Costume Rating 8: Nightwing original

[Podmark]

For the newest character poll we'll continue with a theme:


Dick Grayson and his original Nightwing costumes. I believe this was designed by George Perez for Teen Titans. So what do you think?

[Tomato]

I'm ok with it. It isn't my favorite (I tend to prefer the classic black version) but it's far from the worst costume ever. I think if you simplified it a bit, maybe removed the random gold areas, and it'd work fantastic as a current era redesign... far better than what he has right now.

[BentonGrey]

2.5: I used to hate this costume just as much as I hated the whole Nightwing change.  The costume has actually grown on me a fair amount, moving from disgust to just south of ambivalence, at least partly thanks to my reading the Teen Titans book.  I still don't much care for the Nightwing identity, as it just doesn't make a whole lot of sense in terms of its origins.  Why would Dick name himself after a former identity of Superman?  Ahh well, either way, the costume itself is pretty painfully 80s.  It doesn't really fit the character terribly well, but the basic design isn't terrible.  I actually like the gold highlights, but it does beg for a redesign.  Either way, it's certainly not good, even if it isn't awful.

[Cyber Burn]

I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. I'll go with a 3. As with the Robin costume, I think that this worked for the time period in which it was released, but doesn't really translate well for the modern era. I think the gold trim, and the over done collar, may pay a little tribute to his circus days, but otherwise, as Benton said, "It's pretty painfully 80's". At least with this costume, he's wearing pants though.

[BentonGrey]

Hey Pod, why don't you do a comparison with some of the classic Earth-2 redesigns of Dick's costume?

[Podmark]

Hey Pod, why don't you do a comparison with some of the classic Earth-2 redesigns of Dick's costume?

I was thinking of doing the Earth 2 Robin outfit, if there's any others you wanted to see let me know. (Yes we are doing a Dick Grayson series right now  )

So I fall into the dislike category, and I really thought about going with hate it. The costume looks really dated and since the first time I saw it it's always made me cringe. Still when I look at it closely it's not terrible, not really. The colours are decent and if you cleaned up the weird x pattern and gold trim it could be fine. I think ultimately it just clashes badly with my more modern sensibilities. Point is I don't like it. I'd say it's my least favorite outfit of Grayson's.

[BentonGrey]

Let's hit all the major notes, Pod, both E-2 Robin costumes, Red Robin, and even some of his modern costumes, if you crazy people want that.
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[Glitch Girl]

2.5

The rest of it isn't too bad (though the yellow areas a a touch busy), but that massive collar with the low v-neck just aren't doing him any favors and it does make it PAINFULLY dated.  I like the dark blue/light blue color combination, and the layout of the blues work really well.  The yellow feather/ribbed element on the yellow doesn't quite work, but I don't outright hate it.  Yellow is a good color to use to contrast it up, but it's just not quite working here for me. 

[bat1987]

Went with 2, the black suit is soooooo much better, it makes this look even worse than it is. That gold is really random.

[Helix]

I give it a 4. I really liked it. It was a great change at the time. Robin was too old and too well established as a hero to continue being a sidekick and wearing that God-awful Robin outfit. The collar and the plunging neckline bugged me, but....