The Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic police force of warriors who are all chosen for their honesty and the ability to act without fear. They wear power rings tap into the emotional spectrum of the universe, drawing on the collective will of all sentient life and pouring it out as green energy. These weapons are among the most powerful in the universe and are mainly limited only by the bearer’s force of will (which must harness and shape the green energy), their imagination, and the need to occasionally recharge through the use of a lantern-shaped power battery. Green Lanterns patrol the universe and sometimes will venture into parallel realities when they recognize that there’s evil that they need to take down.
This is pretty epic. And the Earthmen who have been chosen to be Green Lanterns are all pretty formidable characters. And fortunately for these folks, a hero can’t always be judged by his or her enemies. These days, the GLs fight the likes of the Red Lantern Corps, the conqueror Mongul, the necrotic Black Lanterns, and other terrifying menaces. But back in the old days, for every great villain that existed like Sinestro, the rogue Green Lantern, there were a couple of losers who just had no sense of style and couldn’t help but make you chuckle. Let’s look at some of them, shall we?
MYRWHYDDEN
A powerful mage who is a little crazy and has a serious revenge fixation on Green Lanterns, due to one of them (Abin Sur) forcing him into exile for a time. That’s not a bad recipe for a cool, scary villain. But when the mage in question looks like an old man who accidentally threw his underwear on outside his collared sweatsuit, you look creepy in a nursing home kind of way rather than as a super-villain. A few changes in this wardrobe and Myrwhydden could finally be ready to lay down some punishment.
MAJOR DISASTER
Paul Booker could create natural disasters whenever he wanted to. This is a scary thing, no doubt about it. The destruction you could cause, the terror you could inspire. You could hold entire cities or even countries hostage. Earthquakes and hurricanes could keep police and military forces from reaching you. This guy could cause volcanoes to form in front of him!
But then, we have this suit. Magenta and blue? And what’s the deal with that weird mask and hood? Those are strange enough, but then you add in a skirt and thigh high boots? Really? You thought all of these elements worked well together?
Booker later got a new look and spent some time with the Justice League where, surprisingly, no one really brought up this previous fashion disaster.
GOLDFACE
Green Lanterns have trouble directly affecting things colored yellow. So I’m Goldface. Get it? Do you see my gold? And I even have a gold-spray gun!
Okay, here’s the deal. Armor can be cool. Helmets can be cool. Armor and helmets with pirate boots and some kind of matching gold poncho is a combination that just makes you look like a guy who belongs in the parades they hold at Disney World. Wearing all-gold is very smart, considering whom he was fighting. But there are elements here that just don’t work.
And what the HELL is with that enormous belt buckle?!
SONAR
After his parents were shunned by their community for being deaf, our boy here learned how to use sound as a destructive force and a way to nullify gravity. He became “Sonar, master of sound” and decided that the best way to intimidate people was if he looked a little bit like Napoleon. I realize you see yourself as a world conqueror, but this outfit just makes it look like you’re late for a fancy dress party.
Sonar (and his successor) have had other outfits over the years, but this first design just can’t be forgotten.
EVIL STAR
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
I’m an Evil Star! No time to talk!
Okay, so… on the planet Auron, a scientist was willing to sacrifice his entire race for the sake of drawing power from the stars themselves. That is the start of a great, terrifying villain. So with his new star-born powers, this scientist became… EVIL STAR!
Wait, that name is awful!
And that costume. What is this? Is his plan to conquer the universe so he can open the world’s largest disco dance hall? Because that would actually be a plan I can get behind! Shake it, Evil Star! Shake it!
DR. POLARIS
I’m Dr. Polaris! I experimented with magnets and then my experiments created a new evil personality, the POLAR opposite of my good personality, who has magnetic powers. There’s a picture of a magnet on my chest so you know what I can do! My helmet is shaped kinda like a big magnet! And my name is Dr. Polaris! Do you get it? Do you get it yet?!? Magnets, dude! How the frak do they work?!?
Seriously, Dr. Polaris later became a pretty scary villain and got himself a whole new look, but let’s just remember this old armor outfit and laugh. I mean, those shoulder pads and helmet look like they’d just smack into each other all the time!
STAR SAPPHIRE
So divided here. On one hand, I really like how Star Sapphire has developed over the past few years and how they’ve redefined what her gem does and what it’s really about. That’s cool. Saying that there’s an emotional spectrum to the universe and the Star Sapphire gems harness love (but not compassion) is very cool. But this outfit, I cannot get behind. I’m not against women in comics looking sexy and I actually prefer Power Girl and Wonder Woman to rock out with their bare legs. But this outfit just goes too far for me. A few tweaks and it can work, but right now it’s just something that I almost feel like I have to apologize for when I show a Green Lantern comic to new fans. In fact, I’ve met multiple GL fans who have told me they have decided not to buy some GL comics when Star Sapphire is on the cover because they’re embarrassed to be seen with it and possibly judged. I do think that’s extreme, but it does point out that it’s not great for marketing when at best a costume is a joke and at worst it’s insulting.
Frankly, I wouldn’t mind a new take on the classic Silver Age look Star Sapphire once sported. There was something very fun and Jestsons-like about this outfit. Lose the collar, use the modern-day mask, you could definitely have something here. It almost makes you forget that her name sounds like a drag queen.
And that wraps it up for this week, folks. Hope you enjoyed this fun little list. Join us next Friday for more looks at art and fashion history. Until then, this is Alan Kistler, Agent of S.T.Y.L.E., signing off.
Alan Kistler writes the comic book history/fashion column Agent of S.T.Y.L.E. He is an actor and freelance writer living in New York who has been recognized by Warner Bros. Films and major media/news outlets as a comic book historian. He is also the creator/host of the web-show “Crazy Sexy Geeks: The Series.” He knows entirely too much about the history of comics, Star Trek, Doctor Who, time travel, and vampires that don’t sparkle.
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April 8th, 2011 at 8:26 am
Oh, Sonar looked sexy, in a Ruritanian bandsman sorta way (loved the Lamplighter, too).
As for Goldface, it doesn’t matter what the outfit looks like, it’s the most intelligent costume of any GL foe, and it could come into its own again any day now.
Totally agree re: Star Sapphire, the original is best – it doesn’t even need an update. Did you ever see the revamp Gil Kane gave her in Action Comics Weekly? I think THAT was what killed Katma Tui …
April 8th, 2011 at 11:07 am
I don’t really disagree with you here, but at first glance it seems like a mass attack on Gil Kane’s design sense. Most of these are really bad, but it should be noted that Kane also designed some of the cooler costumes in comics as well as these.
And how about that weird red and white pirate costume Dr. Polaris wore for a short time? That one definitely deserves to be here.
As always, I love this column, keep up the great work!
April 8th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
Dan DiDio isn’t on the list?
April 8th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
Great blog post as always! Man, these ‘Worst Dressed Villains of…’ have been horrible, in an awesome way. I might have to draw one of these guys, just to get those costumes outta my brain!
April 8th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
GLENN WALKER: I have nothing but respect for Gil Kane. And in seriousness, these outfits are mostly a product of their times. Gil Kane’s cooler costumes were not here because of the topic of the piece. You’ll notice that I never named Gil Kane because I didn’t want to say “his costumes are lame.” That’s very different from saying “THESE costumes are lame.”
ALONSO NUNEZ: DO IT! Follow your impulses!
April 8th, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Love these! Can you do one with Wondergirl? Donna Troy and Cassie?? Or Scarlet Witch? Her Force works costume, gurl! Your very witty and your comments are funny!
April 8th, 2011 at 4:17 pm
I dont mind the recent turn of GL but i do wanna see the old school villians revamped. They are here, might as well use them.
April 8th, 2011 at 4:26 pm
Zatanna? She has had some great costumes. The legion girls? Jean Grey? Storm? OMG Supergirl? Kara has had some fun outfits! Love you
April 8th, 2011 at 4:28 pm
Honestly, I think Major Disaster’s later costume is far worse. Dr. Polaris’ original costume is far worse than the one shown, as is the later face-covering costume. The others don’t seem that bad to me.
April 8th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
I don’t have a problem at all with the modern Star Sapphire costume. The part I like the most is when Carol complains about basically wearing a swimsuit yet she doesn’t do a whole lot about changing it.
April 8th, 2011 at 5:37 pm
You totally struck out on this one. Bashing Evil Star and Star Sapphire?! Practically every villain on this list doesn’t deserve to be here.
April 8th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
So is a Star Sapphire required to wear practically nothing? Like the ring just puts Carol in that skimpy suit and she doesn’t have the ability to change it? If so, it would be funny if she got fed up and threw a long T-shirt on over it and fought space love crimes or whatever it is a Star Sapphire does that way.
April 8th, 2011 at 6:24 pm
Why isn’t Geoff Johns on this list??
April 8th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
A lot of his villains have purple in their costume.
April 8th, 2011 at 7:24 pm
I read an explanation for the modern SS costume that was “Ivan Reis grew up in Brazil, she’s overdressed based on his experiences”.
April 8th, 2011 at 9:12 pm
Fun article. I like it, especially being a longtime GL fan – there were more than a few fashion crimes in those old 60s comics! Anyway, I can’t believe Sinestro isn’t listed here; his 60s look, while it has its charm, was pretty humorous.
With Sonar, the look makes a lot of sense, despite being silly. He’s the ruler of some itty-bitty country that’s only 2 blocks long. So he’s arrogant, he believes he’s destined for greatness, but…based on the population of his country he probably had to double as evil ruler and marching band conductor. He’s basically an evil Sgt. Pepper.
Also, I think Evil Star was the least-silly looking GL villain, at least of all the old ones; but it may be the style of the picture in question. Cause I thought he looked more formidable by the 1980s:
http://www.comicbookdb.com/graphics/comic_graphics/1/77/37227_20060524142945_large.jpg
Anyway, nice article!
April 8th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
I read this past week that Blake Lively commented she would like to play Star, but with a costume redesign.
April 8th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
If you read comics and you find yourself embarrassed to show your friends your comics then you probably need some new friends. Also if you read comics and you don’t buy certain issues of books you follow because you’re embarrassed of people seeing you with them then just stop reading. There’s no reason to ever be embarrassed of your interests life’s too damn short to worry about other people’s opinions like that.
April 8th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
What a crap article. Just about everything mentioned is going after costume designs that are 40+ years old. Just some mean-spirited scribblings from someone who should shut up now and then.
April 8th, 2011 at 11:37 pm
I like the new star sapphire costume. If DC’s version of love is emotion without compassion= lust. And thats exactly what Carrol Ferris’ costume personifies. It’s a beautful woman in a skimpy swimsuit. Men can argue that it objectifies women all they want ( and its a double standard with Kazar and Herc running around in their birthday suits) but that’s exactly the lure of it (intended purpose). Also, a prior poster was indeed correct, that she can comment about how her costume is a sooo swimsuit, but yet she never changes it (I’m sure she can with her power ring). I think she actually likes the power she has over men with that costume…all the more reason why it completely fits the character. Shes a strong character regardless and the costume is truly unique, it really pops when I seen on the comic shelves. I also really like the 60′s SS costume too. Maybe they can combine and come up with a hybrid for the next movie. Just keep the metallic shiny-ness of it…and show some leg.
April 9th, 2011 at 12:00 am
I like the modern SS costume, but I agree it doesnt fit Carol. Each Star Sapphire has a different version of the costume, she should be able to just change hers to better suit her. As for being embarrassed about being seen with SS on a comic… that is pathetic, if you get embarrassed about that kind of thing you should just stop buying comics period and reevaluate your life.
April 9th, 2011 at 2:17 am
Can we please leave Carol’s look alone, I like it, and i think it works. if you look and the silver age and the modern costume it is based on the old one, just with the centre piece taken out. The costume has been soften a bit since it first appeared on that cover. for a start it’s been draw with a bum covering hot pants rather than the thong in that pic, the gaps around her “lower stomach” have got a lot smaller, if even drawn at all and there is gernally alot more of the costume now. I can’t actually believe people would leave an iusse of GL on the shelve cause SS is on the cover, it’s a drawing ffs
April 9th, 2011 at 2:57 am
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April 9th, 2011 at 5:22 am
You kinda had me right up until you started bashing Star Sapphire (since when was she supposed to be politically correct?). And people who are ashamed to buy a comic because of a sexy female character on the cover have a much bigger problem than what’s on the cover.
April 9th, 2011 at 8:34 am
Glad to see that the specter of Wizard magazine is still alive and kicking with this totally pointless column.
April 9th, 2011 at 10:15 am
All valid points on Star Sapphire. As with all my other columns, this is just my opinion. It doesn’t inspire any hatred in me, I just don’t like it, mainly because it’s not something I think is right for Carol, as I said. If Carol were more about domination and sexual power, it would work perfectly.
RICK: Sorry if you thought this was mean spirited, that wasn’t the point at all. I was just having some fun with some old suits. Notice I never said the characters themselves were bad and, in fact, complimented how cool/dangerous some of them were. I love comics and I love the old Silver Age tales, but I also think we can take a step back and enjoy the silliness of it. I love Robin and think he’s an essential part of the Batman mythos (no matter who’s wearing the mask) and deserves far more love/respect from the non-comic reading public. But I’ll still laugh at the short pants.
DAVID FULLAM: I’ve been getting dozens of requests for worst-dressed lists for months. Last week’s worst-dressed Batman villains piece got lots of positive response, so I figured why not have a laugh. Sorry it wasn’t your brand of whiskey.
April 9th, 2011 at 10:47 am
I blush to admit this, but I’ve always rather liked Sonar’s costume. I have a weakness for Napoleonic uniforms apparently, and at least his outfit was a bit different from all of the other ones, and didn’t he rule his own country or something? So in a way, it makes sense.
Dang it, I miss Bito!
April 9th, 2011 at 10:58 am
Wow, going after characters designed decades ago. How thoughtful.
Major Disaster wears black now and is so much cooler! Not.
Oh no the “newest” character on the list is too sexy!
April 9th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
I’m with Alan Kistler on this one. The current Star Sapphire costume is just sleazy and cheap looking. And, yeah, I would be embarrassed to be seen with that cover.
April 9th, 2011 at 12:55 pm
Dude, loved this article.
I’d actually like you to do a Worst Dressed Flash Rogues column sometime.
I’m pretty sure you can rip into those guys.
April 9th, 2011 at 1:03 pm
The real tragedy of some of the current Star Sapphire porn-style outfits is that the Miri Riam version as drawn by Pat Gleason is a great update of the classic look and should have been the template for the others. It’s adorable.
April 9th, 2011 at 1:07 pm
Reading this… they’ll have a hard time making Green Lantern 2.
April 9th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
I agree SS costume is slutty. I can only imagine it appeals to comic book nerds that get off on it. There’s a way to do sexy without the slut.
April 9th, 2011 at 2:13 pm
SALLYP: Hey, now! No embarrassment here! If you like the costume, OWN that you like it.
I’m just poking fun at it, it’s not like I think anyone who disagrees with me is dumb. Then I’d just be one of those hateful blogger types. 
ROD LEE: I actually specifically said “sexy” was not the problem. But thanks for reading.
ANDRE: Hehe. Well, I do plan on touching on the Rogues, but I actually enjoy a lot of their outfits because I think they fit the characters just fine, characters who insist they are not killer or villains, merely “rogues.”
RICARDO: Oh, I doubt any of these villains would have been considered for Green Lantern 2. It seems clear they’re setting up the Sinestro Corps to begin in a sequel.
ADAM: Right, that’s part of my point. I have no problem with sexy costumes. I love Catwoman and I love Zatanna. But those outfits also FIT the character.
April 9th, 2011 at 3:16 pm
I like Star Sapphire’s outfit…because there are no Wardrobe malfunctions in comics.
It’s hot what can you day? If you don’t like it you probably would like going to Hooter’s for wings & beer with me either! ^_~
And I liked the Prince Sonar we saw at the beginning of the Geoff John’s volume.
I think I have a few of my own Least Favorite Costumes in GL and I start it off with Sinestro’s original bad guy suit. The purple or blue pointed motif on black bodysuit. I was marveling a Sinestro action figure today at the FunnyBook Bodega and I simply love love love the newer Sinestro Corps Uniform look. It defines him so much it was included in the GL: First Flight DVD movie which worked very well.
Later renditions of the Cyborg-Superman. I dunno…just changing up the color combo doesn’t work. perhaps a more “ashen” color palate on the existing motif.
for shizzengiggle, the Black Lantern Martian Manhunter because the spec drawings of him had the proper hole in his chest that his Zombie would have kept. Black Lanterns Kid Flash & Reverse-Flash were pushing it too but undead J’onn wins in this humble opinion.
You haven’t mentioned Major Force. The color combo, the design. It’s a mess. What an awful character. It doesn’t succeed visually or storywise. Major Force is for me just the worst common denominator of fictional villainy.
And also the 1st Tattooed Man. A dime store ersatz Popeye pastiche. Arrgh. Didn’t work for me matey. Walks the plank.
kriya shakti,
April 9th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
With respect, I pretty much disagree with this entire article. Criticizing the current Star Sapphire costume makes a certain amount of sense but judging 60s costume designs based on 21st Century tastes doesn’t strike me as fair. Diff’rent strokes and all, I guess…
Looking forward to the next installment.
April 9th, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Only a gay guy would say such bad things about Star Sapphire’s outfit. There are men in this world who love super villains who look like strippers. As lame as you think that is.
April 9th, 2011 at 9:02 pm
Alan, I love your comments and criticisms of the costumes, but I think everyone here would love to see what your ideal versions of their uniforms would actually look like. Have you ever considered drawing yourself or commissioning an artist to draw “improved” versions of some of the more god awful looks? I know I’d like to see someone elses take on Star Sapphire’s… space bikini.
April 9th, 2011 at 10:21 pm
MICHAEL HUFF: I’m not gay and don’t care for you implication that being gay is a negative thing.
BRIAN HUFF: I think Project Rooftop does a pretty good job with that on their own site. But if my artists friends are up for donating some time, perhaps we’ll do something like that in the future.
April 9th, 2011 at 10:22 pm
There is a fine line between sexy and sleazy, and Star Sapphire has definitely steeped over it. Let me put it this way, I’ve seen covers of HUSTLER that were in better taste. Star Sapphire’s costume has got to go.
April 9th, 2011 at 10:26 pm
Michael Huff:”Only a gay guy would say such bad things about Star Sapphire’s outfit. There are men in this world who love super villains who look like strippers. As lame as you think that is.”
Well, I’m a straight guy, and I hate the Star Sapphire costume.I also don’t like super villains who look like strippers.
April 9th, 2011 at 10:48 pm
I’m fine with the Star Sapphire outfit. Hell I hope they make it shorter just so it can offend more people. The whole not buying the issue because of the cover aspect is laughable. I’ve been collecting comics for over 25 years and I’ve never heard anyone at anyone point utter issue protest over a skimpy outfit cover. Like I said make it shorter so it can offend more people so I can laugh at them.
April 9th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Tacky, tasteless, vulgar, sexist, hideous: name the pejorative,they all fit the truly awful Star Sapphire costume.
April 9th, 2011 at 11:20 pm
How ugly is the Star Sapphire costume?Even Rob Liefeld would not be able to make it any worse.It is that bad.
April 10th, 2011 at 5:45 am
It’s interesting…I’ve been a rabid GL fan since childhood and haven’t missed an issue since I came back to funnybooks in 2001.
But this is the issue when I realized GL had jumped the shark.
I stopped purchasing the newest FLASH as well, then I knew that Geoff Johns was “phoning them in” so to peak…all respect to Geoff Johns of course he’s entertained me since FLASH in ’01 but iDigress…
http://www.comicbookresources.com/assets/images/covers/1284086652_cvr.jpg
GL issue #57 cover. My greatest critique is that after all the bon mots, Mahnke has a hard time drawing feet!
now I didn’t buy #57 because I felt the cover was sexist (and as Nigel Tufnel of Spinal Tap would respond, “what’s wrong with being sexy?”)…I didn’t buy it because I was tired of where the story was or wasn’t going! Just that a 21st Century cheesecake via bondage couldn’t even get me to buy a title I’ve got all of!
For instance, the Daniel Acuna issues #18-20 where Hal’s “current” girlfriend Cowgirl & Carol are both skimpy Star Saphhires then left in the buff ? I mean that was a great example of cheesecakey-goodness! Beautifully rendered pretty women? Skimpy outfits?? We’re talking funnybooks here? Frank Cho? Art Adams? J. Scott Campbell?
(PS tonally & thematically, currently Green Lantern does not hold a candle to early in the series when Johns started after REBIRTH…I’ve been reading GL’s #18-20 as I’m writing this and the dialog is “sexier” than the Acuna art if you can believe it? GL went from being a Cosmic Cop to a Continuity Cop)
kriya shakti,
April 10th, 2011 at 7:45 am
I asked Ivan Reis and Ethan Van Sciver at a con once why they (+ Pat Gleason) decided that the Star Sapphires would get this sort of a remake when the rest of the emotional spectrum got the slick body suits, and they said that they talked with previous GL artists and they said Star Sapphires were supposed to be intergalactic dominatrices, so they ran with that idea. I still don’t really like the look though, too tarty. Poor Carol
April 10th, 2011 at 10:21 am
Even though I don’t like the new star sapphire because i think it goes past looking sexy to looking slutty, I’m willing to accept it on a few conditions.
1. it fits the character.
2. it isn’t the de facto outfit for the sapphires.
3. characters under 17 don’t wear something this bare.
The first and second kind of go together because i don’t want it to be the de fact outfit for the sapphires since i don’t believe every sapphire has the same view of her self that carol does. So the outfit should be tailored to the character. For example Barbara Gordon or Stephanie brown would not wear that outfit because they are more self conscious about their bodies than Carol Ferris. I do agree with Jocutus over Miri Raum’s
The third is because i have a pet peeve when i see teenagers or kids sexualized.there is a time and a place.
April 10th, 2011 at 12:05 pm
i think that i don’t want to see the sinestro corps in GL2 simply because it’s not the right time for it to make its movie debut because the pieces aren’t there yet. The relationship between Hal Jordan and sinestro is underdeveloped at best and 2-3 movies away from being at that right time to do sinestro corps.
I think these guys should be apart of some of the corps as new members or such.
April 10th, 2011 at 3:23 pm
Alan: while this is a lot of fun, don’tcha think you coulda preceded this with something on the Green Lantern Corps costumes themselves? They did evolve over time for Hal, and some of the variations would be worthy of note.
April 10th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
VictorWong: Tim Gunn and I are working on tackling that topic together.
April 10th, 2011 at 6:00 pm
Huh. I always thought the Silver Age Star Sapphire costume was wayyyyyyy sexy.
Try it on a real life body. You’ll see what I mean.
April 10th, 2011 at 8:12 pm
Gwangung: Agreed. Just shrink that mask down and maybe drop the collar.
April 11th, 2011 at 10:53 am
I really liked the JLU version of Star Sapphire. they should’ve used that design.
April 11th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
Silver Age Star Sapphire costume:Classy, elegant, sexy.
Modern Star Sapphire costume: Trashy, slutty, ugly.
April 11th, 2011 at 3:06 pm
I like the furor over Star Sapphire’s current look nonehteless I’d like to think of this for a nanosecond.
All I can see in my mind’s eye is a Neal Adams BATMAN and a “Swanderson” SUPERMAN.
And they’re colored in flesh toned Bat- & Super Suits.
kriya shakti,
April 11th, 2011 at 3:10 pm
sorry no edit feature…meaning those male Superhero outfits are wickid tight & revealing.
Why the hullabaloo over Carol Ferris? She’s showing as much as Superman & Batman do in a way.
;P
April 11th, 2011 at 9:24 pm
The Star Sapphire costume is the perfect symbol for the retarded sexuality that permeates mainstream comics.DC needs to grow up and get out of the gutter.
April 12th, 2011 at 12:22 am
Yes, because Marvel has never done anything like that with their female characters. *cough* Emma Frost *cough*
April 12th, 2011 at 10:36 am
Yep, the Star Sapphire costume: designed to appeal to 40 year old nerds who have never been near a real woman.And people wonder why so few women read mainstream comics.
April 12th, 2011 at 10:42 am
I can’t decide what is more appalling, the sheer ugliness of the costume itself or the mysogyny inherent in the overgrown fanboys who created it.
April 12th, 2011 at 10:46 am
@Adam: Of course, how silly of me to forget they don’t like to be called villains.
I do agree that their costumes do fit their character and motif very well. I’d go as far to say they have the best costumes of any villains of any comic book hero ever.
April 12th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
The Star Sapphire costume is the ugliest, most degrading costume in mainstream comics.
April 12th, 2011 at 3:54 pm
I meant to ask, Alan, did you ever see the bare-chested costume worn by the original Tattooed Man in the early Seventies (I think the debut was JLA #111)? I kinda liked it, though his sailor look is best.
April 12th, 2011 at 5:15 pm
Carol is no Emma Frost and I think she never should have even been a Star Sapphire in the first place.Something extremely forced about the whole thing. Star Sapphire Wonder Woman was ridiculous and useless too.
April 12th, 2011 at 5:21 pm
Geoff Johns generally can’t write women well at all. The modern SS costume is just a symptom of that. It is very ugly and there is nothing in my mind, empowering,dangerous or sexy about it.
April 12th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
“Geoff Johns generally can’t write women well at all. The modern SS costume is just a symptom of that.”
Yeah, the writing all over that costume really bothers me too…
April 23rd, 2011 at 4:43 pm
The pictures in your columns are disappearing. I keep getting a 404 error? It’s a lot less fun without the visual reference.
August 23rd, 2011 at 11:15 am
It’s true, it appears that all or most of the past, archived articles have none of the images loaded anymore. This really dilutes the reading experience for articles involving costume/fashion, and according to comments posted by other readers, it seems it’s been an issue for the past several months. I wonder if the website administrators look into this glitch? I’d love to be able to read the style articles of Iron Man, Dr Strange, etc and be able to see what the writer is referring to. Thanks so much. I love this blog.