ITT we post cape characters who looked better in their classic costumes/outfits than their current redesigns

ITT we post cape characters who looked better in their classic costumes/outfits than their current redesigns.

Carol is my own personal pick though Hercules going back to the loincloth and sandals look is a close second.

That costume isn't practical at all.

But it looks hella cool

That's pretty much every cape character

But just for the sake of it, I'll pick Iron Man. His current armor doesn't look like armore. Just looks like a spandex suit.

That's a redesign though

I miss the x-men havign uniforms. It worked in the 80's with new mutants and the 90's when they all did the jim lee buckle thing for a little while. They're a team, why make each one look like some other hero?

Except that's her more iconic costume, her classic is the red one.

Agreed.

X-Men stopped being soldiers after they kicked Hitlerclops out of X-Men.

The classic version is so much better than the shitty actual.

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I agree.

That's not even the best one.

90's Ms Marvel looks like a pornstar. Like -- the tacky bimbo type.

Redesign did sorta improve, just not in the color scheme.
The domino mask also looks great.

The best parts of the custome is the oversized emblem, the sash, the gloves and the boots.
Carol 2.0 wants to be a ornant uniform, but the color scheme didn't improve it, and it only really carried over two features(gloves, sash) instead of making a gigantic improvement

Can we go back to Ditko's Spidey?

I thought the sash was the best part... and they kept the sash for the current costume.

You're right, her classic costume was great.

What i think i like most about the current costume is that it changes between being drawn as Latex, Leather, Army Cotton and Denim.

Scarf > Sash > No domino mask

Bring back MK-II!

>Not posting exposes the belly button version

"Classic" does not mean "original" and I don't know where that meme originated. Look at any product which specifies character looks be it action figures, cards or vidya and "classic" always means "iconic". IE "classic" Captain America is the round shield, mask with neck stripes all the way around the back version, not the Captain America Comics #1 version.

This has literally always been the case and I dunno why so many people have trouble with it.

Well if you had to adapt your signature look to many different situations and environments, that;s exactly what you'd want.

What is the point in the domino mask when her identity is now public?

Yeah, the part where you're losing people is the bit where you seem to think that her 90's costume has some kind of special cultural significance beyond being your personal favorite.

>that her 90's costume

What? The costume in the OP is the one Carol adopted in her 1970s run after she got rid of the Kree brainwashing that made her dress up like a Kree soldier

The black and yellow is also the suit she wore when she was an Avenger the first round (in the late 70s/early 80s) and the one most people associate her with.

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Iconic costume Huntress >>>>>>>>> every other suit she's worn.

But think of the children!

But really though, Carroll in a thong might be pushing things a bit.

They should at least kept the mask. Googles are boring. Speaking of which...

"Modern" Hawkeye is so fucking boring

Hawkeye's costume was one of the shittiest and I'm glad they got rid of it, but the current "costume" is not even a costume. They could've a much better job with redesigning Hawkeye, but they didn't even try.

She's a superhero, practicality has fuck-all to do with what she does.

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I'd prefer this.

I never liked those outfits but did like when they each had their own version of some blue/yellow combo. I love the individual outfits but prefer them to at least either have the X belt or something on them that clearly brand them as part of the team.

Bump

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classic, maybe even iconic. there's some issues though. For one: everyone knows who she is, why have a mask? Another: It doesn't really go with her personality, does it? Carol's a career military uber-bitch. Why would she wear this? That was what sold the new Captain Marvel costume for me. It looks like something the character would wear.

but sweet jesus the Ms. Marvel outfit is sexy.

>Carol's a career military uber-bitch.
Stop acting like you've never read about the character except shitty modern comics

Depends on if you believe the idea that Claremont was trying to write Carol as an empowered liberated woman and being scantily clad was a means of owning her body. Then it was good for back then, her new personality it's less fitting atleast it wouldn't be easy to go back to her old costume or something similar since her role is now Top Military Bitch, if she just kept the iconic costume and nobody questioned it, it would've been fine in character since at that point it's just something she wears.
Also the mask is a design element. Why don't people appreciate accessories?

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go get more fat
my nigga

>thread subject "cape characters who looked better in their classic costumes/outfits than their current redesigns"
>posts current redesign

You're pretty stupid aren't you?

Throw that blue. Should have kept it dark. Black suits her. Also, sash > utility belt.

Sorry. I think, they should dobson red and black outfit.

Agreed

Claremont written Carol was her second best run of all time. Only surpassed by Busiek Carol.

Everything else is pretty much bad.

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The purpose of those costumes was to provide the public with a sense of unity between the team. As the OG5 got older, they were able to embrace their individuality, all while still having basic thematic points that connected them. (the colors, patterns, etc.) The entire point of the X-Men is that we should embrace what makes us unique, but also maintain a unity between each other.

I think her current costume is fine
Her shitty haircut sucks
Also being current year Hitler also attaches negative connotation to her costume.

when was this version modified to the one in OP? this one actually covers her ass, the one before the current look was basically a thong

this is her best one

This outfit is a hundred times cooler looking. If only Carol's personality was worth a damn.

That's not a costume change, that's artists having different styles. Some artists like to draw everything as if it was a porn.

The originals need some work to look less like condom heads. New Mutants got it right.

This is not her classic costume or outfit, it's a 70s update

Costumes are going away for a while you guys. We want the cosplay audience now, so everything has to look like modified street clothes or boiler suits or some shit. If kids can take more selfies we get more free advertising.

Don't worry, you can have your characters back when we're done turning them all into soap drama/procedural fodder.

Bare midriff is retarded though