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today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 superhero costume
blunders
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more great content for this list we’ll
be counting down the times that a
superhero swapped out their iconic
costume for a bonafide fashion disaster
thankfully none of these superhero
fashion faux-pas stuck around number 10
Azrael as Batman after the Caped
Crusader had his bat back bat broken in
a fight with bane he selected the
antihero Azrael to fill his shoes as the
dark night while he recuperated in
hindsight this wasn’t a great call not
only was Azrael more violent and
ruthless than Batman but he replaced the
classic costume with this mess of
pouches and pointy pants what are those
things on the size of his legs even for
besides posing a hazard to anything he
bumps into why does he have what looks
like an arc reactor thankfully Bruce
eventually got over his spinal injury
and put Azrael and this dreadful costume
in the past number 9
Ravens new 52 cost you a long-standing
member of the Teen Titans the brooding
Raven has wholly sported a simple but
effective costume made up of flowing
robes and a deep hood over glowing eyes
it’s a straightforward look that says I
am the spooky spell casting creature of
darkness that is until she was revamped
in the new 52 event after which her
costume said ah there was a beetle or
perhaps some sort of mollusk attached to
my scalp please help the rest of the
costume is okay if a bit on the cheesy
side but we just can’t get over that
utterly baffling piece of head we’re
number eight 90s Thor as we’ll be
illustrating multiple times the nineties
were not a great time for fashion and
not even Asgardian heroes were immune to
some of the terrible trends going around
in the 90s and to celebrate the final
issue of his long-running book the god
of thunder traded his signature helmet
and chainmail sleeves for this
ridiculous looking number that checks
off almost all the bad trends in
superhero costumes at the time flowing
rocker hair check giant shoulder pads
check lots of pointless straps and
buckles check all that’s missing is a
ton of pouches Thor even put his trusty
hammer Mjolnir on a chain because well
because spawn was cool at the time
that’s why number 7
flashpoint Zatanna after tampering with
the timeline by going back and
preventing the murder of his mother the
flash found himself in a twisted altered
reality nicknamed the flashpoint
universe of all the alternate versions
of DC characters to appear in this dark
universe none have a scratching our
heads more than Zatanna who appears in a
ridiculously skimpy outfit composed
entirely of a black leather vest black
undies and pants that ride lower than
any pants we’ve ever seen with no visual
connection to her classic costume and
looking totally ridiculous
we’re glad this version of the character
didn’t last number six
Daredevils black and red armor when
you’re a character known for acrobatic
grace and speed as well as a ninja like
stealth outfitting your costume with a
bunch of heavy and no doubt noisy metal
panels might not be the best idea in the
1993 storyline fall from grace the man
without fears classic red outfit was
damaged forcing him to adopt this new
armored version
visually it’s not the worst costume with
a decent color balance and some
interesting details but we can’t help
but imagine that it weighs a ton and
makes the defender of Hell’s Kitchen
sound like a broken dryer whenever he
takes a single step not exactly stealthy
number 5 90s Wonder Woman another
unfortunate victim of bad nineties
fashion choices
Diana spent a period of the 90s out of
her traditional Amazonian garb and
looking more like she was getting ready
for one heck of a night on the town with
a blue mini jacket sporting her classic
stars over a black bra and bike shorts
with the Wonder Woman logo there’s not a
lot about this look that really screams
superhero the whole thankfully her
trademark bullet deflecting bracelets
got to stick around and because it was
the 90s there just had to be straps and
buckles thankfully fellow Amazonian
Artemis was keeping the classic outfit
in use at the time number 4
Wolverines bandana cost you we’ve seen a
few stories where Wolverine has had his
indestructible claws and bones leached
of adamantium leaving him with bone
claws and in dire need of some calcium
but none quite so weird as the time
Genesis actually tried to restore his
adamantium in a failed procedure that
caused him to go into a feral State
after regaining some control things to
Electra Wolverine covered up the top
half of his face with a bandana and
donned a torn-up version of his classic
costume costume stayed for a little
while but was eventually ditched when
Wolvie got his adamantium back number
three the invisible woman’s bikini
costume despite being no slouch in the
looks department the Fantastic Four’s
Sue Storm aka the Invisible Woman has
mostly managed to escape the ridiculous
levels of sexual ization
often heaped on other female superheroes
that is except for an unfortunate period
in you guessed it the 90s when her
standard-issue FF costume was switched
out for what amounts to a swimsuit with
an utterly ridiculous cleavage window in
the shape of the number four look
there’s nothing wrong with sexy costumes
in the comics but does that really look
like something Sue Storm would put on
let alone design the answer is a
resounding no number two 90s name or
four water-based characters like DC’s
Aquaman and Marvel’s Namor trying to
come across as anything other than lame
is like swimming against the tide for
Namor sparked his attempt to fit in
during the 90s meant two things rocker
hair and spikes spikes and more spikes
not that name Wars usual green swim
trunks are exactly the height of fashion
but everything about this looks screams
trying too hard the spiky look was
quickly abandoned in favor of a still
pointy breastplate and gauntlets but
even those were dropped soon in favor of
a return to those little green trunks by
comparison
they look downright snappy number one
Superman red and blue why fix what isn’t
broken
Superman’s classic costume is iconic
timeless a veritable institution but
that didn’t stop artists from trying to
reinvent it in you guessed it the 90s
after losing his powers the Man of Steel
that developed energy based powers that
required a blue and white containment
suit later on Superman was split into
two separate beings one in a blue outfit
and the other in red
it’s a story no one asked for and two
costumes nobody likes a generic looking
bodysuit devoid of recognizable Superman
iconography except for the S shield the
two were eventually merged and a return
to the classic costume came some time
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