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Take Daredevil, for example. A good chunk of the first season of his Netflix show sees him worry about what he’s wearing out in the streets of Hell’s Kitchen and seek out someone who can make him something new. After that, he’s off to the races, donning numerous different looks. Here’s every live-action Daredevil costume, ranked worst to best.
9) The Trial of the Incredible Hulk
Daredevil’s first live-action appearance is in 1989‘s The Trial of the Incredible Hulk, a television movie in which he helps the titular hero survive his stay in New York. While fighting Wilson Fisk’s men, he wears a pretty simple black costume that doesn’t resemble anything from the comics. It’s hard to blame a one-off movie for not going all out, but keeping the devil in black means the costume can’t be any higher than last on this list.
8) Daredevil (2003)
2000s superhero movies all feature their fair share of leather, and Daredevil is no exception. Ben Affleck sports an all-red costume that leaves little to the imagination. It’s not an awful look by any stretch of the imagination, and it gets brownie points for incorporating the Daredevil logo. However, it’s of its time and doesn’t seem all that practical.
7) Daredevil Season 1
There’s nothing better than when a hero earns their comic-accurate costume. Daredevil gets his toward the end of Season 1 of his Netflix series, and it makes him feel like a million bucks as he fights Wilson Fisk. What he probably doesn’t realize, though, is how square the helmet makes his head look, and that all the black in the costume takes away from the red.
6) Daredevil Ninja Costume
It might seem strange for an outfit that resembles the one for The Trial of the Incredible Hulk to be three spots higher, but there’s an explanation. Daredevil begins with its hero at the start of his journey, not really understanding the risk he’s taking. That element of the story makes his costume choice make perfect sense, and sometimes, simple isn’t the wrong way to go. Even without the horns, Matt Murdock strikes fear into his enemies.
5) Echo
Despite appearing in only one scene in Echo, Daredevil gets a new costume in the series that fits the grounded tone of its story. The helmet issues from Daredevil Season 1 are gone, and while there’s still some black, it blends better with the red this time around. The only knock against this costume is that it shows up only once in a dark room, making it hard to get a clear look.
