Top 5: Comic Book Boots

Without quality footwear, your work is going to suffer.

5. Thor

4. Flash

3. Darkseid

2. Captain America

1. Wolverine

Comments

  1. RaceMcCloud RaceMcCloud says:

    Great article, Josh!

  2. RaceMcCloud RaceMcCloud says:

    Also, I have a pair of those Thor boots.  And I totally pull them off.

  3. RaceMcCloud RaceMcCloud says:

    Pun intended.  (See: above comment.)

  4. Art1318 Art1318 says:

    I know these pictures are supposed to show of the boots, but they look more like crotch shots. I’m just saying.

  5. This made me laugh aloud. Nice job.

  6. stuclach stuclach says:

    But were they made for walkin’?

  7. Flounder Flounder says:

    Funny article.  Look at those Wolverine boots!  How does he drive a car?  I would have put Cap #1, but that’s just me.    When I make my character on DCUO, he will have Cap’s boots if at all possible.

  8. Jeff Reid JeffR (@JeffRReid) says:

    Those aren’t the Flash’s original boots! I swear he’s gone through at least 3 re-boots in the last few decades.

    I immediately apologize for that pun. 

  9. Josh Flanagan josh (@jaflanagan) says:

    We didn’t put puns in the terms of service, but we should have.

  10. stuclach stuclach says:

    Please don’t give @JeffR the boot!  That was a beautiful pun.

  11. Art Art says:

    Superpartiot has boots which the treads say Boot to the Head. I want those in real life.

  12. WeaklyRoll WeaklyRoll says:

    How oftern would all of the Flashes have to replace their boots? and with all that running, how bad would they smell, and subsequently, how bad would Barry’s ring smell of feet?

  13. NJBaritone NJBaritone says:

    I think Dick Grayson’s Robin Pixie Boots should get an honorable mention.

  14. intergy intergy says:

    It looks as if we got the Top 5 Crotch Shots to boot!

  15. JesTr JesTr says:

    What no Nightcrawler booties?

    @Flounder: Forget driving how does he walk/run in those?

  16. siraim siraim says:

    I breezed through this article while thinking, "Wow.. Molly is getting terse." Then I realized Josh "wrote" an article about boots. I’m going back to bed.

  17. jonloveless jonloveless says:

    What? No Superman Boots? The Most Iconic Boot of all time?  WTF?!? ;) Good article, but seriously,.. Superman Boots! http://motivationalsmartass.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/superman.jpg

  18. Josh Flanagan josh (@jaflanagan) says:

    Superman boots bore me. Take that!

  19. Paul Montgomery PaulMontgomery (@fuzzytypewriter) says:

    Congratulations for unearthing the remains of FAILosaurus Rex, Josh. Gotta go with Captain Cold’s snow boots and Zatanna’s legs-all-the-way-down-to-the-floor thigh-highs. 

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  21. MagnetGirl MagnetGirl says:
  22. kirkjt kirkjt says:

    What about females?  Wonder Woman?  Batgirl?

     Zatanna!?!?

  23. Webhead Webhead says:

    When I think of boots, I think of Batman’s boots as done by Jim Lee

    http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a288/Gugenheimer/Batman2.jpg

  24. ohcaroline ohcaroline says:

    Carol Danvers.

    Kate Kane (post-redesign).

     

    Danny Rand.

     

    Any boots drawn by Dave Cockrum.

  25. Strange, I don’t see Guy Gardner’s moon-boots anywhere in there…..

  26. ctrosejr ctrosejr says:

    I know it’s a little off the beaten path, but I was hoping for He-Man’s bushy-top boots: http://lb.vg/N5t0T

  27. The Flash wearing boots always perplexed me. If he is so fast that Boots do not hinder his speed, then why not sandels? A cheap pair like for 5 bucks.

  28. Look at the size of those boots for Wolverine! Were they used as a weapon too?

  29. Andrew Andrew says:

    No Jesse Custer Boots?

    When I saw the title of the list, my first thought was "Captain America!"

  30. Phillies64 Phillies64 says:

    Das boot!

  31. BetaRayRyan BetaRayRyan says:

    Come on now…where’s Kang?

  32. LostArtist LostArtist says:

    +1 for Danny Rand IRON FIST booties  

  33. Josh Flanagan josh (@jaflanagan) says:

    Kang does have good boots.

  34. I love boots

  35. sakuuya sakuuya says:

    @peterbonavita: I know! Those were some beautiful, ridiculous boots. It’s a shame he got rid of them.

  36. MisterShaw MisterShaw says:

    (Dick) Robin didn’t wear boots, he wore slippers.

    I’ve never liked Cap’s boots. It’s the foldover bit. Ridiculous.

    Darksied’s boots are awesome. So are Gambit’s. Both because they look like they were stolen from KISS’s dressing room.

  37. Jesse1125 Jesse1125 says:
  38. powerdad powerdad says:

    @Jesse1125, Yes, I was thinking of Colossus as well.

  39. powerdad powerdad says:

    Also Terrax’s boots came to mind. 

    http://www.silver-surfer.us/Character_Bios/terrax.gif

  40. Gramercy Gramercy says:

    dudes need to up their game to some visvims, lanvins

    OR the martin margiela speed bike sneakers!

     pic: http://theshoebuff.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/martin_margiela_sneaker_5-570×758.jpg 

  41. JohnNevets says:

    I got agree with those above that this is a very incomplete list if it has none of the wounderful (and often quite fetching) female boot bearers in comics.

  42. Bryce31 Bryce31 says:

    I would have never thought this would have been an article. It is pretty great though.

  43. 0and18 0and18 says:

    What?  No Hawkeye?

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