History Main / MovieSuperheroesWearBlack

*** Though if you look closely, the spider symbol does gradually grow more agressive looking - while its still not the venom symbol at least they still stuck to the general interpretations (spidy symbol = good, changed spidy symbol on black suit = bad)

** And of course [[BuckyBarnes Bucky]] wears military gear instead of the spandex costume and DominoMask he wore in the GoldenAge comics.
* ''Film/TheAvengers'' movie is pretty faithful to the comics with the exception of {{Hawkeye}} who wears a dark leather suit with no mask as opposed to his purple SuperHero costume, though this is basically Ultimate Hawkeye's costume anyway. Also, while {{Film/Thor}} wears a battle suit, it's still much darker than his comic costume and has the appearance of leather in some places.

When superheroes get their chance in the big screen, there's usually some ExecutiveMeddling which ends putting more black and/or leatherish texture in their attires, for the sake of giving them a DarkerAndEdgier image, or avoiding a campy, non-intimidating look.

** And of course [[BuckyBarnes Bucky]] wears military gear instead of the spandex costume and domino mask he wore in the GoldenAge comics.

* Entirely averted by the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk. No one believes black leather pants can stretch enough.
* In keeping with its attempts to look like a Hollywood movie, ''DmCDevilMayCry'' replaces Dante's classic white and red colors for his hair and trench coat with black. His classic color scheme does however return when he enters his Devil Trigger form.
* Leaked photos from the upcoming RoboCop remake have him in what appears to be a generic black suit of angular pads--the helmet even replaces the iconic slot-visor with a black droplet-shape that covers the top two-thirds of his face. A leaked script even claims that "Robocop 1.0" is shown to be pretty close to the original... but is scrapped after focus groups compare him to a "toy from the 80s".

** And of course [[BuckyBarnes Bucky]] wears military gear instead of a spandex costume and domino mask like he wore in the GoldenAge comics.

* The 90's live-action ''Manga/CatsEye'' movie had the sisters wearing black vinyl outfits (influenced by Comicbook/Catwoman from ''BatmanReturns'') rather than their colorful leotards from the manga and anime.

* The big-screen Film/{{Batman}} ditched the classic blue-and-gray comic/TV suit for the rubber-molded black one, although the final [[Film/BatmanForever two]] [[Film/BatmanAndRobin sequels]] went with dark blue and even silver.
** ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' batcostumes are also black but take things a step further in that they don't even have a yellow circle around the bat-symbol.

** Note that [[Series/TheIncredibleHulk ''The Trial Of The Incredible Hulk'' TV movie]] featured Daredevil in a black costume and this was around the time Film/{{Batman}} hit the cinemas

* Averted by the FantasticFour movies, where the costumes looked a great deal like the comics, only a bit darker.

* In keeping with its attempts to look like a Hollywood movie, DmCDevilMayCry replaces Dante's classic white and red colors for his hair and trenchcoat with black.

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' averts this, as Cap first wears a faithful translation of his comic counterpart's costume during the USO stage tour sequence, and then gets a more utilitarian version of the familiar costume (which is really just the 616 look and the Ultimate suit combined) later in the movie.

* Creator/KevinSmith's ''{{Franchise/Superman}} Lives'' project from the nineties would've shown Supes in black and silver, because producer Jon Peters thought the blue-and-red suit was "too faggy". The comic book story on which it was based ''did'' have Superman wearing a black and silver outfit at the story's climax. It was [[DarkAgeOfComicBooks the Nineties]].

* Creator/KevinSmith's ''{{Franchise/Superman}} Lives'' project from the nineties would've shown Supes in black and silver, because producer Jon Peters thought the blue-and-red suit was "too faggy". The comic book story on which it was based ''did'' have Superman wearing a black and silver outfit at the story's climax. It was [[DarkAge the Nineties,]] so there y'go.
** The ''Film/ManOfSteel'' movie sees Superman in a very dark rendition of his classic suit. The trademark trunks are also removed and some detailing is added to make the suit seem more "alien".

** To be fair, at least the metal sections in Ozymandias' costume were given a more realistic tone, as RL metal doesn't pratically radiate light as in the comics.
* NickFury wore a black uniform rather then his traditional blue in the ''Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD'' TV movie.
** His portrayal in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse gives him a [[BadassLongcoat black leather trenchcoat]].
*** Which comes from his portrayal in TheUltimates where he was SamuelLJackson in ComicBookFantasyCasting.

* ''{{Smallville}}'' [[strike:Superman]] Blur did the black BadassLongcoat thing for a year or so, along with black pants & shirt with silver logo. (And nobody mentioned that "The Red-Blue Blur" wasn't wearing red ''or'' blue any more.)
** To be fair, they dropped the "Red-Blue" part for the rest of the series, even after getting the red and blue back.

* Leaked photos from the upcoming RoboCop remake have him in what appears to be a generic black suit of angular pads--the helmet even replaces the iconic slot-visor with a black droplet-shape that covers the top two-thirds of his face.

** His portrayl in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse gives him a [[BadassLongcoat black leather trenchcoat]].

** Also Inverted. The HYDRA troops wore green in comics, but were black in the movies.

* KevinSmith's ''{{Superman}} Lives'' project from the nineties would've shown Supes in black and silver, because producer Jon Peters thought the blue-and-red suit was "too faggy". The comic book story on which it was based ''did'' have Superman wearing a black and silver outfit at the story's climax. It was [[DarkAge the Nineties,]] so there y'go.

* ''CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' averts this, as Cap first wears a faithful translation of his comic counterpart's costume during the USO stage tour sequence, and then gets a more utilitarian version of the familiar costume (which is really just the 616 look and the Ultimate suit combined) later in the movie.
** Also Inverted. The Hydra Mooks wore green in comics, but were black in the movies.
* ''Film/TheAvengers'' movie is pretty faithful to the comics with the exception of {{Hawkeye}} who wears a dark leather suit with no mask as opposed to his purple SuperHero costume, though this is basically Ultimate Hawkeye's costume anyway. Also, while {{Thor}} wears a battle suit, it's still much darker than his comic costume and has the appearance of leather in some places.

* The JudgeDredd comic strip had the character in a fairly bright blue bodyglove accessorized with oversized yellow shoulder decorations and badge, along with lurid green boots, knee and elbow pads, gloves and utility belt (complete with a red, white and blue American Eagle buckle). Both movies keep the basic outfit (in a rather darker blue or black) but the accoutrements are transformed into more realistically sized versions in silver metal or black leather.

* Entirely averted by the {{Hulk}}. No one believes black leather pants can stretch enough.

* {{Lampshaded}} in the ''Film/XMen1'' film (see quote at the top of the page). And while it isn't the first recorded instance of this, it's certainly the TropeCodifier and is generally what people immediately think of when this trope comes up. Notably, a short clip is on the first movie DVD in which Hugh Jackman runs around the set in a comic-accurate Wolverine costume, and absolutely nobody is taking it seriously.

*** Which comes from his portrayal in TheUltimates where he was Samuel L. Jackson in ComicBookFantasyCasting.

* This is pretty obvious in the Film/{{Watchmen}} movie, where Ozymandias' purple robes are replaced with a form fitting dark purple and gold body armor (that homaged/parodied the Batman nipple-suits). Silk Spectre and Nite Owl's costumes get a similar overhaul as well.

** His portrayl in the MarvelCinematicUniverse gives him a [[BadassLongcoat black leather trenchcoat]].

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* ''{{Smallville}}'' [[strike:Superman]] Blur did the black BadassLongcoat thing for a year or two, along with black pants & shirt with silver logo. (And nobody mentioned that "The Red-Blue Blur" wasn't wearing red ''or'' blue any more.)

** Also Inverted. The Hyrda Mooks wore green in comics, but were black in the movies.

** The ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'' batcostumes are also black but take things a step further in that they don't even have a yellow circle around the bat-symbol.

** The ''DarkKnightTrilogy'' batcostume is also black but takes things a step further in that it doesn't even have a yellow circle around the bat-symbol.