This is why female superheroes should wear kevlar costumes

[db105]

tec371.jpg
(from Detective Comics #371, January 1968)

[TheDarkKnightReturns]

Nah, spandex rules.

[HellHere]

Batman probably has nail varnish in his ute belt - ready for any eventuality.

[RedQueen]

Robin is wearing no pants whatsoever. But Spandex can be prettier than too liney armor pieces. Really depends on the costume.

[John Venus]

That guy who looks like he is about to toss Robin into the air is hilarious.

[Lady Nightwing]

Looks like a very sloppy Germany suplex to me.

[Babs]

tec371.jpg
(from Detective Comics #371, January 1968)

Here we go again...

Listen, i really think people like you realize how impractical Kevlar body armor really is. The costumes you see in the Nolan films are complete nonsense. Kevlar plated body protection is bulky and heavy. Movement would be very restricted, and certainly not the type of gear one would use to go out jumping off rooftops and fighting criminals with martial arts.

Just listen to what any of the actors who have played the role of Batman had to say about the costume. Restricted movement. Can't wear the costume for longer than 20 minutes without over-heating. Not to mention the cowl, which leaves the actor nearly deaf and blind and as both Keaton and Bale said, gives you a splitting headache.

In reality, kevlar body armor is used by the police using primarily a vest, because anything beyond that is just too heavy and too bulky for any practical use for an on-duty police officer.

It generally looks something like this:

police.jpg kevlar-body-armor.jpg

Then in an absolute worst case scenario such as a riot, they wear anti-riot gear, which looks something like this:

Anti-riot-suit-riot-control-suit-kevlar.jpg


What Batgirl and Batman wear in the comics and in the movies is pure fantasy either way. It took them nearly 20 years to figure out how to make the modern movie Batman be capable of turning his head, so there you go...

[t hedge coke]

The cover, of course, is a fakeout, in that it's something that happens early on and Batman and Robin are, later, held up by even sillier contrivance. Batgirl tended to get the better of Batman and Robin back then.

Of course, now they all wear armor, for the most part, though Batgirl of Bunside is, seemingly, wearing less than before.

And, yes, real kevlar over armor plates is heavy or bulky, but these are fantasy comics where giant soap bubbles can take you through time. "Real" went out the window before Batman swung on his first bat-line that wasn't seemingly tethered to anything and didn't dislocate an arm.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

Never mind the spandex or kevlar, people on these boards who have way too much time on their hands to seriously dwell on this sort of minutia probably still rant and rave about the impracticality and blatant sexism associated with heroines wearing high heels.

[t hedge coke]

Never mind the spandex or kevlar, people on these boards who have way too much time on their hands to seriously dwell on this sort of minutia probably still rant and rave about the impracticality and blatant sexism associated with heroines wearing high heels.

You're the only one who brought it up.

So, yeah. Time. Hands.

[WestPhillyPunisher]

You're the only one who brought it up.

So, yeah. Time. Hands.

See what I mean?

[t hedge coke]

See what I mean?

I'm the guy who responded, right?

Still, it's what CBR is here for.

[Carabas]

Just listen to what any of the actors who have played the role of Batman had to say about the costume. Restricted movement. Can't wear the costume for longer than 20 minutes without over-heating. Not to mention the cowl, which leaves the actor nearly deaf and blind and as both Keaton and Bale said, gives you a splitting headache.

Those guys weren't wearing kevlar armour. The actors were not really bulletproof in those things.
They were wearing extra-bulky, rubber/latex, airtight movie costumes that were designed notto be practical but to look cool on camera.

The overheating thing is because the costumes are airtight, and because film sets tend to be really hot.

[Babs]

Those guys weren't wearing kevlar armour. The actors were not really bulletproof in those things.
They were wearing extra-bulky, rubber/latex, airtight movie costumes that were designed notto be practical but to look cool on camera.

The overheating thing is because the costumes are airtight, and because film sets tend to be really hot.

That doesn't change the fact that kevlar armor itself is far too bulky for what the people in the comics do. You can't be a martial arts specialist crimefighter like Batman or Batgirl in kevlar armor.

[Nite-Wing]

Doesn't matter if its not realistic for them to move like ninjas in kevlar armor doing what they do they need some sort of protection from ballistics
Usually comics book science bridges that gap but in movies it does need to look cool over anything else