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* [[Batman]]'s silhouette is as easily identified as his appearance, most of the time it is the same thing as his insignia. Part of it is intentional, when his body and cape casts a shadow even the mooks know he is there. |
* [[Batman]]'s silhouette is as easily identified as his appearance, most of the time it is the same thing as his insignia. Part of it is intentional, when his body and cape casts a shadow even the mooks know he is there. |
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* [[X-Men|Wolverine]] with his claws extended in the crouch stance. |
* [[X-Men|Wolverine]] with his claws extended in the crouch stance. |
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* This was [[Todd McFarlane]]'s objective when he started drawing ''[[Spider-Man]]'', and it mostly worked. His silhouette is pretty standard... except that it's often contorted into odd poses, and sometimes those big white eyes are staring out of it. |
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* In early [[Superhero]] comics, colorful costumes and iconography where often the only way to tell heroes apart due to level of art (and quality of the color printing) produced at the time. This is why Batman and Superman were able to pass as each other when needed for the longest time. |
* In early [[Superhero]] comics, colorful costumes and iconography where often the only way to tell heroes apart due to level of art (and quality of the color printing) produced at the time. This is why Batman and Superman were able to pass as each other when needed for the longest time. |
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* This trope can be difficult to pull off well in war comics. Every character generally must be a young male, wears the same uniform (usually including a helmet or other headgear), often necessarily of the same ethnic background, etc. Giving characters distinctive appearances without [[Artistic License Military|violating basic military realities]] presents a lot of challenges - particularly if the artist already has [[Only Six Faces]] tendencies. Joe Kubert's character designs for ''[[Sgt. Rock]]'''s Easy Company are a good example of an artist successfully giving soldiers Distinctive Appearances despite all those obstacles. |
* This trope can be difficult to pull off well in war comics. Every character generally must be a young male, wears the same uniform (usually including a helmet or other headgear), often necessarily of the same ethnic background, etc. Giving characters distinctive appearances without [[Artistic License Military|violating basic military realities]] presents a lot of challenges - particularly if the artist already has [[Only Six Faces]] tendencies. Joe Kubert's character designs for ''[[Sgt. Rock]]'''s Easy Company are a good example of an artist successfully giving soldiers Distinctive Appearances despite all those obstacles. |
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