The answer: way more functional for fighting crime.
Not-wearing-a-skirt-for-no-reason Supergirl.
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Powergirl in a costume that isn't 90% cleavage.
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Wonder Woman in a kind of ugly, but way more functional battle suit.
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Elektra looking like an actual assassin.
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