Costume Rating 70: Mister Terrific

[Podmark]

Last week the television show Arrow announced that recurring character Curtis Holt will become a regular next season. Curtis is based on Michael Holt AKA Mister Terrific (I haven't determined why his first name is different yet), so I thought I'd do him this week.

So what do you think of Mister Terrific's design?

[detourne_me]

Although the costume is 'dateable'? Meaning you can tell its an early 00s design, i still love it. This Mister Terrific epitomizes the 'golden age' of Geoff Johns in my opinion. The costume pays homage to the original by wearing a jacket with Fair Play on it, but he is totally his own character. The T-spheres are a nice touch too.
The only issue is with his T-mask. At first it looks kind of corny, but it does a great job of concealing his identity, and I'm not sure if Im remembering correctly, but it had tech to mask his voice and jam facial recognition software, too, right?

[Podmark]

I remember really liking Holt's costume, but when I was looking up images for this poll I wasn't impressed with most of them. I'm going to go with Like because I think with the right artists this costume does work. The stylized jacket looks cool, and the colour scheme is nice. The T mask is a little odd but I think it works. There is a ridiculousness with the whole design but it works alright with the goofy Mister Terrific moniker.

[BentonGrey]

See, about the only thing that I really like about this, other than the inclusion of "Fair Play," is the T-mask.  I don't DISLIKE the costume, but it just isn't that attractive.  It's certainly no classic DC costume, a perfect design.  I really like the character, but the design is just lack-luster, rather boring.

[Tomato]

It's ok. I probably was a bit generous giving it a Like, since in my mind it's between that and meh, but it's decent. On the one hand, elements of this are perfect... the T mask, the Fair Play jacket, etc. On the other... Benton is right in that it's not really a "classic" in the way other superhero costumes are. This honestly feels like something you'd legitimately be able to cobble together at home.

Honestly, if I were to suggest improvements, I feel like it needs to swing one direction or the other... the leather jacket kind of clashes with the black/white spandex. I'd either go full leather ensemble (like something from the Arrowverse) or full spandex.

[BentonGrey]

Good point, 'Mato.