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24 Sep 2014 17:01 - 24 Sep 2014 17:01 #38273
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24 Sep 2014 19:03 #38274
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Agree with some and disagree with some, I knew what to expect from this list and I completely despise smartass internet articles like these. Personally, I liked the covered up look, and new 52 I didn't mind the Barbarella look, and I frigging hate that bellyshirt appearance.
Thanks for posting this, though, Agent.
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24 Sep 2014 19:31 #38275
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I LOVE the 70's hotpants look!
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24 Sep 2014 21:25 #38277
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Oh yeah, those lists are pure clickbait no doubt.
Having said that, I love the Barbarella look for pure fun. But SG will always be about the hot pants and ballet slippers for me.
Having said that, I love the Barbarella look for pure fun. But SG will always be about the hot pants and ballet slippers for me.
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25 Sep 2014 00:11 #38283
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The 70's was a fun time for her, especially in Adventure. Here's an image from that era... sometimes she seriously kicked ass:
[img]http://velorian.net/Adventure Comics 420-00.jpg[/img]
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Agent00Soul wrote: Oh yeah, those lists are pure clickbait no doubt.
Having said that, I love the Barbarella look for pure fun. But SG will always be about the hot pants and ballet slippers for me.
The 70's was a fun time for her, especially in Adventure. Here's an image from that era... sometimes she seriously kicked ass:
[img]http://velorian.net/Adventure Comics 420-00.jpg[/img]
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25 Sep 2014 00:14 #38284
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Or maybe, this one from same time period:
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25 Sep 2014 00:16 #38285
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Or maybe this one:
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25 Sep 2014 00:22 #38286
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Those images are all amazing Shadar! Thanks for sharing!!
But that first one, where she throws the tank, is just....just.... I think it might be my favorite SG image ever. I'd never seen it before.
But that first one, where she throws the tank, is just....just.... I think it might be my favorite SG image ever. I'd never seen it before.
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25 Sep 2014 00:31 #38287
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That image came from the cover of Adventure Comics 420, June 1972. As far as I'm concerned, that was her 'golden' age.
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Agent00Soul wrote: Those images are all amazing Shadar! Thanks for sharing!!
But that first one, where she throws the tank, is just....just.... I think it might be my favorite SG image ever. I'd never seen it before.
That image came from the cover of Adventure Comics 420, June 1972. As far as I'm concerned, that was her 'golden' age.
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25 Sep 2014 00:39 #38288
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Similar costume but with boots... early 80's. Possibly the best in my book, although my tastes are mutable:
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25 Sep 2014 00:51 #38289
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I was never a fan of that costume at all, but to each their own.
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25 Sep 2014 02:05 #38291
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I liked the outrageously impractical way her cape connected to her choker. The way it flaunts her invulnerability.
If anyone else did that, the first thing a bad guy would do is to hoist her up by her cape and hang her.
Further, when flying fast, the cape would flutter and pull directly on her windpipe.
None of that bothers SG.
You could tie a locomotive to her cape and she'd just fly off with it.
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Dr. Muttonchops wrote: I was never a fan of that costume at all, but to each their own.
I liked the outrageously impractical way her cape connected to her choker. The way it flaunts her invulnerability.
If anyone else did that, the first thing a bad guy would do is to hoist her up by her cape and hang her.
Further, when flying fast, the cape would flutter and pull directly on her windpipe.
None of that bothers SG.
You could tie a locomotive to her cape and she'd just fly off with it.
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25 Sep 2014 03:34 #38293
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I don't go for that. The logo to the side of the blouse also turns me off. I just don't like it at all.
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25 Sep 2014 05:28 #38294
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Hot pants Supergirl. 
But i love the other shoes she wore with it better, the ones with ribbons that tie up on her calves. Hmmmm.
The turner look grew on me. And compared to the new 52 look, i love it. The 52 uniform could be fixed with some slight changes, I love the cape. But those hole in the knee boots? And the offset red shield on the bottom is bad. Align it and make it part of the uniform and it's better.
I also think making it (and Superman's) clothes armored is just silly.
But i love the other shoes she wore with it better, the ones with ribbons that tie up on her calves. Hmmmm.
The turner look grew on me. And compared to the new 52 look, i love it. The 52 uniform could be fixed with some slight changes, I love the cape. But those hole in the knee boots? And the offset red shield on the bottom is bad. Align it and make it part of the uniform and it's better.
I also think making it (and Superman's) clothes armored is just silly.
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25 Sep 2014 06:48 #38295
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Like these?
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TwiceOnThursdays wrote: Hot pants Supergirl.
But i love the other shoes she wore with it better, the ones with ribbons that tie up on her calves. Hmmmm.
Like these?
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25 Sep 2014 07:04 #38296
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Here's a very unusual costume circa 1970 (I think). They had a number of stories in that timeframe where some powerful alien wants to marry her -- with or without her permission.
[img]http://velorian.net/Adventure 415a-00.jpg[/img]
[img]http://velorian.net/Adventure 415a-00.jpg[/img]
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25 Sep 2014 12:00 #38298
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I like the movie version Supergirl costume as worn by Helen Slater
The boots, skirt, top and cape are in perfect balance.
The boots, skirt, top and cape are in perfect balance.
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25 Sep 2014 16:41 #38300
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The Helen Slater supergirl costume was absolutely perfect
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25 Sep 2014 18:15 #38301
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In the late 60s and early 70s, didn't DC write all her costume changes into the continuity of the character? The idea was that teenage girls like to change their outfits a lot and Kara consciously would pick a costume for a while and then change it. Am I right?
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25 Sep 2014 19:31 #38302
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I'm not posiive but I think a lot of those costumes were fan-submitted designs. I seem to remember one of the old Adventure Comic runs with SG having a "send in your designs" contest and even later gave credits to some of the entries.....
As for my preferences, they did a pretty good job with my best and worst, aside from leaving out hot pants -- probably one of my top 3. Strangely, I hated the white top when it came out, but grew to fall in love with it, so much it's also in my top 3. I guess my other would be the Helen Slater classic look.
Dunno which my worst three would be by the New52 is definitely one of them!
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Agent00Soul wrote: In the late 60s and early 70s, didn't DC write all her costume changes into the continuity of the character? The idea was that teenage girls like to change their outfits a lot and Kara consciously would pick a costume for a while and then change it. Am I right?
I'm not posiive but I think a lot of those costumes were fan-submitted designs. I seem to remember one of the old Adventure Comic runs with SG having a "send in your designs" contest and even later gave credits to some of the entries.....
As for my preferences, they did a pretty good job with my best and worst, aside from leaving out hot pants -- probably one of my top 3. Strangely, I hated the white top when it came out, but grew to fall in love with it, so much it's also in my top 3. I guess my other would be the Helen Slater classic look.
Dunno which my worst three would be by the New52 is definitely one of them!
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25 Sep 2014 19:33 #38303
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They held regular contests in the 70's where readers would design a costume for her and the winner's costume would get used it in at least one issue. The 'Barbarella" costume referenced in the original article was such a contest winner, for example. Anyone could sketch out a costume, send it in and then have a chance of seeing it portrayed by the professional artists. Kind of cool to do that for a regular title at DC.
Supposedly it was teenage girls sending in their fashion ideas, but given the nature of that Barbarella-like costume, I suspect it wasn't all teenage girls who were sending in ideas.
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Agent00Soul wrote: In the late 60s and early 70s, didn't DC write all her costume changes into the continuity of the character? The idea was that teenage girls like to change their outfits a lot and Kara consciously would pick a costume for a while and then change it. Am I right?
They held regular contests in the 70's where readers would design a costume for her and the winner's costume would get used it in at least one issue. The 'Barbarella" costume referenced in the original article was such a contest winner, for example. Anyone could sketch out a costume, send it in and then have a chance of seeing it portrayed by the professional artists. Kind of cool to do that for a regular title at DC.
Supposedly it was teenage girls sending in their fashion ideas, but given the nature of that Barbarella-like costume, I suspect it wasn't all teenage girls who were sending in ideas.
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25 Sep 2014 20:19 #38304
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Did Kara ever explain why she had new costumes each issue or did DC just act as though whatever she was wearing had always been her uniform?
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26 Sep 2014 03:23 #38308
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If memory serves me correctly, she use to occasionally comment that "This new costume is not as indestructible as her old one, but she liked the change in style" or words to that effect.
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26 Sep 2014 03:24 #38309
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She went through a period where she no longer had an indestructible costume (don't remember why), so she always needed new ones. Her powers in general were glitchy for a while.
Here are two pages from Adventure 409, August, 1971. Note they give credit for the costume in page 1.
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Agent00Soul wrote: Did Kara ever explain why she had new costumes each issue or did DC just act as though whatever she was wearing had always been her uniform?
She went through a period where she no longer had an indestructible costume (don't remember why), so she always needed new ones. Her powers in general were glitchy for a while.
Here are two pages from Adventure 409, August, 1971. Note they give credit for the costume in page 1.
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26 Sep 2014 03:40 #38310
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And from December, 1970, here's what she was wearing. Based on her thoughts, it was apparently made of ordinary cloth.
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