Costume Poll 2: Banshee

[RyanDaly]

You all seem to be ignoring the most important point: if Banshee doesn't wear green, how do you know he's Irish?

[RyanDaly]

Actually, I take back what I said. Half of his appearances during the All-New, All-Different era, Sean was wearing turtleneck sweaters and plaid pants and smoking a pipe. That's the version I want. 

[MonsterChris]

11 minutes ago, RyanDaly said:

Actually, I take back what I said. Half of his appearances during the All-New, All-Different era, Sean was wearing turtleneck sweaters and plaid pants and smoking a pipe. That's the version I want.

Well what do you wear and smoke while falling asleep reading James Joyce?

[leokearon]

36 minutes ago, RyanDaly said:

You all seem to be ignoring the most important point: if Banshee doesn't wear green, how do you know he's Irish?

The stereotypical red hair and accent

[Atlantis]

10 hours ago, MonsterChris said:

Well now don't forget that the blue & yellow is what he was wearing in X-Men (1991) issues 1-3, with that number one issue (probably) being the #1 selling single-issue comic book of all time.  That's certainly some fine exposure!  Remember also that not everyone first met Banshee in a comic book.  Some became aware of him through trading cards, action figures, animation, etc.  And while he wore green & yellow in the animated series, his original Toybiz figure was blue & yellow.  His trading cards in the 90s celebrated blue & yellow.  It's what he wore for "X-Tinction Agenda".

He kept that costume after most of the others traded theirs in for the "Jim Lee-era" designs, making it his de facto "Jim Lee-era" look.  While he wasn't a mainstay on the blue or gold teams, it was his uniform during a time that the X-Men may very well have been at their pop-culture zenith.

I personally hold it as a very close second to the green & yellow.  He wore it better than most of the other team did.  They were right to let him hang onto it for a while.

Dont forget, Banshee's been around since before the '90s, before the animated series, before trading cards or Jim Lee...he debuted in '67 and whenever he was seen throughout the 70s and 80s, it was the green and yellow.