Iceman's New Costume Includes a Tribute to His Bizarre Original Form
The X-Men member's turbulent love life and new outfit are both on display in his recent infinity comic miniseries, Marvel's Voices: Iceman by Luciano Vecchio, VC's Joe Sabino, and Sarah Brunstad. The new costume is comprised of a white catsuit embellished with icy blue streaks and X-Men logos, paired with matching boots and wristbands. Bobby is also sports facial hair, which adds a scruffy dusting of frost to his ice form.
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After completing his four-issue mini on Iceman, writer and artist Luciano Vecchio sat down with AIPT for an interview. In it, Vecchio has the opportunity to address all the various influences and references that he infused in Bobby's stylish new costume. Surprisingly, Vecchio credited Bobby's original Iceman design as the foundation for his 2022 revamp. While a student at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Bobby's first X-Men outfit visually makes him the odd man out. Since he hasn't had much training yet, his original ice form is just a faceless snowman. Conceptually it's pretty creepy, but it's definitely undercut by pairing that look with just boots. Is it avant-garde? Sure, but is it fashion? Decidedly not.
I wanted to encapsulate iconic elements from across his history, and I admit I’m not a fan of making him spiky, so I focused on what else defines him visually: I started with the basic silhouette with boots to anchor to his first appearance. The full bodysuits of the young Iceman in All-New X-Men are some of my favorites he’s worn, so I wanted that costume format, but keeping it full white so the visual doesn’t change too much when being frosted up or not. The “X”s around the ankles come from the All-New X-Men costume too,
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