Often however, I hear from the civilian population that Superman's costume is silly, in particular his "wearing his underwear on the outside". I'm sure many of you have heard similar things.

The costume has been updated several times over the years and honestly I don't think removing the red trunks is that big of a departure.

To be honest, I'm not sure I'd care either and I'm sure there's a better design out there. But you're talking about changing one of the most recognizable characters on the planet that is already massively successful for no real gain. Superman with a new costume might spike comic sales briefly, but it won't have an overall effect anywhere else and could likely have a "New Coke" reaction from the masses in general. There's simply not much to be gained for DC, and as a business decision, I'd advise against it.

And, as you said, you ended up liking Superman in spite of the trunks. So, they apparently don't matter much anyway.

Batman? Looks like the same costume as always, with a slightly different chest logo.

"By some among us comic geeks, yes. So what? "

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You take a single line of my post out of context, and ask "so what?" -- when the rest of my post explained the "so what?"  I don't get it.

Grant Morrison has done some clever stories in the past, and I've had an up and down appreciation for his work. Up on the counter JLA story, a wavering up and down on X-Men (it started out with a number of interesting ideas but tanked at the end)

All- Star Superman has been a real joy to read. It has been a near perfect call back to the glory days of DC. The essentials of a Mort Weisenberg story are still there, in the DNA of the stories, presented as fresh as new. It's been everything people would say was outdated but it works fantastically well. I know it can't last, Grant has a way of breaking his toys in the end. But I still think these characters even, or I should say ESPECIALLY those that are "outdated" have plenty of life in them.

I believe that Superman should never deviate from the red,blue and yellow suit because that's what sets him apart from the rest besides his character.A red, blue and black combination suit looks good but forgetable.

To press my point even further; another character who shares the same colour scheme and endurance as an easily recognisable character.....Noddy....

Keep the red panties. No changes. Superman should be the easiest character to write in all of comicdom. I love how everyone whines that there's nothing big enough to challenge Superman with. All that is required is a sense of proposing new threats that are stronger than Superman. That's not difficult. "Justice League Unlimited" has nailed how this can be done. Why address Superman's pushing planets around when Marvel has Spider-Man lifting cars but he can't knock out Doc Ock with one punch?

Superman does not under any circumstance need to be updated. Almost the whole draw of the character for me is that he belongs to a different time, before cell phones and computers and reality television turned the whole world into a simpering mass of boredom-killing humanoids. Superman is the moral/ethical compass for an entire civilization. That's what he represents. Leave him that way.