: wearing a cape
… had degenerated into one dreary cartoon after another about some caped superhero with a square jaw and no visible sense of humor.—
David Handler
—used especially in referring to the fictional superhero Batman as "the Caped Crusader"David HandlerBatman … developed from the stygian vigilante of the thirties into the campy Caped Crusader of the sixties, only to end up a neurotic avenger in the eighties.—Wigwag
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In theaters now, the film is set a few years into Superman’s caped career.
—Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
The acidity of Siegel’s original title has rarely made it into the comics, movies, or other properties starring the caped iteration.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025
No need to hem and haw about the realism of Superman’s caped Labrador retriever.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 11 July 2025
The September 2023 trip included a decadent state dinner at Versailles in Paris, where the Queen glowed in a caped Dior couture gown and sapphire jewelry from the King George VI Sapphire Suite.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 8 July 2025
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Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2025
The acidity of Siegel’s original title has rarely made it into the comics, movies, or other properties starring the caped iteration.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 11 July 2025
No need to hem and haw about the realism of Superman’s caped Labrador retriever.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 11 July 2025
The September 2023 trip included a decadent state dinner at Versailles in Paris, where the Queen glowed in a caped Dior couture gown and sapphire jewelry from the King George VI Sapphire Suite.
—Stephanie Petit, People.com, 8 July 2025
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“Caped.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/caped. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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