10 Most Disturbing Comics Relationships

10. Talia Al Ghul And Batman

Being the child of parents who have had a nasty break up is never going to be a pleasant experience. When your father is a superhero, and your mother is a villainous terrorist who is willing to use you as a pawn to get back at him, however, the whole thing gets even worse than it would be already - which makes Damian Wayne's life really, really rough.

Forgetting that Talia actively hid Damian's existence from the Dark Knight for thirteen years - which is a pretty awful move regardless - the fact that so many comics involve her using their son as either leverage or an outright hostage against Batman is a solid reminder of just how callous Talia is to the man she is supposedly still in love with.

Talia wasn't worlds better when the pair were actively together either, as her insistence that Bruce join her father's evil organisation involved her both totally ignoring what the hero stands for, and also what he would want.

On the plus side, Damian ended up turning out pretty well, so there's at least a silver lining to be gleaned there.