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    Major Spoilers Question Of The Day: Mars Blackmon Memorial Edition

    Matthew PetersonBy 12 Comments1 Min Read

    When I was younger, I was always a little bit worried about Batman, leaping and bounding across the rooftops of Gotham City in what seemed to be smooth-soled Monkee boots.  As comic audiences and I aged, Batman eventually graduated to a thicker-soled combat-style boot, while Superman still rocked the Stride-Rite knee socks with the stylish divot-hem.  (The loss of that design element is one of the myriad of problems with Supey’s new nanite battle-armor look, by the way.)  Poor Wonder Woman only recently gave up heels (depending on the artist) but The Thorn has been wearing thigh-high stiletto streetwalker boots since 1972, while Black Canary was forced for YEARS to do martial arts flips and judo throws in corsair boots with a Cuban heel.  It seems that only the Flash, with his specially ridged yellow boots, really considered the practicality and workability of his footwear, and even that has been diminished by a bunch of strange seams in the latest designs.

    The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) would enjoy some nice Chuck Taylors, if they made the things in a 14 Wide, asking: Which superhero has the most awesome footgear?

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    12 Comments

    2. Dino on

      Didn’t say comic superhero, so I’ll throw this one out there: Bayonetta, from the video game of the same name. She wears stilettos that have guns as heels.

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    3. Oldcomicfan on

      Aw, I was going to go with the Hulk…. so what’s next after “most awesome footwear”? The most Colorful Codpiece?

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    5. Mike on

      I was always partial to Thunderstrike’s boots. For a character drawn in the 90s, they looked pretty utilitarian, without going over the top by being covered in pouches.

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    6. alishamynx on

      Wayne Gretzky’s shoes that became in-line skates on “ProStars” (the cartoon where he, Michael Jordan and Bo Jackson were sorta like superheroes).

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    8. Mark on

      Only one man has It Right ultimate Nick Fury first time he show’s up
      “Gucci with flight upgrade as Armani on a mission is bad luck”
      Back when he was the superspy not superspy-master

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