The Onesie

[gameboy1234]

On 10/1/2021 at 4:46 AM, Snarky said:

Oh you wacky Superheroes (and villains)  Where? Why? Who? decided that the default super look is a unitard?

 

OK to take this literally I think the costume goes back the the early start of the super hero comics, the uniform was copied from athletes of the day, especially wrestlers.  Including the "wear your underpants on the outside" look.  Maybe everyone knows this but I thought I'd post some pics.

 

 

(I found this cool site with a history of wrestling uniforms, there's a few more examples there: https://intermatwrestle.com/articles/17094 )

 

The same look gets a call-out in the Watchmen comic, I think, when they depict the Hooded Justice, an original member of a super hero team.  In his day job as a circus strongman he wears basically the same outfit.

 

[UltraAlt]

4 hours ago, gameboy1234 said:

OK to take this literally I think the costume goes back the the early start of the super hero comics, the uniform was copied from athletes of the day, especially wrestlers.  Including the "wear your underpants on the outside" look.  Maybe everyone knows this but I thought I'd post some pics.

 

makes sense to me.

 

 

 

I don't know if this thread is including the mystery men, but where plenty of capes and face covering going on for them as well.

 

 

 

Of course it could have been that Superman was originally to simply have been wearing boots, shorts, and a cape and that was seen as being too risque for something targeted at boys, so that rest of the costume was added to cover up flesh.

 

Can't have young boys running around dressed as John Carter or Tarzan all the time.

 

Edited October 6, 2021 by UltraAlt

[MrAxe]

Its also easy to hide under your clothes for a quick change.

[DoctorDitko]

14 hours ago, gameboy1234 said:

Hooded Justice, an original member of a super hero team.  In his day job as a circus strongman he wears basically the same outfit.

Close, but no cigar. Hooded Justice -- ironically considering the noose motif -- was a Black man under the hood. In fact I think that's why he felt he had to retire, when a fight wrecked his hood. Alan Moore giving Americans another lesson in what bastards we can be. (Don't feel singled out; he gives the Brits a lambasting, too!)

 

Edit: I stand corrected, at least as far as the comics are concerned. See below.

Edited October 6, 2021 by DoctorDitko

[UltraAlt]

11 minutes ago, DoctorDitko said:

Close, but no cigar. Hooded Justice -- ironically considering the noose motif -- was a Black man under the hood. In fact I think that's why he felt he had to retire, when a fight wrecked his hood. Alan Moore giving Americans another lesson in what bastards we can be. (Don't feel singled out; he gives the Brits a lambasting, too!)

 

Probably the reason that he didn't go after Silk Spectre even though she apparently was attracted to him.

How would she have reacted if she found out?

 

The noose motif? Maybe a lynching event was what triggered him to become a superhero!

 

"The Black Dragon" Ron Van Clief - “I was lynched in Kinston in 1963,” Van Clief said. “I spent seven months in a hospital, broke my jaw and my front teeth out, eight ribs broken, broke my leg. So I haven’t been back since.“ - https://www.jdnews.com/sports/20160716/martial-art-legends-the-black-dragon-steve-muhammad-in-town-for-tournament

Edited October 6, 2021 by UltraAlt

[Generator]

3 hours ago, DoctorDitko said:

Close, but no cigar. Hooded Justice -- ironically considering the noose motif -- was a Black man under the hood. In fact I think that's why he felt he had to retire, when a fight wrecked his hood. Alan Moore giving Americans another lesson in what bastards we can be. (Don't feel singled out; he gives the Brits a lambasting, too!)

 

Do I just not remember the part where that's pointed out in the comics?  I don't think I ever heard that mentioned before the HBO series.

 

(To be sure, the idea that I've forgotten it is, well, ludicrously easy to believe.)

[DoctorDitko]

On 10/1/2021 at 2:30 PM, The_Warpact said:

Maybe practice some wrestling moves, jumping off a trampoline pretend flying, probably some Buffalo Bill mirror time.

Did someone call for Zebraman?

 

[DoctorDitko]

5 minutes ago, Generator said:

I don't think I ever heard that mentioned before the HBO series.

I haven't seen it, so probably not. But my forgettery gets better every year, so I may be wrong.

[The_Warpact]

15 minutes ago, DoctorDitko said:

Did someone call for Zebraman?

 

I'd watch that.

[DoctorDitko]

3 minutes ago, The_Warpact said:

I'd watch that.

Please do. It's well worth the trouble of hunting it down. The lackluster Wikipedia entry really doesn't do it justice.

[UltraAlt]

22 minutes ago, Generator said:

Do I just not remember the part where that's pointed out in the comics?  I don't think I ever heard that mentioned before the HBO series.

 

It wasn't in the comics. It was written into the HBO show.

 

"As revealed in the episode (co-written by Lindelof and Cord Jefferson), Hooded Justice — always assumed to be white given a bit of flesh visible beneath his eyes — was a black man, with a costume inspired by his own experience as a near-victim of a lynching, rather than a simply a sinister echo of those crimes.Nov 25, 2019" - Rolling Stone

[DoctorDitko]

Thanks for the correction! No idea where I got the notion from, as I haven't seen the HBO series. A review maybe? Forgettery superpower strikes again!

[Xeres]

The unitard is kinda funny, for even though the person is "covered", they may as well not be.

[Sakai]

On 10/1/2021 at 4:07 PM, Luminara said:

 

My wife gave me a bunny onsie some years back for my bday. Love it. Stupidly hot rhougj so I can only wear it when I go camping in early spring/fall. Sadly it doesn't have the booties so I need to remember to take thick socks. Usually remember the third trip of the year 😞 

[Clave Dark 5]

16 hours ago, Sakai said:

My wife gave me a bunny onsie some years back for my bday. Love it. Stupidly hot rhougj so I can only wear it when I go camping in early spring/fall. Sadly it doesn't have the booties so I need to remember to take thick socks. Usually remember the third trip of the year 😞 

Ha!  My wife has one and has pretty much the same experience, it's too good at keeping you warm.

[ChzBoi]

On 10/6/2021 at 3:44 PM, DoctorDitko said:

Please do. It's well worth the trouble of hunting it down. The lackluster Wikipedia entry really doesn't do it justice.

The Flying PegasusZebra is fantastic!