Many versions of Riddler’s suit design make the mistake of overdoing it on the purple. The combination of bowler hat, bowtie and dark slacks makes Sale’s hapless Riddler feel like a wretched little nerd playing cops and robbers in a club which never really accepted him as a member, which is exactly the feeling he’s meant to convey. It maintains the understated use of the question mark motif from animator Bruce Timm’s previous design…but we still miss that belt. Honestly, it’s missing the belt to break up all that green.įor The New Batman Adventures,Riddler went through a redesign apparently influenced by Batman Forever’s change in visual direction. Not necessarily better than Sprang’s first draft, but a lateral move for sure.Ī return to Sprang form-or perhaps, we should say, Gorshin form-for this campy tribute to the ‘60s Batman TV series. The upgrade from blazer to suit pays off from his “Dark City” incarnation, as does the elegant simplification of the question mark motif to a single punctuation on his tie. Future iterations of the suit will tone that down. A high bar from the start.īatman: The Animated Seriesis often credited for switching Riddler’s signature look from a green body sock to a smart blazer, but the comics got there first with Peter Milligan and Kieron Dwyer’s “Dark Knight, Dark City.” The arc is better remembered for introducing the demon Barbatos into the Batman mythology, but it’s also worth noting as the signal for Riddler’s fashion evolution. Give or take the number of question marks on the green leotard cinched with a stylish purple belt, there’s a reason this design persisted through most of the 20th century and onto Frank Gorshin in the ‘60s BatmanTV series. But when it comes to character, no design of Sprang’s quite captures his savoir faire as the Riddler. We’ll rate every outfit out of five question marks, with an exclamation point for half-marks.ĭick Sprang’s unique Batman designs for the Caped Crusader and his allies, his enemies, and the city itself may have been the first to grant Gotham its signature look. This month, the Riddler is getting a graphic novel of his own with Batman - One Bad Day: The Riddler.But does Eddie Nygma have One Bad Outfit? We’ve raided his closet from the Golden Age to his latest to find out. Welcome to House of List-ery: Fashion Files, where we present our candid assessment of an iconic DC character’s bravest and boldest fashion choices.
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