Best/Worst "Upgraded" Costumes

It is if you shout it loud enough.

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des Ursins

In comic books it is.

Speaking of terrible costume upgrades, worst costume upgrade? Penance. Full stop.

Speedball feels guilty for what happened and takes it upon himself to be a better person and make amends to the world for his mistake? Not a bad idea.

Speedball does this by crafting an Iron Maiden into a wearable outfit that makes him BLEED and SUFFER for all the lives his mistake cost? The fuck?

edited 31st Oct '13 11:57:23 AM by TobiasDrake

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Whats Penance?

"War without fire is like sausages without mustard." - Jean Juvénal des Ursins

YMMV on that. IMHO even that is a terrible idea. Comics don't need more Fun Personified characters turning into moping emo messes wracked with guilt over their mistakes.

I didn't say emo mess. I said trying to make amends. Speedball in Avengers Arena is a perfect example of how you can use your mistakes as a building ground to try and create a better future and keep others from the same mistakes you made, without being a weeping emo mess that stabs himself with his costume.

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Avengers Academy, you mean.

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The whole Penance thing was worth it for this.◊

Also when the Superior Six inevitably turn into the Sinister Six again, they should keep the black and red suits. They're slick.

edited 31st Oct '13 3:13:23 PM by OdieFromTheOz

nyo ho ho

Yes, Academy. Sorry, I'm having a very busy day. >.<

EDIT: ...and I had totally forgotten that the Penance suit doesn't have eyes. How does he see?

You know, I could have forgiven the Penance suit if it had only appeared in one issue, in which he got in a big fight, and spent the entire thing running around trying to figure out where his opponents were, smacking into things and causing the spikes to jab deeper when he runs into them, and finally going, "F*cking hell, what was I thinking?!"

edited 31st Oct '13 3:15:28 PM by TobiasDrake

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And then all the other Thunderbolts are just looking around and thinking, "Eh, still cooler than Swordsman."

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Yall had better stop hatin on Penance. She was alright even if every other artist seemed to forget she (and the rest of her family) were supposed to be black. Do race lifts count for upgraded costumes?

Getting rid of Blade's raincoat was probably for the better. Luke Cage probable looks better in the tank top than any costume whatsoever. Adding spikes and a chain to Ghost Rider's jacket were nice touches, as was the futuristic motor cycle. Wonder Woman looked better with pants. Making living laser an actual living laser was a good move, even if he still looks like a generic devil. Baby steps I suppose.

For outright bad "upgrades", how about every Hobgoblin after the first one. Mongoose too, for going from shaded and mysterious in With Foes Like These to an eye searing bright yellow in Thor Thunderstrike. Giving Spider-woman an open crown mask was stupid when it was done (this will totally throw off the people looking for me) and still looks stupid.

Modified Ura-nage, Torture Rack

You know they aren't talking about THAT Penance, right?

Did anyone mention Wonder Woman's "practical" bike shorts outfit yet?

I agree Penny was my favourite Gen Xer

That said, disagree on Ghost Rider's bike. To me, his bike should always look old and grungy. A big, noisy, pollution-spewing beast.

I miss the Generation X Penance. Someone needs to use her again.

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@Cider: we're referring to Robbie Baldwin in a ridiculous costume made mostly of self-stabbing spikes because he needs to feel the PAIN OF EVERY DEAD STAMFORD CITIZEN TO USE HIS POWERS, not the Gen X-er

I disagree. Jason Macendale looked pretty cool when he was bonded with the Demogoblin, and Phil Urich looks pretty badass as the current Hobgoblin.◊

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i don't know of movie costumes are off-limits, but Spidey's movie outfit◊ has started to grow on me.

edited 2nd Nov '13 8:38:35 PM by crimsonstorm15

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I don't know, the soles of the feet really bug me. I do like the Raimi Spidey costume, though, even if as a kid it was borderline blasphemous that he had four webs both going up and down between the eyepieces instead of 3 up, 4 down, like in the comics.

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He's going to be wearing his Ultimate costume in ASM 2 so the hideous one he had in ASM can be ignored.

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Yeah, I'm glad it's looking more classic. Red/Blue Spidey will always be the best. I kinda prefer the bigger eyepieces.

That said, black suit Spidey is good, Spider-Armor was cool, but that might be the old video game nostalgia talking, and I actually do really like Otto's Superior redesign to the suit that he's got now. Not as good as the original, of course, but it looks sleek while still being "totally not a villain, guys."

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I'm of the belief that Iron Man's third armor, the original red and gold◊ is the best look he's ever had. And I'm sure most people would agree that it's an improvement over the solid gold look.

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I forgot how terrible Iron Man's armour was for a long time. The worst was when he added a nose. Oh, man, the nose.

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I was a big fan of Ultimate Iron Man's look, but I think the movie versions have superseded it as my favorite now.

I do agree it was a huge improvement over the previous one. But hardly that it is the best he ever had. In fact, I find it hideous. The mask is terrible and the body is silly.

I'm no fan of any Iron Man suit that uses Iron Spandex. That thing looks like something a cosplayer might throw together. >.<

edited 3rd Nov '13 9:21:27 AM by TobiasDrake

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