What's the worst superhero disguise ever and why?

Question

Example: Batman/Bruce Wayne

Answer 1

the thing with his trench coat and NO SHOES like he thinks people will think he has a serious dry skin condition

come on thing who are you foolin'? no one that's who!

Answer 2

Superhero Disguise

Answer 3

The whole Bruce Wayne/Batman disguise can be traced back to such characters as Sir Percy Blakeney/The Scarlet Pimpernel, and Don Diego Vega/Zorro. Two heroic figures who disguise themselves as ordinary men, and behave like fops to hide that fact.

Bruce Wayne is no different. he behaves like a spoiled rich dilletante during the day, and at night, he puts on that cape and cowl to striked terror in the hearts of evildoers.

There's also a different attitude between Batman and Bruce Wayne, and a level of confidence that marks the difference between the two men.

And yes, the whole "I'm wearing eyeglasses so I'm Clark Kent" routine may seem trite, but what many people don't know, or don't remember, is that back in the 70s, Superman had the power of "Super-Hypnosis". That, and the fact that the lenses of his glasses were made from the Kryptonian glass of the rocket that brouhgt him here, enable him to make people think Clark Kent was a weak and ineffectual milquetoast.

There was a Superman comic where a police officer comes up behind Clark, taps him on the shoulder, thinking he was someone else, but when he turned around, he saw the weak, and mild-mannered Clark Kent. Later, Clark sees a picture of "himself" and realizes what he has done all this time.

In the "Post-Crisis" era, however, we learn that Superman "vibrates" his head so he can't be photographed properly.

Answer 4

DC even spoofed themselves with the whole Superman/Clark thing; on one classic cover back in the 60's , they had a scene where Superman bursts in, wearing Clark's glasses and says "I'll tell why why I'll never marry you, Lois and Lana! Who wants a wife who's SO STUPID she doesn't realize I'm Superman when I take off my Clark Kent glasses?"

But it's not just the glasses. He changes everything. He pitches his voice higher as Clark, he combs his hair back, he compresses his spine (so Clark is only 6 feet, while Superman is 6 foot four), and besides, they've NEVER BEEN SEEN TOGETHER so that people can compare them and see how similar they are!

Why does everybody expect people to be able to notice the difference...?

I used to get a big laugh out of the way that Captain America, back when he was still keeping his identity as Steve Rogers secret, used to strap his shield on his back UNDER his shirt, and nobody ever patted him on the shoulder and noticed that he looked an awful lot like Quasimodo!

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Answer 5

RE:
What's the worst superhero disguise ever and why?
Example: Batman/Bruce Wayne

Answer 6

Dark Knight- Best superhero movie and one of the best films of all time Batman Begins- I thought this movie was the best superhero movie of all time before Dark Knight came out Batman1- I like Jack's Joker Batman Returns- I like the darker feel to this movie than other batman movies. But it too, like the ones ranked below it, is too far fetched to be taken seriously. Batman Forever- Too many colors and a weird plot. Two face and riddler are too crazy Batman and Robin- too many ice puns! Absolutely horrible

Answer 7

I'll have to agree with the Clark Kent/Superman answer.

Second to that, I would have to say green arrows, because his costume looks like it was taken from a bad robin hood movie.

Answer 8

Superman/Clark Kent. I mean, come on. As if glasses really fooled Lois Lane. The fact he saves people bareface and then puts on glasses to "conceal" his identity.

Answer 9

i'm with aeronaut superman/calrk kent glasses really don't do much

Answer 10

super man/clark kent oh come on! his appearance fooled lois lane when we take off his glasses & put a little curl on his hair then............tara! there's superman!