So one thing I’ve noticed is that I tend to really like the original costumes of the characters I’ve been redesigning (Mr. Terrific excluded). Electro is no different! I love the ridiculous oversized mask and the corny lightning suspenders and the lightning flared gloves. It’s glorious and I would gladly pay to see Amazing Spider-Man …
Tag: Redesign
258. Mr. Terrific
Terry Sloane, the original Mr. Terrific, had a Mr. Terrible costume. A very long time after his death, he was replaced by Michael Holt and got a pretty sweet updated outfit. Even the New 52 version of Holt’s costume was neat. Unfortunately, that’s all I had in mind while trying to come up with a …
257. Havok
Havok has had his share of terrible costumes. Pretty much anything past 1994 or so. I’m pretty sure you can add this one to the list. For me, you can’t get past the perfection of his original outfit. It’s great and if you don’t think so, there’s the cliff off which you can dive. I’d …
256. Patriot
Same problem with Captain America,every variation of the patriotic superhero costume has been done. That and I’ve really liked both of Patriot’s costumes from “Young Avengers”. I’m not sure what’s happened to the character. I gave him Cap’s energy shield thing from back in the mid 90s, during one of Mark Waid’s run. Can’t remember …
255. Captain America
The problem with redesigning Captain America is that every variation of a patriotic superhero has pretty much been done. That and everytime Cap has been redesigned, it’s usually not for the better. This is definitely not an improvement. But I like an old-school cap when artists would hint at the scalemail armor instead of drawing …
254. Kyle Rayner
Kyle Rayner has a had a series of unfortunate costumes over the years. I for one always enjoyed his original costume with the plasticky gloves, boots and crab-mask. But pretty much everything he’s worn since then has been pretty bland or obnoxious. I can only blame Jim Lee (I did kind of like his “Ion” …
253. Dazzler
I’m not sure who requested this one. Anyhoo, Dazzler’s an X-Man, a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, a dimension-hopping adventurer and apparently future president (fucking spoilers). But the one thing she is above all else: Pop Star. So that’s what I went with here. I tried to combine her two most famous looks and meld it together all …
252. Red Tornado
This is the Golden Age Ma Hunkel version of Red Tornado. I tried to keep her look true to her origins without being blatantly ridiculous. She was a mother who was inspired by her son’s superhero comic books to dress up and fight the crime that was overrunnning her neighborhood. So she was the first …
251. Flaming Carrot
My pal Jason loves The Flaming Carrot and asked for him to be redesigned. Which is weird. His most prominent thing is that his head is a gigantic carrot that’s on fire. Can’t really improve on that. Jason then told me he wanted to see F.C. as a more traditional superhero, so here we go.
250. Black Panther
I was hesitant to do a redesign on this character. I think Panther’s costume is so slick and simple that there doesn’t need to be any drastic redesign to it. So I just sorta “New 52’d” this one and just added some lines. I made some other tweaks too. The mask is the big difference. …