The Best Dressed Supervillain?

[Capt 30]

Okay, I'll be first to admit that a supervillain has to have some class. He or she has to stand out and you have to know they're a supervillain.

I, as have you, have seen some supervillains that look like they got their costumes from 'Bady Guy's Bargain Basement'.

The funniest villain costume I've seen is the original 'The Vanisher' from the earliest X Men books. Comics afficianado Ken Gale had me look at the early X Men and when I saw his costume I fell off my drafting table screaming in laughter. Looked like he stole his mom's best quilt and dining room curtains. Even had one of those high collars that I could never understand how heroes and villains with those big collars could turn their heads and see their arch nemesis sneaking up behind them. I guess it's all that old 'Ming the Merciless' fashion statement.

But getting down to brass tacks there's one villain whom you could never mistake as being evil:

The Red Skull

The original. Here he had this big read skull head, a jump suit with a big ass swastika on the front. Not only that but he smoked a cigarette in a cigarette holder.

Just one glance and you KNEW he was evil.

Sometimes nowadays you can't always tell who the villain is fashion wise.

So my first vote goes to Cap's arch nemesis.

[Takusa]

The Joker man...he's a pimp!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/Tekuzai/joker.jpg

[howyadoin]

The Joker man...he's a pimp!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/Tekuzai/joker.jpgDefinitely. The Penguin is quite sartorially resplendent, too.

[Shellhead]

The Gentleman Ghost gets my vote. The Gambler is a sharp dresser, too.

[Gingold]

The Mad Mod is a natty dresser. Amahl Farouk always looked pretty fly. Of course everyone looks good in a fez.

[karaokefanboy]

The Saint of Killers from Preacher gets my "dressed to kill" vote.

Harley Quinn has one of the best costumes of any character created in the last 15 years. It's original, which is rare nowadays.

[Expletive Deleted]

The Kingpin. Nothing like a shaved head, ascot with diamond pin, and diamond pimp cane to really accentuate the evilness. Justin Hammer's smoking jacket ensemble is pretty effective, too.

Loki gets points for his helmets alone. There's something about a good pair of horns that just screams "eeeeeeevill!"

[CDB]

The Joker man...he's a pimp!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/Tekuzai/joker.jpg

Second the vote for The Joker. Lex Luthor, Magneto, and The Penguin all deserve honorable mentions.

[Expletive Deleted]

Animated Lex Luthor only, though. As much as I like the prison grays, green armors, and purple shirts with huge collars . . . the animated version was the only one with style.

[rick]

I know it's kind of old school, but the Ringmaster from the Circus of Crime always hit me as truly dressed for villiany.

Big green coat covered with stars, thin ratty mustache, and swirling hypno-disk on your top hat.


http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/8277/ringmasterxe7.jpg


Now that's a well dressed badguy.

[curefreak]

ahhh fashion isnt it lovely:)

[Smarty Jones]

I vote for Doctor Doom. The cloak and hood cowl over a menancing grey armor is intimidating, only to be matched by his equally intimidating name.

[Takusa]

Also, Two Face is a pretty snazzy dresser:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y198/Tekuzai/Two_Face_onesheet.jpg

[Sean Walsh]

http://www.geocities.com/comixlibrary/arcade8.jpg

Although sometimes, he goes...........a bit far...

http://www.geocities.com/comixlibrary/arcade13.JPG

[Brian Cronin]

I love Crossbones' look.

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/12466_4_016.jpg

Doesn't that just SCREAM supervillain!??

-Brian

[Apathy Boy]

Ain't no one more dapper than my man Harvey Dent.

And no way does Doctor Doom rate on this list. The mask and hood is scary and all, but the dude wears a skirt.

[Roquefort Raider]

The Mad Mod is a natty dresser. Amahl Farouk always looked pretty fly. Of course everyone looks good in a fez.

Even meerkats!!!

But they suck at supervillainy.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

I'd have to agree that the kingpin is pretty sharp. Hell he could be on the cover of GQ.

But the Mad Hatter is Just awesome.
http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/comics101/images/2004/mar24/hatter.jpg
^^^^though he looks like an old times upper west side doorman here.

[winterteeth]

I will second the Gentleman Ghost (but not after Labor Day). The Shade is classy year-round.

[Pól Rua]

I like the tendency among Batman's rogue's gallery to wear suits.
Two-Face, Joker, Penguin, Ventriloquist, Mad Hatter... it's like, "Hey, we're gangsters, not acrobats!"
Very Dick Tracy.
Very cool.

[Capt 30]

No one is mentioning the hotties! Maybe I should have added 'villainesses' in the title too.

The Enchantress from the old Thor comics comes to mind.

Maybe we ought to have a fashion show or something.

Raise money for sick kids. I'm sure the top designers on the planet could come up with their versions of Catwoman and the other villains/villainesses.

[PrimalScream]

bullseye,kang or I really liked hush's bandage look.lol.

[brundlefly]

The Shade is classy year-round.

I'll second that. And don't leave out Johnny Sorrow, he of the snazzy red suit and color-coordinated mask.

I'll throw in Paul Saveen from the ABC Tom Strong books, too.

[howyadoin]

Maybe we ought to have a fashion show or something.

Raise money for sick kids. I'm sure the top designers on the planet could come up with their versions of Catwoman and the other villains/villainesses.You should check out the CBRunway threads over on the Never Ending board.

[Kirayoshi]

I like the tendency among Batman's rogue's gallery to wear suits.
Two-Face, Joker, Penguin, Ventriloquist, Mad Hatter... it's like, "Hey, we're gangsters, not acrobats!"
Very Dick Tracy.
Very cool.Heck, even the Riddler dropped the green leotard for a big collared suit, although he kept the question marks. Plus he wore a derby! Gotta love a villain in a derby!

Jury's still out for Riddler's metrosexual look. My current theory was that he was tired of people stopping him in the street and asking how they could take advantage of little-known government grants!

[Alan2099]

I'd have to agree that the kingpin is pretty sharp. Hell he could be on the cover of GQ.

But the Mad Hatter is Just awesome.
http://www.moviepoopshoot.com/comics101/images/2004/mar24/hatter.jpg
^^^^though he looks like an old times upper west side doorman here.
That outfit does nothing for him.
Now THIS is a Mad Hatter with style.
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1469/btashatterlu1.gif (http://imageshack.us)

As for Doom, he wears a tunic. OVER advanced body armor. Nobody gives Ironman slack for not wearing pants, why give Doom problems for a "skirt". I'd say Doom easily ranks in the top 10. His looks just screams Supervillian.

[K'Nort]

The Shade was my first thought too.

[Pwood]

Heck, even the Riddler dropped the green leotard for a big collared suit, although he kept the question marks. Plus he wore a derby! Gotta love a villain in a derby!

Jury's still out for Riddler's metrosexual look. My current theory was that he was tired of people stopping him in the street and asking how they could take advantage of little-known government grants!

Riddler and the "little-known government grants" guy have to be at least fraternal twins, if not identical. :D

[Pól Rua]

Heck, even the Riddler dropped the green leotard for a big collared suit, although he kept the question marks. Plus he wore a derby! Gotta love a villain in a derby!

On that note, I have to mention the Dini/Timm revamped Clock King.
From this:
http://packy.dardan.com/walky/albums/comics/ady.jpg
to this:
http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.latourdesheros.com/Batman_TAS/Images_Guide/G_-_Clock_King.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.latourdesheros.com/Batman_TAS/BTAS_Guide_1re_partie.htm&h=112&w=150&sz=9&hl=en&sig2=96rSQ4SfL_ERWPKZeRSzAQ&start=62&tbnid=bs3zWtXtyYKC-M:&tbnh=72&tbnw=96&ei=uTDkRI6YKMLI6gGgmZzJDg&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522clock%2Bking%2522%26start%3D60%2 6ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client %3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DN
That's a hell of a makeover.

Speaking of brown suits... a character I always wanted to see in the Batman Animated Series (or at least the comic version), the sartorially elegant Roddy McDowall as The Bookworm.
http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.xmoppet.org/tv/scans/bookworm01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.xmoppet.org/tv/scans/bookworm01.html&h=505&w=361&sz=30&hl=en&sig2=66PC9ywMBTjxLndyqi7dxw&start=9&tbnid=EYLP_XIRbyjAZM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=91&ei=_jDkRLT6LsiE6AHp3ZirDg&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522bookworm%2522%252B%2522roddy%2Bm cdowall%2522%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26clie nt%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DG

[Locue]

Best dressed? That's not even a contest, much less a debate.

Behold:
http://www.marveldirectory.com/pics/picsm/mandarin.gif
By combining elements of Red Sonja's chainmail bikini, Hercules' boots (or are they just socks with two lumps of rope attached?) and Shredder's helmet, I dare say MANDARIN is the most snazzy looking villain of all time!

[Ronnigon]

My vote goes for a female Namor villain named "Headhunter".

She was an albino billionaire who kept heads of all her vanquished business rivals on her wall:

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix/headhntn.htm

She was a pretty stylish dresser.

[Alan2099]

On that note, I have to mention the Dini/Timm revamped Clock King.
From this:
http://packy.dardan.com/walky/albums/comics/ady.jpg
to this:
http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.latourdesheros.com/Batman_TAS/Images_Guide/G_-_Clock_King.JPG&imgrefurl=http://www.latourdesheros.com/Batman_TAS/BTAS_Guide_1re_partie.htm&h=112&w=150&sz=9&hl=en&sig2=96rSQ4SfL_ERWPKZeRSzAQ&start=62&tbnid=bs3zWtXtyYKC-M:&tbnh=72&tbnw=96&ei=uTDkRI6YKMLI6gGgmZzJDg&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522clock%2Bking%2522%26start%3D60%2 6ndsp%3D20%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26client %3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DN
That's a hell of a makeover.

Speaking of brown suits... a character I always wanted to see in the Batman Animated Series (or at least the comic version), the sartorially elegant Roddy McDowall as The Bookworm.
http://images.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.xmoppet.org/tv/scans/bookworm01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.xmoppet.org/tv/scans/bookworm01.html&h=505&w=361&sz=30&hl=en&sig2=66PC9ywMBTjxLndyqi7dxw&start=9&tbnid=EYLP_XIRbyjAZM:&tbnh=128&tbnw=91&ei=_jDkRLT6LsiE6AHp3ZirDg&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522bookworm%2522%252B%2522roddy%2Bm cdowall%2522%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26clie nt%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official_s%26sa%3DG
Sure they can bring over harley Quinn and revamp Mr. Freeze, but how come the Clock King didn't get that sort of treatment?

Also, if it were upt to me, I'd defintley bring back Bookworm...maybe have him working for Louie the Lilac.

[rick]

Heck, even the Riddler dropped the green leotard for a big collared suit, although he kept the question marks. Plus he wore a derby! Gotta love a villain in a derby!

Jury's still out for Riddler's metrosexual look. My current theory was that he was tired of people stopping him in the street and asking how they could take advantage of little-known government grants!


That’s something I've always really liked about the Riddler.

All the way back in his first appearance he already had two different outfits. The suit and tie for day to day use and the leotard for when he was actually working.

As far as I can tell, he’s the only super-baddie who ever gets to change clothes.

[Agnew420]

The Hand ninjas are pretty slick.
Not to mention Elektra, if she got rid of that stupid headband.
and then there's Newman from Seinfeld. Even in his day clothes he was pure evil

[Loren]

Heck, even the Riddler dropped the green leotard for a big collared suit, although he kept the question marks. Plus he wore a derby! Gotta love a villain in a derby!

Personally, I prefer the Riddler when his suit is a little more streamlined, and with more limited use of the question marks.

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/43/12ajv4.jpg

[Kaos]

that riddler drawing is sick

[Mr. Palmer]

I'll go with Sgt. Rock's nemesis: The Iron Major

Here we have a man fighting through not only WWII, but against the Rock of Easy, and he keeps his uniform clean.

Gotta respect that...

[curefreak]

lets not forgot the ever so classy vandal savage

[TriX]

Dr Doom, the iron mask with no emotion

[Stretch Dude]

Bow before the style of Doc Ock's tux.

http://www.spiderfan.org/characters/doctor_octopus1.html

[DubipR]

Any villain that's in a nice expensive suit.
Luthor tops that list. Followed by any corporate villain, like Justin Hammer. Its a great look; elegant, sleek, it also hides their true motives; to take over the world. Also, its a little more what the real world's villains truly are...

Republicans in suits.... the ultimate villainy!

[curefreak]

has anyone mentioned kang? he wears purple pinstripe boots for christsakes now thats fashion !

[swinebread]

Well, Dracula has to be the best dressed villain of all time. :evilsmile
http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n141/swinebread/Dracula.jpg

[Capt 30]

The Mummy...He was all wrapped up in his wardrobe.

Wolfman, he could really 'put on the dog' for a dinner date.

Okay, I'll stop.

[pennywisdom]

What if, instead of "Best Dressed Supervillain" this thread just said "Best Dressed Characters"? Both good and bad characters can be good dressers, right?

I give points to Pete Wisdom, Jack Hawksmoor, and John Constantine.

I liked Kon-El when he first debuted. More comic book characters should dress like Joey Ramone.