Which Cap costume do you prefer? WWII or Avengers?

[Megospidey]

I really like what they've done with all the costumes...the Avengers, WWII, and the USO. I think they nailed his look for the big screen. NO complaints here.

[Adam West]

I personally prefer the WWII outfit but the modern one isn't bad either. Considering how bad they could have messed up; I'll take it. Also, they could have made Hawkeye boorish looking so as to make Captain America and Iron Man stand out since they seem to be the two Marvel properties (along with Spidey) going forward for now.

[madmarva]

The WW II version has grown on me. At first I didn't care for it because it hewed toward the Ultimates version of Cap, which just isn't Captain America to me, but it just made sense.

I don't mind the Avengers version. Like Derek wrote, it's fairly faithful to the comics. But after the WW II version, it does look stripped down. I would have liked to have seen the wings on the helmet/mask rather than painted on.

Yeah, Hawkeye's uni is a little bland, but it does nod to the comics. Hawkeye's costume isn't that great of a design in the first place.

[kingdom warrior]

I dig it!, I can live with both versions.......

[PNGwynne]

I too would have liked to see the helmet-wings in relief & the boots less "techno." But I think the update is pretty good.

[clemso]

^ I think the tech design boots might be suggesting that Stark had something to do with their design in the film imo.

[emeraldknight47]

Jeremey Renner's Hawkeye's costume is so...well...boring and uninspired...

I believe that's what referred to these days as "grounded in reality", Hector. Unfortunately, that does frequently translate to "boring."

[emeraldknight47]

^ I think the tech design boots might be suggesting that Stark had something to do with their design in the film imo.

I fully agree. The question is, why would Captain America NEED techie boots...?

Kinda hews back to Kirk's question in ST: V: "Why does God need a starship?"

[jwyblejr]

Hawkeye's outfit looks too much like Green Arrow's Smallville outfit.

[kennermike]

I believe that's what referred to these days as "grounded in reality", Hector. Unfortunately, that does frequently translate to "boring."

yup grounded in reality is the term these films are going for I dont hate Hawkeyes outfit but they should have gave him his mask

[Bruce Banner]

Latest Empire cover:

[Earth 2 Chris]

Evan's hair looks more blond there, but then the lighting is screwy. I like the concept of the cover, but they should have pulled the photos from ones with similar lighting, or fixed that in Photoshop.

Chris

[MIB41]

Evan's hair looks more blond there, but then the lighting is screwy. I like the concept of the cover, but they should have pulled the photos from ones with similar lighting, or fixed that in Photoshop.

Chris

Agreed! The lighting on Thor especially is messed up. It would also be nice to actually see our heroes on the cover instead of the actors all the time.

[emeraldknight47]

I was actually gonna post this myself, but you beat me to it, Mr. Banner. The cover looks disjointed to me mostly because it looks like they pulled different photos together and just kinda glommed into one cover, which is odd for EMPIRE because they usually have better covers than that.

I, too, am tired of seeing the actor behind the hero. We ALL know RDJ plays Iron Man, so howzabout putting Iron Man on the cover instead of Iron Man sans his helmet? Ditto for Cap; looks like he spends most of the movies without his mask on (which is probably good, 'cause his mask in the movie just looks like balls to me. And WHY does BW/Scarlett Johannsen earn such a place of prominence on the cover when she was never really an Avenger to begin with...? Because she's Scarlett Johannsen, that's why....

[Bruce Banner]

These are the newsstand covers of the issue showing the individual heroes (the subscriber copy above was an amalgamation of all the separate covers):


Yeah, I noticed that Evans looks blonder here, too.
I hope that carries over into the actual movie.
He's now played two of Marvel's blondest heroes, and they haven't bothered to dye his hair for either!

I like that they've gone back to the classic circular chest repulsor for Iron Man.

I really hope Thor dons his helmet at least once during the movie!