15 MCU Cosplays Your Mom Would Not Approve Of.
Cosplay is a world where the only limits are imagination.
On film, for example, Marvel's sexy Black Cat is hard to cast in a family-oriented superhero
story, and there are hard practical limits on how many movies you can make about so many
different characters from the Marvel Comics archives.
Cosplay characters, on the other hand, can range right from G-rated to NSFW.
They can bring to life comic book faves that don't get their fair share of screen time
in the movies.
And they can pose alternate versions of familiar characters that you've never even thought
of.
A great cosplayer starts as an ever-greater fan of Marvel Comics and other sources of
inspiration.
From devoted amateurs to professional costumers and make-up artists who work in film and TV,
our list of Marvel cosplay excellence features a wide range of cosplayers.
They include convention circuit faves along with up-and-comers, all of whom have combined
their fandom with their art.
Do movie makers ever get any ideas from cosplayer talents?
We think they should, and when you see the kind of creativity these cosplayers display
when portraying their favorite Marvel characters, we think you'll agree.
8.
GillyKins as Invisible Woman.
Cosplayer GillyKins fills out the stretchy blue uniform of Susan Storm Richards, the
Invisible Woman of the Fantastic Four, really nicely.
GillyKins describes herself as a "Costuming, Gaming, Comic Book Readings, Cooking and Caffeinated
nerd from Toronto" who's been a nerd since birth.
Her addiction began with Batman, she claims, but that hasn't prevented her from taking
on a variety of roles, including the Marvel superhero team member.
In interviews, she's said that comics are her main inspiration and really considers
the characters she takes on cosplaying.
GillyKins has won awards for her costume-making and is ranked as a Master Costumer.
9.
Nadkya Sonika As Cyclops.
Nadkya Sonika has an impressive resume beyond her obvious cosplay expertise.
She's a fitness model, industrial designer, host of a TV show called GamerTag, and more
in her native Mexico.
She's also a social-media star, with more than 310k followers on Facebook alone.
She makes her own costumes from scratch and is a fixture on the convention circuit.
You can find her streaming on Twitch TV and working as a Community Manager for Spanish-speaking
fans of CD PROJEKT RED.
You can put Nadya into a male character's costume, but we don't think she looks like
a guy at all in her Cyclops cosplay.
Nadya calls herself an "addicted cosplay maniac," but we're not advising any treatment.
10.
Alodia Gosiengfiao As Black Widow.
Alodia Gosiengfiao is a bona fide celebrity in her native Philippines, where she's a
cosplayer, actress, model, and singer.
She's appeared in TV and films and has a following of 6 million on Facebook and over
660k on Instagram.
She began cosplaying in 2003 at the age of 15 and hasn't looked back since, with a
repertoire that now includes more than 40 characters from anime, movies, and video games.
She's been voted into the 100 Sexiest Women list by FHM Philippines several years in a
row.
We'll just add that she looks fantastic in the slick, skin-tight Black Widow gear,
her attitude matching the badass latex vibe.
11.
Lexi Farron Strife As Mystique.
There are a few logistical problems with cosplaying Mystique.
If you're just doing a photoshoot or staying indoors, body paint is the way to go for authenticity.
If you're out in the public eye, certain additions to the costume may be necessary.
Lexi Farron Strife is a French cosplayer and model who's been a cosplayer since attending
her first Japan Expo back in 2004.
Her name is a reference to her favorite Final Fantasy character — Cloud Strife — but
she dabbles in characters of all kinds from the worlds of anime and comics.
She credits her super-cool dad with helping her make her costumes, especially the armor.
We're guessing Dad didn't have much to do with her sexy and minimalist take on the
shape-shifting X-Men character, though.
12.
Jessica Nigri As Black Cat.
Black Cat or Felicia Hardy has had a love/hate relationship with Spider-Man over the years
in the comic book world.
They've been allies, enemies, and even lovers.
Through it all, her sexy costumes were naturally a fan favorite, although not without controversy,
on occasion.
Jessica Nigri's version of the Spidey's former girlfriend ramps up the already sexy
quotient of the reformed burglar's costume to white hot.
Jessica Nigri is often called the Queen of Cosplay, and it's photo shoots like this
that have garnered all the attention – and rightfully so.
From the hair and makeup to the background, this pic is sizzling.
We're still waiting to see whether Felicia Hardy will appear in any future Spider-Man
or even Sony Spider-Verse movies, but in the meantime, we can enjoy the efforts of cosplayers
like Jessica.
13.
Miracole As Psylocke.
As a character, Psylocke has had bit parts in X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006, and 2016's
X-Men: Apocalypse, but not the treatment this kick-ass character really warrants.
In the comic book world, she's been around since 1976.
Psylocke has telepathic powers in the body of a female Japanese ninja, combining that
martial-arts expertise and supernatural insight in a sexy costume with that shiny purple hair.
Self-described "model, professional Film/TV Costumer, makeup artist and uber nerd" Miracole
Burns lives and works out of Atlanta, Georgia.
She's done makeup for TV, including AMC's The Walking Dead and movies like X-Men First
Class and Fast Five, and her professionalism certainly shows in her cosplay, too.
We love her dynamic take on the powerful X-Men character.
14.
Hekady Borafluch as Elektra.
Spanish cosplayer Hekady Borafluch describes herself as a geek and gamer, and says she
began cosplaying in 2009 as what she thought of as a side project.
Lucky for us, it's come to take up more and more of her time.
She calls herself a "small, sweet person," but we think her cosplay of assassin Elektra
is sexy with a believably dangerous edge.
After all, those blades of hers don't have to be large to cut, just very sharp.
Elektra is a favorite among Marvel comic book fans, but on screen, we'd have to say that
she hasn't yet had her due.
French actress Élodie Yung (who, we note, is also slight of build) gives her a credible
version on the Netflix series Daredevil, but her story is worthy of its own treatment,
we feel — especially if she looks anything like Hekady's cosplay.
15.
Crystal Graziano As Ms. Marvel.
Crystal Graziano got started in cosplay after seeing Final Fantasy VII cosplayers at SDCC
a few years ago.
It inspired her to try, and she's been rocking the cosplay world ever since with her hot
and highly detailed versions of her own fave characters from the worlds of anime, manga,
gaming, comics, and movies.
In the comics, Ms. Marvel is a role that's been taken by a number of characters, including
Carol Danvers and, most recently, Kamala Khan.
Crystal adds a new twist — Moonstone, the anti-heroine who's also sometimes a supervillain.
Moonstone takes on the Ms. Marvel persona as one of Norman Osborn's Dark Avengers
in the Dark Reign series (2008-09).
On social media, Crystal posted that she loved the idea of cosplaying a villain who was essentially
cosplaying a hero!
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