![]() Worse, they've completely abandoned the design of the torso, keeping the colors but not the graphical arrangement. ![]() It's back to the same problem as the original design, where half measures fall fully short once again. You've still got the Union Jack pattern in the mask, but once again we've lost the top and the chin piece, so you've just got the eye and side-of-the-head covering, all of which is obscured by that god-awful hair. somewhere a Troll doll is weeping for its missing locks. I'm all for a consistent color theme, but that's just wrong. this:Ĭontrary to the cover verbiage, I would bet that it is, in fact, very hard to wear that particular outfit, because the involuntary gag reflex any normal human would have while donning it would surely get in the way. We went from one of the best designs in history to. I don't so much have a problem with female heroes, as I do with the outfit they made her wear. With the restless yearning for novelty that characterizes way too much of the industry, they tried to drive sales by having Captain Britain's role taken over by a woman in a new costume (his sister, I think). Unfortunately, Marvel was unable to leave well enough alone. This fellow is going to beat the snot out of you, and if you don't like it, too late, you have a fist in your pie-hole. The first iteration looked wimpy and pasty by comparison, sort of an "excuse me" kind of guy. ![]() Plus, the design works with the character's new physical form, as well. And with no chest insignia or animal logos to get in the way, you can't escape the in-your-face "I am GREAT BRITAIN!" effect of the bars and the colors. You just get smacked in the face with the red, white, and blue. You also don't have any extraneous colors to distract from the color design. The lower body was in danger of being as lackluster as the original design, but the addition of the simple thigh boots - as much as I usually hate thigh boots - really punches it up. And carrying the stripe through to the big chin guard is just genius, I love it. ![]() Echoing it in the helmet is also great, and note how much more effective the design is by covering the head, with the bars across the entire piece of head gear, rather than cut off halfway like in the first attempt. The Union Jack looks like a national symbol, boldly splashed across his massive upper body, loud and defiant. In fact, I would say this revision of his costume is right up there with my all-time favorite super-hero outfits:Įverything about this character design is great. Luckily things got better for Captain Britain - much, much better. Does he have some sort of tiny backpack holding his wallet and other necessities in there? Is it a harness for his mace club weapon thingie? I don't know, but it's irritating. And yes, I know, that's how they are on real shields, but it doesn't work on a chest piece like this.įinally, I don't know what the heck is going on with those shoulder straps. ![]() Having the only gold appear in the massive chest emblem is a problem as well, making him seem out of balance somehow, a visual tic only exacerbated by the non-symmetrical animal design. There's too much red throughout, and the nods to the flag are either too half-hearted to be good, or too smushed to be worthy like on his gloves. It ranges from uninspired (the boots and the lower body) to the confusing (what the hell is going on with those gloves?) to the good idea poorly executed (Union Jack mask) to the outright bad (rampant golden lion) to the utterly cheesy (hip disco necklace). ![]()
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