Better? You think the black costume is better than the original red & blues? Wow...I mean, just...wow. There's no accounting for taste, I guess. I mean, I really like the alien costume too but, no way would I say it was better than the original.

Liked Hank Pym Goliath when his suit was blue and gold.

Original Wonderman in green and red with goggles all the way. The Perez redesign gets much hate: but i think what is mostly wrong with it is the coloring scheme. Flip the red to green and green to red and darken them both to original color scheme and widen the chest diamond and making all the yellow trim as smaller with a wide yellow around the shoulder and replace wrist bands and boots with his original's and then it wouldn't be so bad. Safari Jacket Wonderman can be lost forever as far as i am concerned.

Loved both Captain Marvel outfits, the original uniform and then the red/blue hero.

The black Spider symbiotic suit was okay if overly simplified design and just not handled very well and not really suits the Peter Parker Spider-man tone. 

Wasp in her original and then the kind of standard yellow/red during the Byrne year's suited her. But as noted, part of the charm of Jan is in her constant costume designing changing with the times and styles.

Liked Pietro's Quicksilver change from the green to the light blue and silver/white. much more dignified and resembling of his name.

While Namor would likely be most comfortable in his trunks alone, the change into the blue suit with golden underarm wings was very much needed improvement i thought for a monarch and parading around New York.

Batman adding the oval bat insignia in the 60's was iconic and lasted a very long time before reverting to just a big black bat on the chest.

Any Dave Cockrum Legion of Super-heroes redesign was pretty much spectacular improvements over the original designs.

The Neal Adam's Green Arrow update to a more 70's Robin Hood archer was great and improved upon even more so by Mike Grell when taking Arrow full on into the Robin Hood styling.

Daredevil from the Black and Yellow to the full Red horn Head we all know and love is perfection.

Iron Man classic sleek and simple Red and Gold armor held up through the decades and now he looks more machine than man. It was great even when they began specializing different armor depending on the needs. Those were very cool temporary changes or additions to the classic.

Falcon from the green into the Red and White with and without wings was singularly 70's but so suited the character and ever since every outfit lacks something. They can't recapture that original sleek disco styling no matter how they try.

So much more to come...




 

That is actually my favourite Wonder Man costume.

And then there's Union Jack, of course, who made some very dodgy costume decisions in the 90s...

Alan (Green Lantern) Scott's early 90s costume, which I actually prefer to his original.

It's far more spider-like, better emphasizes the eyes, and it's pretty much the strongest color contrast possible. Enigmatic, mysterious, striking.