The 5 Most Ridiculously Sexist Superhero Costumes

Female superhero costumes are the comic industry's "No Cooties" signs: They prove that the people who designed them think about girls (a lot) but don't really know how they work and are making sure it stays that way. I am not an enlightened man. I consider the wipe-clean cheerleader costume a greater advance in clothing technology than the spacesuit. But the only "strong" in many "strong female comic book characters" are the oblique muscles required to point their ass and boobs in the same direction.
Psylocke's buttocks are like the Mona Lisa's eyes, they follow you no matter what angle you're looking from.
Power Girl
Charged with making a female Superman, Power Girl's costume designer's only thoughts were "breasts" and "done." They'd already given Supergirl a miniskirt (and, as a consequence, the entire population of Metropolis got a panty shot). With Power Girl, they upped the ante and opened a tit-window. Most spandex heroes have a symbol on their chest summarizing their character, and so does Power Girl: an empty hole full of cleavage.
Check out the empowerment on that!
And why doesn't her costume inflate when she flies?
"I show off my tits because I'm such a dumb blonde I can't even finish my own clothes. I also cry. Girls do that, right?"
Even on-panel you have another disappointed girl.
Starfire's Reboot
Starfire has always been the Captain Kirkiest character, a brightly colored alien demanding to be shown "more of this Earth thing called love," but her latest iteration is about as sexy as a speculum. It's certainly going for the right place, but it's so cold and clinically aimed that only those who've given up on regular sex could enjoy it.
I'm not saying the designers view women as sexual targets, but she has big glowing red weak points to help you aim at her throat and crotch.
This is basically her new costume. And personality. And motivation.
The site isn't playing saxophone music. You're just hearing it anyway.
The new direction is "Literally break your own spine to aim breasts at male eyes."
Wonder Woman's "Compassion"
Wonder Woman preserves 1940s sexism like a chunk of amber in a bustier, exploited by modern artists to reanimate terrible extinct ideas in some sort of Chauvinist Park. Her weapon AND weakness are both bondage --she has a magic lasso and can be kept hostage if she's tied up, but only if it's by a man. Ninety years after women were allowed to vote, she wasn't allowed to wear a jacket because the fans complained too much. That happened in 2010, and the general consensus was that she should consider herself lucky she's allowed to wear pants in public (and that the "fans" are actual cavemen).
Damn those feminazis, we can only barely see that the breasts are bigger than her head!
DC's website makes Total Recall's stance on gratuitous boobs look conservative.
I've had dreams like this, too, but I don't draw and sell them in public.
He knows everyone wants to touch them.
Sue Storm 4-kini
Sue Storm endured the most blatant sexism in comics at a time when marriage was a form of property insurance. They only dared to give a woman superpowers because both her husband and her brother were on the team to keep her in line.
She destroyed one costume and several laws of Euclidean geometry.
"I don't know, when your breasts aren't a perfectly flat mass because curved fours are hard to draw?"
This is Acheronian soft-core with face paint.
Namor
Behold the most ridiculously sexy costume in comics!
Manties!
Look at the poor victimized boy, one inch from boning on the cover.
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A posing pouch and dressing gown. His whole wardrobe says "I get laid too often to bother with clothing."
Luke McKinney scientifically proves that Die Hard is the ultimate party. He also tumbles and has a website.
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