13 Inappropriate Moments That Prove Comics Are Made By Total Perverts

10. No Animals Were Harmed In The Making Of This Comic Book...

...But quite a few were molested, apparently. Animals have had a bad run in some comic books - Batman's dog Ace The Bat-Hound was dumped in the revolutionising move away from silly, superfluous characters, and there haven't been too many memorable animal characters who haven't been mere narrative devices or distractions. Unless we're talking about Wolverine, Beast and Sabre-Tooth, of course. And it seems there has been an even darker side to the history of animals in comic books. A worryingly sexual side, in fact. You don't really have to look too hard to find multiple examples of animals being involved in activities that clearly aren't appropriate for them. From goats being coerced into seducing a tied up Batman - though to be fair, the animal looks more than willing, and the Joker is hardly holding a gun to its head...
That is definitely a smile on that goat's face...

Batman Goat Gif

To clearly terrified bulls being invited to do terrible things to a man's backside...
Could there be a more loaded use of the phrase "The End?!" And then of course there are the times when obviously sex-crazed animals attack comic book characters, including Superman himself, whether urged on by a small boy lathered in pheremones, or simply by a handsome man in a flannel shirt...
That's not anger in that bear's eyes. Sometimes, it's possible to read too much into harmless instructions, but in the wider context of animal love in the comics world, it's impossible not to be suspicious...
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