Cheetah - Super Powers Collection 1:6 Scale Maquette

[mmk123]

The SuperPowers line was based on how DC characters looked in the mid 70’s to mid 80’s. Back then every super heroine and villainess outfits were always drawn with high heels (both DC and Marvel drew their female characters that way).

Thinking about it now there was no way a woman would have been able to either commit crimes or fight crime in high heels but no one gave it a 2nd though back then.

[Markhatestoys]

Originally Posted by mmk123

The SuperPowers line was based on how DC characters looked in the mid 70?s to mid 80?s. Back then every super heroine and villainess outfits were always drawn with high heels (both DC and Marvel drew their female characters that way).

Thinking about it now there was no way a woman would have been able to either commit crimes or fight crime in high heels but no one gave it a 2nd though back then.

Yeah, I understand it for characters like Wonder Woman or Batgirl or Catwoman, as they "needed to look feminine" as far as the comics industry was concerned at the time (and even in modern movies, female heroes Like Wonder Woman and Black Widow have some heel in their boots), but for Cheetah it just looks particularly out of place and silly, especially given her cat-like pose and the enraged look on her face. Also Cheetah, since her first golden age appearance and in all her various comic book and animated incarnations, has *usually* been depicted without heels, whereas Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Catwoman, etc. have more often been depicted with heels, so it looks more normal on them.

[mmk123]

Thinking back, the Cheetah was not really seen a whole lot in the 70’s. When the Wonder Woman comic switched to telling stories of the Earth 2 Wonder Woman during the 40’s (to coincide with the TV show) the Cheetah had one appearance (WW#230 I think). When Wonder Woman adventures returned to the present she briefly appeared when her niece became the new Cheetah. I no longer have those issues so I am not sure f she had high heels or not

[greenknight]

I have to admit, I never understood the argument about comic book females in high heels. These characters regularly fly, bounce bullets off of themselves, run at supersonic speeds and hide their identities from their closest friends with a thin strip of fabric around their eyes. All that is accepted without batting an eye. Put them in high heels, however, and that's just too big a pill to swallow. What am I missing?

[Markhatestoys]

Originally Posted by greenknight

I have to admit, I never understood the argument about comic book females in high heels. These characters regularly fly, bounce bullets off of themselves, run at supersonic speeds and hide their identities from their closest friends with a thin strip of fabric around their eyes. All that is accepted without batting an eye. Put them in high heels, however, and that's just too big a pill to swallow. What am I missing?

I'm good with heels usually (though in movies it begins to look suspect. In the real world a character like Black Widow would never wear heels as they could end up getting her killed.) But on this Cheetah statue, with the feline pose and the look of ferocity on her face, the heels just look completely out of place.

[greenknight]

Originally Posted by Markhatestoys

I'm good with heels usually (though in movies it begins to look suspect. In the real world a character like Black Widow would never wear heels as they could end up getting her killed.) But on this Cheetah statue, with the feline pose and the look of ferocity on her face, the heels just look completely out of place.

I understand where people have preferences - they like the look of one thing versus another. But I never thought of high heels as unrealistic for these types of characters, since they don't exist in the real world. The movies try to make it more realistic but let's be honest. They do things that would get them killed in the real world whether they're in high heels or not.

[greenknight]

The high heel debate aside, I think this is a fantastic statue. I really didn't think they were going to be able to pull off the cheetah pattern and paint job on her like they did the prototype but they did an amazing job! There's really nothing I dislike about this statue.

[NorthernLadMSP]

She was, on occasion, drawn with heels just like the statue has.

[Markhatestoys]

I decided to pull the trigger on this one, just ordered it from Sideshow. Once I started thinking about how all the other Super-Powers females have heels too, Cheetah's heels make a lot more sense. And the statue itself, the portrait, the sculpt, the pose, the paint, is beautiful. Thankfully I prefer the standard head to the exclusive; I love my Priscilla Rich Cheetah.

[generalszabo]

Originally Posted by greenknight

I have to admit, I never understood the argument about comic book females in high heels. These characters regularly fly, bounce bullets off of themselves, run at supersonic speeds and hide their identities from their closest friends with a thin strip of fabric around their eyes. All that is accepted without batting an eye. Put them in high heels, however, and that's just too big a pill to swallow. What am I missing?

Exactly, the arguments that heels are unrealistic/unfeasible make so sense to me, given all the unrealistic and unfeasible things that take place in a comic book