05
This guy's costume is pretty shitty too. I think he's called "The Fat Man With A Ton Of Rolls". Don't tell it to his face though, I think he's with the KKK.

 
 
Alex's Grandma
01:13 / 19.10.05
Well I think Rob L's work is cool.

Sperherose 'would' look ;ike that, danmnt, they bhave powers beyond the ken of mortalo man!
 
 
diz
04:50 / 19.10.05
"radical! you know, teens will love it."

Electric Superman is not nearly as bad as Mullet Superman.



Electric blue Superman, though, is the Man of Tomorrow—emphasizing the science-fiction roots of the superhero subgenre.

Don't get me wrong, electric blue Superman looks fucking awesome. He just doesn't look like fucking Superman.

Where to fucking begin, eh?

*blushes* I like leather jacket Superboy.
 
  

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