Lately a lot of discussion has going into hero costumes. For example, some people have issues with the “underwear” look, although I always thought it was one piece with one area a different color to break up the look. The armored look kind of works for Batman but looks silly on Superman and ridiculous on the Flash. Then there’s the whole issue about bright versus dark colors, shorts vs. pants, and so on and so on. It’s weird for grown men to be this interested in fashion, isn’t it?

A superhero’s costume/uniform must be functional, to survive in a fight and allow the hero to fight in a style that best suits him or her. In tonight’s fight, Dick Grayson gets a reminder.

“Assassin” round 3

The Battlefield: The Batman Adventures: The Lost Years #2 (DC Comics; February, 1988) “Graduation Day”

The Promoters: Hilary J. Bader (writer), Terry Beatty (inker), Lee Loughridge (colorist) and Tim Harkins (letterer)

Sulking thanks to events in the story, Dick comes across a bunch of hoods attacking a courier. Between his days with the circus and his days as the Boy Wonder, Dick learned to make an entrance.

“Hello!”

One problem though: he might not get his t-shirts off of the rack, but I don’t think they were designed for combat.

Can’t wait to see where he stores….okay, maybe I can.

And that’s not the only thing that isn’t up to martial arts fighting.

Good thing this fight’s over. He’d be walking home naked.

So a lot of thought goes into a costume. Unless your Jim Lee, then the thought involves “how can I fit a v-neck color into this outfit?”.

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