# If you were going to a super-hero costume party **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 23, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751 "2012-04-23T22:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danger\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Danger\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danger_Man)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/1 "2012-04-23T22:00:23Z")
Who would you dress as? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/2 "2012-04-23T22:34:42Z")
Heā€™s not really a superhero, but heā€™s close enough, so I would go as [Finn](http://www.myteespot.com/images/Images_d/img_ipK7BJ.jpg) from _Adventure Time_. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/3 "2012-04-23T22:38:16Z")
The Hulk or the Thing. Something big. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/4 "2012-04-23T22:41:20Z")
[Bouncing Boy](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bouncing_Boy) ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/5 "2012-04-23T22:44:42Z")
Last few comic book parties I went as [The Badger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Badger_issue_25.jpg) and Green Lantern. Might have been [Usagi Yojimbo](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uKUJj9VMJpA/S3sHZUUyeII/AAAAAAAAHKM/okDged5449I/s400/usagi.bmp) once. We used to have yearly comic book parties. My favorites were putting the Fortress of Solitude sign on the washroom, and the time [The Thing](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thing_v2_1_coverart.jpg) got snockered and fell down and couldnā€™t get up. Once we made a brick wall out of cardboard, so when you entered the living room, you did it by smashing through a brick wall. Good times. If I were going today, Iā€™d probably go as [Lobster Johnson](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lobster_Johnson.jpg). I like 'em a bit obscure. Why? Whenā€™s the party? Want us to make suggestions based on your picture? ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/6 "2012-04-23T22:59:19Z")
Are there any dowager super-heroines? I am \*way \*past the spandex age. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/7 "2012-04-23T23:00:40Z")
The Badger? Thatā€™s crazy. Anyway, Iā€™ve always wanted to pull together an Adam West Batman. ā€œYou dastardly fiend! Luckily, I brought my own Bat-Olives to expose your phoney ā€˜Martian Martinisā€™ as the pale imitation that they are.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/8 "2012-04-23T23:23:42Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Are there any dowager super-heroines? I am \*way \*past the spandex age. Wait, why is it that the super heroes all wear spandex? OK, maybe not all but most of them. Whatā€™s that all about? Oh and Wonder Woman. That would be my costume. ---
**Author:** ![Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/regallag_the_axe/32/445_2.png) [@Regallag\_The\_Axe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Regallag_The_Axe)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/9 "2012-04-23T23:27:55Z")
I once went to a Halloween party as [Dr. McNinja](http://drmcninja.com/newreaders.php). I probably wouldnā€™t do it again, as the mask made it hard to drink. I might go as [Axe Cop](http://axecop.com/), but Iā€™d have to shave off some of my facial hair. In fact, my beard would be a problem, Iā€™d probably have to do as someoneā€™s evil twin. Batmanā€™s evil twin would be pretty badass. All the dedication and ingenuity of Batman with none of the moral hang ups. Or maybe I could grow a full beard and go as Thor. So thereā€™s your answer. Thor or Evil Twin Batman. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2012, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/10 "2012-04-23T23:34:02Z")
Alright, I would go as The Black Widow, _dahhhlings_: [To the Batpoles!: The Batscholar on Episodes 89 & 90](http://tothebatpoles.blogspot.com/2011/11/batscholar-on-epsodes-89-and-90.html) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/11 "2012-04-24T00:26:50Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Alright, I would go as The Black Widow, _dahhhlings_: [To the Batpoles!: The Batscholar on Episodes 89 & 90](http://tothebatpoles.blogspot.com/2011/11/batscholar-on-epsodes-89-and-90.html) Oh, that Black Widow. I thought you had done a 180 on the spandex issue and were going as this [Black Widow](http://marvel.com/universe/Black_Widow_(Natasha_Romanova)). ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/12 "2012-04-24T00:31:23Z")
The Tick! ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/13 "2012-04-24T00:46:59Z")
Thor. Never mind that 'm a petite brown-haired female. 8D ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/14 "2012-04-24T00:54:53Z")
I have always wanted to go as Doctor Strange. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/15 "2012-04-24T02:31:02Z")
> [@Eve](#): > > Are there any dowager super-heroines? I am \*way \*past the spandex age. Not sure if [Madame Web](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madame_Web) counts as a superheroine. And if you donā€™t mind villains, [Destiny](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_%28Irene_Adler%29) IIRC looked grandmotherly under her mask. ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/16 "2012-04-24T03:43:58Z")
Even though she is not a good egg, as a super hero, but rather the opposite; I would still like to go dressed as cat woman. ---
**Author:** ![LeeshaJoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e8cbc/32.png) [@LeeshaJoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LeeshaJoy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/17 "2012-04-24T04:52:30Z")
Do the Endless count as superheroes? I was Delirium for Halloween once back in college, Iā€™d love to do it again. ---
**Author:** ![Sleel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@Sleel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sleel)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/18 "2012-04-24T05:54:52Z")
Iā€™d hope so, because my pick would have been Dream. ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/19 "2012-04-24T13:26:19Z")
The Spirit. Or maybe the [Crimson Avenger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Avenger_(Lee_Travis)). Iā€™d go as the Golden Age Sandman or the Shadow, but both costumes cover the mouth, so itā€™d be difficult to eat or drink. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2012, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751/20 "2012-04-24T13:27:31Z")
Doctor Manhattan. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-were-going-to-a-super-hero-costume-party/619751.md?page=2)