Victoria Cosplay and Mexico's Batwoman
Victoria Cosplay
Victoria Cosplay |
In this episode of
spandex and monster, we return to the cosplay aspect and celebrate superheroine cosplay with well known Victoria Cosplay.
Here are a few of her recent efforts with cosplay.
Here are a few of her recent efforts with cosplay.
fantasy and comic book heroine cosplay outfits from recent photo shoots |
Steampunk Alice in Wonderland |
Snow White cosplay photo shoot, photo by Piera |
oddly enough, predicting the Disney/Star Wars merger from a recent NY comicon |
Muchas gracias Victoria!
La Mujer Murcielago
or 'The batwoman' from Mexico
In
Mexico, the Luchador or masked wrestlers have a popular place in Mexician
culture, and the line
between
wrestling and superheroes gets blurry.
The most popular one is the immortal El Santo who
starred
in a series of quick exploitation films who would fight secret agents,
vampires, undead, and
space creatures with wrestling moves honed inside the ring. His silver mask and cape definitely has the feel of a superhero.
space creatures with wrestling moves honed inside the ring. His silver mask and cape definitely has the feel of a superhero.
In the wild world of Mexician cinema, comic book characters blur in the action, in this clip, El Santo and Captain America fight the evil spidermen...and no I'm not making it up...here is a clip from this film.
His
success would spawn imitators, most notable is
1968 film, La Mujer Murcielago or 'The batwoman'...a female superheroine
luchador who has a nemesis called
Dr. Williams who was kidnapping wrestlers to use their brains to create evil
fish men.
The batwoman's film has all the markings of a superheroine/wrestling/monster movie hybrid.
The batwoman's film has all the markings of a superheroine/wrestling/monster movie hybrid.
Batwoman in action |
Fighting the evil Dr. Williams |
It
is notable that her cape and cowl are a direct copy of the Adam West batman show
which at the time was a huge hit on American television. Hopefully like that Batman, La Mujer Murcielago can find a new cinema home in the future.
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