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Post by dbutler69 on Oct 12, 2015 8:58:26 GMT -5
Captain Marvel might be my favorite all time costume. It's certainly up there, anyway. I love the cape, and the unique way it attaches to the costume. Then there is the red & yellow color combination, and the armor-like sleeves also look cool. No underwear on the outside, either!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 10:21:07 GMT -5
Captain Marvel: The design on the cape gives the costume a dignified, royal look. He always struck me as being very handsome, yet gentle. Jackson Bostwick was awesome as Captain Marvel. Kind of like Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, he looked as if he stepped from the pages of the comics onto the screen. In reference of Lynda Carter - you are spot on in your description of him as Captain Marvel. Thanks for pointing it out and I wished that I thought of that in the first place!  Here's three additional pictures of Jackson Bostwick as Captain Marvel!   With Micheal Gray who played Billy Baston in this TV Series. Jackson Bostwick is definitely Captain Marvel over John Davey. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 10:21:57 GMT -5
Captain Marvel might be my favorite all time costume. It's certainly up there, anyway. I love the cape, and the unique way it attaches to the costume. Then there is the red & yellow color combination, and the armor-like sleeves also look cool. No underwear on the outside, either! Thanks for sharing this. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 21:41:43 GMT -5
#4 Wonder Woman, The Amazing Amazon Alter Ego - Diana Prince First Appearance All Star Comics #8 (December 1941) Golden, Silver, and Bronze Ages Costume Features that I like the mostIn the Silver Age, her gold insignia changed to a more modern double WW to make her more relevant of the ever-changing times and make her different from her Golden Age Counterpart. In this age, the Silver her skirt has disappeared and replaced with a more fashionable brief that's more adaptable for fighting crime and injustice. Pretty much the same design and she wore the cape on special occasions and that's why she's ranked #4 on my list. Three Favorite Pictures of Wonder Woman  Phil Jimenez's drawing of Wonder Woman with her cape is a work of art here!  The main reason why I like Wonder Woman in the Silver and Bronze Ages is that her face is drawn much, much better and the quality of work makes her more attractive than ever before.   Lynda Carter was born to play Wonder Woman!
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Post by chadwilliam on Oct 12, 2015 21:52:53 GMT -5
Captain Marvel: The design on the cape gives the costume a dignified, royal look. He always struck me as being very handsome, yet gentle. Jackson Bostwick was awesome as Captain Marvel. Kind of like Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman, he looked as if he stepped from the pages of the comics onto the screen.
C C Beck on Captain Marvel's outfit:
"Captain Marvel's [costume] was an operetta-style soldier's uniform. He wore a sash, a jacket-like top, tight pants (not tights), and had a small, braid-trimmed cape flung over one shoulder when he first appeared. Such a costume was worn by drum-majors, doormen, or ushers. It wouldn't have been out of place in the streets in those days.
Captain Marvel's so-called "armbands" were his Captain's sleeve marks, showing the rank of Captain. Few people - artists, editors, or publishers - ever understood this or the fact that the decorations on Captain Marvel's cape were ornamental buttons and braiding used on military outfits. They have appeared looking like propellers, decorative flowers, and like bunches of bananas.
The Marvel Family characters were originally designed to be as different as possible from all of comic books' other tights wearing strongmen characters, who were often hooded or masked. The Marvel Family were supposed to look more like high school or college athletes".
I love this photo and can't thank Mecha-Godzilla enough for bringing it to my attention. Not only does it wonderfully illustrate Beck's vision, but really captures the greatness of what must be the greatest superhero serial ever made (I'd actually rank it as one of the best Superhero films out there, period).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 12, 2015 21:57:08 GMT -5
 Two more great pictures of Wonder Woman!  Diana Prince changing to Wonder Woman with the aid of her Magic Lasso here ...  Wonder Woman changing to Diana Prince with the aid of her Magic Lasso here ...  I still prefer the Spin in the Wonder Woman TV Series starring Lynda Carter From her 1st Season  And a cool Gif too! |
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Post by chadwilliam on Oct 12, 2015 22:20:30 GMT -5
#6 Batman, The Caped Crusader  Carmine Infantino’s Batman is the best that I've seen so far and to me it's represent Batman entering into the Silver Age of Comics. The Dynamic Duo
Strange how different the outfit becomes with the addition of a yellow oval around the chest. With one touch of color Batman now has an outfit that works equally and perfectly well on both a dark, mysterious, creature of the night and colorful, daytime Caped Crusader. So many characters whose outfits were regarded as the epitome of pulp perfection such as The Shadow, Sandman, etc. were eventually given radical makeovers intended to appeal to superhero fans and failed miserably. Batman however, can cross over effortlessly into either genre. I think it wasn't until Norm Breyfogle came around (in 1987) that he realized the full potential of the yellow emblem.
A silhouette, a yellow emblem, a stormy night - Batman.
Your comments about Carmine Infantino are spot on - the greatest cover artist Batman ever had. Yeah, I guess I should qualify that this is just my opinion, but no, he is the greatest ever.
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Post by dupersuper on Oct 13, 2015 1:38:28 GMT -5
LOL, looks like if you're s superhero you can't go wrong with predominantly red costume adorned with a lightning bolt insignia--just ask Captain Marvel and the Flash (Barry Allen).  I'm not sure why you specified a Flash: that description works for Wally and Jay as well. |
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Post by foxley on Oct 13, 2015 2:15:31 GMT -5
Greatest ever? He's good, but he's no Neal Adams. |
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Post by berkley on Oct 13, 2015 3:02:27 GMT -5
Love the Infantino/Anderson covers but I still think it's Murphy Anderson who's at least half of the attraction there as I've rarely seen anything else by Infantino that I liked. But I'm mostly familiar with his 70s work for Marvel and maybe his style had changed by then.
This may seem like an oddly trivial thing to be bothered by but I've never liked the white stripes on WW's boots. Who came up with that idea, I wonder? Looking at the comics.org WW cover gallery it looks like it was added in the mid to late 70s. Has any artist tried dropping it in the years since? I mean apart from those versions where they changed the whole costume.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2015 6:18:13 GMT -5
#3 Green Lantern, The Cosmic Crusader Alter Ego - Hal Jordan First Appearance Showcase #22 Golden, Silver, and Bronze Ages Costume Features that I like the mostFuturistic Design, Sleek, and Aerodynamic too. One of the most jazziest costumes around and certainty one of the most creative one yet. I'm so intrigued by the design of the green portion of the costume and most importantly the grand incorporation of the color black and that's makes it very unique and the white/green insignia of a green lantern inside makes it complete. If I were to make one small change to his costume; I would change the green boots to white to make it more fashionable; but the green is here to stay and I'm not complaining one bit. Immortal Words of his legendary Oath In brightest day, in blackest night,
No evil shall escape my sight.
Let those who worship evil's might,
Beware my power, Green Lantern's light!!!Battling Sinestro his greatest enemy Two Favorite Pictures of Green Lantern
  Green Lantern Cartoon Intro / Filmation
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2015 6:26:45 GMT -5
 Two More Favorite Pictures of Hal Jordan Green Lantern  Legendary Friendship with Barry Allen the Flash Legendary Friendship with Oliver Queen the Green Arrow Green Lantern Cartoon 1Green Lantern Cartoon 2Green Lantern Cartoon 3 |
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Post by tingramretro on Oct 13, 2015 7:34:42 GMT -5
Love the Infantino/Anderson covers but I still think it's Murphy Anderson who's at least half of the attraction there as I've rarely seen anything else by Infantino that I liked. But I'm mostly familiar with his 70s work for Marvel and maybe his style had changed by then. This may seem like an oddly trivial thing to be bothered by but I've never liked the white stripes on WW's boots. Who came up with that idea, I wonder? Looking at the comics.org WW cover gallery it looks like it was added in the mid to late 70s. Has any artist tried dropping it in the years since? I mean apart from those versions where they changed the whole costume. I believe the white stripes were added when the book started telling stories of the Earth Two Wonder Woman in WWII in 1977, tying in with the first series of the WW TV show. So I would guess the alteration was to make her costume more closely mirror that of Lynda Carter. |
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Post by Farrar on Oct 13, 2015 8:22:56 GMT -5
LOL, looks like if you're s superhero you can't go wrong with predominantly red costume adorned with a lightning bolt insignia--just ask Captain Marvel and the Flash (Barry Allen). I'm not sure why you specified a Flash: that description works for Wally and Jay as well. My comment was in response to the thread's then-recent posts with all the multiple images of Barry at #9 and Capt. Marvel at #7 in close proximity. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2015 11:48:17 GMT -5
Wonder Woman: her silver age look is near perfection for me. The patriotic colors, the eagle emblem, and of course Lynda Carter's portrayal of her on tv! It seems the general public associates Wonder Woman with the tv version and not the comics. That was certainly my first exposure to Wonder Woman. I never saw her as wearing a bathing suit, but an outfit that was easy to move about in (although it may have been difficult to keep her top on!) as well as the outfit serving as weapons to aid her (the tiara, the bracelets, and lasso). The tiara also symbolized her royal rank as a princess. No doubt Lynda Carter was born to play Wonder Woman and Gal Gadot certainly has big shoes (or boots) to fill. Wonder Woman's costume is the perfect balance of comic fun: bright colors, stylish design, functional (although some would argue that the top needs straps, but if a woman can fly in an invisible jet, why can't we suspend disbelief and assume the top magically stays in place? When she wore the cape on TV, she looked very regal. I was in Vegas this summer and there was a bunch of Wonder Woman slot machines where I stayed. Everyone was playing them and it brought back lots of great memories and people were commenting on beautiful Lynda Carter is and what a pretty costume she wore.
Green Lantern: Along with the Flash, this is one of the best silver age costumes. Nothing fancy, nothing crazy, just a great, clean design. The white gloves add style and a touch of class. The mask is unique as it molds to the contour of his face and covers his nose. Great colors, great design. And what a great piece of jewelry, his power ring!
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