DC Rebirth Redesign Fails.

As you may have guessed from the title. I'm not thrilled over the new redesigns of the upcoming DC Comics 'Rebirth' characters. To add to that, I'm also not over the moon about the current state of comic books in general, but I'll briefly cover that in a minute.

Credit: http://www.comicbookresources.com/

 Recently the news website 'Comic Book Resources' uploaded some exclusive images of the new redesigns for DC's new shakeup (Link to that page is right here: Click here), and I thought it was only fair to voice my opinions on which of the designs I consider to be the worst. Now the entire lineup hasn't been revealed yet, so I can't say definitively that these are the worst designs or if the worst is yet to come, and also this is just my opinion so don't take this to heart if you personally love them.

To begin let's take a look at Batman (My favorite hero). Here's what I like, The yellow bordering on the logo looks sharp and the general color scheme works well. However, The bulky gauntlets and utility belt kind of kill it for me. I prefer Batman to have a little bit less going on with his costume to really emphasize that he's just a man. and the Belt just doesn't fit in my opinion. Overall it's not awful, but it wasn't necessary to update the practically perfect New 52 style look.

Again I have the same issue with Damian (Below) that I have with his dad, that being that the armored gauntlets, belt, and boots just make Robin look too heavy. I think Damian works best when he is given less, like Batman, and still prevails. As a master assassin and potential future Batman, I think it makes Robin look weaker and a bit cumbersome to give him armor.

On the other hand. Jon Kent as Superboy goes in the complete opposite direction and just turns into some sort of grotty child. Ripped jeans, converse and a caped Super-hoodie... what on Earth were they smoking to think that would look good. Just to put it into context, these character designs are just that, designs. So those rips aren't from a fight he's just got out of, no. Those rips are designed to be part of the costume... Ugh, I'm not a huge fan of child-superheroes anyway due to may age and just not really liking the stereotypical Teenage plots they go through. But Superboy's look just isn't working for me at all.

Credit: http://www.comicbookresources.com/

Finally, and without a shadow of a doubt, The worst character designs so far. We've got Harley Quinn and Killer Croc.

Starting with Harley, I never liked her in the classic black and red onesie she used to wear because it just didn't look right. But I think Margot Robbie's version of Harley Quinn just nailed it. Harley is certifiable - An average woman turned insane by circumstance - and her clothing should reflect that unhinged persona. she is not John Rambo. I think this is more a case of trying to make Harley more mainstream rather than letting the character be the psycho she actually was.

As for Croc... He looks like a shrub and The Thing (Ben Grimm) had a love child. It's just too far in one direction. Croc should represent Batman's primal side, but be less of a slap in the face and be slightly more subtle about it. It just doesn't work for me at all.

Harley Quinn done right.

 On the left you can see how Harley Quinn should look. From the dyed hair that looks like she did it herself on a drunken night. To the torn exaggerated clothing that still looks realistic. Harley is not some well-armed one woman militia. she's a nutter that leaves you unsure if she's about to love you or cut your throat.

I hope you've enjoyed this little moan of mine enough to want to check in again soon. I'll have more videos up on YouTube pretty soon and will keep posting on here as well.

Have a great rest of day.

WR.