Really? You're not gonna stop reading the book because of the reboot or because you don't like the artist or writer, but just because you dislike the costume? The new (Jaime) Blue Beetle costume looks downright awful, but I picked the book up until it got canceled on issue 40something. Why? Because although the costume was dumb, the book was great. And how does the costume spit in the face of the character? Its pretty much the same as far as I can tell. The changes are fairly minor. No trucks in a no brainer (why do characters still have these?), the belt is red and he's got a collar. I hardly have noticed the unnecessary lines on his costume, but when I notice them I don't mind em.



I agree. The changes are rather small in my eyes and the lack of swimming trucks is such an improvement that I can totally ignore the collar. I still don't understand why they're giving him more messy hair (but that's not costume, that's personal hygiene)

I thought Supes have a tiny force field around him that protected him and his costume was normal cloth. Was I mistaken? I coulda swore I read that in the comics and I've seen his costume being sewn before.


I want to add that I really don't see the new costume as armor. To me, it just looks like a spandex costume with some added seems for decoration to make a rather prain looking suit look more interesting (Spidey's Red n Blue suit would look a tad boring without the webs)


I look forward to getting a clix of the new Superman costume, if for nothing else, than to replace the sculpt on my Fast Forces Superman. I think they nailed it as far as keeping a classic costume while updating it to look more appealing to a modern audience. Hearing all these complaints reminds me of people up in arms about Superman Returns costume having an S on his belt and too dark a shade of red. It's ridiculous. I've yet to hear a single person complain about how much Thor's look was changed in his movie and that was way more drastic of a change than what they've done to Superman.

Yes please.

As mentioned - they were strongman trunks, like from the circus of the 1930s.

You did read it This was true for a brief time during the John Byrne reboot right after Infinite Crisis. It didn't stick - fans didn't really connect with it. So they returned the cloth for costume to being Kryptonian in origin as in the original stories.

Well people do not usually breathlessly announce the beauty of old sculpts that are reused, like they are new. Hence my understandable confusion.

Dude, did you read what I said that you quoted? I said I kept reading the books despite hating the costumes. I didn't say why I stopped. It was a combination of everything, but mostly because of the continuity change. I simply don't care about the new continuity. The best way I can explain it is that it's like watching an unnecessary remake of a classic movie. It might have the same name but the spirit is gone.

I still read Aquaman because I whined and cried for so long about wanting a new Aquaman book that I feel somewhat obligated to support it. But, otherwise, the DCU died to me in Sep 2011.

The new costumes spit in the face of the characters because they totally disregard what was the entire inspiration for the costumes of modern super heroes, as super clone reiterated for me, the circus acrobats and strong men of the late 19th and early 20th century. If it weren't for them, super heroes as we know them would not exist...which, of course is what DiDiot and Jim Lee are trying to achieve. By removing what inspired those original artists, they are treating the characters legacies flippantly and disrespectfully.

All of this costume/New 52 hate is totally related to the events happening at GAMA.

Can't you find/create your own thread to cry in?

Looks like this thread got hijacked about three pages back...

Please, don't give them ideas.

Don't you mean "unrelated"? Geez.

It's my post and I cry if I want to, cry if I want to, cry if I want to;
Would cry too if it happen to you....

WHO would cry too if it happenED to them?

I'm off to post non-contributions to other threads.

AAAAWWWWWAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY!

Was John Broome being flippant and disrespectful when he completely trashed the original Green Lantern costume to give Hal Jordan a spandex look? Was Carmine Infantino being flippant and disrespectful when he dumped the original Flash costume for Barry Allen? Was Batman's yellow oval flippant and disrespectful?

Let's not go overboard here. Costumes change. These characters exist today in part because changes are made to them to keep up with the changing times. Making changes is not an insult to the artists who worked on these characters previously.

Superman's costume worked when he was created because it reminded people of the strongman look. Who associates that look with strongmen now? Anyone? Do modern circus strongmen wear anything like that? Does anyone care what modern circus strongmen wear? Circuses simply aren't a big part of our culture like they used to be. The resonance that made the image powerful is being lost to our changing society. It's only resonant with us because it's Superman's costume! To people who aren't invested in Superman, it's a guy with red underwear worn outside. If DC wants to keep the character looking dynamic and powerful, well, it's possible change is needed.

Probably not the change we got, because it really failed to accomplish 'dynamic and powerful' in my humble opinion, but that's another argument. I'm just responding to the notion that, somehow, changing things is an insult.

Wow, love what's being showed. Finally some solo Catwoman love. Especially love the 'through the window' in what I believe is her purple suit. Also the DC focus on Batman is great, especially if it will focus on the rogue gallery (hopefully with a single Harley, single Ivy, and finally a Zsasz).
No Man's Land sounds great, especially if prizes will be like the Harley/Joker duo. Only problem will be if they're all that cool, and it will be a crime to get them.

And didn't think/know that Giganto was this much bigger than Dormammu. Had hoped Giganto would be packed with something else as well (or with a second copy of him, or a generic mole monster).

double Giganto would have ROCKED!!!!

Not only does it happen to me, I have to seek it out and moderate it.

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