13 Unfortunate X-Men Costumes
With so many tacky costumes from the early years, this list was a lot of fun to assemble.
1. Cyclops – Those over-the-head hoods with attached goggles are anything but attractive.
2. Banshee – This should be at the top of any costume no-no. In any fight, DO NOT wear a giant bull’s-eye-target, unless you want to get yourself killed.
3. Storm – Flock of Seagulls fan?
4. Beast – Bikini briefs on someone this hairy?
5. Angel/Archangel – Save it for the disco, man.
6. Jean Gray – Marvel Girl or Batgirl? You decide.
7. Wolfsbane – Beam me up, Scotty.
8. Rogue – Guess she was a big fan of the movie Flashdance.
9. Iceman – Hmm. Yeah, those are only boots he’s wearing. What happens when he de-frosts?
10. Shadowcat – Wow. So many colors, it’s like a train wreck. Punky Brewster anyone?
11. Cable – Can’t say much about the majority of his wardrobe, except for this early disaster. Not sure what look he was going for – Homeless man? Explorer? Sasquatch?
12. Cannonball – He also doubled as a cold-climate Evil Knievel apparently.
13. Dazzler – Little known fact that Dazzler actually moonlighted as “Lord of the Dance.”
April 24th, 2008 at 2:29 am
Tee hee. Funny list. Happy TT.
April 24th, 2008 at 5:54 am
I’ve never seen some of the more awful ones. I think Shadowcat’s takes the prize.
April 24th, 2008 at 7:05 am
Good list. I agree with most, except that I actually LIKED Cyclops old costume, and very recently, they’ve put him back in it in the comics. Check that out here: http://www.marvel.com/comics/X-Men
Oh, and I’d have to agree that Shadowcat’s ensemble takes the cake.
April 24th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Banshees costume is stra… ALL HAIL THE HYPNOTOAD!
April 24th, 2008 at 9:13 am
Great list. It is very obvious that a lot of these characters are wearing clothes that were considered “cool” once upon a time.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:21 am
And don’t we all have photos that we wish we could bury of us wearing clothes that we thought were cool back then!
April 24th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Scott – Cyclop’s has been one that I’ve always loathed. A good looking guy, being covered head-to-toe is just a shame.
April 24th, 2008 at 9:31 am
ha! this was awesome.
I’ve always like Rogue best – thankfully her costume evolved in to something a little less….80’s
April 24th, 2008 at 9:46 am
Are those leg-warmers and roller skates on Shadowcat? wow.
Gee, that’s one strategically placed dazzle on #13
April 24th, 2008 at 9:50 am
I liked Rogue’s 80s thing! But not Storm’s FoS hair so much. She looked best when Wilce Portacio drew her, back when the X-Men split from Uncanny. Things really do go in trends. I remember in the early/mid-90s when everyone wore awesome trenches. Gambit, Jubilee, and anyone who was in street clothes–skin tight + trench = cool!
April 24th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Oh, some of these are really bad. But I love your comments!
April 24th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Iceman is already melting in this picture, he lacks snowballs.
April 24th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Yes – Iceman’s boots. What DOES happen when he de-frosts? Fantastically funny T13, Angela.
April 24th, 2008 at 12:50 pm
hilarious. shadow cat also looks like rainbow bright.
April 24th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
There are no comments to add. You are so dead on. *applause for making me laugh this a.m.*
Di
April 24th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Excellent list! Thanks for the laugh.
April 24th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Some of those are SO awful. I like Storm’s outfit, though.
April 24th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
The early coostumes were so ugly! I think I dislike Cyclops still after all these years because of that ugly costume!
April 24th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
HA! Great list…I’d also put any of the Rob Liefeld designed characters on that list as well. There were some really unfortunate choices in clothing for Marvel and DC and Image characters in the 1990’s as well.
April 24th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Hey now, I liked Banshee’s costume!
Lost Hemisphere’s Y13 #12
April 24th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
Wow, some of those just look so bad! Imagine if they had taken the exact costumes for the movies… :-S
April 24th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
I guess I have the same feeling about when they used to cover up Jean Grey’s head back in the old comics….so I can see where you are coming from.
April 25th, 2008 at 11:31 am
Give Kitty a break. Thirteen, middle of the Disco era, her first costume design. Of course it was going to be BAD.
As for the Beast, I hate how some shirt collars catch on my neck hair. How much worse would it be for him?
April 26th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
AWESOME! I might direct my friends to this post so they can get ideas for my Sci-fi/Superhero Masque for my 50th birthday (in 2009. I’m planning it now.) I would have added a picture of Mimic whose costume if I recall was bright orange and an amalgam of all the Xmen suites at the time.
July 18th, 2008 at 10:02 am
oof, yeah, shadowcat’s is just… yeah. although i loved that rogue one she had. i never liked that ‘jim lee’ era one, with the oversized redneck hairdo. come to think of it, i didn’t like any of the outfits from that era.
October 12th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
I would like to buy that Cyclops Costume