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Legends of Tomorrow

@whereismywizardhat submitted:

After seeing the promotional picture for the Legends of Tomorrow version of the Justice Society of America, and specifically their version of Stargirl, I opted to do a five second redesign to make the look feel… well, more like something a superpowered woman in the 1940s would wear.

My Redesign

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The source

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It should be noted that Stargirl in the comics looks almost identical to the source photo, but she is also set in modern day, not 1941.

Look, I get that superhero costumes were based on the super tight outfits strongmen wore in order to show off their physique.  That does not mean when transplanting a female character to WWII you can bring her costume without baggage.

I have to say, I really like the redesign – it’s nice and conveys the spirit of the era without fussing about too much with the specifics or worrying about trying to pin down a particular moment in fashion.  

As for the official image.. there’s something about the super heroine costumes I just can’t put my finger on… something to do with history.  Something the show probably should have come across while doing some research on World War Two era fashions, life and technology…

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Seriously DC Comics, you should know better… not even Catwoman wore spandex in the 1940s and she was a femme fatale from word go!

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– wincenworks

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jabraille:

baotam-ng:

Dick Grayson aka Nightwing

[Batsons Strip collection]

@bikiniarmorbattledamage Fully clothed but still sexualized: men’s edition.

Many people insist that Nightiwng is the one DC superhero who gets as close to pandering to female gaze as possible, cause some artists remember how good his butt looks in that bodypaint skin-tight costume…

I’d still say it’s the fan artists who really know best how to take advantage of Dick’s amazing physique by the way of pinup posing and sultry expressions – you know, those things female superheroes somehow keep doing even in the middle of action.

~Ozzie

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The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes

The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes

An old Cracked list, which, like the last one we featured on BABD, ends with a half-joking #1 entry. 

However – unlike that other list, which attempted to claim Bayonetta as a proper example of sexual female character in fiction – this one uses Namor to remind us that, while flaunting his amazing body, he’s still an example of male power fantasy, so it isn’t exactly fair to compare him to female superheroines clearly designed solely as eyecandy.

~Ozzie

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The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes

The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes

An old Cracked list, which, like the last one we featured on BABD, ends with a half-joking #1 entry. 

However – unlike that other list, which attempted to claim Bayonetta as a proper example of sexual female character in fiction – this one uses Namor to remind us that, while flaunting his amazing body, he’s still an example of male power fantasy, so it isn’t exactly fair to compare him to female superheroines clearly designed solely as eyecandy.

~Ozzie

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I can’t help but think that if, in 2009, Marvel had consistently put as much effort into pitching the Supehero/Spy crossover angle and making James Woo look like… well James Woo (instead of the Punisher) as they did in making every one of these covers assure the reader that this issue contains a half naked superhero lady then maybe Agents of Atlas would be memorable title.

After all they mostly did that in the 2006 season and the series got to make a comeback in 2009, but now it’s pretty much forgotten and nobody even bothers to keep the url parked any more.

It’s almost like these ridiculous costumes don’t sell comics or something.

– wincenworks

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‘Suicide Squad’ concept art shows different looks for Harley Quinn

‘Suicide Squad’ concept art shows different looks for Harley Quinn

Could people behind blockbuster adaptations please stop using the whole “it empowers her” talk to explain why they decided to put a female character in a weirdly skimpy outfit? Especially when it’s either unfaithful to the source material or really the part of source material that probably shouldn’t be reproduced.

~Ozzie

“Hawley said she got the idea for Harley’s costumes by looking at Instagram accounts of Mexican drug cartels and the attire that rock and roll icons like Debbie Harry, Courtney Love, and Patti Smith wore.

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Of course, it’s not really surprising that the final result looks very little like any of those or that various incarnations of Harley Quinn (such as the Arkham games) are not cited as the top reference.  After all.

The real priorities and influences on these designs are pretty obvious, even before David Ayer ranted them out. 

 – wincenworks

(ht: @prophetofslaughter)