For more than 70 years he has flown to the world’s rescue dressed in a trademark red cape, blue suit and startling tight red trunks worn outside his trousers. Superman, however, is about to lose his pants.
DC Comics, creators of the iconic superhero, are rebooting the Man of Steel franchise as part of an overhaul of their comic book empire, which will see all their titles starting again at issue No 1.
The move promises significant changes for DC’s superhero family – which includes Batman, Wonder Woman and the Green Lantern – with new characters, stories and, crucially, costumes in 52 new first editions, due out in September.
The most controversial style adjustment revealed on the cover of the “first edition”, due out in August, is the surprise scrapping of the red trunks that Superman has worn since he first appeared in June 1938.
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