15 Most Inappropriate Batman Comics Storylines Of All Time

15. The Surprisingly Dark Batman Adventures

Before the Christopher Nolan films came along and wiped the floor with the competition, Batman: The Animated Series was widely regarded to be the definitive take on the Dark Knight. Bruce Timm's stylised character designs were iconic, the music was epic, and Kevin Conroy's is the voice you always read Batman's speech bubbles in.

It was also kid-friendly because, much as grown-ups like to obscene amounts of money on merchandise related to them, that's who cartoons are for. With the exception of South Park. 

Batman: The Animated Series got dark at times, but kept it PG-rated. Apparently the people who wrote the spin-off comic Batman Adventures didn't get that memo.

In fact, the comic based on Batman: The Animated Series has some of the most and intense Batman stories this side of The Killing Joke, peaking with a story where The Joker beats Commissioner Gordon to a bloody pulp with a baseball bat on live TV, looking absolutely terrifying when he's sweaty and giggling after. Kids love that sort of thing, right?