Gloves?

[daBronzeBomma]

Trying to keep it as simple as possible here:

GLOVES.

On Superman.

As part of his basic costume / uniform.

Across all titles and media going forward.

Yes?

No?

Maybe?

Don't Care?

Why? Briefly explain in a sentence or four.

Me:

Yes. Because, IMHO, done right ...

They would make his costume look better.

They would make it look more symmetrical.

They would make it look more sci-fi.

They would make it look slightly more "other".

What say you?

[Sacred Knight]

Nope. Just looks weird to me. I know that's not a particularly deep answer but that's all I've got. Gloves on the costume as constituted looks strange.

[GreatKungLao]

If you think about it, Superman touches so many things that I think all of us should be surprised why no one tries to take his fingerprints and match it with Clark Kent?

[daBronzeBomma]

If you think about it, Superman touches so many things that I think all of us should be surprised why no one tries to take his fingerprints and match it with Clark Kent?

This right here is probably the only practical reason left that could justify the gloves.

The gloves would protect against Clark leaving fingerprints everywhere he goes as Superman. Forget figuring out his secret ID (although that still is a concern), what about cloning attempts based off the Kryptonian DNA in his fingerprints?

Of course, there is another option that could bypass all this: Kryptonians simply don't have fingerprints in the first place.

Of course, that may be problematic for Clark posing as a human ...

[Kuwagaton]

If he doesn't have a bio electric aura to stop fingerprints or finds himself needing to have some, I suppose they'd have him use discreet temperature and attention to detail powers to compensate.

[Superfan90]

Nope, not for me.

[Sacred Knight]

Though, a costume with a huge royal swag effect like that is pretty much the only instance in which gloves actually look halfway decent. Still don't like them, but just giving credit where credit is due on an alternative take.

[Lightning Rider]

If he doesn't have a bio electric aura to stop fingerprints or finds himself needing to have some, I suppose they'd have him use discreet temperature and attention to detail powers to compensate.

Who knows if he even HAS fingerprints.

[daBronzeBomma]

Who knows if he even HAS fingerprints.

I kinda like the idea of Clark lacking fingerprints because of his Kryptonian heritage. It's a small detail that helps bring Clark's other-ness to the surface.

Also, in the USA, your fingerprints aren't taken / inked unless you work for the government or are getting arrested. Neither scenarios is needed for Clark's story.

Also, Jim Lee once drew a bare-armed, gloved alternate costume that was never used:



Yeah ... looks alright (kinda get a 1992 Image Youngblood vibe) but the gloves still don't imply overt strength.

[Francisco]

Gloves are almost like him needing a breathing mask in space. It diminishes him somehow.

[Vakanai]

Gloves are almost like him needing a breathing mask in space. It diminishes him somehow.

My head canon for that isn't that he needs a breathing mask to breathe in space, but that he needs it to talk in space. Sound can't travel in a vacuum, so you need air to conduct sound, and then speakers/microphones in the mask sends his words to others.

Then again superheroes talking in space like physics don't exist has always been one of the few science things to irk me in the genre. I give Green Lanterns a pass and chalk it up to the power rings, or Martian Manhunter using telepathy, but otherwise full on talking in the vacuum of space bugs me.

[manwhohaseverything]

Works for me..#ScienceGuy

of course! Instead of getting rid of Superman's trunks, they should have just ditched his pants entirely!
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Actually they do that whenever they have superman gladiatoring.

[kingaliencracker]

Homelander on THE BOYS shows gloves can look fine, so I wouldn't be opposed to something akin to that.

[Kuwagaton]

Bare handed is a visual and term used to express ruggedness, toughness, strength, etc. So gloves to me express safety and weakness. I wouldn't mind the visual if the character hasn't been bare handed for 80 years (and therefore different from most popular heroes) .

[FishyZombie]

No, they look weird on him
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