Red Trunks – Poll Results

In the latest Superman Homepage Member Poll we asked you the following question:

How do you feel about the red trunks coming back to Superman’s costume?

More than half of you are extremely happy the red trunks are coming back. With another chunk of you not really fussed either way. The fans have spoken!

Here’s the complete voting breakdown:

How do you feel about the red trunks coming back to Superman's costume?
  • Extremely happy! 54%, 218 votes
    218 votes 54%
    218 votes - 54% of all votes
  • I don't really care either way 18%, 71 vote
    71 vote 18%
    71 vote - 18% of all votes
  • Somewhat disappointed 11%, 46 votes
    46 votes 11%
    46 votes - 11% of all votes
  • Somewhat happy 9%, 38 votes
    38 votes 9%
    38 votes - 9% of all votes
  • Extremely disappointed! 8%, 31 vote
    31 vote 8%
    31 vote - 8% of all votes
Total Votes: 404
January 23, 2018 - January 31, 2018
Voting is closed

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edge9000x
edge9000x
February 1, 2018 9:43 am

Brings back shorts. Covers them in heaviest shadows possible 😀

MattComics
MattComics
February 1, 2018 1:03 pm
Reply to  edge9000x

It looks to me to be about the same as the shadowing used for his STAS design.

The_News_Editor
The_News_Editor
February 1, 2018 11:47 am

I really want to see the red trunks return. It’s part of his uniform and it breaks up the blue nicely.

Reaganfan
Reaganfan
February 1, 2018 2:48 pm

Hope DC Comics and Warner Brothers see this poll, and see what the fans want. 🙂

Superman2878
February 1, 2018 5:01 pm
Reply to  Reaganfan

I hope so too.

RCOH
RCOH
February 1, 2018 5:07 pm

This style is what it should be! Old school. Don’t change it anymore!

Kal L
Kal L
February 1, 2018 8:34 pm

I dont mind the current look, but I’m really happy to see the trunks return.

MattComics
MattComics
February 1, 2018 11:10 pm
Reply to  Kal L

I think the current look could have stuck if they hadn’t made the belt so funky and angular that it’s difficult to have consistency from artist to artist in how it’s drawn. IMO Red band, yellow round buckle, done. I’m still deciding if I like having the wrist bands on the classic suit. It doesn’t put me off but I honestly don’t yet know if I like it. I also sort of wonder that as of Reborn if the New 52 suit was folded into his history as a suit he had at one point (apparently around the time Lois… Read more »

Kal L
Kal L
February 2, 2018 6:28 pm
Reply to  MattComics

I hated the New 52 suit nanotech… Its too technical for Superman I felt. Glad to see that finally go.

As for the current “Reborn” belt… If they had just gone with the Jim Lee design for the New 52 Earth 2 Superman. It was the best of both worlds I felt.

Adekis
Adekis
February 6, 2018 1:22 pm
Reply to  Kal L

That was a good costume, no idea why it didn’t stick all around way back then.

kal-bert
kal-bert
February 3, 2018 7:09 pm
Reply to  MattComics

The current suit doesn’t seem to use any kind of nanotech. You can see as his cape constantly breaks as the pre-flashpoint one did. It would be weird if Supes had his N52 nanotech and got rid of its “unbreakable” cape. Yes, I know at the beginning of Rebirth Lex used N52’s cape but as that Supes never died because (apparently) he never existed as a separate being, Luthor never would have used his cape as a honor to him. I hope I explained myself well. I’m spanish and sometimes it is hard for me to put my thougts down… Read more »

kal-bert
kal-bert
February 3, 2018 7:15 pm
Reply to  MattComics

2nd reply: I always thought it was a little weird that Superman used boots. Knowing how his invulnerability works using boots is not the smartest move for him. They will always be out of his invulnerable aura so they should break constantly, even just running. Like his cape does. It is also the only part of his suit that can never be hidden below his street clothes. He needs to store them apart and he loses important time finding and puting them on. Socks is the right way to go. Can be kept inside his normal socks and change clothes… Read more »

jer
jer
February 4, 2018 10:26 pm
Reply to  MattComics

I thought the Nano tech way the Nano suit was applied to Superman was the best thing about the N52 now if could replicate the classic iconic Superman costume look from head to toe all the better and more power to it. Although Superman could change just as fast, if not faster if he wanted and needed to, and there is a nice touch that his mother made the costume for him. Wrist band gauntlet trim and boot trim you’d probably could have done with out…however, (IMHO) it is very small price to pay for have “attached belted trunks” back… Read more »

MattComics
MattComics
February 6, 2018 10:26 pm
Reply to  jer

@jer Well take for example a sequence like the one in Superman II where he does the quick change in the alleyway. That’s supposed to be him changing at Super-Speed. Fair enough. Again, I have no problem with this personally and it doesn’t really take me out of the story or my suspension of disbelief or whatever. But if I’m just thinking about it then it kind of brings to mind what’s going on in-between the ticks of a second. Offhand it seems awkward for Superman to have to pull his coat,shirt, and pants off *while running* and fold them… Read more »

Mirageman
Mirageman
February 3, 2018 5:53 pm

Trunks or no trunks, the last few years have been a real exciting time for Superman fans. Everything happens in cycles. It’s nice to currently be caught up in an upswing.

Adekis
Adekis
February 6, 2018 1:21 pm

I’m very disappointed, personally. Ever since 2011 when DC needlessly took the trunks away, they’ve been struggling to find a version of the costume that works as well as they do. Now that they finally managed to nail it with the Reborn costume, they want to go back? Just one more indication that while DC knows how to make good comics in the short term, they’ve got no idea how to plan for the future whatsoever.