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mooreandrew58 posted...

as said batman's cape does at least have functions.

Yeah, but that was all added after the fact, by later writers, to try and justify why he still uses it in spite of it being an incredibly obvious tactical flaw (something multiple comic characters have pointed out over the years).

It's the same logic behind why so many superheroes wear tights that look like underwear on the outside of their clothes (including Batman, originally). It made perfect sense when Superman did it (it was a reference to early 1900s weightlifters and wrestlers, who wore similar tights), and Superman influenced most of the characters that followed, so other characters do it too. But then culture moved on to the point where most people don't get the reference anymore, so Superman's look makes less sense, so newer writers try to come up with new ways to justify it (like it being some kind of Kryptonian style or something), to ultimately having the recent writers be so ashamed of it that they redesigned the entire costume (poorly) to get rid of it.

But nostalgia and decades worth of experience tell us that certain heroes are supposed to look a certain way, so taking their capes away now just makes them look a bit lamer in comparison. So characters like the X-Men or Avengers can get away with more advanced-looking costumes or no capes, but characters like Superman and Batman are likely to have capes pretty much forever.


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