1.   All three follow brooding comic book heroes who wear highly accessorized black costumes as they seek to avenge the brutal murders of their loved ones.

2.   Although it initially attracted attention because of its unruffled composure, it ultimately proved as drab as the simple black costumes Elizabeth Kurtzman designed for the dancers.

3.   Boxes of Toasti Toes and Hot-Hands, footwarmers and handwarmers, stood near clothing racks of black costumes printed with suns, stars and moons.

4.   He made his entrance still dressed in his inky black Hamlet costume, and rushed up to the stage and kissed the feet of the director and the actors.

5.   He wore a simple black costume Thursday, with a yellow band around the collar.

6.   Long pieces of material vaguely resembling flippers or fins dangle from the shiny black costumes designed by Paul Compitus.

7.   The black costumes by William Ivey Long are functional in the best sense.

8.   The variety of black costumes by Liz Prince are remote from streetwear and all the better for darting into the wings.

9.   Then she faced front, shedding her black costume and revealing a white one beneath it.