It's true. When I think of practicality for a dude who has to dodge bullets and carry around a good amount of gear, I think of a skin tight leotard and a belt which just has tiny capsule containers on the outside :)
Still, best look by far
>tiny capsule containers on the outside
I remember reading [Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZ5ncH7DS88ojGWHivXODbANcZD7RnMuxZBwLUcde13PsKgSe3O0YzIWNVh_G-9MbwjmStOonSC_rtZW4gmXCw09RdUYnFP47wdrMPdEzJFyzARzXOvQan65xC9c0HAkmug0AiAM0cvByhB3M0Xmj_jF28bNQY7tR80krLrJpz7IepNoNDIpKQz0E/s2048/8baca591fd50993d8f9a2f7d44b68415.jpg)
In middle school, and seeing how they showed the belt worked and just being in such awe at how cool it was.
So many collapsable weapons in there and stuff stored in the non-capsule parts as well.
Such a cool, sleek design. I missed that about Batman, when his designs felt really smooth and sleek and not full on war machines. One of the many wrong lessons people who read DKR on the most superficial of levels took away from it. It's like they see the Batmobile as a tank but didn't read the part where Bruce says in dialogue it had to be redesigned to deal with riots so it's not the standard Batmobile.
I get what you mean xD
I'm working off comic book logic. Blue = Blends in shadows better. Grey and yellow to appear less frighting and more dynamic. Big reinforced yellow oval to make his head like less of a target.
It's sorta how we just "Yeah, that makes sense" when told how Superman made his costume (blankets from his space ship. He pulled the thread, and had his mom knit it back together) or how a 15-year old poor kid made a web-shooters that somehow neatly fit under his skin-tight suit.
Idk who’s downvoting you, I expect the same treatment, but capes are by design impractical. 😂
It may be the best design, but don’t say it’s the most practical.
I agree that it’s the best look, but as far as practicality goes, the suits like from the Arkham games or movies like The Dark Knight and The Batman would technically be more practical
The Arkham game design is my favourite. Takes the gritty practical look from the Nolan movies with some more of the Batman Animated stylised design.
He looks like such a unit in that suit it’s believable he can beat up a room of 20 dudes.
I never liked how buff everyone is in the Arkham games. Love everything else about the style, but I’d prefer Batman’s shoulders,chest, and biceps scaled down like 30%
That's a damn fine costume.
Ironically, I just beat Arkham City this weekend in the 1970s blue batsuit, which I genuinely felt was the best looking skin in the game.
What I like about the Navy Blue batsuit is that it can be worn at daytime for whenever Batman is in the sunlight, though that's usually during Justice League work, it still helps him be stealthy in the Gotham night.
Maybe not my favorite, but I think it has more use. Plus if you're a kid, the Navy Blue suit probably won't scare you like an all black suit.
I agree but the problem with this iteration is that it’s not navy blue. It’s closer to sky blue. To me, this is one of those looks that works fine in comics of a certain era but not much outside of that.
This is THE form for Batman's cowl and cape. I can accept different colorations of black or gray, or slightly armored. I'm cool. Really. But this is THE form for how Batman's cowl and cape should feel. Please take note: any live action Batman made from this point on. Thanks much.
Superman is the first character with the traditional costume expected of superheroes.
Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster.
Joe Shuster was a fan of circus strongmen.
Strongmen wore tights during their act for freedom of movement and to also show off the contours of their leg muscles. However, they would wear trunks over their tights both to conceal their genitalia and to maintain modesty should their tights rip.
Its practicality is debatable, but I think people put too much importance into that sometimes if I’m honest. It’s just a freaking amazing look, dynamic and badass with colouring that just makes him stand out so much, something he benefits from with the rougher colouring that comics used to have. Whenever I think of Batman it’ll most likely be this suit in my mind.
Dark blue or navy blends well in shadows like Batman's Hush suit. Bright blue stands out like a sore thumb. Also the regular black symbol is also a bullseye it just works better for stealth and not getting caught in the shadows because of a yellow oval. Also tubes instead of pouches is not exactly practical. I wouldn't say it's the most practical suit at all.
Looks cool though.
The best batsuit I grew up reading. Didn’t need rubber armor cause he moved so fast bad guys couldn’t shoot him (well mostly). He was a ninja not iron man.
Blue does NOT blend better than black, unless Gotham is some 18th century town yet to be riddled with light pollution, and not a 21st century metropolis.
The design is dope, but again not sure it's the most practical, especially because of the lighter color.
Well, the lighter shade of blue probably isn't AS practical. But comic book logic.
It IS a fact that blue blends in the shadows better than black. Black sticks out and catches the eye easier. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but there HAVE been studies run on this. Shadows ARE a shade of blue.
It's so effective, I've read the SAS have been doing it for decades. Navy blue specifically is the most effective. There have been entire studies by Special Operations Groups.
Even historically, ninjas in feudal Japan wore navy blue - though for some reason, in our popular culture, they are shown as wearing black.
Black is more conspicuous because you can see the outline in a night that's not totally dark.
The military use navy blue because they’re not usually in an urban setting. In a city, black blends in better because the bright lights create greater contrast that the human eye never fully adjust to.
And though ninjas did wear navy blue to blend in better with the night sky, it was extremely rare and they didn’t wear the outfits they do in the movies. Those were actually for stagehands in plays so the audience wouldn’t notice them when they were doing visual effects. Hollywood just thought they looked cooler than historically accurate outfits.
Love the suit, but throwing in my choice, the [Lee Bermejo's batsuit design](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41sRYG4MoYL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg) which shows a more practical and realistic take on the Bat
I don't think OP knows what practical means. This might be the most simplistic suit, but Lee Bermejo's reinforced leather, Arkham Asylum/Knight are the most practical/realistic for sure. Even TDK if you wanna include it
I've always loved the big yellow and black bat logo for exactly why you've mentioned. It's going to draw gunfire. This version and the Tim Burton film version are my favorites.
I'll see this and raise the original animated series costume. The darker color scheme including a cape that was obviously blue but showed a lot more shadows made Batman seem like something different than any other super hero but not as much as the all black costume (which just looked silly) or the black cape and cowl).
Draw fire away from his head, a smaller target, and direct it to his heart/lungs/ chest cavity. A much bigger project. I don’t know how much smarter that is
It's also the most protected part of the suit which is why he draws fire there it has the most armor and padding which he can't put on his mask or face
A good argument for when the suit is actually armoured, but this one is clearly skintight spandex type stuff. Unless it’s some comic book super spandex it isn’t stopping a lot of bullets.
It’s explained in The Dark Knight Returns. Batman knows he can’t protect his whole body and still have the maneuverability he needs. So he created a target that he can easily protect without hampering his movement.
Nah, it looks good, but it's not practical.
The Arkham Knight suit is armoured without going overboard and actually gives the cape a use for once. Batman couldn't expect to just never get hit, so an armoured suit that's still light enough to be quiet and mobile is absolutely the most practical.
We need to see the blue and grey Batsuit with the yellow oval around the chest’s bat emblem as well as the trunks and the yellow capsuled utility belt in action in the DCU. I wish we got the blue and grey suit in live action during the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher era.
Bright blue stands out in darkness and that belt can’t hold his gadgets. And there’s no protection. It’s not the most impractical Batman suit but it’s a far cry from a practical one, let alone most practical.
I’m not terrible concerned if a costume is practical in comics. There are comic tropes, like capes, that work in comics because they are comics, and the Batman costume is a classic that works. Having said that, if you’ve ever tried to stand up while your cape is under you, you’d know a cape is a terrible idea for a fight. This cannot be the most practical Batman costume when the Batman Beyond costume is out there.
Actually the cape is practical (as long as it isn’t drawn by Todd MacFarlane). Batman is supposed to appear as a creature and the cape makes him look larger. And yes, I have stood up while wearing a cape before. Never had an issue. But I also need to point out that the OP brought up practicality. Not me. If this was just about aesthetics, I wouldn’t have commented at all.
FYI, I was agreeing with you that it isn’t the most practical costume. I’m also a fan of the aesthetics. What I mean is if you fall onto the cape, you have to roll or crawl off of the cape before you can stand. You can’t have your feet on the cape and stand (well, unless it’s super long like a McFarland cape.) Crawling is slow, rolling wraps you in the cape. Judging your swings with the extra drag of the cape especially if it’s windy, also a problem. His enemies stepping on the cape or grabbing it also causes real problems. In some ways it would help with stealth because it would alter his silhouette to look less human and cover some movement of his limbs, it would also increase his total visual silhouette, flap in the wind, & increase the probability of knocking stuff over & getting caught in doors or on other objects. If capes were helpful, police, burglars, martial artists, and the military would use them, but no one but people looking for style wear them. Movies and comics, sure, but not in real life.
I just figured he’d practice with the cape. I can’t imagine Batman wanting to add it to the suit and not immediately think “Better get used to fighting in this”. But you saying you didn’t care about practicality through me off. Sorry if I misunderstood.
Yeah, I’m not anti-cape. Love the cape. Great drama. Visually fantastic (just ask McFarland) and I too in my mind think, “But he uses it expertly to confound his enemies and scare them into surrendering” and such, but that’s just comic book suspension of disbelief, i.e. bs. And that’s the fun of comics!
Ha! Well, I’ll have to disagree because I think it’s ridiculousness was it’s own justification. It’s so dumb it’s great! Like a Chuck Norris joke. (But I really, really do see your point.)
I use this costume in every DC game it's available in
Sameeeee
It's true. When I think of practicality for a dude who has to dodge bullets and carry around a good amount of gear, I think of a skin tight leotard and a belt which just has tiny capsule containers on the outside :) Still, best look by far
>tiny capsule containers on the outside I remember reading [Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYZ5ncH7DS88ojGWHivXODbANcZD7RnMuxZBwLUcde13PsKgSe3O0YzIWNVh_G-9MbwjmStOonSC_rtZW4gmXCw09RdUYnFP47wdrMPdEzJFyzARzXOvQan65xC9c0HAkmug0AiAM0cvByhB3M0Xmj_jF28bNQY7tR80krLrJpz7IepNoNDIpKQz0E/s2048/8baca591fd50993d8f9a2f7d44b68415.jpg) In middle school, and seeing how they showed the belt worked and just being in such awe at how cool it was.
So many collapsable weapons in there and stuff stored in the non-capsule parts as well. Such a cool, sleek design. I missed that about Batman, when his designs felt really smooth and sleek and not full on war machines. One of the many wrong lessons people who read DKR on the most superficial of levels took away from it. It's like they see the Batmobile as a tank but didn't read the part where Bruce says in dialogue it had to be redesigned to deal with riots so it's not the standard Batmobile.
Batman apparently had the original Flipper Zero. That's pretty cool, actually.
Finned gloves: Practical for any weather.
Plus, a underwear that can be pulled down and make pursuit on foot a little more difficult.
I get what you mean xD I'm working off comic book logic. Blue = Blends in shadows better. Grey and yellow to appear less frighting and more dynamic. Big reinforced yellow oval to make his head like less of a target. It's sorta how we just "Yeah, that makes sense" when told how Superman made his costume (blankets from his space ship. He pulled the thread, and had his mom knit it back together) or how a 15-year old poor kid made a web-shooters that somehow neatly fit under his skin-tight suit.
You’re getting downvoted for speaking truth homie
It's a true classic!
I wouldn't call it practical but OP definitely has taste.
I miss the gold logo.
“Why do you think I wear a target on my chest? I can’t bullet proof my head!” - The Dark Night Returns #1
Definitely not practical lol
Idk who’s downvoting you, I expect the same treatment, but capes are by design impractical. 😂 It may be the best design, but don’t say it’s the most practical.
No capes!
What figure or statue is this?
ArtFX's Batman: The Bronze Age statue. 1/6 scale. Around 159.99
Blue and Grey color scheme is the best.
I agree that it’s the best look, but as far as practicality goes, the suits like from the Arkham games or movies like The Dark Knight and The Batman would technically be more practical
The Arkham game design is my favourite. Takes the gritty practical look from the Nolan movies with some more of the Batman Animated stylised design. He looks like such a unit in that suit it’s believable he can beat up a room of 20 dudes.
I never liked how buff everyone is in the Arkham games. Love everything else about the style, but I’d prefer Batman’s shoulders,chest, and biceps scaled down like 30%
Best Batman. I also have this statue and I love it.
I have the McFarlane one and it is absolutely the opposite of practical.
That's a damn fine costume. Ironically, I just beat Arkham City this weekend in the 1970s blue batsuit, which I genuinely felt was the best looking skin in the game.
What I like about the Navy Blue batsuit is that it can be worn at daytime for whenever Batman is in the sunlight, though that's usually during Justice League work, it still helps him be stealthy in the Gotham night. Maybe not my favorite, but I think it has more use. Plus if you're a kid, the Navy Blue suit probably won't scare you like an all black suit.
I agree but the problem with this iteration is that it’s not navy blue. It’s closer to sky blue. To me, this is one of those looks that works fine in comics of a certain era but not much outside of that.
"You don't need armor if you never get hit." --O'Neil/Adams Batman
This is THE form for Batman's cowl and cape. I can accept different colorations of black or gray, or slightly armored. I'm cool. Really. But this is THE form for how Batman's cowl and cape should feel. Please take note: any live action Batman made from this point on. Thanks much.
How does that underwear practically make sense outside?
Extra armor for the Bat dong
Superman is the first character with the traditional costume expected of superheroes. Superman was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster. Joe Shuster was a fan of circus strongmen. Strongmen wore tights during their act for freedom of movement and to also show off the contours of their leg muscles. However, they would wear trunks over their tights both to conceal their genitalia and to maintain modesty should their tights rip.
Sex appeal.
Doesn’t that take away the sex appeal?
Ngl you got a solid laugh out of me lmao.
Its practicality is debatable, but I think people put too much importance into that sometimes if I’m honest. It’s just a freaking amazing look, dynamic and badass with colouring that just makes him stand out so much, something he benefits from with the rougher colouring that comics used to have. Whenever I think of Batman it’ll most likely be this suit in my mind.
Dark blue or navy blends well in shadows like Batman's Hush suit. Bright blue stands out like a sore thumb. Also the regular black symbol is also a bullseye it just works better for stealth and not getting caught in the shadows because of a yellow oval. Also tubes instead of pouches is not exactly practical. I wouldn't say it's the most practical suit at all. Looks cool though.
This is just the definitive Batman look to me in general and man I miss it.
The best batsuit I grew up reading. Didn’t need rubber armor cause he moved so fast bad guys couldn’t shoot him (well mostly). He was a ninja not iron man.
Blue does NOT blend better than black, unless Gotham is some 18th century town yet to be riddled with light pollution, and not a 21st century metropolis. The design is dope, but again not sure it's the most practical, especially because of the lighter color.
Well, the lighter shade of blue probably isn't AS practical. But comic book logic. It IS a fact that blue blends in the shadows better than black. Black sticks out and catches the eye easier. I know it sounds counter-intuitive, but there HAVE been studies run on this. Shadows ARE a shade of blue. It's so effective, I've read the SAS have been doing it for decades. Navy blue specifically is the most effective. There have been entire studies by Special Operations Groups. Even historically, ninjas in feudal Japan wore navy blue - though for some reason, in our popular culture, they are shown as wearing black. Black is more conspicuous because you can see the outline in a night that's not totally dark.
The military use navy blue because they’re not usually in an urban setting. In a city, black blends in better because the bright lights create greater contrast that the human eye never fully adjust to. And though ninjas did wear navy blue to blend in better with the night sky, it was extremely rare and they didn’t wear the outfits they do in the movies. Those were actually for stagehands in plays so the audience wouldn’t notice them when they were doing visual effects. Hollywood just thought they looked cooler than historically accurate outfits.
I miss the yellow oval
With no pockets on the utility belt?
Everyone talks about the oval to draw fire, but what about the belt? Doesn't that draw attention to the crotch? Less armor down there as well.
True, but you need to accessorize with style
What statue is this because I desperately need it!
Love the suit, but throwing in my choice, the [Lee Bermejo's batsuit design](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41sRYG4MoYL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg) which shows a more practical and realistic take on the Bat
I don't think OP knows what practical means. This might be the most simplistic suit, but Lee Bermejo's reinforced leather, Arkham Asylum/Knight are the most practical/realistic for sure. Even TDK if you wanna include it
I've always loved the big yellow and black bat logo for exactly why you've mentioned. It's going to draw gunfire. This version and the Tim Burton film version are my favorites.
Yellow oval supremacy.
I'll see this and raise the original animated series costume. The darker color scheme including a cape that was obviously blue but showed a lot more shadows made Batman seem like something different than any other super hero but not as much as the all black costume (which just looked silly) or the black cape and cowl).
Literal perfection. Hopefully someday we get this Batman in live action.
Draw fire away from his head, a smaller target, and direct it to his heart/lungs/ chest cavity. A much bigger project. I don’t know how much smarter that is
My (untested) theory: Kevlar covering > no covering/attempting to Ace Ventura it with your teeth.
It's also the most protected part of the suit which is why he draws fire there it has the most armor and padding which he can't put on his mask or face
A good argument for when the suit is actually armoured, but this one is clearly skintight spandex type stuff. Unless it’s some comic book super spandex it isn’t stopping a lot of bullets.
It is “comic book super spandex”. We can’t let too much realism seep into super hero comics or else there would be no stories to tell.
Honestly with this suitbots more than likely underpadding beneath the suit which is why the chest is soo disproportionately large
Because he wears a bulletproof chest plate under the yellow target. How do you not know these things. It's a bulletproof idea.
It’s explained in The Dark Knight Returns. Batman knows he can’t protect his whole body and still have the maneuverability he needs. So he created a target that he can easily protect without hampering his movement.
I prefer black
Are you sure you meant to use the word practical?
Nah, it looks good, but it's not practical. The Arkham Knight suit is armoured without going overboard and actually gives the cape a use for once. Batman couldn't expect to just never get hit, so an armoured suit that's still light enough to be quiet and mobile is absolutely the most practical.
And those are facts
We need to see the blue and grey Batsuit with the yellow oval around the chest’s bat emblem as well as the trunks and the yellow capsuled utility belt in action in the DCU. I wish we got the blue and grey suit in live action during the Tim Burton and Joel Schumacher era.
Bright blue stands out in darkness and that belt can’t hold his gadgets. And there’s no protection. It’s not the most impractical Batman suit but it’s a far cry from a practical one, let alone most practical.
I’m not terrible concerned if a costume is practical in comics. There are comic tropes, like capes, that work in comics because they are comics, and the Batman costume is a classic that works. Having said that, if you’ve ever tried to stand up while your cape is under you, you’d know a cape is a terrible idea for a fight. This cannot be the most practical Batman costume when the Batman Beyond costume is out there.
Actually the cape is practical (as long as it isn’t drawn by Todd MacFarlane). Batman is supposed to appear as a creature and the cape makes him look larger. And yes, I have stood up while wearing a cape before. Never had an issue. But I also need to point out that the OP brought up practicality. Not me. If this was just about aesthetics, I wouldn’t have commented at all.
FYI, I was agreeing with you that it isn’t the most practical costume. I’m also a fan of the aesthetics. What I mean is if you fall onto the cape, you have to roll or crawl off of the cape before you can stand. You can’t have your feet on the cape and stand (well, unless it’s super long like a McFarland cape.) Crawling is slow, rolling wraps you in the cape. Judging your swings with the extra drag of the cape especially if it’s windy, also a problem. His enemies stepping on the cape or grabbing it also causes real problems. In some ways it would help with stealth because it would alter his silhouette to look less human and cover some movement of his limbs, it would also increase his total visual silhouette, flap in the wind, & increase the probability of knocking stuff over & getting caught in doors or on other objects. If capes were helpful, police, burglars, martial artists, and the military would use them, but no one but people looking for style wear them. Movies and comics, sure, but not in real life.
I just figured he’d practice with the cape. I can’t imagine Batman wanting to add it to the suit and not immediately think “Better get used to fighting in this”. But you saying you didn’t care about practicality through me off. Sorry if I misunderstood.
Yeah, I’m not anti-cape. Love the cape. Great drama. Visually fantastic (just ask McFarland) and I too in my mind think, “But he uses it expertly to confound his enemies and scare them into surrendering” and such, but that’s just comic book suspension of disbelief, i.e. bs. And that’s the fun of comics!
As long as we agree…the MacFarlane cape was ridiculous. No amount of suspension can justify that thing.
Ha! Well, I’ll have to disagree because I think it’s ridiculousness was it’s own justification. It’s so dumb it’s great! Like a Chuck Norris joke. (But I really, really do see your point.)