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Post by badwolf on May 13, 2021 16:35:32 GMT -5
I quite liked John Fox, the Flash from the future, during Waid's run... Was his code name Ultravox? Or maybe Metamatic...
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Post by MWGallaher on May 13, 2021 17:35:10 GMT -5
I voted for Barry; even though the Kid Flash costume is a superior design, it was the Silver Age costume that captivated me even before I ever started reading comics. I'm also very fond of this: In hindsight, it's an obvious strategy: just flip the color scheme on the evil counterpart's costume, but I don't think anyone thought of it before the Reverse Flash, and I can't recall anybody trying to duplicate it afterwards. I found the color scheme surprisingly effective, and jumped at the chance to finally have a Reverse Flash t-shirt years ago!
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Post by codystarbuck on May 13, 2021 18:53:35 GMT -5
I voted for Barry; even though the Kid Flash costume is a superior design, it was the Silver Age costume that captivated me even before I ever started reading comics. I'm also very fond of this: In hindsight, it's an obvious strategy: just flip the color scheme on the evil counterpart's costume, but I don't think anyone thought of it before the Reverse Flash, and I can't recall anybody trying to duplicate it afterwards. I found the color scheme surprisingly effective, and jumped at the chance to finally have a Reverse Flash t-shirt years ago! There was a villain, in an issue of Shazam, who intercepts the lightning that transforms Captain Marvel, and is turned into s super version of himself, with a reverse color scheme... Note that his cape isn't exactly a reverse, substituting black for white and red for yellow. You could kind of point to Black Adam being the first to reference the hero's costume, with his own, though his was not a reverse of it.
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Post by brutalis on May 13, 2021 19:33:23 GMT -5
Reverse Flash is a very cool color reversal that works really well as a great visual counterpoint when he battles Flash.
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Post by MWGallaher on May 13, 2021 19:38:46 GMT -5
Note that his cape isn't exactly a reverse, substituting black for white and red for yellow. You could kind of point to Black Adam being the first to reference the hero's costume, with his own, though his was not a reverse of it. Good catch--it's exactly the same kind of reversal as Prof. Zoom, swapping red for yellow and replacing white with black (Barry's chest emblem & Cap's cape). I believe that at some point, Reverse Flash's chest emblem was changed to a mirrored orientation, with the lightning bolt pointed upward to the left instead of the right.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 14, 2021 10:22:39 GMT -5
Classic Barry all the way. One of THE great super-hero designs.
Cei-U! I summon the speedster's sartotial splendor!
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Post by dbutler69 on May 14, 2021 15:19:57 GMT -5
I voted for Barry; even though the Kid Flash costume is a superior design, it was the Silver Age costume that captivated me even before I ever started reading comics. I'm also very fond of this: In hindsight, it's an obvious strategy: just flip the color scheme on the evil counterpart's costume, but I don't think anyone thought of it before the Reverse Flash, and I can't recall anybody trying to duplicate it afterwards. I found the color scheme surprisingly effective, and jumped at the chance to finally have a Reverse Flash t-shirt years ago! Yeah, after I created the poll, I started to wonder if I should have included Revers Flash. Heck, I even have a Reverse Flash tee shirt!
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Post by Duragizer on May 15, 2021 0:27:19 GMT -5
I like this design most, I think: I've never been a fan of the boots on the older costume designs. They've always looked too "weighty" to me, which doesn't look right on speedsters.
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Post by tarkintino on May 15, 2021 14:46:49 GMT -5
Kid Flash's second costume. Great, slick outfit which provided West with his own identity yet still linking him with his mentor.
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Post by chadwilliam on May 15, 2021 20:54:49 GMT -5
When I was a kid, I positively flipped over the updated Wally costume circa Flash #50 with the metallic gleam and white eyes. I'd have to go with this one as well though, of course, it's just a tweaking of what was already there. The Reverse-Flash outfit would be my second fave, but that may very well be because, like the above, it benefits from being a new take on something that already looks pretty dang good. Thought I'd also toss this one into the mix - The Golden Age Reverse-Flash who went under the moniker of Rival. Not sure if his outfit is actually darker, or if it's just continually being bathed in shadows.
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Post by tonebone on Jul 16, 2021 10:53:29 GMT -5
How about DC 1,000,000 Flash? Just kidding... he sucks.
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Post by dave on Jul 16, 2021 12:25:38 GMT -5
Yeah, for me it's not so much a question of which suit but who drew the best version of the classic Barry/Wally outfit. That one's so striking and has needed so little tweaking for so long that, even though the other two are good, it just mows them down IMO. (Hey, who DID draw the best version of the classic Barry/Wally suit, anyway?...)
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Post by Josh on Jul 16, 2021 13:40:11 GMT -5
Classic Barry/Wally (specifically with the angled bolt around the waist). I’m also really fond of classic Captain Cold, Reverse Flash and Mirror Master.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2021 13:47:02 GMT -5
Kid Flash for me, I've always found Barry's outfit to be a bit too monotone (though I'm also in the camp it somehow works better flipped for Reverse Flash). Also think the cutout for the hair on the Kid Flash mask looks better.
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Post by dbutler69 on Jul 16, 2021 14:06:53 GMT -5
How about DC 1,000,000 Flash? Just kidding... he sucks. Well, most of that DC 1,000,000 stuff sucked, so...
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