I like to think that the Azrael Batsuit was intentionally created to be so 90' to represent everything that Batman should not be and how mentally unstable Azrael was.
Nx57ytre actually the entire storyline was meant to shut up all the people who wanted Batman to start killing criminals, by showing them how terrible that would be.
Exactly! The thing everyone leads up is that at this same time Bruce got a costume that was the exact opposite: loose cloth and a traditional chinese mask. Eventually it came to a fight of Batman vs. Batman and Jean Paul found out how he basically just uses his power armor as a crutch, and its ineffectiveness is even used when batman gets him stuck between rocks in it.
The Azreal Bat suit meant to parody the other over the top 90s characters at the time. At the end of the story, there is a very clever deconstruction of the suit when Bruce defeats Azreal with his own suit.
Bruce defeated Azrael by going into a narrow cave and tricking him into taking off the suit little by little. Even as a Azbats fan i cant be mad at him
Didn't Booster Gold's power suit replace his old one because Doomsday destroyed the old suit and current technology was nowhere near the future suit's tech? And Blue Beetle tried his best.
I don't remember Extreme Justice. I always thought that he got a new set of future armor. From what I an find out, the power suit that is referenced in the video is basically the same look, but a slight upgrade where Blue Beetle can take over the suit if (or more likely when) Booster gets knocked out. The writers intended it to be bad armor, according to what I can find online. Eventually Professor Hamilton used the original suit and Superman's "Blue Electricity" containment suit to make a new suit that was as close to Booster's original as possible. After he switches from the Supernova suit back to his original suit, it gets unclear if it's the Hamilton design or another future suit. However, I am trusting what I can find online and you know how ify that can be. Still, as far as I can tell, the Blue Beetle designs were the big and bulky looking ones and never anywhere as powerful as his original.
It waa life support armor. In the justice league international run of comics he loses his arm and is essentially killed. Ted kord builds the power armor for him to keep him alive until the monarch, who isnt hank hall but rather is captain atom ( its then revealed the captain atom we know is actually a clone of thw original who is now monarch), gives him a new arm and heals his body allowing him to use a new suit built using alien technology obtained during extreme justice. The new suit has skeets uploaded into it.
Lore wise that might be the reason but you gotta always remenber that they are real people and this never really happened Everything in fiction is made with an intent and this was just a way to explain the redesign
Porn isn't fun and softcore porn sure as hell isn't either. Fan service is fucking annoying, not only does it take away a good portion of the story and fills it with boobs but it becomes so distracting after awhile. I can't take a behemoth of a dude wearing nothing but tighties or a woman barely wearing anything at all seriously in most circumstances. If I wanted porn I'd just watch porn.
It was an AWESOME time and I wish we could go back and yeah, to those who aren't uptight, crazy, fundamentalists or feminists... porn is fun as are stories about power and hot girls in skimpy clothes.
Holy shit the Captain America power armor was real!I saw it ONCE back in middle school and NEVER saw a reference to it again I thought I was dreaming.Can we get more info on that please?
Was that when Cap's super soldier serum became like poison, he needed Stark built armor to even let him stand. He ended up in a fight that left him like jello in his suit, then we see the Red Skull reviving him from a block of ice.
That armor actually made perfect sense; the super soldier serum had begun deteriorating, causing Captain America to slowly lose his physical prowess and well, slowly die. It was actually a really well-written and poignant storyline.
Regarding AzBats. It's been stated by those that worked on the book, that the point of that costume, was to show that 90s EXTREME mentality wouldn't work with Batman. It makes it a lot more endearing, when you take that into account.
I actually REALLY like the idea of Wolverine going feral being inevitable, but his adamantium put it on hold. There's some continuity errors, sure, but look at Sabertooth...
Hannibal Rasberry i guess it reminds them of the batman and robin movie. Or it is just a preverence of blending in vs contrast, with blue blending in and red as a striking contrast. To me both work just fine, though for a vigilante hiding in the dark i would say the blue is more practical.
Hannibal Rasberry I don’t hate the red version of the Nightwing costume, but I think that the black and blue outfit looks a lot cooler. I don’t know why, it just looks better.
I disliked it because red is Jason Todd’s colour now. The warmer blue sort of depicts Dick Grayson’s purity & his status as Batman’s perfect heir. The red of Jason is meant to show how much more violent he is in dispensing justice. Nightwing’s costume was only made red for a really bad attempt at ‘rule of cool’ as well.
Hannibal Rasberry I dislike the color scheme of New 52 Nightwing because of the fact that Red and Black color scheme is actually Jason Todd and Tim Drake’s color schemes after they became Red Hood and Red Robin.
oh man that disco nightwing outfit killed me wasn't even aware of others beyond the black and blue though I did actually like the red on him but then he would look to similar to Batman Beyond and the Red Hood so I guess it is better that he stays blue
ikr, I don't think I necessarily prefer it but I was so shocked when Drake said "that god awful red" how the hell was it bad, let alone that bed, there's barely any difference, just surprised me
You know what, everyone always talks about the bad things that happened with comics in the 90s. I think it'd be cool if you highlight so of the good that happened in the 90s. The decade couldn't have possibly been 100% bad.
My highlight from the 90's is the creation of Image, then again I'm biased because i like Spawn. I can say one thing about them for sure, they've gotten leages better since then
It wasn't all bad. We had Hellboy,Spawn,Bone,Cavewoman, Liberty Meadows and Danger Girl among others. Image and Dark Horse also got their start in the 90s. But so many comics were trying to Hotter&Sexier or edgy similar to many Golden Age and/or Bronze Age comics without truly comprehending what made them work. Take Vampirella for one.Sure,she wore mainly dental floss,but her stories were well written. As compared to most Bad Girl Art of the 90s who couldn't hold a candle. Anyway,most but not all comic titles of the 90s were about being collectors items with style over substance and overly rendered coloring.
There was actually a reason for Booster Gold's "super awesome" power armor: the original costume was destroyed by Doomsday during the Death of Superman and the armor was built by Blue Beetle. Then, he lost an arm and died (kinda-sorta, he was put in stasis), but after awhile, he got a new armor based off of Superman's blue containment suit. COMICS!
Anyone that read the death of superman would know that. I'm sure it's one thing to not like the modern armor but he acts like there was no reason for the change.
I'm surprised you didn't cover the FOUR costumes Spider-Man came up with during the Identity Crisis storyline where he was accused of murder. These suits being known as Ricochet, Hornet, Dusk and Prodigy.
Probably because those costumes had identity. You can tell what the wearer's personality was just from looking at it. Plus the story was actually good and entertaining.
I liked the Electric Superman costume. The idea was interesting and the chance to explore evolving powers and new weaknesses is interesting to me. I feel it even had a bit of prestige to it since the design was reused to help contain the Strange Visitor's powers and it was later used by Livewire when she became a hero. It's definitely better than the trunksless versions of the Classic Outfit that are being used now.
100% its own video... just 15 minutes of staring open-mouthed and going "Why??????" And not to mention, how?? Cos I mean... those ladies with their thighs full of hilarious rings of Brown Leather Pouches... those things are falling down to their ankles the moment they move. Especially considering the body ratios on those abominations.
Liefeld was horrible, not only was he bad at adding random pouches everywhere, he was just a bad artist in general with no sense aesthetics or anatomy. even worse when he essentially had his own comic label full of marvel knock offs.
Ah. Liefeld designs. More pouches! More random straps! Glowing eyes! Weapons which in no way, shape or form make sense or look anything close to functional in this or any other reality! Rob has a lot to answer for.
I actually really liked Night Wings Red Insignia from the New 52. Don’t get me wrong, I prefer the Blue but I did like the Red one as well. The one thing I wished they kept after Night Wing got his Blue Insignia back was his Bat spiked gauntlets. To me, it makes perfect sense that Dick Grayson would adopt Batman style gauntlets as a functional part of his suit and also because I think it looks badass!
Superman Blue isn't a bad costume design IMHO. It's not good for him, but it works just fine for an energy/electricity hero. I also have a soft spot in my heart for mullet Supes. (I like long hair on a man, I can't help it.)
Superman's black suit actually had a purpose. He had come back from the dead and wasn't at full power. The black suit works like a solar panel type thing to help Superman "recharge" faster since he is powered by the sun.
Well Secondary Mutations became a big thing a couple of years later (or maybe it was then, honestly I dropped out of X-Men in the early 90s and back in with Morrison's run), so it may have been that, held back previously by the bonding process and kicked into gear by the trauma. I mean how many different looks have Beast had by now?
Sacremas well beast had the one with his feet and hands then he took that serum that transformed him into the beastlike dude then he had another mutation which he transformed into a more feral lion like form and i dont know anymore
Why do people always make fun of mullets? I really don't understand why it's become one of the poster children of bad hairdos. Am I really the only one who doesn't care when I lay eyes on a mullet?
"Shorts, a bra, and a leather jacket" Only rewatching this now did I realize... Diana actually had a friggin' Black Rock Shooter look for some time. And I love that, because Black Rock Shooter is awesome.
7:46 That took me so by surprise I almost did a spit take. The poor Guy's spent his entire run as No Respect Guy- and that's just from the DC content creators!
I kind of preferred Wonder Woman's black biker gang costume. Also I didn't mind Booster Gold's New 52 costume but I can't believe you forgot the incredible Bag Man that Spider-Man had to be when he was going back home and had to wear a bag over his head
That version of Superman looks like he wanted a cool new outfit and then he saw Punisher on the street and stole his suit just to make a few adjustments
I found Logan losing his adamantium an interesting character study. The whole thing about Logan becoming more feral, wasn't on account of the loss of his adamantium. Stick told Logan that was HIMSELF all along! The adamantium ripped from his body shook him up to the core! He gave up on himself, and that what made him become more animalistic. The trauma he suffered made him feel like he had no use to the x-men. Even after helping them save the world from aliens, he STILL didn't rejoin. He was able to realize this, and re-found himself. Oh, the Man-beast look? His healing factor was more powerful without his adamantium...it was slowing it down. The man-beast look was regressing slowly back to normal due to the healing factor.
I actually enjoyed the Wonder Woman storyline. Mike Deodato Jr's spectacular artwork was the main reason why. I still like Black Widow, Hank Pym & Hawkeye's outfits during "The Crossing" story.
*I actually miss the sexy, flamboyant, and out there of the old designs made superheroes seem more over the top.* We can all agree it's better than normalizing them into forever 21 clothing that only resembles the costume in color scheme.
Depends on who. I like the "normal" outfit look on some heroes (Beast Boy, Luke Cage, Gambit) but normal clothes on Superman or Batman always feels wrong unless they didn't have time to change.
Jordan DeHart Well yeah, I guess it makes sense you'd prefer it on them, cause that's what they were inventrd or aestheticized as wearing or suiting. It doesnt make as much sense for other characters you follow because they weren't exactly made to look that way.
I agree some of my favorite coustumes like classic spider-man captain america moon knight are bright and over the top. Iconic colorful coustumes all the way.
New costumes, even ones that are ultimately meant to be temporary, are a tricky thing to do since it has to be different from the old costume otherwise what's the point of changing it, but usually there still needs to be some familiar element to the old costume for the sake of recognition. Doing this and finding something that still looks good is not as easy as it sounds. Often times the best ones, or at least more accepted ones, are more similar to the original, just a variation of it's design, but there have been some that are much bigger changes from the previous design that are still well liked.
A good 90s coustume change would be ben rileys spider-man coustume. It is different but keeps enough of the classic design to have him easily recnozible as spider-man.
I actually liked that Thor''s costume, and I think that look should've been kept as his main look in an alternate universe that feature heavy metal versions of each Superhero
First thing that pops to mind when talking about bad 90s redesigns (that aren't on this list) are probably the Wasp's mutant look (after her "rebirth") and Daredevil's weird 90s armor.
That version of Susan Storm was actually the first version I came across. And Ben's helmet at least had good reasoning behind it, since he was horribly scarred by Wolverine.
Drake, I agree with all you said except about Superman and Guy Gardner. Superman Blue's suit couldn't have been designed better, though the power set was generic. It also allowed for a human Clark Kent when his electric powers weren't employed. His mullet was never an issue to me, I thought it looked good on him. Guy Gardner Warrior was also interesting, though perhaps he could have been tweaked in appearance. I wouldn't mind if his Warrior persona returned.
Is it bad I actually liked the Biker wonder Woman outfit? I also did think Artemus was a interesting change for Wonder Woman. I wished they had gone with a longer story for her.
I can't tell if Azrael's Xtreme2DaMax suit was a brilliant takedown of the edgy characters that dressed like that and why they don't work with batman, since that was the point of the story or it was luck and they just made a design that aged horribly.
Yes it's true, he also held sex parties in his house and had two wives and families that lived together; he was an very eccentric and unique guy. Oh; and he invented the polygraph
Honestly, the Bat-Azrael costume is such an iconic and memorable costumes for me. I remember being really stoked to see it when I started collecting comics at the age of 8 or 9. Sure, it’s over-designed, but I love that about it, it feels theatrical. But also, I feel like it was the perfect amalgam between the design of Batman and Azrael’s costumes.
I actually love that 90s Wonder Woman and the story it was featured in but wish it was more of an alternative universe story where she is a heavy metal rocker Wonder Woman which would have made the look fit where in the story, she just changed cloths that had Wonder Woman W on it even though she was trying to distance herself from the role
Blue on black while on night missions represents stealth and puts the "night" in Nightwing; Red on black during any missions represents obvious target and puts the bullet in Nightwing.
Tabor Pyhala nothing, I just like the black and blue one. But I don’t get the hatred for the costume, in fact I liked it when Damian Wayne used red in the Nightwing costume for the Injustice universe, I just didn’t like the longer hair, Damian Wayne just doesn’t look right if he doesn’t have short spiky hair. But if for some reason in the main universe Damian Wayne does become Nightwing, I would get behind him wearing the black and red outfit. But for Dick Grayson they should just stick to the black and blue outfit we all love.
I love the 90s version of the disco suit, but what would make it perfect though is if they made the collar section light blue, give it a bit of v neck, and put his symbol on the belt to better mirror the original. It's also surprisingly tame given the time it came out and I wish we could get more renditions of it.
Honestly if Drake hadn't put that costume on this list, I would have downvoted this video. The MMO Marvel Heroes (RIP, had some fun times) even refused to sell that costume when offering up all sorts of slinky costumes for the likes of Emma Frost.
I liked it too and it was explained later when Malice took over her body. Hey, let a girl have some fun and feel sexy for a change. Don't you think moms want to be seen as girls once in awhile?
I should've said... Even if Malice hadn't taken over her body, a girl, especially a girl who's seen as a mom, sometimes wants to also be seen as sexy and desirable. Since girls follow trends and the trend at the time was skimpy clothing, it would make sense that Sue would step out and say - 'Yeah, I can wear stuff like that too."
John Templar If I'm not mistaken, aren't female people who are adults, and have adult responsibilities like jobs and motherhood are called women? Also, doesn't what you just said would only make sense if all women are the same? I thought women were all individual people who don't all think and act the same way, just like men are.
I like to think that the Azrael Batsuit was intentionally created to be so 90' to represent everything that Batman should not be and how mentally unstable Azrael was.
Nx57ytre actually the entire storyline was meant to shut up all the people who wanted Batman to start killing criminals, by showing them how terrible that would be.
Yes, but they didn't take the opportunity to kill the Joker.
Todd no last name because the Joker was Very scared of Him... He was Practically living on his parents basement at that time. Lmfaooo
Exactly! The thing everyone leads up is that at this same time Bruce got a costume that was the exact opposite: loose cloth and a traditional chinese mask. Eventually it came to a fight of Batman vs. Batman and Jean Paul found out how he basically just uses his power armor as a crutch, and its ineffectiveness is even used when batman gets him stuck between rocks in it.
@@toddnolastname4485 even if they did they would've just brought him back like a year later
The Azreal Bat suit meant to parody the other over the top 90s characters at the time. At the end of the story, there is a very clever deconstruction of the suit when Bruce defeats Azreal with his own suit.
Still love the" AzBat " suit though. Imo one of the best redesigns ever till Knights End happened and the costume just kept getting bulkyer and ugly.
Roger Payne I liked the way the suit kept on getting upgraded, it added a new dynamic to Knightsquest, which definitely needed something new going on
I loved all of Azbats sujts
Bruce defeated Azrael by going into a narrow cave and tricking him into taking off the suit little by little. Even as a Azbats fan i cant be mad at him
As Dipper Pines once said "Must have been dark times, those 90s"
Isabel Rentoul What episode was that again?
PiggiePower CuteSheepo Dungeons, dungeons, and more dungeons
Maaaan the last few episodes of Gravity Falls were the best. Shame it ended so quickly, I think a third season woud've been perfect.
Jordan DeHart cartoons are weak now
Awesome profile pic Smokey Quartz is so cool
Remember when superman could shoot tiny supermen out of his hands?
I wanna know more about this
:')
Yes
What
Huh?
Didn't Booster Gold's power suit replace his old one because Doomsday destroyed the old suit and current technology was nowhere near the future suit's tech? And Blue Beetle tried his best.
Wasn’t it life support armor? He eventually go a sleeker upgrade in Extreme Justice
I don't remember Extreme Justice. I always thought that he got a new set of future armor.
From what I an find out, the power suit that is referenced in the video is basically the same look, but a slight upgrade where Blue Beetle can take over the suit if (or more likely when) Booster gets knocked out. The writers intended it to be bad armor, according to what I can find online.
Eventually Professor Hamilton used the original suit and Superman's "Blue Electricity" containment suit to make a new suit that was as close to Booster's original as possible. After he switches from the Supernova suit back to his original suit, it gets unclear if it's the Hamilton design or another future suit.
However, I am trusting what I can find online and you know how ify that can be. Still, as far as I can tell, the Blue Beetle designs were the big and bulky looking ones and never anywhere as powerful as his original.
It waa life support armor. In the justice league international run of comics he loses his arm and is essentially killed. Ted kord builds the power armor for him to keep him alive until the monarch, who isnt hank hall but rather is captain atom ( its then revealed the captain atom we know is actually a clone of thw original who is now monarch), gives him a new arm and heals his body allowing him to use a new suit built using alien technology obtained during extreme justice. The new suit has skeets uploaded into it.
Lore wise that might be the reason but you gotta always remenber that they are real people and this never really happened
Everything in fiction is made with an intent and this was just a way to explain the redesign
Is it just me or were the 90s comics just soft porn and power armours ?
that cause it needed to be X-treme!!!!
Porn isn't fun and softcore porn sure as hell isn't either. Fan service is fucking annoying, not only does it take away a good portion of the story and fills it with boobs but it becomes so distracting after awhile. I can't take a behemoth of a dude wearing nothing but tighties or a woman barely wearing anything at all seriously in most circumstances. If I wanted porn I'd just watch porn.
It was an AWESOME time and I wish we could go back and yeah, to those who aren't uptight, crazy, fundamentalists or feminists... porn is fun as are stories about power and hot girls in skimpy clothes.
Jordan DeHart You seem seriously confused and misguided.
Bookhead714 I think you're alone on that
Holy shit the Captain America power armor was real!I saw it ONCE back in middle school and NEVER saw a reference to it again I thought I was dreaming.Can we get more info on that please?
Was that when Cap's super soldier serum became like poison, he needed Stark built armor to even let him stand. He ended up in a fight that left him like jello in his suit, then we see the Red Skull reviving him from a block of ice.
Sure, they let Rob Liefield draw Cap. All the info you need.
Ok I have a question
In the new 52 supes and Diana we're a thing
Is it true that they did something that killed billions?
I don't want to be specific
@Mark Grant Spider-Man is probably the only one to get power armor after the 90s, because he's friends with Tony Stark
That armor actually made perfect sense; the super soldier serum had begun deteriorating, causing Captain America to slowly lose his physical prowess and well, slowly die. It was actually a really well-written and poignant storyline.
Regarding AzBats. It's been stated by those that worked on the book, that the point of that costume, was to show that 90s EXTREME mentality wouldn't work with Batman. It makes it a lot more endearing, when you take that into account.
Superman Red and Superman Blue: Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan Blue before it was cool
Pepsi and Coke before it was cool.
SpinningSilver well, Goku is just a Superman replica, with martial arts and dumb.
juan martin no the English version tries to make him that but he's more selfish and uncaring
juan martin and stronger
Ultra Instinct Super Man
When I clicked on WORST '90s comic costumes I expected a two hour video.
I actually REALLY like the idea of Wolverine going feral being inevitable, but his adamantium put it on hold. There's some continuity errors, sure, but look at Sabertooth...
It would of made a bit more sense if it happened after his attempts to bring the adamantium back
I don't get why people didn't like the Nightwing red outfit. It's literally the exact same look with just a different color.
Hannibal Rasberry i guess it reminds them of the batman and robin movie. Or it is just a preverence of blending in vs contrast, with blue blending in and red as a striking contrast. To me both work just fine, though for a vigilante hiding in the dark i would say the blue is more practical.
Hannibal Rasberry I don’t hate the red version of the Nightwing costume, but I think that the black and blue outfit looks a lot cooler. I don’t know why, it just looks better.
I disliked it because red is Jason Todd’s colour now. The warmer blue sort of depicts Dick Grayson’s purity & his status as Batman’s perfect heir. The red of Jason is meant to show how much more violent he is in dispensing justice.
Nightwing’s costume was only made red for a really bad attempt at ‘rule of cool’ as well.
red nightwing is my preference
Hannibal Rasberry I dislike the color scheme of New 52 Nightwing because of the fact that Red and Black color scheme is actually Jason Todd and Tim Drake’s color schemes after they became Red Hood and Red Robin.
oh man that disco nightwing outfit killed me wasn't even aware of others beyond the black and blue though I did actually like the red on him but then he would look to similar to Batman Beyond and the Red Hood so I guess it is better that he stays blue
TheCreepypro he was disco first
The red makes him too uniform with Red Hood and Red Robin. And Batman Beyond.
That's why I prefer the blue. Makes him stand out a bit more
ikr, I don't think I necessarily prefer it but I was so shocked when Drake said "that god awful red" how the hell was it bad, let alone that bed, there's barely any difference, just surprised me
I felt like the red connected him to the others.
Tom Unsworth Yeah it was unnecessary nitpicking on his part
You know what, everyone always talks about the bad things that happened with comics in the 90s. I think it'd be cool if you highlight so of the good that happened in the 90s.
The decade couldn't have possibly been 100% bad.
introduce cable and Deadpool??
My highlight from the 90's is the creation of Image, then again I'm biased because i like Spawn.
I can say one thing about them for sure, they've gotten leages better since then
2099 and scarlet spider's (ben reily) first costume were fucking great
It wasn't all bad. We had Hellboy,Spawn,Bone,Cavewoman, Liberty Meadows and Danger Girl among others. Image and Dark Horse also got their start in the 90s. But so many comics were trying to Hotter&Sexier or edgy similar to many Golden Age and/or Bronze Age comics without truly comprehending what made them work. Take Vampirella for one.Sure,she wore mainly dental floss,but her stories were well written. As compared to most Bad Girl Art of the 90s who couldn't hold a candle. Anyway,most but not all comic titles of the 90s were about being collectors items with style over substance and overly rendered coloring.
I mean I grew up on Animaniacs... videos. On TH-cam. So not all bad.
Ah shit wrong topic.
Honestly the fact that the boob window sue storm suit is so ridiculously over the top fan service is what makes me love it so much.
There was actually a reason for Booster Gold's "super awesome" power armor: the original costume was destroyed by Doomsday during the Death of Superman and the armor was built by Blue Beetle. Then, he lost an arm and died (kinda-sorta, he was put in stasis), but after awhile, he got a new armor based off of Superman's blue containment suit.
COMICS!
Anyone that read the death of superman would know that. I'm sure it's one thing to not like the modern armor but he acts like there was no reason for the change.
Supes mullet is the best mullet.
Fancy Teeth sorry no lieing allowed here sir
I never said mullets were good... if you're going to have one though, you're gonna need super powers.
It's the SuperMullet
Fancy Teeth best one is the one from the bible that gives you powers
The only good mullet is a fish.
I'm surprised you didn't cover the FOUR costumes Spider-Man came up with during the Identity Crisis storyline where he was accused of murder. These suits being known as Ricochet, Hornet, Dusk and Prodigy.
Probably because those costumes had identity. You can tell what the wearer's personality was just from looking at it. Plus the story was actually good and entertaining.
The Thing costume is actually a reference to an older costume he wore in like 1 issue during the 60s before he just ripped it off.
also. that helmet is there because he had gotten his face badly scarred in a brawl
I think that was in FF #3, which I actually owned. Some kid (me) ripped the back cover, so I didn't get $5000 for it.
I liked the Electric Superman costume. The idea was interesting and the chance to explore evolving powers and new weaknesses is interesting to me. I feel it even had a bit of prestige to it since the design was reused to help contain the Strange Visitor's powers and it was later used by Livewire when she became a hero. It's definitely better than the trunksless versions of the Classic Outfit that are being used now.
Me too, I loved it.
Damn, Wondy's Biker Babe look woulda fit in great in the old Streets Of Rage videogames for the Sega Genesis.
How about all the Liefeld costumes from the 90s in stuff like Youngblood? What with the overabundance of random ammo pouches and... cyborg earmuffs ;P
100% its own video... just 15 minutes of staring open-mouthed and going "Why??????" And not to mention, how?? Cos I mean... those ladies with their thighs full of hilarious rings of Brown Leather Pouches... those things are falling down to their ankles the moment they move. Especially considering the body ratios on those abominations.
Liefeld was horrible, not only was he bad at adding random pouches everywhere, he was just a bad artist in general with no sense aesthetics or anatomy. even worse when he essentially had his own comic label full of marvel knock offs.
Ah. Liefeld designs. More pouches! More random straps! Glowing eyes! Weapons which in no way, shape or form make sense or look anything close to functional in this or any other reality! Rob has a lot to answer for.
Half the shit in this video was Liefield or starter-up artists that fell in line with his insane ass designs.
I actually really liked Night Wings Red Insignia from the New 52. Don’t get me wrong, I prefer the Blue but I did like the Red one as well. The one thing I wished they kept after Night Wing got his Blue Insignia back was his Bat spiked gauntlets. To me, it makes perfect sense that Dick Grayson would adopt Batman style gauntlets as a functional part of his suit and also because I think it looks badass!
Superman Blue isn't a bad costume design IMHO. It's not good for him, but it works just fine for an energy/electricity hero. I also have a soft spot in my heart for mullet Supes. (I like long hair on a man, I can't help it.)
Jean Gentry sure
calm ur hormones down, mullets are not that great
i agree mullet superman looks good
Superman's black suit actually had a purpose. He had come back from the dead and wasn't at full power. The black suit works like a solar panel type thing to help Superman "recharge" faster since he is powered by the sun.
Yeeeeeesssssshhhh, Some one call Edna, she can probably whip something better than all of these costumes for these heroes
To quote Edna, "NO CAPES"!
What’s wrong with Red Nightwing? Yea it’s just a palette swap but it’s not that bad
Yeah I don't mind it either.
If this gets a follow-up, could you mention Deathstroke's blue outfit with the hubcap shoulders and the metal plate over his crotch?
Ian MacMurchy i I'm Blue
Dear God...really? Not sure I want to see that.
With wolverine I think it was due to the pain of having his adamantium ripped out.
Well Secondary Mutations became a big thing a couple of years later (or maybe it was then, honestly I dropped out of X-Men in the early 90s and back in with Morrison's run), so it may have been that, held back previously by the bonding process and kicked into gear by the trauma. I mean how many different looks have Beast had by now?
Sacremas well beast had the one with his feet and hands then he took that serum that transformed him into the beastlike dude then he had another mutation which he transformed into a more feral lion like form and i dont know anymore
Why do people always make fun of mullets? I really don't understand why it's become one of the poster children of bad hairdos. Am I really the only one who doesn't care when I lay eyes on a mullet?
I wanted to know why too. Is it America only kind of thing?
Some guys can rock one. Most can't. Supes in a mullet? Be still my gay 60-yr-old heart.
Superman in a mullet is hot.
"Shorts, a bra, and a leather jacket"
Only rewatching this now did I realize... Diana actually had a friggin' Black Rock Shooter look for some time. And I love that, because Black Rock Shooter is awesome.
Is it so wrong that I liked Sue Storm's 90's costume as it was so cheesy? I do love me some cheese!
TyranusRex721 It was awesome. And Asrael's second Batsuit was badass.
There's nothing wrong with enjoying something you enjoy, sad this needs to be said
The only thing I didn't like was that collar. Nothing wrong with a little skin
You're allowed to like it and honestly it sounds like you recognize it's pretty bad anyway.
7:46 That took me so by surprise I almost did a spit take. The poor Guy's spent his entire run as No Respect Guy- and that's just from the DC content creators!
I loved Wonder Woman's biker outfit.
it's the only reason im watching this.
I kind of preferred Wonder Woman's black biker gang costume. Also I didn't mind Booster Gold's New 52 costume but I can't believe you forgot the incredible Bag Man that Spider-Man had to be when he was going back home and had to wear a bag over his head
You say that as if the Bag-Man outfit isn't absolutely amazing.
Comic Drake lol you're right.
Comic Drake Nah, that's got Nothing on New52 (SuperDouche)
Superman shirt, Jeans and a Cape.
Yeah....
Emmanuel Ani I'm pretty sure he said (im not sure if he was being sarcastic , don't remember ) he loved it
Bag man!
"Ayo whats your favourite timeline of superman"
"So yknow pokemon red and blue?"
That version of Superman looks like he wanted a cool new outfit and then he saw Punisher on the street and stole his suit just to make a few adjustments
😄
I kinda liked the black superman suit. The mullet? Not so much.
The new version of the black superman suit from the recent Lois and Clark run was far better
Artur Ahnert if it's the one with the beard then I definitely love it more
I liked the black suit and mullet 😏
I just liked the mullet. Some guys can rock a mullet, some can't. Supes made his mullet an icon of sexy manhood.
That return of super man suit looks
like your dad trying to be cool who has never seen comics and thinks it's all about edge
The Booster Gold power armor actually looks pretty cool. Reminds me of classic bulky Iron Man
best Lesson:) "We should radically change the character everyone loves!" No. No, you shouldn't. EVER.
Lol the Sue Storm costume change is the most 90s thing ever ...but you can't NOT look at !!
I found Logan losing his adamantium an interesting character study. The whole thing about Logan becoming more feral, wasn't on account of the loss of his adamantium. Stick told Logan that was HIMSELF all along! The adamantium ripped from his body shook him up to the core! He gave up on himself, and that what made him become more animalistic. The trauma he suffered made him feel like he had no use to the x-men. Even after helping them save the world from aliens, he STILL didn't rejoin. He was able to realize this, and re-found himself. Oh, the Man-beast look? His healing factor was more powerful without his adamantium...it was slowing it down. The man-beast look was regressing slowly back to normal due to the healing factor.
I actually enjoyed the Wonder Woman storyline. Mike Deodato Jr's spectacular artwork was the main reason why. I still like Black Widow, Hank Pym & Hawkeye's outfits during "The Crossing" story.
*I actually miss the sexy, flamboyant, and out there of the old designs made superheroes seem more over the top.* We can all agree it's better than normalizing them into forever 21 clothing that only resembles the costume in color scheme.
Jay K. Weatherface Eh
Sounds like the scarlet witch's exact look.
Depends on who. I like the "normal" outfit look on some heroes (Beast Boy, Luke Cage, Gambit) but normal clothes on Superman or Batman always feels wrong unless they didn't have time to change.
Jordan DeHart Well yeah, I guess it makes sense you'd prefer it on them, cause that's what they were inventrd or aestheticized as wearing or suiting. It doesnt make as much sense for other characters you follow because they weren't exactly made to look that way.
I agree some of my favorite coustumes like classic spider-man captain america moon knight are bright and over the top. Iconic colorful coustumes all the way.
Azreal Batman was so ninedys yet so good
Rhett Mcfarland. I remembwr loving it as a young teemager. Doesn't hold up now though.
Caith Hunt I still love it a mix of two character costumes but that's just me
I’m on the fence on whether I like B’Wanna Beast/The Beast’s outfit.
New costumes, even ones that are ultimately meant to be temporary, are a tricky thing to do since it has to be different from the old costume otherwise what's the point of changing it, but usually there still needs to be some familiar element to the old costume for the sake of recognition. Doing this and finding something that still looks good is not as easy as it sounds. Often times the best ones, or at least more accepted ones, are more similar to the original, just a variation of it's design, but there have been some that are much bigger changes from the previous design that are still well liked.
The Thor costume is really cringy😋
But I also really really like it.
It’s so glamorous though!
He-Man + Val Halen = Glam Rock Thor
Every time he says “hellooo” I feel like he’s going to say “I’m the nostalgia critic, I remember it so you don’t have to!”
A good 90s coustume change would be ben rileys spider-man coustume. It is different but keeps enough of the classic design to have him easily recnozible as spider-man.
I remember the Superman Blue comic the cover said "Ready for the 21st Century", it didn't stick around long enough for it!
How to design a superhero costume in the 90's
Give the men more muscel or a bulky armor suit. And give the ladies.... boob windows
Man the mullet should’ve stayed in the 90s
I know he gets a lot of hate, but i LOVE black suit mullet Superman. I always have and probably always will.
Yup, Nightwing current costume is probably one of the best designed costumes.
I actually liked that Thor''s costume, and I think that look should've been kept as his main look in an alternate universe that feature heavy metal versions of each Superhero
First thing that pops to mind when talking about bad 90s redesigns (that aren't on this list) are probably the Wasp's mutant look (after her "rebirth") and Daredevil's weird 90s armor.
That version of Susan Storm was actually the first version I came across. And Ben's helmet at least had good reasoning behind it, since he was horribly scarred by Wolverine.
Drake, I agree with all you said except about Superman and Guy Gardner. Superman Blue's suit couldn't have been designed better, though the power set was generic. It also allowed for a human Clark Kent when his electric powers weren't employed. His mullet was never an issue to me, I thought it looked good on him. Guy Gardner Warrior was also interesting, though perhaps he could have been tweaked in appearance. I wouldn't mind if his Warrior persona returned.
Is it bad I actually liked the Biker wonder Woman outfit?
I also did think Artemus was a interesting change for Wonder Woman. I wished they had gone with a longer story for her.
It's pretty interesting that they gave guy that transformation ability because it kinda falls in line with Clayface Guy from Earth Tangent.
What 90s costumes did work
+Dill Pickle, Nightwing's current costume.
Ben Reilly's costumes. Both the hoody and the spider-man one.
Helix Vult You sir are awesome, I couldn't agree more with you.
Jim Lee's Cyclops and Rogue.
Spider-Man 2099.
How have I not found this channel before? You’re a Booster Gold fan AND you make City of Heroes references? Subscribed!
I can't tell if Azrael's Xtreme2DaMax suit was a brilliant takedown of the edgy characters that dressed like that and why they don't work with batman, since that was the point of the story or it was luck and they just made a design that aged horribly.
Option A.
4:22 i will not stand for this new 52 slander
I’ve heard that wonder womans creator had an obsession with bondage
Yes it's true, he also held sex parties in his house and had two wives and families that lived together; he was an very eccentric and unique guy. Oh; and he invented the polygraph
Could you do a list of the best 90s comic costumes? I'd like to say Tim Drake's Robin costume is a perfect example.
Hard disagree on Wonder Woman costume, love it.
That City of Heroes Namedrop though that MMO was my JAM back in the day
That time Iron Man had a nose. (not 90's but still)
The fact that most people don't remember means marvel did their job right
Guy Gardner the "Ultimate" Warrior. 😂
Nightwing red is better.
Nearly 3 years later, and....yup. Sue's costume still makes my eyes BLEED.
That's not a mullet, just long hair. Sides aren't shaven. 1:01
Hey, i'm not complaining. 6:43, 8:42
Honestly, the Bat-Azrael costume is such an iconic and memorable costumes for me. I remember being really stoked to see it when I started collecting comics at the age of 8 or 9. Sure, it’s over-designed, but I love that about it, it feels theatrical. But also, I feel like it was the perfect amalgam between the design of Batman and Azrael’s costumes.
I like 90s wonder woman
Dr. Fate's 90s costume is a crime against humanity.
What are you on? Red Nightwing was sick.
It was weird because Cyclops over at Marvel was sporting a similar costume around the same time when he got the Phoenix Force in Avengers vs XMen
I don’t know it is just because he looks like a villain with the red coustume.
That costume does look pretty cool.
Blüdhaven Red FTW
I like the blue more but red is still good
The mullet has made a resurgence.
God disco wing is hilarious
You should do one just on the worst costumes worn by the image characters from deep in the nineties!
"Guy Gardner is one of my favorite Green Lanterns."
Oh dear...
I actually love that 90s Wonder Woman and the story it was featured in but wish it was more of an alternative universe story where she is a heavy metal rocker Wonder Woman which would have made the look fit where in the story, she just changed cloths that had Wonder Woman W on it even though she was trying to distance herself from the role
I know that most of the 90s superhero costumes are cringy and all, but what about the good ones? I mean there's got to be
at least one or two, right?
We have the ben riley spider-man it looks different but still looks like spider-man. Considering the competition it is pretty easy.
Don't mind us just monitoring
What was wrong with the red Nightwing costume
Blue on black while on night missions represents stealth and puts the "night" in Nightwing; Red on black during any missions represents obvious target and puts the bullet in Nightwing.
Tabor Pyhala nothing, I just like the black and blue one. But I don’t get the hatred for the costume, in fact I liked it when Damian Wayne used red in the Nightwing costume for the Injustice universe, I just didn’t like the longer hair, Damian Wayne just doesn’t look right if he doesn’t have short spiky hair. But if for some reason in the main universe Damian Wayne does become Nightwing, I would get behind him wearing the black and red outfit. But for Dick Grayson they should just stick to the black and blue outfit we all love.
Dude you're nuts, mullet superman was awesome and his black suit is great.
I'm actually early to a TH-cam video... Yay 😃👍love this channel too.. Get all my facts here and I love it lol
The 90's was a bad year for superheroes
how about 90's Daredevil?
I love the 90s version of the disco suit, but what would make it perfect though is if they made the collar section light blue, give it a bit of v neck, and put his symbol on the belt to better mirror the original. It's also surprisingly tame given the time it came out and I wish we could get more renditions of it.
not a 90's costume, but red hood has had some really horrible costumes
The worst part of warrior is he can shape shift and chosses to look like that.
Does mullet superman count
Ah number 1
This is exactly why you should watch videos before commenting on them. ;)
Comic Drake it is isn't it , 😑
Oof
We do not talk about the 90s designs. We just imagine it never happened.
Drake, my man, you're awesome and I love your show, but... You. Are. Wrong. Boob window Sue costume is best Sue costume. EVER! Period. Fight me. :D
Honestly if Drake hadn't put that costume on this list, I would have downvoted this video. The MMO Marvel Heroes (RIP, had some fun times) even refused to sell that costume when offering up all sorts of slinky costumes for the likes of Emma Frost.
I liked it too and it was explained later when Malice took over her body. Hey, let a girl have some fun and feel sexy for a change. Don't you think moms want to be seen as girls once in awhile?
John Templar How was it sexy or fun for her, if she wasn't even the one who chose it?
I should've said... Even if Malice hadn't taken over her body, a girl, especially a girl who's seen as a mom, sometimes wants to also be seen as sexy and desirable. Since girls follow trends and the trend at the time was skimpy clothing, it would make sense that Sue would step out and say - 'Yeah, I can wear stuff like that too."
John Templar If I'm not mistaken, aren't female people who are adults, and have adult responsibilities like jobs and motherhood are called women? Also, doesn't what you just said would only make sense if all women are the same? I thought women were all individual people who don't all think and act the same way, just like men are.
This is probably one of my favorite videos you've made Drake. Good job!
Anything that Rob Liefeld did. So many pockets it’s terrifying
I'm really just using this video as a gateway to more comics videos, since it's the only one the algorithm was giving me right now
You know, there's hundreds of comic videos on this channel. 😉