Comments on: Old Superhero costumes http://boingboing.net/2011/10/11/old-superhero-costumes.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 02:53:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/11/old-superhero-costumes.html#comment-1241495 jimh Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122640#comment-1241495 I always hated the Keaton-era Batman getup. He was so stiff in that thing, and generally Batman was known for agility, flexibility. And a good amount of peripheral vision too, most likely. I always hated the Keaton-era Batman getup. He was so stiff in that thing, and generally Batman was known for agility, flexibility. And a good amount of peripheral vision too, most likely.

]]> By: slaughts http://boingboing.net/2011/10/11/old-superhero-costumes.html#comment-1240334 slaughts Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122640#comment-1240334 Cory... credit where credit is due.  These images were originally scanned and posted on Hey Oscar Wilde, It's Clobbering Time, an excellent tumblog that is diligently curated and updated regularly with all sorts of cool ephemera.  The good peeps at How To Be A Retronaut are enjoying "the boingboing effect", I'm sure... but really, Hey Oscar Wilde should get some of the reblogging link-love! http://heyoscarwilde.tumblr.com/post/11337098584/waaaah-white-people-problems-so-with-total-film Cory… credit where credit is due.  These images were originally scanned and posted on Hey Oscar Wilde, It’s Clobbering Time, an excellent tumblog that is diligently curated and updated regularly with all sorts of cool ephemera.  The good peeps at How To Be A Retronaut are enjoying “the boingboing effect”, I’m sure… but really, Hey Oscar Wilde should get some of the reblogging link-love!

http://heyoscarwilde.tumblr.com/post/11337098584/waaaah-white-people-problems-so-with-total-film

]]> By: Stas' Wiatrowski http://boingboing.net/2011/10/11/old-superhero-costumes.html#comment-1240238 Stas' Wiatrowski Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122640#comment-1240238 Hey jimh, The shield on the Superman costume is the same as the one Christopher Reeve wore.  George Reeves' had a smaller 'S'.  And no I do not consider that this is an indication that I have wasted my life! I too remember the CBS Spider-Man costume and its general crappiness.  But in a way I think that is a more realistic vision of what a teenage kid would actually wear. I remember a scene in one of the Keaton Batman films where Batman is running up a flight of stairs and you can see the effort Keaton needed to make to lift his head  to look up.  Broke the illusion for me completely. The Batman costume is of course the Adam West version, the greatest Batman ever! Hey jimh,

The shield on the Superman costume is the same as the one Christopher Reeve wore.  George Reeves’ had a smaller ‘S’.  And no I do not consider that this is an indication that I have wasted my life!

I too remember the CBS Spider-Man costume and its general crappiness.  But in a way I think that is a more realistic vision of what a teenage kid would actually wear.

I remember a scene in one of the Keaton Batman films where Batman is running up a flight of stairs and you can see the effort Keaton needed to make to lift his head  to look up.  Broke the illusion for me completely.

The Batman costume is of course the Adam West version, the greatest Batman ever!

]]> By: skyhawk1 http://boingboing.net/2011/10/11/old-superhero-costumes.html#comment-1240233 skyhawk1 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122640#comment-1240233 Those images are from Les Daniels's books: The Complete History of Wonder Woman The Complete History of Batman The Complete History of Superman They're quite entertaining. Those images are from Les Daniels’s books:
The Complete History of Wonder Woman
The Complete History of Batman
The Complete History of Superman
They’re quite entertaining.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2011/10/11/old-superhero-costumes.html#comment-1240144 jimh Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122640#comment-1240144 Not much on the provenance of these- I'm wondering if that is an original George Reeves era Superman costume!? I vividly remember the CBS spider-man live action series from the late 70's. Marvel's style of hero getup didn't translate that well to live action, before cgi. The costume was very bad, pretty much DIY Halloween quality. The mask was just red a ski mask with mirrored sunglass lenses in it. Not much on the provenance of these- I’m wondering if that is an original George Reeves era Superman costume!?

I vividly remember the CBS spider-man live action series from the late 70′s. Marvel’s style of hero getup didn’t translate that well to live action, before cgi. The costume was very bad, pretty much DIY Halloween quality. The mask was just red a ski mask with mirrored sunglass lenses in it.

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2011/10/11/old-superhero-costumes.html#comment-1240116 Nadreck Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122640#comment-1240116 Yeah, I always liked DC's JSA costumes better than the Marvel stuff because of this.  There were a lot of interesting vests such as Dr. Midnight's with the moon crescent fasteners.  Marvel was pretty much lycra from the beginning and even Ironman was often drawn so he looked like just another guy in spandex. Yeah, I always liked DC’s JSA costumes better than the Marvel stuff because of this.  There were a lot of interesting vests such as Dr. Midnight’s with the moon crescent fasteners.  Marvel was pretty much lycra from the beginning and even Ironman was often drawn so he looked like just another guy in spandex.

]]> By: George Tirebiter http://boingboing.net/2011/10/11/old-superhero-costumes.html#comment-1240112 George Tirebiter Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=122640#comment-1240112 Nnno capes! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNUbPRj9TGM Nnno capes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNUbPRj9TGM

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