Comments on: DC Goes Medieval

By: TheMachoManic

TheMachoManic — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:54:58 +0000

Nice to see something other than Steam Punk. They still could of put some sort of mask over Batman’s eye’s though.

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:19:53 +0000

LOVE the Wonder Woman costume…very Warrior Princess-y….

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:26:20 +0000

I always did like alternate timeline versions of characters.

D.C. did this back in the 70s with the JSA by Wally Wood.

http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/All-Star_Comics_Vol_1_64

By: wevs

wevs — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:06:07 +0000

@Lahey
Care to elaborate on a source of your information about the spandex suit originating from carnival strongmen? I’m not much of a comic nerd, mind you so it could really be a generally accepted theory, but this is the first I hear of it. Quite interesting, might I add.

By: Wite Boy

Wite Boy — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:53:59 +0000

this fits the heroes way more then having them in modern times

By: Jim Lahey

Jim Lahey — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:38:05 +0000

@brett

He’s also faster than a speeding bullet and able to stop a locomotive, neither of which exist in the Middle Ages.

Think about it like this. If you were superman, your job is to protect the innocent. If you go back in time about 700 years, the inncoent will see your blue and red spandex suit and assume you are the village idiot, or some sort of sorceror or monster when you start showing off your superpowers to them. Remember, we’re talking about people who lived their entire lives in the same 10 square miles usually, so you would need to find a symbol universally recognized at the time in order to garner trust: a suit of armor. Everyone from lords to peasents knew what a knight in armor looked like, and it would be the best mantle to take if you were going to be a medieval superhero.

It has nothing to do with if he needs a suit of armor. He doesn’t need a cape, but he still wears one. He doesn’t need boots since his feet are still “made of steel,” but he still wears them. Superman’s costume is as much a symbol as it is an artical of clothing.

By: Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:59:59 +0000

That’s how Wonder Woman SHOULD look. I loathe the reboot design. Wonder Woman may be the greatest victim of the reboot.

By: Alaric

Alaric — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:50:45 +0000

Maybe the armor is just there to keep his powers in check. I always wondered why superheroes had the brightly colored spandex thing going on.

By: KerouacCat

KerouacCat — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:34:36 +0000

@brett

No.

By: Nick S

Nick S — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:16:32 +0000

Looks like Superman is based on the character Exodus from the Marvel Universe… or, you know, every character ever that has flown and then hovered in one place.