10 Inappropriate Things Marvel And DC Want You To Forget

Sometimes an idea seems really great, then the internet gets wind of it and it's suddenly not looking so good.

This was the case for DC Black Label when they set out to offer stories for more mature readers, away from the regular DC continuity. In either a terrible lack of judgement (or a brilliant marketing move), the first issue under the new brand would shock the world with one single panel.

Aside from a darker tone and uncensored swearing, DC wanted to prove the new, adults only, stories lived up to the hype in the only other way they could. Nudity. Now you have to give them credit for not just pasting their pages with naked ladies and sex scenes, but what we came away with was one of the most scarring and somewhat hilarious images in comic history. Bruce Wayne's shadowy, flaccid penis.

It didn't take long for DC to backtrack after a barrage of memes and criticisms hit the internet faster than you could turn the page. The company quickly censored the digital versions and subsequent prints of the book were altered to put little Bruce back in the Bat-Cave. Despite this, there's no removing that image from your head once you've seen the uncensored panel, and the horror fans felt proved that it's the penis Gotham deserves, but not the one it needs right now.