Comments on: Design 101

By: dr pepper

dr pepper — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:12:45 +0000

The Creeper was pretty bad with a shag rug for a cape.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 22 May 2005 22:50:36 +0000

Yeah, Chris, Bogdanove really was the worst offender, as his Superman looked like a tripped out Hippy while his Clark looked like the kind of dude you’d just want to yell “WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!? YOU’RE WEARING A BAGGY SWEATER AS A SHIRT!!! THIS MAKES NO SENSE!!”

I think the mullet was Jurgens fault.

They were going to cut it off when he returned, but Jurgens decided to leave it in when he drew Superman #82.

Say…wasn’t there something significant involved in Supergirl making Superman’s costume out of that black regeneration outfit? I can’t remember exactly, but I seem to recall that being a plot point later on somehow…

By: Chris Galdieri

Chris Galdieri — Sun, 22 May 2005 18:08:18 +0000

Perhaps the worst thing about the Supermullet days was that no two artists drew it anything close to alike — Bogdanove drew flowing tresses coming down to Supes’ butt, Kitson drew slightly shaggy helmet-hair, Jurgens drew it differently from panel to panel, and Grummett drew helmet-hair that wasn’t shaggy so much as shellacked into place. It was just awful to look at.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Sun, 22 May 2005 02:19:47 +0000

Never did Clark Kent look more like the yuppy that people accused Byrne of making him into then when he had the ponytail.

Good lord, did the man look like a dork!

By: Jim Kosmicki

Jim Kosmicki — Sat, 21 May 2005 19:55:04 +0000

if you consider the blue hairy look a costume, then the Beast had one good costume. The original grey did not work well, but when it turned blue, it worked nicely. it especially played off of the “looking like a beast, but with a super-scientific brain” aspect of Hank.

By: Chris Galdieri

Chris Galdieri — Sat, 21 May 2005 18:10:18 +0000

It’s not surprising that the orange and blue on Deathstroke’s costume work together; orange and blue are complementary colors, at opposite ends of the color wheel.

I must confess to loving the headband Supergirl design. I just can’t help it. It’s a decided improvement over the new Supergirl’s outfit, at least as rendered by the likes of Michael Turner and Ian Churchill…

By: David Campbell

David Campbell — Fri, 20 May 2005 21:42:13 +0000

I’m with Laura on the blue Aquaman costume. It rules.

I’d like to present the Blue Electric Superman costume for consideration. Truly, it is awful.

By: Juho Salo

Juho Salo — Fri, 20 May 2005 21:20:53 +0000

Hah, I agree. Thought I must say that I liked the Daredevil’s 90’s costume (thought didnt actually ever read any issues where DD had it), and I thought it looked really neat. Didnt ever consider it armour, though.

And Wolverine’s hair must have weighted two kilos at least.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 20 May 2005 18:03:59 +0000

I’d add Troia’s costume to the list of Perez badness.

The others I considered, but thankfully they were long gone before I started reading comics (except for Cable, that is)

By: Mike Loughlin

Mike Loughlin — Fri, 20 May 2005 17:20:46 +0000

Yeah, Deathstroke looks implausibly great, but George Perez is probably the worst costume-designer-who-is-actually-a-good-artist in comics (and I’m a big Perez fan). How could you forget…

1. Wonder Man’s first redesigned costume (by George Perez).
2. Justice’s Perez-redesigned costume.
3. Nightwing’s original costume.
4. Jericho (super-hero or extra in a Shakespeare production?).
5. Red Tornado’s ’70s redesign (which I *think* was by Perez).

I may have been the only one who read Crimson Plague, but the various extras from the super-hero scene were hideous.

Not to mention non-Perez offenders:

Black Widow’s original costume.
Cable and all variations (see: Image Comics circa 1994).
The Whizzer (he’s YELLOW!).
Many minor Kirby creations, but especially Black Racer and the original costumes of Scarlet Witch (what kind of head-dress goes around the perimeter of the face?) & Quicksilver (pale green?!?).
Daredevil’s yellow costume.