HOT TAKE ALERT: Moving sucks. Don't ever do it.

I'm surrounded by boxes, but at least my computer is set up. Thus, I will try to find time between unpacking to chip away at my next post.

We're talking best costumes, eh? Well, I suppose my opinionated ass can chime in.

[hider=Spider-Man][img]https://i.imgur.com/gSj1dSE.jpg?1[/img]

Weren't expecting that, eh? I mean, sure, the red-and-blues (or red-and-blacks, depending on who you ask) are "iconic" and "timeless" and "a benchmark by which all Spider-Man costumes must be measured," but this is the work of Jack [i]freakin'[/i] Kirby! Dude's a legend! How could I [i]not[/i] give his vision the nod?

[hider=But seriously...][img]https://i.imgur.com/J3dH61C.jpg?1[/img]

Romita Sr. Accept no imitators.[/hider][/hider]

[hider=Superman][img]https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51T8RklqmLL.jpg[/img]

Jim Lee is great at three things: Square jaws, outrageous muscles, and flowing capes. Sound like anyone you know?[/hider]

[hider=Batman][img]https://cdn1.thr.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/scale_crop_768_433/2016/08/batman_begins_2005_bd-6468-h_2016.jpg[/img]

I love this suit, you guys. Something about the contrast of the black cape and the grey bodysuit, the cowl shape is nice, it looks armored without being "in-your-face" about it. It's just a really great Batsuit. And then they ditched it for that overdesigned, ugly, segmented crap for the other two movies... one of a few reasons I still consider [i]Batman Begins[/i] the best of the series. Don't @ me.[/hider]

[hider=Captain America][img]http://media.comicbook.com/uploads1/2015/03/captainamerica-125562.png[/img]

I'll be honest: I don't have much of a connection to comics Cap. (Although, a major "Fuck yeah!" to any artists who find a way to incorporate the scale mail.) But this costume -- though a touch overdesigned -- is just such a great modernization of the classic Star-Spangled Man with a Plan.[/hider]

[hider=Iron Man][img]https://marvelitesxmen.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/im09.jpg[/img]

Marvel Studios had the task of making Iron Man a reality. They looked at Adi Granov's covers and said, "[i]That[/i] one. That's the one we want." And they were right on the money.[/hider]

[hider=Flash][img]https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/6/6a/Flash_0058.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/640?cb=20120215204142[/img]

Francis Manapul is bae. I'm not going to include them in the discussion, but go ahead and throw his Captain Marvel and Superboy down as "best depictions," too, k?[/hider]

[hider=Supergirl][img]https://i.imgur.com/nokQpFX.jpg?1[/img]

I'm gonna get raked over the coals for this one, but I don't even care. Look, I'm not going to defend the midriff costume: It's silly, it's pandering, it's cheesecake. But fuck it, it's the Supergirl I was introduced to, and I just love Ian Churchill's pencils. @ me if you want, idgaf.[/hider]

MORE TO COME... if I feel like it.