Post by foxley on Apr 27, 2022 4:33:48 GMT -5
It's less a costume and more that she just went out in her street clothes, though I think this was a test for a new look. Sharon Wright (Mike Grell's ex) was doing the writing. She continued to appear in basic street clothes and no wig, in Green Arrow, under Grell.
Action Comics Weekly #624 had her back in the classic, though the buccaneer boots had flat soles.
In that story above, she wears boots with sensible lower heels, which made a bit more sense, for fighting. They were trying to make some concession for hand-to-hand fighting, since her canary cry was gone, at this stage. That continued into at least the early days of Birds of Prey.
Is that Paul Gulacy? I'll have to try and find those issues if he drew a story in them, even though I don't particularly like the look of this sample.
I think it's Randy DuBurke. He did Dinah's Who's Who page in the Green Arrow Annual in 1989, when they had had updated Who's Who as the backup feature in the annuals.
Thanks codystarbuck . I'd forgotten about that particular iteration of Dinah's costume. Not horrible by any stretch of the imagination, but it doesn't really do anything for me. I've never been a fan of superheroes in civvies. (Still better that that weird phase when most of Marvel's superheroes started wearing leather jackets over their usual costumes, though.)
As you said, in Dinah's second run in ACW DuBurke put her back in her classic costume, but with flat boots. After this came the "New Wings" miniseries, written by Byam and with art by Von Eeden and Dick Giordano. Given both Von Eeden and Giordano were BC fans, they kept her classic look and put her back in heels. The only addition they made was a pair of leather gloves, which is sensible if you ask me. Von Eeden kept this look for the ongoing series in 1993, but added prominent shoulder pads to the jacket.
A little dated now, but it was in keeping with the fashions of the time, and I don't think it spoils the overall aesthetic of the costume.
And then came the abomination I described earlier, which disappeared at the end of the series, never to be seen again. Unlike the 80s look, which is the subject of good natured mocking in more recent times, such as the issue of Birds of Prey where Dinah discovers that they have made an action figure of her in that outfit and she immediately buys up everyone she can find to stop anyone else seeing it.
