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Baby Spidey-Man
Cost: Around $20Is it good, is it bad, or is it just plain terrible? This is one of the most popular Spider-Man costumes on the internet this year, and I must say, I'm a little creeped out. I think it's the baby's face that's doing it though. He (at least I think it's a he) has a "I want to devour your soul with my precious smile" look on his face as he poops his diaper in this costume. Upon closer inspection, this looks like nothing more than a Spider-Man pajama set. I'm pretty sure the blue socks don't come with this as well. The "mask" is nothing more than a red dew-rag and what looks like to be a giant black and white sticker on the child's forehead. Baby's first eyebrow wax kit. I'd call this a "poor-man Spider-Man" outfit, but $20 seems pricey to have that tagged on. Why don't we call this what it really is: Spidey-Man Pajamas? This may be the worst mask in the modern history of comic book related costumes.
Final Verdict: 5/10 (8/10 if you keep it around as pajamas)
Robin
Cost: Around $20While looking around the net for new costumes this year, this was one of the first I happened upon, and it's still one of my favorites. First, the mask and the cape immediately reminded me of the Hamburgler, from the McDonald's commercial, and secondly, by the look on his face, you know he's just done something horribly mischievous. He probably dumped his apple juice in his mom's purse. HAHA! TAKE THAT MOTHER! Anyway, yet again, we have another costume that could easily double as pajamas, but I'm pretty sure if your kid goes to bed in this, he'll be fighting from until 4A.M. every night, unlike the Spidey-Baby kid, who probably just poops himself. This is one of the few times where I feel the costume designer kinda knew what they were doing for once. Although, for the record, this kid has a gigantic head... Like Hector Hammond big.
Final Verdict: 8/10
Really Pink Super-Girl
Cost: Around $20AHH! MY EYES! TOO MUCH PINK! Remember in Action Comics 236, when Superman got that new uniform, and it was all pink? Wait, it was yellow and purple actually, and this costume doesn't even have an Anti-Kryponite Belt... Anyway, I guess any time you want to make a super-hero costume for a female you have one of two options: Take an existing character and make the costume all pink, or "sexy" it up, and "sexying" it up here is so inappropriate. "Ok honey. Smile if you just pooped in the worst Super-Costume ever." That's right. I'm working the word "poop" into all of these. Anyway, yet again, we have pajamas with a little extra on them, but if I had a daughter (I'd name her Alex Dewitt Elfring), I'd probably put her in this costume before a good nap while I got in some good X-Men Arcade action. However, if I saw a child wearing this in public, I'd challenge the father to a duel for assaulting my eyes.
Final Verdict: 6/10
The "Gee-Willikers" Batman
Cost: $23Is your child filled with pre-toddler angst? If so, I have an awesome costume for you. The God Da... I mean, The Gee-Willikers Batman. You too can have a snarling 2 year old demand "juwstice" and "wengeance" on the playground for the low price of $23. Hey, if you have two kids, team him up with Robin! All right, in all seriousness though, he's taking a poop, right? Something about this costume just bugs me though. I think it's the cowl. Or maybe it's the "I don't want to go to bed" snarl on the child's face? Wait, no, it's the over-sized drawn on belt around his torso. This isn't a bad costume at all, the kid is just way to into cos-playing. Why do I have a feeling I'm going to see him at Comic-Con 2025 dressed as Batman stabbing someone in the eye with a pen in Hall H?
Final Verdict: 8/10
A Blue Snuggie, a Red Blanket, and a Giant Superman Logo
Cost: $15-$19When I think about what to dress my future kids for their first Halloween, I think of two things: A lion or Paul Stanley from KISS because those are the only two acceptable costumes for your infant. However, here we have what looks like to be a really bizarre infant outfit that vaguely looks like it could possibly be Superman. First, I'm glad to say they are still pushing the Superman Returns film because you still need marketing 4 years after the film came out to drive those DVD sales home. Second, I'm glad this costume wasn't slopped together over the weekend. Look at all the fine details within this costume. At $15, this is a huge steal. I could easily imagine paying hundreds of dollars for this piece... Well, at least we all know why the baby looks confused...
Verdict: 1/10 (They didn't even try)
There you have it. Part one of this year's Halloween countdown. Very soon we'll be taking a look at terrible costumes from this past year, and some super awesome ones. So, what do you think of these costumes? Can you find any awesome or terrible baby costumes on the net?
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