10 Superhero Costume Redesigns That Were Laughably Misjudged

6. Supergirl (New 52)

Yeesh. Where to start with the New 52 reboot of Supergirl? Perhaps with the place that most draws the eye to itself: whatever's going on in her crotch region there. It's some kind of vagina shield, we're guessing, which is really crucial when you're fighting aliens and you have the powers of a god and all that. It's all too unfortunate that Supergirl's top ends just before the 'shield', as now it's glaringly obvious that that's the only thing covering up her delicate parts. Which must make it awkward at the family meetings with Clark. The cape kind of works, but the boots distract from everything else far too much for it to matter. At least we think they're boots; they stop and start at the knees so they might be better classed as really thick leather socks with gigantic, jagged holes in them. Not a great look for Supergirl, at any rate.
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