# 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:** 3
**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 16, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/41 "2011-11-16T00:16:23Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Mike Grell’s costumes for Legion of Super-Heroes members [Cosmic Boy & Tyroc](http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/dork6/default.php). [_cough_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14463800&postcount=2) > [@Bakhesh](#): > > [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 Actually, until the relaunch, the metal colouring was…well, not clothes so much, but a bodily covering. He was enclosed in a shell of alien metal. I’m not sure about the original version, but it kept his powers in check, near the end. As of the relaunch, he is now unclad, and only sort of corporeal, as he is an energy being. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/42 "2011-11-16T00:19:51Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wouldn’t that be a canjun, not a merkin? See, this is why I don’t invite you to parties. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/43 "2011-11-16T00:54:11Z")
The Hulk has battled naked before on more than one occasion. His body takes a lot more punishment than his clothes can withstand. It happened once when he was fighting the ufoes, back in his pantheon days. He spent the rest of the scene pantless (the Leader said the experience gave him an inferiority complex). Another occasion was during the Infinity Crusade, when his clothes got destroyed during re-entry. Fortunately for the Hulk (and the comics code), he found Sasquatch unconscious nearby, and made himself a loincloth out of his fur. Sasquatch woke up with a big triangular bald patch on his back ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/44 "2011-11-16T02:39:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Another occasion was during the Infinity Crusade, when his clothes got destroyed during re-entry. Fortunately for the Hulk (and the comics code), he found Sasquatch unconscious nearby, and made himself a loincloth out of his fur. Sasquatch woke up with a big triangular bald patch on his back He should just go shopping with [his cousin](http://oi51.tinypic.com/14w4x6r.jpg)– It’d make things so much easier. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/45 "2011-11-16T03:12:41Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > As of the relaunch, he is now unclad, and only sort of corporeal, as he is an energy being. The Animated Universe version has been an energy being all along; his costume keeps him contained and gives him a human shape. The clothes make the man, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![Bakhesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Bakhesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bakhesh)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/46 "2011-11-16T15:05:10Z")
Just curious, but which female character has the most implausibly scanty outfit? Think the [White Queen](http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/5/5d/Emma_Frost_Vol_1_3.jpg) or the [Goblin Queen](http://foro.cemzoo.com/picture.php?albumid=10113&pictureid=157771) are probably hard to beat ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/47 "2011-11-16T15:10:22Z")
Danse Macabre, Marvel villainess, is typically depicted naked, with a swirl of her ‘darkforce’ keeping the comic from exceeding T+. Of course, she actually WAS a stripper… > **[List of Marvel Comics characters: D](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dansen_Macabre)** > > Dagoth is a demon who clashes with Doctor Strange in the comics. > Dakimh is described as a wise but eccentric wizard that lived in pre-cataclysmic Atlantis, and who was the pupil of the sorceress Zhered-Na, who was banished from Atlantis by King Kamuu for prophesying that the continent would sink below the ocean. After starting a cult, Zhered-Na takes her favored disciple Dakimh and greatly extends his life span so that he ages at an extremely slow rate. While Zhered-Na perishes, Dakimh survive... The picture’s from the Comic Code days, where they gave her the illusion of a white bodystocking. She’s probably the scantiest I can think of from a mainstream publisher, off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/48 "2011-11-16T15:15:58Z")
> [@Wolverine](#): > > 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. ’ In both of those I believe he’s still wearing the skin-tight flame proof suit Reed Richards created for him. When he flames off from that look, he typically still has it on. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/49 "2011-11-16T15:36:36Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Also, technically, even without those he’s still not naked, the silver thing isn’t his skin, or at least at one point it wasn’t maybe they retconned or something, it’s like a coating over his skin. Colossus rocks the gleaming-metallic-skin look and usually goes the bare-arms-and-bare-legs route; this doesn’t make him look especially naked when he’s powered up, but kinda does when he switches back to [flesh-and-blood.](http://www.toonpool.com/user/1055/files/el_colosso_512355.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/50 "2011-11-16T15:50:11Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Mike Grell’s costumes for Legion of Super-Heroes members [Cosmic Boy & Tyroc](http://www.i-mockery.com/comics/dork6/default.php). > > Worst. Costumes. Ever. > [@Tengu](#): > > [_cough_](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14463800&postcount=2) And both of us forgot to mention [Blok](http://www.comicvine.com/legion-of-super-heroes-the-secret-origin-of-blok/37-21013/) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/51 "2011-11-16T15:51:28Z")
> [@Ura-Maru](#): > > [Sebastian Shaw’s](http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&hl=en&biw=1366&bih=667&tbm=isch&tbnid=J5Hmxe2POWwUtM:&imgrefurl=http://stars.ign.com/dor/objects/924074/sebastian-shaw/images/sebastian-shaw-20060925015649554.html&docid=-jWvJgsPixPUDM&imgurl=http://comicsmedia.ign.com/comics/image/article/735/735150/sebastian-shaw-20060925015649554_640w.jpg&w=480&h=480&ei=QqzCTozZGOTn0QHx7piUDw&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=409&sig=110138026823182511747&sqi=2&page=1&tbnh=135&tbnw=136&start=0&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:0&tx=18&ty=81) ‘costume’ consisted of taking of his shirt and shoes, if I recall correctly. Thus insuring that he got no service. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/52 "2011-11-16T15:57:14Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > And both of us forgot to mention [Blok](http://www.comicvine.com/legion-of-super-heroes-the-secret-origin-of-blok/37-21013/) Oh, dear. I owned that issue. My poor, wasted youth. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/53 "2011-11-16T16:06:53Z")
> [@Bakhesh](#): > > Just curious, but which female character has the most implausibly scanty outfit? Think the [White Queen](http://images.wikia.com/marveldatabase/images/5/5d/Emma_Frost_Vol_1_3.jpg) or the [Goblin Queen](http://foro.cemzoo.com/picture.php?albumid=10113&pictureid=157771) are probably hard to beat I suspect that [Shadow Lass](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QGk2SOEidlo/Td7lPSYsotI/AAAAAAAADZg/VshMenl9mTk/s1600/B052611_shadowlass.jpg) sometimes goes around in only a cape, and that the rest of her costume is just a artful use of shadow. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/54 "2011-11-16T16:08:04Z")
[Phantasmo](http://lambiek.net/artists/s/stoner_ec.htm). Seriously, what the heck is with that? A bunch of ribbons for a suit? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/55 "2011-11-16T16:37:04Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > [Phantasmo](http://lambiek.net/artists/s/stoner_ec.htm). Seriously, what the heck is with that? A bunch of ribbons for a suit? That perspective isn’t helping; see also [Amazing Man,](http://www.majorspoilers.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04a/herohisoryamazingman/Amazing%20Man%20Comics%205.jpg) who usually looked [slightly](http://images.comiccollectorlive.com/covers/d9e/d9e766db-2bcf-4d24-8ce1-7b6f10f7d929.jpg) more clothed. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/56 "2011-11-16T16:42:08Z")
I dunno if anyone’s mentioned [the Spectre](http://www.colorguides.com/ebaystore/fullposter_spectre_glowinthedark_1993_3422.jpg) yet, and I’m too lazy to read the thread to check. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/57 "2011-11-16T17:06:56Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I dunno if anyone’s mentioned [the Spectre](http://www.colorguides.com/ebaystore/fullposter_spectre_glowinthedark_1993_3422.jpg) yet, and I’m too lazy to read the thread to check. You can’t tell it from that picture, but the thing that always struck me about the Spectre’s outfit was that often [he basically wears socks](http://imageshack.us/f/152/90372906.jpg/), and doesn’t even bother to pull them up. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/58 "2011-11-16T18:11:59Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I suspect that [Shadow Lass](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QGk2SOEidlo/Td7lPSYsotI/AAAAAAAADZg/VshMenl9mTk/s1600/B052611_shadowlass.jpg) sometimes goes around in only a cape, and that the rest of her costume is just a artful use of shadow. What about [Laurel Kent](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://loknar54.com/images/Laurel_Kent-100.jpg&imgrefurl=http://loknar54.com/MA-SuperWoman-Lucy.html&h=596&w=339&sz=21&tbnid=qC-r1WrqUj06LM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=51&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlaurel%2Bkent%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=laurel+kent&docid=aIA1oogZSrWejM&sa=X&ei=r_zDTr31EcXj0gHRrdDjDg&ved=0CEQQ9QEwBw&dur=1313). WTF does she wear under that cape? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/59 "2011-11-16T18:39:35Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > What about [Laurel Kent](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://loknar54.com/images/Laurel_Kent-100.jpg&imgrefurl=http://loknar54.com/MA-SuperWoman-Lucy.html&h=596&w=339&sz=21&tbnid=qC-r1WrqUj06LM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=51&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlaurel%2Bkent%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=laurel+kent&docid=aIA1oogZSrWejM&sa=X&ei=r_zDTr31EcXj0gHRrdDjDg&ved=0CEQQ9QEwBw&dur=1313). WTF does she wear under that cape? I’m pretty sure just panties. I seem to recall that one issue–maybe when she got shot with the kryptonite bullet\*–that made it clear she wasn’t going commando. - Anyone who mentions the Manhunters gets the axe. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/many-female-superheros-basically-wear-stripper-outfits-who-are-the-most-scantily-clad-male-heroes/602965/60 "2011-11-16T19:04:59Z")
Intergalactic Gladiator: > [@](#): > > Phantasmo. Seriously, what the heck is with that? A bunch of ribbons for a suit? How fitting - the Master of the World wearing the Emperor’s New Clothes. Skald the Rhymer: > [@](#): > > I dunno if anyone’s mentioned the Spectre yet, and I’m too lazy to read the thread to check. I thought the Spectre was generally depicted as having a shirt-collar around his neck, implying that at least the whiteness of his torso is clothing rather than bare skin. [Previous 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) [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=4)