Since the DC Comics “New 52” relaunch has effectively reinvented a number of their characters from the ground up, the redesigns of their costumes was in many cases a prelude of things to come. When someone has basically zero backstory, what they look like can be a powerful clue as to who they’re going to be—especially on team books, where the writer has to worry about establishing identities for multiple characters.As such, I figure this is as good a time as any to look at the costumes I thought were the five worst redesigns of the new DC Universe. Clearly, this is the kind of topic where not everyone will be in agreement, so feel free to chime in at the bottom of the page—but do try to keep it civil.5. BatmanI know, I know. Batman?! He looks almost exactly the same!Well, yeah. That’s kind of my point.Certain characters (such as Batman, The Flash and Green Lantern) feel like they were redesigned just for the sake of redesigning them. Some, such as Wonder Woman, were actually redesigned by Jim Lee shortly after having been recently, ahem, redesigned by Jim Lee. Creating a new look for Batman that casual fans won’t be able to tell apart from the previous incarnation begs the question: Why bother with a redesign? Surely that time and energy could have been better spent somewhere else, like making sure Justice League ships on time.Is his look terrible? No. He’s Batman; his look is iconic, and it’s pretty hard to make him look terrible.
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