20 Terrible Comic Book Halloween Costumes You Can Definitely Outdo

Batman 3 Halloween is upon us, and while most people are probably putting the final touches to their Breaking Bad costumes (seriously, they're everywhere) some late-comers will still be considering what to wear to go trick or treating, or to a weekend party, or simply to sit at their computer and pretend to have friends who really care. And for those people, the most reassuring revelation we can proffer is that no matter how little effort you put in, or how crappy your costume turns out, there's a good chance someone, somewhere did an awful lot worse, and that someone else took a picture to preserve the cosplay fail forever. Because despite assurances that cosplay is a safe, welcoming world without judgment or prejudice, where your body shape doesn't matter, even in lycra, Halloween represents the moment every year when perennial cosplayers and casual fancy dressers clash; when fingers start cruelly pointing and jaws dropping aghast. The comic book world naturally inspires a raft of costumes whenever October comes around - superheroes give licence to wear colourful, figure hugging costumes after all (and nothing says Halloween like reimagining something with a more slutty slant) - and it is a rather cruel trend that a lot of the costume fans who make, or buy their outfits to pay tribute to their favourite heroes simply don't have the skills, or the looks to pull it off. Of course, sometimes, cosplay can be a wonderful thing, inspiring beautiful people with incredible bodies to beautiful aesthetic achievements like this, but for every hilarious baby Walter White or jaw-droppingly sexy Daenerys, there's a guy who painted himself permanently green. What follows is a compendium of failures, which should be taken as a guide for what not to do this year if you're looking for a Halloween costume inspired by your favourite comic book characters...

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Hulk FailThe Hulk You can't really knock the effort that Paulo Henrique dos Santos put into his Avengers inspired Hulk costume, painting himself green and walking around with his shirt off, probably smashing things and being all moody, like a teenager with an almighty attitude problem. What you have to question is the logic behind replacing the sensible body paint option with ballistic missile paint, which is permanent, no matter how much your disappointed mother with the I-told-you-so pursed lips scrubs at you with what is very clearly a toilet brush. So it's always best to remember, when you're painting yourself, always use a water-based, non-toxic option, so you're not left posting the undignifying sight of your mother washing you. Source: MailOnline
 
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