Comments on: He put the “Bumble” in “Bumble Bee”

By: Fishpants

Fishpants — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:19:13 +0000

I think they used those little masks because they seemed to work so well for old-timey escaped bank robbers. You know, when the striped clothes and big bags with dollar signs didn’t give them away.

Maybe this should be a character contest. Come up with a badass male superhero with pink as a main color in the costume. Can it be done?

By: Jadebrain_Prime

Jadebrain_Prime — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:17:16 +0000

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think before the 1920′s, pink was a man’s color…

Not that it matters, ’cause this was probably made after the 1920′s.

By: Kalkin

Kalkin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:47:08 +0000

Wanda Maximoff wore pink on her thighs some time ago. She made relatively successful color (although I have to admit her costume did suck due to the weird headgear, whatever tiara-hat-modern art-contraption that was).

Anyway, I had a thought about those bright rainbow colors many superheroes are wearing. Maybe its purpose is to disable bad guys. Think about it: Gangsters are locked in a tight melee with a hero and all they can see is a mess of bright colors. That should disorient them and maybe even give them a vision impairing migraine. I know from personal experience, how large blind spots migraine can cause so I know, how great a handicap it’d be. Maybe that’s why so many gangsters are so easily taken down by lightly armed heroes.

By: J

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:45:59 +0000

Personally I think peach and salmon are an improvement over pink. I wouldn’t wear those colors either but IMO peach and salmon are closer to the orange family.

By: Rendu

Rendu — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:30:08 +0000

@Jeff Hebert:
1. Is peach or salmon really an improvement over pink?
2. Yes, some costumes work better on certain genders. It works both ways. Many (many!) years ago, I was at a con where Chris Claremont was talking about doing a modern-day version of the Marvel WWII-era Invaders, including Union Jack (http://marvel.com/universe/Union_Jack_(Montgomery_Falsworth)). Being Chris Claremont, he considered making the new version female. Her real name would be “Jacqueline”, you see, so she could be “Union Jaq”. The idea was shelved when he had to admit that the classic Union Jack costume just wouldn’t work on a female torso.

By: Niall Mor

Niall Mor — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:28:34 +0000

It’s not just the costume, it’s the pose too! He loves the nightlife, he loves to boogie!

By: Jeff Hebert

Jeff Hebert — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:00:56 +0000

@Dean: It’s not the size of a man’s buckle, it’s the frenzy of his swarm. Or something.

By: Jeff Hebert

Jeff Hebert — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:52:34 +0000

@Rendu: I never thought of Cosmic Boy’s costume as pink for some reason. I had it more in the peachy family, or maybe a salmon or something. Firebrand was pretty cool, but he didn’t have red and yellow horizontally striped stripes to contend with. Plus, note that his outfit looked better on the female Firebrand who took his place in All-Star Squadron. I’m just sayin’, they’re wearin’ girl clothes. Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

By: Al

Al — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:45:52 +0000

It says in his status box that he was single. I’m guessing he stayed like that for a long, LONG time.

By: Rendu

Rendu — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:11:50 +0000

RE: Male super-heroes with pink costumes- The Legion of Super-Heroes was co-founded by Cosmic Boy (doubly-handicapped by a pink costume and a “50s sci-fi” name), and he worked out just fine. Even worse, the Golden Age hero Firebrand had a sheer pink shirt with poofy sleeves. (I am NOT making this up! see http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Rod_Reilly_(New_Earth) )