QUEEN CLEA: Are you a fan of her look?

[Nyssane]

Stemming out of the Future State thread, there's been a conversation about Queen Clea's semi-consistent look throughout the years. Are you a fan of her Aztec-inspired Atlantean outfit, or is the golden metal bra a relic of the past?

For those of you who aren't familiar with the character:

Queen Clea is a fictional character appearing in DC Comics publications and related media, commonly as an adversary for the superhero Wonder Woman. The ruthless dictator of Venturia, a remote kingdom on the sunken continent of Atlantis, she first appeared in 1944 in Wonder Woman #8, volume 1, written by Wonder Woman creator William Moulton Marston and illustrated by Harry G. Peter. After several clashes with Wonder Woman, Queen Clea became a member of Villainy Inc., a team of super-villainesses consisting of several of Wonder Woman's Golden Age foes, including the Cheetah, Giganta and Doctor Poison. She made several Silver Age appearances (including one in Justice League of America #135 in 1976 in which she allied with Batman's enemies the Penguin and Blockbuster, along with the Captain Marvel foe Ibac), as well as several Post-Crisis appearances in which she was the leader of Villainy Inc.

[Agent Z]

Can't say I am.

[Perseus]

The head piece is nice and identifiable.... everything else however needs an update.

[Largo161]

I like her classic look.

[Koriand'r]

Metal bras are fun and always have been!

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[Artemisfanboy]

I really don't have a strong opinion either way, but I have no problem with the classic look, and the arguments against it in the other thread seem to be coming from a place of sex negativity. If some body just wanted to give her a new outfit to be cool or try something different and not just "cover her up to be taken more seriously/cheescake bad" I wouldn't be immediately opposed.

[Psy-lock]

I like it and I like her in general and would love to see her come back as a major WW villain. Though I understand why DC probably doesn't want to deal with this kind of character.

[PopQuezy]

I really don't have a strong opinion either way, but I have no problem with the classic look, and the arguments against it in the other thread seem to be coming from a place of sex negativity. If some body just wanted to give her a new outfit to be cool or try something different and not just "cover her up to be taken more seriously/cheescake bad" I wouldn't be immediately opposed.

I disagree that I am "sex negative" but psychology is psychology and conditioning is conditioning. I can tell you as a high school teacher there is a vast difference between how students react to me when I am dressed casually versus in a suit or even business casual. If you want to be taken seriously, you have to dress like someone who should. This is true for both women and men. If Clea is to be taken seriously as a villainous queen, a 1980s Madonna outfit will only make it more difficult for her to reach that goal.