It used to be an unwritten rule that any and all superheroes… and villains in a lot of cases were required to wear capes. Capes have been seen less as comics have become more mainstream, which could have something to do with their proclivity in killing their wearers (see The Incredibles or Watchmen for reference on this phenomenon). Despite their objectionable standing in the 21st-century fashion industry, most modern comic characters only wear them for specific purposes. As we will get into shortly, sometimes, they can be the source of a character’s main powers or only one small aspect of their entire arsenal of tricks. Before the comments explode with what truly defines a cape, we decided to look at characters who wear traditional capes, hooded cloaks, and other similar garments instead of simply focusing on one type of cape. Except for the last entry, these will follow in no particular order. For this list, we scoured the pages of comics and literature as well as several television shows and films to find the greatest capes and cloaks worn throughout fiction to come up with 15 Superheroes & Villains Whose Capes Are Almost As Powerful As They Are.
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