When it comes to comic book heroes, it’s all about their iconic looks and heroic actions. Without a brand though, it’s easy to mistakenly associate their deeds to others, or prevents the world from looking to them for hope and as a beacon in a dark time.
Would Batman have inspired such fear in the criminal underbelly without a bad ass costume?
Today is National Tailors Day, a holiday that takes place on the first Wednesday of June every year. Tailors are people who make, alter, or repair clothes, and for many of us, our first tailors are likely our parents, before we ever find a professional to keep us looking our best. Whether you have a date, an important meeting in the office, or an event that you need to look your best, you’ve likely enlisted the aid of a professional tailor once in your life. When it comes to superheroes, that is even more true as someone specifically has to be the one who makes the outfit, and if you can’t trust them, then your alter ego might be as good as common knowledge.
Here are our top five confirmed tailors to superheroes in the world of comic books.
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Superman #73 (1951) While Superman’s costume had always been invulnerable in prior iteration to this comic, it wasn’t until this comic book, that a really good example was used for its existence, outside Superman made a bulletproof fabric. In this comic it is Martha Kent who creates the costume, specifically utilizing fabric and blankets from Clark’s spaceship that he arrived in. It’s nice and beautiful that the comics took such an iconic image of Superman and attributed it to his mother. |
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Disney Comics Collection: The Incredibles (2008) The Incredibles costumes are iconic, they are effectively designed to match their heroes, and since the resurgence of them, they even outlaw the capes that cost so many lives. But who designed almost all of the costumes in the world of the Incredibles? Edna Mode. This iconic fashion designer in her lifetime goes from models to superheroes back to models and is more then happy to jump back into the world of, as she puts it, Gods, as soon as she is given the chance. On top of that, she is incredibly supportive with a wonderful, if not aloof bedside manor. |
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Invincible #1 (2003) In the world of Invincible, comics and series, when it comes to costumed heroes, a lot of people, including Omni-Man, turn to Art Rosenbaum for costumes. On top of the fact that Art is one of Nolan’s best friends, the alter ego of Omni-Man, he is the person that he trusts when Mark needs a costume, specifically for his hero entity, Invincible. However, those two costumes are not the only that he has built as he also crafts Oliver’s costume, and at the very least Bulletproof’s costume. All of which happens in the secret basement of Art’s Tailor Shoppe. |
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Fantastic Four #6 (1962) Sometimes superhero costumes are not specifically about design, but function. In the Marvel Universe, Reed Richards creates unstable molecules specifically for the Fantastic Four’s costumes so that the suit will modify and adapt per their use. Sue’s costume turns invisible with her, Johnny’s is fireproof, Reed’s suit stretches with him, and Ben’s costume is much more-hearty to damage. This was even covered in a What If? comic in which Reed Richards never invented unstable molecules. In this world the Fantastic Four’s uniforms cannot adapt. Reed’s shirt turns into a crop top when he stretches, and Johnny Storm regularly burns through his costume. |
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Iron Man #169 (1983) Tony Stark has made so many different suits of armor for himself, but not just himself though. He has made armor suits for a series of people including Rescue for Pepper Potts, The Iron Spider for Peter Parker, War Machine for James Rhodes, Iron Widow for Natalia Romanova, and so many more! |
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Who are some of your favorite costume creators in the comic book world?
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