It’s like he was almost done putting his outfit together and then decided it just wasn't ridiculous enough. Seriously, Iron Fist’s costume makes a lot of sense from his feet to his neck and then everything just goes bananas. Danny Rand is one of Marvel Comics’ most proficient hand-to-hand combatants who has the power to summon a brutally powerful “iron fist” and also the ability to somehow engage in dizzying martial arts bouts while seeing through a mask with no eyeholes, with a vampire-like collar that cuts off his peripheral vision, and two long ribbons whipping around his head. Iron Fist is an awesome hero with some great stories to his name. To the credit of the minds behind Netflix's Daredevilseries, Elodie Yung's Elektra costume pays nice tribute to its roots while still looking like a functional outfit for a ninja assassin. But let’s just be grateful she’s wearing the red costume, because it looks positively Puritan next to a white version she (thankfully) wore only once. Clad in the traditional ninja garb of a red ribbon fluttering daintily between her legs (which themselves are decked out in anywhere between seven and thirty garters), Elektra’s role as a fierce assassin has always been at odds with her Playboy Bunny vibe, which looked just as stupid in Jennifer Garner’s 2005 live action movie as it does on the page. We’ll limit ourselves to just a few of the most egregiously skimpy costumes on this list, and we’ll start with Marvel’s manic pixie dream ninja, Elektra. From Emma Frost’s bustier to the almost hilariously fragile getup worn by Tarot, Witch of the Black Rose, even the strongest super women were often no match for the male gaze. It’s true that superhero comics have a long history of slapping a band-aid’s worth of material on their women and sending them out into combat (although that trend is thankfully improving.a little). OK, this whole list could honestly just be women and some of the outlandishly exploitive costumes their creators stuff them into.
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