Just a few months again, my fellow Rioter Eileen Gonzalez wrote an article known as “Iron Man Is the Worst-Dressed Superhero and I Can Prove It.” I respect Eileen deeply, and so it’s with a heavy coronary heart that I’m obligated to level out simply how very improper she is. Tony Stark is a wretched dresser, in fact. But Nightwing, AKA Dick Grayson, AKA the authentic Robin, is the worst dresser in comics. And I’ve the receipts.
Now, like Eileen, I’m solely specializing in Dick’s civilian trend sense, as his early sartorial efforts as Nightwing have already been completely dunked on (together with by me). Like Tony, Dick has sufficient cash to afford to decorate nicely. And but he reaches into his closet each morning and chooses violence.
Dick spent most of the Golden and Silver Age sporting just about the similar purple sweater over a white collared shirt, and I’ve no complaints there. It’s solely when he hit adolescence and began hanging out along with his mates that issues bought…regarding. Like, right here’s what the Titans selected to put on once they discovered about hippies in Teen Titans #15:
That’s Dick on the left, adopted by Kid Flash, Wonder Girl, and Aqualad. Now, these are costumes for mixing in undercover (uh…good luck), but it surely’s nonetheless a sign that when free of the confines of his purple sweater, Dick won’t fairly know what to do with himself.
Sure sufficient, when Dick must put on a swimsuit in New Teen Titans #26, he’s nonetheless leaning on these Robin colours for assist. Can you think about seeing a man in a brilliant inexperienced three-piece swimsuit and purple tie and he’s not working at Santa’s kiosk at the mall? And we haven’t even gotten began but!
Dick’s slightly extra relaxed relating to understanding a pair points later, in that he apparently wears sizzling pink briefs and little matching slippers. Hey, when you bought it, flaunt it. (And he does: Dick spends a lot of New Teen Titans in a Speedo. Thank you, George Perez.)
But the ’90s was actually Dick’s time to shine. And by “shine,” I imply he nonetheless apparently hears the phrases “civilian disguise” and completely panics:
Yes, that’s Dick, who wore this specific wig + mustache combo on a number of events. Starfire is such a forgiving girlfriend.
Sometimes, although, he went out as himself…and when he did, he wore a hideously patterned blazer two sizes too huge and slightly rattail. Also, what’s going on with that shirt?
Then I assume he bought actually into grunge? Honestly it’s the gown sneakers (I believe?) that basically make and/or destroy this outfit for me. Business on the toes, celebration on the garments.
How many pairs of shorts at a time is simply too many? Asking for a pal (the pal is Dick).
And then, in fact, there may be the most notorious Nightwing outfit of all, from his first solo miniseries:
Dick doesn’t need anybody to overlook he was raised in the circus, and he’s succeeding at that objective. I’ll give him this: the mullet is, , a mullet, but it surely’s extraordinarily lustrous. However, I believe it’s essential that you just all know that actually like a web page later he manages to do that to it:
I do know I stated I wouldn’t discuss costumes, however hair is truthful sport! Apparently when it compresses in quantity it grows in size? Although generally it’s shorter than it’s proven right here, so perhaps it’s retractable. I don’t wish to take into consideration this anymore.
Finally, I’d prefer to current little characteristic I prefer to name “Don’t Invite Dick Grayson to Your Wedding Because He Will Look Ridiculous and Also Either the Wedding or Subsequent Marriage Will Inevitably Go Horribly Awry”:
Here he’s giving Donna Troy away at her wedding ceremony. It’s a candy second, despite the fact that Donna’s groom is an terrible one who she finally divorced. But these ruffled cuffs are one thing.
This is the greatest tux Dick has ever worn to a marriage however the mullet is at its most unforgivable. (Also like three pages later an evil Raven assaults the wedding ceremony and incinerates the minister with hellfire.)
The mullet was “better” and the tux was a lot worse at Dick’s second wedding ceremony…to a girl he was attempting to show had murdered her earlier husbands. Shockingly, this marriage didn’t finish nicely, both.
And lastly, we get a one-two punch for Dick’s flip as Wally West’s greatest man: we’ve each a hideous wedding ceremony look and a panicky civilian disguise! Not to say being 4 for 4 with disastrous weddings after an evil wizard makes everybody overlook the bride ever existed. (Don’t fear, Wally finally discovered her once more and he and Linda are nonetheless going robust. Love wins! For folks apart from Dick Grayson, at the very least!)
I needed to shut out with an instance of a latest, broadly hated growth in Dick’s life: that point he bought shot in the head, bought amnesia, and began calling himself “Ric Grayson.” Unfortunately (fortuitously), he was drawn by Travis Moore for lots of this time and he seems to be unbelievable:
Hm. So when Dick doesn’t bear in mind who he’s, he seems to be nice? I by no means thought I’d say we should always carry again Ric Grayson, but it surely could be the solely method we will save Dick from himself. DC, what to do.
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