Batman Costumes
Compare Batman Costume PricesBatman is one of the most iconic and best loved superheroes of the golden age of comics. Maybe what stands out is that Batman didn’t have any extraordinary powers to give him the advantage over evildoers in the way tha superman or spiderman could bring in the villains. He couldn’t climb higher than the highest building or move faster than a speeding bullet. All he had were his wits, his martial arts training, and his wonderful, wonderful toys. However one thing he does have in common with both his rival superheroes and his arch enemies is his perfect costume of fancy dress occasions.
Batman has changed alot over the years as we are now in the age of the Dark Knight. The latest batman costumes reflect as much, since the character himself has changed to become darker and more variable both in how he acts and what he represents. Chaotic good is still his modus operandi, but batman ends up being true neutral in situations more than he once did.
As you can see this in Frank Miller’s reimagining of Batman in his epic 1980s comic book series “The Dark Knight.”, his motives haven’t really changed, but his foundations have, and even the batman costumes he wore had a darker and more sinister look. Or may
be that’s just my imagination. Batman as he Dark Knight was truly dark, a man of contradictions and moral ambiguities who, with each passing chapter became even less the traditional superhero and more something entirely new and unexpected.
This conflict between deceit and honesty is what made The Dark Knight so popular in the first place, and the batman costumes that came out of that series’ success reflect the change.
Of course, a few very powerful and successful movies also came out of that series’ success, the first of which was Tim Burton’s 1989 masterpiece “Batman.” In it, the batman costumes such as Batman’s own suit, as well as the costumes of the Joker and other characers, all mirrored what Miller had imagined in his graphic novel. As more sequels were made, the batman costumes strayed further and further from the source material to eventually become a parody of what it once was. The nadir was Joel Schumacher’s 1997 travesty, “Batman and Robin”, which is considered by many to be one of the worst films ever made. And rightly so.
The franchise was rehabilitated starting in 2005 with Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, and followed by the 2008 smash The Dark Knight. Critics weren’t exactly enamored of these films – and to be honest they are nowhere near as good as Burton’s original effort – but they’re a significant step up from what Schumacher provided. Hopefully you’re inspired to buy a batman costume and be as enigmatic as the original character.
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