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#3 Dr. Fate’s half mask.  This one goes way back to the 1940s.  Dr. Fate was a cool character with awesome powers and a golden helmet that covered his entire face.  The powers that be decided that he was too similar to the Specter, so without explanation they drastically reduced his powers. So instead of a mystical hero similar to Specter, they gave him strength, flight, and invulnerability (except for one weakness), making him similar to Superman. 

All of that I can accept, but why lop off the bottom half of his helmet?  His original look was absolutely unique and conveyed the impassive nature of his character.  The half mask, well, it looks like he stuck an upside down bowl on his head. It took DC twenty-five years to undo this mess and another fifteen to try to explain it.

#2 Black Canary’s 1980’s costume. 

Her original costume was sexy and stylish.  But it tied her to her original appearance in the 1940s, so… why not give her a valley girl costume?  What were those black ribbon-y things made of?

#1 Mary Marvel’s new ‘do.  I can live with the idea of making her a bad guy.  I’m actually down with that.  But bad girls should be hot.  Trust me, I have a marketing degree.  Hot bad girls sell.  Ugly, mostly bald bad girls with weird pink ponytails do not.  Even if the lightning bolt on their chest has been cut out.