Two words:
Just look:
Seriously, at these prices, you could outfit an entire Image hero for under $10!! OK, maybe $20...
Ad from Captain Marvel Adventures #122 (1951). Pictures of heroes from the 90s are from our deepest repressed nightmares...
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Bold Fashion Choices--Where Did They Get Those Wonderful Pouches?!?
You might remember the Image and Marvel comics of the 1990s, and their interesting fashion choices:
Man, those were the days...
Amazing...
To our eternal shame, even Kal-El got in on the trends...
But did you ever wonder how our heroes could afford such elaborate costumes?
Two words:
Army surplus!!
Just look:
POUCHES!!
Bigger pouches!!
BELTS!!
BAGS!!
LARGE ECONOMY SIZE POUCHES!!
Seriously, at these prices, you could outfit an entire Image hero for under $10!! OK, maybe $20...
Ad from Captain Marvel Adventures #122 (1951). Pictures of heroes from the 90s are from our deepest repressed nightmares...
Two words:
Just look:
Seriously, at these prices, you could outfit an entire Image hero for under $10!! OK, maybe $20...
Ad from Captain Marvel Adventures #122 (1951). Pictures of heroes from the 90s are from our deepest repressed nightmares...
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Can anyone produce a panel in which a hero actually pulls something out of one of these pouches?
https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PvIavNtEU98/VsuWeMjZ12I/AAAAAAAAL10/PgoxBWdD_VY/s640/1.jpg
Deadpool uses his to store Mexican leftovers...
http://67.media.tumblr.com/cc7d22311b7cebfc0e625f376d6819d9/tumblr_inline_npk0nfYwT61rbdoc1_400.jpg
...along with candy and toys!
I always just assumed they were full of jelly beans.
Smurfswacker: batarangs? Bat shark repellent?
Come to think of it, that's the most simple and understandable reason why 90's superheroes raided army surplus - they're all suffering from Batman envy.
(That Warchild cover - whoof. Me eyes are watering.)
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