Superman: You have a huge closet full of costumes? That's absurd. Supergirl: Yeah? Let's talk about your Lois Lane room...

Pretty sure Tony Stark understands the necessity to having multiple costumes or in his case, armors.

When Supergirl states that maybe changing costumes will confuse her enemies, it reminds me that the same point was made during the brief era where Spider-Man was changing between the classic red and blue costume and the (non-symbiote) black costume. Jameson especially hated the changing costumes and briefly wondered if there might be two Spider-Men out there now.

The puffy blouse and hot pants was my hands down favorite. If she really wanted to confuse villains, or keep Linda's ID secret, imagine if she wore Sasha's wide array of wigs.

If you think Supergirl wore a ton of costumes in one sitting, Janet Van Dyne's Wasp costumes would make this video twice as long, only of went in rapid fire succession lol. Oh yeah, I was all about the costume life, I wanted to be a comic artist, so I spent years going over comic costumes through the years, so I've grown an eye for this, and love the effort. For contest like these, I always think of Spider-Man black suit situation, because a fan got paid $200 for what would become one of the most popular Marvel properties.

I like that Evening Wear costume just a dress with a cape, who says you can't be classy while fighting crime? Personally I like this idea alternate costumes are always fun, maybe it's from the years of playing video games where cool alternate outfits are the top tier awards for completing things, but I'm all for it, plus I'm sure the fans had fun designing costumes.

Your future merch should include "At the time of this recording" lol

*In Kara's room* Clark: Ok, Kara we need to talk Kara: About what? *Clark points to the closet ready to burst with supergirl's uniforms* Clark: You have a hoarding problem Kara: What?! Please you're exagerating Clark: Really? Then please tell me when was the last time you wore a uniform twice Kara: I-I, um... well... I belive it was... more than a year ago? Clark: What I thought, is decided, let's oppen the closet, sort them out, pick the best ones and find a place for the rest Kara: Yeah, thats fair...

This reminds me a little of the '80s revival of "Dial H for Hero", where they had readers submit ideas for heroes and villains. The "Dial H" concept lends itself to a constantly changing roster of hero identities, so it made sense. As I recall, you had to sign a legal disclaimer waiving all your rights to anything you submitted. Which was why I never participated...my terrible ideas are MINE, darn it!

I really like the idea that she doesn't have one costume just a color scheme and logo across many different outfits. I wish they kept up with that, its cute, and gives her something that could help define her character a bit better. She desperately need some core character elements so doesn't become a completely different person every time she has a new writer.

Robin ( THE Robin ) also went through a phase in the mid 1970's where readers were invited to send in their sketches of alternate Robin costumes . Robin wore several of them in a single story in a single issue of Batman Family .

It’s so clear the artist appreciated all the effort that the fans put in. it’s honestly really sweet.

The costume I disked the most was her last one -- the one she died wearing in the Crisis. The lopsided cape, the frilly ballerina-type skirt, and that headband - ugh, it was a terrible combo. Not a good look.

I've always loved the puffy-sleeve/hotpants design, and REALLY liked the first variant that Diana had her in (liked the shot with her, Di and Morgan' Daughter, together...wasn't that Morganna's last appearance?)

9:35 "This full body one with magician cape attachment, I feel like it ends up being used." It does - for Doctor Strange. Go ahead, try to unsee it now.

I'm reminded of the JLA: Sins Of Youth comic, where Green Lantern Kyle Rayner has a different costume in every panel.

At this point I find this being one of the only comic channels I watch, you keep things interesting

Now all we need is a “At the time of this recording “ shirt

Now I want Araki to do fashion for Marvel/DC characters.

Okay, I'll come out and admit it. My favorite is the hotpants and poofy sleeves look, especially as portrayed on that letter page illustration which became the cover symbol and a staple of DC's character licensing art. That image was the one used for the 7-Eleven Slurpee cup of the early seventies where I first learned of the existence of the character many months before I bought my first comic.

Please, never stop. Nobody else does these things. Cannot love this channel more.

The costume wardrobe idea is awesome. They could use it to appeal to women and some men (without long, boring dinner parties where nothing happens).

As a priest in the Church of the Algorithm, I bless this video with a comment.

I don’t like the logo being just on the belt. The big blue empty space on the chest looks strange on a super hero. It needs strips holes or something to help either the contrast, maybe take the sleeves or change the texture.

I consider the hot pants outfit her REAL costume, its the one she wore throughout my childhood. Adventure 408 was one of my first comic books (I was just out of kindergarten) and my father destroyed it after the story gave me nightmares! Still hate ghost stories!!!

"What is keeping that up?" me: Tactile telekinesis?

Some of these costumes look like Kara started getting ready, then realized there were too many pieces and just rushed out with whatever she had on.

Personally, my least favorite of her costumes is the one they gave her when she was officially brought back for Post-Crisis DC under Jeph Loeb, who thought it was a good idea to play up her sex appeal as she was supposed to be a "superpowered Paris Hilton" type! I'm not a prude who dislikes sex appeal, far from it, but only where it fits, and this was completely missing the fact that the entire reason there was such an outcry to bring her back in the first place was because Peter David had whetted our appetites with the "orignal" Kara, who is as far from that as you can get! So, let me get this straight: DC wanted Kara to stay dead and gone, but let PAD bring her back for just a few issues; he gambled that the fans would like her so much, they'd want her back permanently, and he was right! So, of course, DC agreed, but in a "monkey's paw" sort of way, by canceling his book (effectively firing him) and having another creative team bring her back, but with a personality that was almost the exact opposite of what the fans really wanted! ...Passive-Aggressive much, DC?

I remember the TV series Supergirl going through her fashion parade when trying to choose a costume (particularly the "I wouldn't wear this to the beach!" outfit) - all of which had been SG's costume at some point.

The hotpants costume has always been my favorite. Probably because that’s when I started reading comics. And I really hope you come back to this run of the series. It features a girl named NASTI!! So many questions.

Will the whims ever take us to the Peter David Supergirl run? Asking for a friend.

Superman: No,no, I’m fine wearing the same thing...decade after predictable decade... Supergirl: Ewww. No. Where’s my closet!?! I did like this era of Supergirl transitioning from pre-teen to young adult. That time of life when we experiment the most. Results vary. My favorite was the combination with long gloves and thigh boots(sans side stripes) Visually dynamic and distinct. And whatever else you might think of this time, like Sekowskys art, it was FUN! That was the whole point. True, the contributors weren’t paid, BUT...! Imagine being a kid at this time. Being asked to interact with a favorite comic in a way that had never been done before!!! They print YOUR design with YOUR name...BRAGGING RIGHTS!!!!! So for kids of all ages, this was awesome. Chris Farley awwwwsoooome...! And some of these kids may have grown up to be Cosplayers. Sooooo.....RESPEC!!!, man. And then there were those Robin designs....

This video has me feeling my age. 20 or 30 years ago I'm sure my reaction to the swimsuit type costume might have been imagining how attractive it could be in real life but now I can't get past the 'how is that staying on?' feeling and thinking that the poor lassie would be frozen flying high up wearing such a skimpy outfit. I'm so old.

6:48 After this issue, demands for Supergirl team-ups with Aquaman increased by 1,000%

I like characters having many costumes. Like Kitty Pryde, it was kind of a running joke how frecuently she changed her looks, at least till they decided to ignore that her Shadowcat costume is the coolest and settled for the boring black/yellow one.

"Where are the bottoms on this one, Ellen?" Best line.

About time you took a long hard look at Mike Sekowsky's work. Especially the "Inferior 5" Go on. Do it! Do it, do it, do it!

You missed out on a golden opportunity to advertise all your merch. Since you were doing a video about the constant changing of Supergirl's costume, every time you switched back to being on screen you could have on a different shirt. It would have totally worked with the subject of the video. LOL

Old comics . Good times, Good times .

that magician lookin outfit was...certainly something. Supergirl Sorcerer-Supreme or somethin type deal that one. What about Spiderman costume changes and alterations though? It may not work so much for Supergirl with feeling disconnected but Parker has deffo gone through a lot of versions, and a lot of the other Spider-character outfits are variations and just minor tweaks of his own. What makes his costume work so well that it could get so many off-shoots that each of the alter-versions of him that exists from the spiderverse that makes them all feel unique in a different way compared to Supergirl's massive wardrobe changes?

The Comics Code Authority WISHES it was approved by The Casually Comics Code.

Characters who spend a large amount of time in melee combat probably shouldn't have so many tassels, dangly bits, and accessories, especially the ascot. You don't see Wonder Woman tussling while wearing a built-in noose.

I’d really like to have gotten a storyline in which this fashionista version of Supergirl went up against Mugatu from Zoolander. “What is Kandor? A city for KRYPTONIAN ANTS?!”

I’m a fan of evening wear I think one of those DC/Marvel Universe handbook catalogues of characters that features all the fig costumes throughout the years would be cool.

You do know that this video just prompts me to request respectfully that you do these two things: 1) An overview of THE DARING NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERGIRL, the 80's series that features what might be the single ugliest outfit Kara ever wore; in my head cannon DC wasn't killing Supergirl in CRISIS, they were killing that outfit. 2) An exploration of the many, MANY costumes of Janet 'The sun rose today, so it's time for a new costume' Van Dyne and Natalia 'Gotta Follow The Trends' Romanova....

Ha! At 6:03, that's a rare Mercedes C111! The artist definitely had taste lol

Did anyone notice that they actually printed the name and address of readers? That seems strange and creepy in 2022 but 1970 in America was a very different time and place.

I mostly remember Kara from her time with the LSH, particularly the poofy blouse and hot-pants look.

At 1st I was against the different get-ups .but when u see how much the artist(Mike ) enjoyed drawing them. It total changed my mine..

1. I'm actually a big fan on the tennis outfit, has a kinda alien futuristic vibe 2. I appreciate how lots of the submissions were from women. Showed how diverse the comics fandom was even way back when in the stone age.

Mike Sekowski sounds like he really would've been at home on a Katy Keene type of book

Man, the Invisible Women almost went full Vampirella with that outfit.

I’m surprised at how long it took for the red skirt to appear... and that it didn’t stick that long. It’s the costume worn by Helen Slater and Melissa Benoist and it makes sense: the skirt reminds the viewer of Superman’s red trunks and the red breaks the all-blue design.

I like the idea of a Superhero wearing different costumes every adventure.

Supergirl's costume collection competing with Superman's Lois shrine collection at this point. 7:13 Yeah honestly even now I feel its still one of her stronger designs, that swimsuit and New Gods ones though are too far different imo. 0:35 Damn I forget Sue looked like that, I'm curious what wen't through their head coming up with that.

In the 90's the Batman Artists came up with a ton of costume ideas and they were used in the story: Brotherhood of the Bat. Kind of reminds me of this, without taking advantage of fans.

Supergirl was not the only Hero that went through the "How is that staying on" phase. Several of the Legion of Superheroes got strange new costumes in the 70's. Cosmic boy was the main one but some of the other also made you wonder.

Wow, I think the Supergirl outfit with blue pants is where the TV series grew inspiration from. I didn't know she got a pants outfit before in the comics and I think it fits the best to me at least. I really hope she gets the modern Supergirl TV series outfit in the comics.

I wish Supergirl had a "ninja" version of her costume.

My first memory of Supergirl is the puffy-sleaved choker- cape outfit. But I really like her original look the best. They gave her yet another new look a decade later with an oh so 80's headband.

Around the same time, there was an open submission policy for new costumes for the Legion of Super-Heroes. IIRC, one story had Karate Kid, Princess Projectra and Shadow Lass wearing fan-designed costumes. Shortly after that, Dave Cockrum became Legion artist and redesigned over half of the Legionnaire's costumes.

like costumes, issue 397, the one right behind the speech bubble (blue full body) , the kelly -bray fusion , the no capes, evening wear, issue 409, 410 ( but no long sleeves, same for the hot pants ) issue 412 (no belt), issue 415 ( change the red to blue , no gloves, cape , boots), giant issue 24 , page 1 (bell bottoms , minus the belt, ) page 2 ( blue blouse with red S ) page 3 ( the two with all leg boots , but no yellow belt and dangly chain)

You should make this a playlist. I can see it now “ superheroes and the costumes more criminal than the villains “

I am partial to the DCAU costume, and I think the Arrowverse and 80's movie might be the same style. I like that too.

"What is she wearing'" was my guest host's reaction to the contest costume on my channel last year. It was in a video on Lex Luthor's, her nemesis.

Lillie: “Hmm, what’s a super good costume look for me? Give me all the design.” “Design me like one Super girls. Lol.” (( Yes, I got a pic of a hero look made and using it just for the occasion. I wanted to look super cute.

Only super being with a closet of uniforms....... while Batman running around in full zebra print

It’s funny how at the same time Wonder Woman got de-powered, they made Supergirl’s powers unreliable and she had to use rocket boots and an exoskeleton to make up for it.

Some weird ones in there, but also some cool concepts. Though it always makes me question things when a character who flies where's a skirt/dress.

The what is keeping that up out fit , the side cut outs was a brief fashion Trent at the time. They looked good with a bubble umbrella

The puffy blouse with the hot pants was my favorite SG outfit. I grew up on the Bronze Age of DC comics. That outfit was my first introduction to Supergirl.

DC would repeat their "fan submissions" use in their revived Dial H For Hero series, curiously also in Adventure Comics, in the 80s. This time including full character concepts [names, powers etc.] You should cover this one too!

I like the fan contests, it's cool seeing fans have so many ideas, but the winners should always get some money too

In the Great Book of Superman, published in 1978, had a layout of the Fortress of Solitude. It showed Kara had a small apartment of her own of to the side of the main Fortress. Did any of the comics in 1960s and 70s show her at this apartment?

Honestly, I feel like most suits with skirts in the design just don't seem practical. In the context of being a super suit, the skirt seems as useless as the cape, despite being iconic. Although, even when there is a suit design that is just swimsuit type spandex, it's practical, but also feels lackluster and less iconic. So it definitely feels like one of those hard to properly design type of suits.

I think these are all far better than what Cosmic Boy and Saturn Girl wore at the same time. But then that wouldn't be hard. The full body one doesn't really work on the printed page, whereas it does on tv. The problem is the gloves. They stand out too much. The tv version make it work as it doesn't have them.

Reminds me of what John Byrne did with Mattie Franklin when he was writing her solo series - she had a different (and usually horribly ugly) costume virtually every issue.

The one where the "S" is basically the whole top kinda reminds me of Diana's styles wither her "W". Makes me thing that could have been the 2000's era costume if she had decided to stay on Paradise Island longer. Also yeah, I would love an artbook of alternate Supergirl costumes

I'd love to see a video like this for Catwoman's and Black Canary's costumes over the years, as they've both had a slew of them -- ranging from dreadful (Catwoman's "pirate boots", black leotard, blue tights, and red mask in the early 1970s and Dinah's recent, hideous "Daisy Duke" shorts and combat boots ensemble) to terrific (Catwoman's skin-tight purple body suit and thigh-high black boots--courtesy of artist Jim Balent--and Dinah's revamped original-style costume worn during Gail Simone's run on Birds of Prey).

I say you take your defense strategies where you find them. I don't know, houndstooth mixed with horizontal stripes could be very off-putting, knock an opponent off balance. I've been to New York Fashion Week. Plenty of things there made me want to run and hide lest I go blind. - MAL

Loving a lot of these, and more than a few just need a minor adjustment to be just fine. I was impressed by the Supergown, though!

The Barbarella cut body suit is gold.

Hot pants was my favorite followed by go go skirt with the thigh high boots.

I picked up this run of Supergirl stories on Comixology about a year ago. The costumes were just the tip of the iceberg. The stories themselves were batcrap crazy. And I've always been partial to the hotpants-and-poofy-blouse look, myself. Then again, the first stories I read with the character were from the Superman Family book, so it kinda imprinted on me at an early age. Still an iconic look, though.

I really like the one with the red vest, blue 1-piece underneath, S on the belt, and medium-length red boots. So many superheroes wore capes, especially in the old days. But this costume seemed comfortable and practical. It still showed some amount of skin, which was evidently the common factor in these designs. The one exception to that was the business suit costume, which was from the same cover of issue 397 of Adventure Comics, shown at the 3:49 mark in the video. I guess one way to think of this is to decide if you want a costume or an outfit. And what would the distinctions be? The two I mentioned there seemed to be more like outfits, along with the evening wear. They're out of the ordinary enough to not be regular street clothes, but not exactly tights either.

I absolutely love that in a video about Supergirl Sasha managed to get a jab in at Sue Storm. Oh the wanton pettiness of it all, I love it❣

I love reader involvement. Reader suggestions for new Legionnaires. Reader votes for Legion Leader. Reader suggestions for new heroes to pop out of the H-Dial.

Was that a DeLorean on one of the pages? Maybe Doc did build a time machine!😂😂😂😂😂😂

I have to say this video was a pleasure as it stemmed from the time I started collecting as a kid back in the 1970s. I had a special fondness for the Legion of Superheroes and Supergirl back then. So kudos to you, a very dreamy host, covering nostalgic and dreamy subject matter. Thanks.

Whiel trying to track down all of Supergirl's adventure comics issues, I wound up with an extra copy of 397, which is perfect for my nerd brain because then I had a copy to put in my Wonder Woman box during her "mod" era. Such an great mini-crossover

I swear there WAS an art book. I remember looking at a book at Barnes and Noble ages ago that had all her outfits and my friend and I were judging. But now I can’t find whatever I was looking at. It was like 10 years ago though…

The ascot costume is kinda weird but cool I would have love to see it on her

There was a contest in Superman Family for picking costumes for Kara at least once

Hmm… I guess some of these Super hero costume are more of super mistake that just outright criminal now.

Hotpants and blouse forever! As a kid in the UK, DC comics were hard to come by, and I bought up all the Super-family related issues I could. One of those was an issue of Adventure Comics with Supergirl in a back-up story, looking very attractive in a version of the hotpants and blouse suit, but with the more traditional knee-length red superboots. Can't remember any details about the story, but I remember the look. Then the next time I even remember seeing her was her heroic death in 'Crisis on Infinite Earths'. Broke my adolescent heart ...

I actually really like the idea of fans submitting costume ideas it’s fun

I would honestly love an art book with every single submitted costume in the original style then have a silver age style comic where the modern Supergirl goes through her giant costume closet and shows off a couple of em so we could see some of the more creative designs redrawn in a modern style I mean hell someone like J Scott Campbell would have A FIELD DAY with that backless Supergirl costume and the hot pants one too for that matter.

Your comments on Costume changes reminds me of how a lot of people still aren't over the Red Hood changes over the years. I blame Dexter Soy for being too good at his job and getting people attached to that early Rebirth costume.

I love the one from 398 with the chain belt and red hip boots, but my favorite is the one with the leggings (somewhat similar to Batgirl's outfit) that was on the cover of Adventure Comics #413.

The Bathing Suit costume? I am pretty sure Melissa Benoist would say she would not even wear it to the beach......