Masks off! #6 – Catwoman gassed and unmasked by the Scarecrow!

Another issue of “Masks off”! This time Catwoman sneaks into a warehouse to steal some jewels. But it’s a TRAP! Gas fills the room…she wakes up…blinded by a lightflash. Someone is taking pictures of her….unmasked!

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Great stuff, but would have been even better with her awake during the unmasking (and it should have been shown).

From the really great “Batman – Terror” story that was published in the Legends of the Dark Knight.

The Cat and the Bat #1 – Catwoman delivered to the cops!

There are so many little rendezvous between catwoman and batman, why not a new series about it? This time the cat steals something (big surprise) and batman wanna stop her… after a sexy little fight…….he ties her up and leave her to the cops! Can catwoman come out of this mess? Or will the cops lock her up and unmask her?

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Comic: Catwoman 038 (old series – 1996)

Masks off! #5 – Catwoman unmasked

Another issue of “Masks off”! This time it’s Catwoman, who – dressed up as a maid – sneaks into a mansion to spy a little. Under her maid uniform she is suited with her catsuit. Of course her cat mask isn’t in place so she may get into some trouble if someone discovers her catsuit…

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Great art by Jim Balent 🙂

Comic: Catwoman 022 (the old series – 1995)

Masks off! #4 – Batgirl, Catwoman, Spider-girl and Spoiler unmasked!

…or on the road to it.

In this issue of “Masks off!”  it’s all about comic covers. Comic covers with some mask action to be precise 😉

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Some great art, if you ask me! Especially the spoiler and spider-girl covers are great… Your opinion?

(The catwoman pic is actually a preview cover for the issue, not the cover itself)

My opinion about….. Catwoman and her costume in TDKR (aka realism VS sexyness)

Hey folks, just wanna share some of my thoughts on the Catwoman in TDKR (The Dark Knight rises). Maybe a little late, but hell, my blog is only 2 days old…

The costume:

catw_annePro:

Well, it’s damn…..sexy, that’s for sure!  🙂

And Anne Hathaway looks really stunning in it…

The suit itself seems like a realistic (useable?) outfit for a burglar as catwoman, but…

Contra:

let’s start at the buttom: The killer overknee-boots are really…unrealistic². Not a good choice for an agile, sneaky burglar. Open, long hair? Well, looks certainly good, but a big weak point in combat, or? And the worst part: The MASK! Damn, I hate these eye masks! It’s not a crappy eye mask like the thousands used in all the crappy superheroines clips (99%) that are floating around in the internet.

But nonetheless:

1) Masks should create a secret identity!

Eye masks simply don’t provide that…good, Anne Hathaway’s mask covers at least parts of her nose, but nonetheless nearly everybody could ID her without problems.

2) Masks should be sexy!

With her mask there is no sexy mystery…you simply see too much. With a sexy cowl/mask (like the one from Jim Balent’s Catwoman or this one) she could have that sexy secret. And you could perform a nice unmasking struggle/fight 😉

Christopher Nolan always pronounced how important realism is for him.

So he erased Catwoman’s whip… 🙁 He deleted her claws…. 🙁 He didn’t want her to have a classic cat mask with the iconic cat-ears, his idea was that such cat ears would be unrealistic…..? Instead the costume department added these night goggles that look like the cat ears when they are on top of her head. Well I tink the night goggles are of course a useful gadget for a burglar as her, but she could easily have that feature in her cowl/mask.

Next he added these sexy boots with high heels, her open hair, her tiny mask….well, what happened to your drive for realism Mr. Nolan?

No whip, no claws, not cat mask…… but these “practical” burglar boots, open hair and a tiny useless mask…. weird!

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<–Here is a catwoman outfit I found on the net. It has a real mask with the cat ears. It covers the face much better (should be enough).

It is much more “realistic”. It has “normal” boots, a useable suit, the whip and maybe even the claws (?). With the right materials and the right actress in it would be sexy as well.

In my opinion a far more fitting costume as the one Mr. Nolan approved.

What do you folks think about it? Feel free to comment the hell out of this post…

*Edit*: But besides that I love Nolans batman movies. Great suff!

Batgirl: Spoiled (Webseries)

Hey folks! Today I wanna introduce you to very promising (fan-made) webseries. It’s called Batgirl: Spoiled

Official description:

Stephanie Brown has never lead a charmed life. But as a part of
Gotham’s famed ‘Bat Family’, she has thwarted themed evil-doers and
become extremely skilled in her trade. Her world now is one of
adrenaline and danger, duty and honor. She has been striving her
whole life to get here, but is this really what she wants?

Until now the first two episodes were published via Youtube. More episodes are yet to come with the help of a little Kickstarter campaign. In my opinion it’s really a well made Batgirl series! Especially if you know that these guys financed it completely on their own until now….great work 🙂

But enough…..here are the first 2 episodes:

More infos:

https://www.facebook.com/BatgirlTheWebSeries