# Many female superhero's basically wear stripper outfits. Who are the most scantily clad male heroes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965 "2011-11-15T02:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/1 "2011-11-15T02:37:55Z")
Many female superhero’s are basically fighting crime in Fredericks of Hollywood stripper togs. On the men’s side which male superheros show the most skin? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/2 "2011-11-15T02:53:31Z")
Most bestial types, and a lot of simple muscle men wear nothing but a pair of shorts. Maybe a pair of boots to go with. Ditto many of Namor’s outfits. For a version less caused by practicality, there’s [Tyroc](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyroc)’s original costume, which shows less skin, but…well, read Grell’s description of his reasoning for the design. Speaking of Grell and the Legion, his Cosmic Boy costume…arguably counts. There’s some disagreement on whether the ‘flesh coloured’ bits are actually bare, or just in a different shade of pink than he usually wears (coincidentally, and possibly accidentally, the same shade as his skin). But assuming (as I generally do) that it’s as it appears… [Cos appears to be, as this site puts it, a big fan of Rocky Horror](http://luchins.com/what-were-they-thinking/loshfs-1-cosmic-boy/). ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/3 "2011-11-15T02:53:36Z")
Doctor Manhattan ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/4 "2011-11-15T02:57:43Z")
… Yep, we have a winner. I can’t believe I forgot the Big Blue Dong. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/5 "2011-11-15T02:58:45Z")
Martian Manhunter? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/6 "2011-11-15T03:10:52Z")
[Hawkman](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ih2gDzZA3B8/TqCHiDYMqzI/AAAAAAAAAIw/Kzfd_0lCumo/s1600/hawkman+hawkgirl.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/7 "2011-11-15T04:19:10Z")
Well, there was that one time [Deadpool](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/Dustbunny3/CableDeadpool092005BroomhandleMause.jpg) teamed up with the X-Men… ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/8 "2011-11-15T04:31:10Z")
I knew exactly what page that was going to be, and yet I clicked. … I…only have myself to blame. ---
**Author:** ![Wolverine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba9def/32.png) [@Wolverine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolverine)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/9 "2011-11-15T05:16:25Z")
Marvel heroes [The Hulk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hulk) [Hercules](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(Marvel_Comics)) [Namor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namor) (already mentioned) Does the [Human Torch](http://images.google.com/imgres?q=the+human+torch&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1600&bih=775&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=Jkm4ONmkJ-phPM:&imgrefurl=http://www.coolchaser.com/graphics/tag/the%2520human%2520torch/&docid=wJP39y-nGIcBRM&imgurl=http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y108/farfromhomeiniowa/human_torch.jpg&w=225&h=338&ei=w_TBToO5Eofj8QP8nY2-BA&zoom=1) count? A lot of the images just look like[muscles](http://images.google.com/imgres?q=the+human+torch&hl=en&sa=G&biw=1600&bih=775&gbv=2&tbm=isch&tbnid=OADd9trJLOgS1M:&imgrefurl=http://www.statuemarvels.com/f87/bowen-designs-human-torch-statue-13489.html&docid=mxZGyrQPjgrm2M&imgurl=http://amishjihadi.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/human_torch_by_lordhelikaon.jpg&w=643&h=782&ei=w_TBToO5Eofj8QP8nY2-BA&zoom=1) instead of a uniform. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/10 "2011-11-15T05:38:26Z")
Of course, Erection Boy is in a class by himself here. ---
**Author:** ![Farmer\_Jane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Farmer\_Jane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Farmer_Jane)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/11 "2011-11-15T05:56:47Z")
Yesterday I read a Justice League comic to my son and he asked why all the men had boobies almost as big as Wonder Woman’s. \ ---
**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:** [November 15, 2011, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/12 "2011-11-15T07:48:42Z")
Invisible Boy from [Mystery Men](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystery_Men). ---
**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:** [November 15, 2011, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/13 "2011-11-15T09:11:42Z")
[The Black Condor](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blackcondordcu0.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/14 "2011-11-15T09:34:40Z")
The Silver Surfer is basically naked ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/15 "2011-11-15T10:27:33Z")
He-Man looks like he works as a Nordic leather daddy. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/16 "2011-11-15T10:36:50Z")
> [@EvilTOJ](#): > > He-Man looks like he works as a Nordic leather daddy. Guess we might as well throw [Conan](http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/savage-sword-of-conan/2) out there, too. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/17 "2011-11-15T10:50:18Z")
And, hell, if we’ve got Conan, we might as well have [Warlord](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_adQFJxToEyc/TOHiHVQoOII/AAAAAAAABKQ/1PRpcWCJvWg/s1600/warlord%252335.jpg) too. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/18 "2011-11-15T11:13:16Z")
[Captain Atom](http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/0/8119/394307-52418-captain-atom_super.png) seems to suffer from a lack of pants (and genitals) too ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/19 "2011-11-15T11:33:12Z")
Any that follow the “tarzan model”, such as Ka-zar: on the baddies side, Kraven the Hunter’s outfit has more [del]cloth[/del] fur than Ka-zar’s but a distinct “I can get rid of all of this in two hipshakes” feel to it. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2011, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/20 "2011-11-15T13:41:07Z")
How abot Robin (Batman’s adolescent sidekick). His outfit is pretty racy…must be kinda chilly on those winter crimefighting nights. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965.md?page=2)