A beauty pageant with a criminal? That’s not as odd as that costume the Green Lantern’s wearing. For heaven’s sake, man, pick a color and stick with it.
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The beauty contest judges appear to anticipate the Steve Martin line “I like to put a woman on a pedestal, high enough so I can look up her skirt”.
That Kodachrome Lantern get-up was retired for good cause.
I think “Miss Underwire” would be more descriptive.
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OK, so what’s with the radioactive dunce cap Miss Underworld is wearing.
It appears that the left most Judge is growing a mustache of white nose hair, or he simply doesn’t get the art of grooming facial hair.
The right most Judge is Zombie Daddy Warbucks.
The Center Judge aspires to get to the level of having the remotest of chances with Barney Fife’s castoffs. I don’t think he’ll make it.
The final contestant waaaaay off at the end of the line seems to be a dark haired version of one of the Andrews Sisters in a rather mod bikini. I approve.
OK, is that a lute?
Striped leggings are SO evil. Women in glasses as well (bitter because men never make passes.)
Why is Miss Gotham in some sexy wild west getup? And I’m not up on my symbolisms, so I’ll just guess what a giant blood red feather piercing your hat might indicate.
What’s with the Lantern’s right foot?
The contestant in the background in the dark bikini does not seem to be wearing a sash, did she just wonder over from the beach and join the parade of babes?
Somebody in this contest farted and nobody is taking the blame for it. (It was Ms Underworld) The judges are shocked, Green Lantern is pissed cause Ms. Underworld won’t admit to it and Ms. Gotham has to take in the full effect of her…stench.
BTW: I’m back after being computer free thanks to the misdeeds of my 5 yr old. He likes to pry off the keys of our laptop.
The poor girl just wanted attention.
It appears that Miss Underwrorld’s torso is sliding off of her legs.
So, is Miss Gotham City some sort of Aide-de-Camp to the Lone Ranger? Otherwise, I don’t know why she’s wearing an aiguillette.
Mr. Blackwell is writing the whole lot of them off. Stacy London is recovering from severe nausea, and Clinton has yet to pull a groin muscle, so there’s no after-party.
bring back black and white line art.
Yeah, the old GL costume was kind of a dog’s breakfast. The artist must have been having a feud with the colorist and decided to cram something together that would offend the poor boy’s eyes. This kind of fighting got out of hand over the years, leading to characters like Metamorpho and Jack of Hearts, guys who would make colorists ill or work them to death.
Ms. Underworld is not carrying a lute, it is a Madolin. She’s gonna play a little Dave Mathews later.
“That’s not as odd as that costume the Green Lantern’s wearing. For heaven’s sake, man, pick a color and stick with it.”
Yes, and since your name is the GREEN lantern, that might provide you with a hint. Honestly, Golden Age character design must have been based on not depleting too much of any one of the four colors. Tim Gunn would most definitely not approve.
Yeah, she ended up marrying the guy (Green Lantern). And he’s still around, and the costume is about the same.
She also has an oddly mismatched and misshapen pair of breasts. And Jay Leno’s jaw.
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A mandolin? Now that makes sense. A lute would’ve just been silly!
No surprised that GL is so interested in her, given that “lantern” jaw she’s got.
Heh. Sorry.
Comic book covers like this happen when publishers try to expand their audience. “Hmmmm…what do 12-year-old girls like? Good gravy, that’s IT! A fashion show/beauty pageant!”
Apparently I’m going to be the only one to say this, but I kinda like the Golden-Age Green Lantern costume. Wearing a cape with an oversized collar, giving roughly equal weight to three main colors — his costume always struck me as being different without going overboard.
Except for the striped socks. Those needed to go, bad.