Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Superheroes in Spandex

One of key stages in popularising the wearing of spandex are the outfits worn by superheroes.

Of course if one is being 100% accurate the creation of most superheroes predates the invention of spandex in 1959. Because spandex is skintight, as many superhero costumes appear to be drawn, and because spandex is almost exclusively made in the same bright solid colors as the early Golden Age comics, the after-the-fact assumption of spandex composition was made.


Our two examples below show that these days no superhero would dare to dress in anything else than spandex.

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