Costumes that did not catch on

[Ultimate Captain America]

As you know, comic books usually give characters a new look, and eventually they go back to the original one. Because other people did not like them, or just by author preference. But that doesn't mean that those temporary changes were not awesome. Which ones did you like best?

One of the favorites is 1990s Sersi. This costume suits her better than the green bathsuit!

[SuperiorIronman]

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I genuinely liked this design and the lore attached to it. If you wanted to break away from Iron man then that was the way to do it and for adaptation purposes even had an alternative origin for the character. People didn't like the design so instead of a redesign it was ditched (it's an alien it's supposed to look weird). Had it stuck around I wouldn't have doubted it somehow got tied into the symbiotes given the nature of the suit.

[vitaminbee]

I can’t think of any that were great that didn’t stick... but here’s one that I’m happy didnt.
Does Elektra deserve another take on her costume? Yes. Was this the one? Absolutely not.

[tsaimelemoni]

I can’t think of any that were great that didn’t stick... but here’s one that I’m happy didnt.
Does Elektra deserve another take on her costume? Yes. Was this the one? Absolutely not.

I think this was just shy of being a good redesign. It makes no sense for her to cover her face after not doing so for her entire career, and the sleeve is too billowy.

But I like the idea of her look not being swimming suit-adjacent, I loved the ponytail, and I loved her little tech sleeve/grappling hook thing. I also wonder if this look would have been better received if the run it debuted in has been better. Self-reflecting a bit, a bad run can ruin a lot for me, and for awhile. It's also a look that's dependent on the artist, I think. Sienkiewicz's concept here isn't bad, and Lopez made it look pretty good in Defenders.

[Frontier]

Elektra's had more memorable redesigns.

[CRaymond]

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And who could forget the time Colossus had a decent haircut? It was during IvX, and ALL those looks were good... and then immediately tossed in the bin.

[king of hybrids]

I can’t think of any that were great that didn’t stick... but here’s one that I’m happy didnt.
Does Elektra deserve another take on her costume? Yes. Was this the one? Absolutely not.

I know the writers and artists would not have been privy to the details of DD Season 2, but surely once defenders was coming out they could have used the second Season 2/Defenders costume which seemed a tad more sensible

[babyblob]

I am shocked that this Hawkeye costume hasnt made the list yet. I post this picture becasue I really couldnt find a better one. If someone can that would be cool. But man I hated this version of Hawkeye.

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[Chris0013]

I am shocked that this Hawkeye costume hasnt made the list yet. I post this picture becasue I really couldnt find a better one. If someone can that would be cool. But man I hated this version of Hawkeye.

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Do you mean this one??

[JudicatorPrime]

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I genuinely liked this design and the lore attached to it. If you wanted to break away from Iron man then that was the way to do it and for adaptation purposes even had an alternative origin for the character. People didn't like the design so instead of a redesign it was ditched (it's an alien it's supposed to look weird). Had it stuck around I wouldn't have doubted it somehow got tied into the symbiotes given the nature of the suit.

I was one of the people who wrote into Marvel back then complaining about Rhodes as War Machine being a "carbon copy" Iron Man (just as Black Goliath was a carbon copy Hank Pym), so I definitely loved the concept of the Eidolon wear. However, the stylistic design completely sucked. My inner cynic thinks that was intentional. You don't need a crack quality control team to know that crappy looking design was going to fail and fail big. I mean if you're a little kid trapped in a fire, wouldn't you rather burn than go running into the arms of a hero who looks likes that?

[Gaastra]

Wasp.

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Thor

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Dr strange.

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[kilderkin]

Wasp.

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Thor

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Dr strange.

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I liked this look for strange well enough, I thought Thor looked far too busy and all over the place here

[Digifiend]

This Sam Alexander Nova design. Champions continued using his original one, and this one wasn't used at all after Nova Vol 7 until next week's Annihilation Scourge: Nova, and it's only used there because it's a flashback to Nova Vol 7.

[CRaymond]

Way back in X-Force v1 #75, the team went to a "Burning Man" and ran into an old friend with a new look.

Karma went back to her original appearance when she came back years later, and it sucked. After a shaved head and a pink dyejob, a smart bob and headband is just plain sad.

[danielsan52]

I liked this look for strange well enough, I thought Thor looked far too busy and all over the place here

That look for Strange was awesome.