10 Most Inappropriate Supergirl Storylines

2. The Super-Cousins Got A Bit Too Close For Comfort Sometimes

Supergirl and the Red Lanterns
DC Comics

Being a civilization located countless lightyears away, Krypton was bound to have customs that humans would have found completely alien to them as far as appropriateness and practicality were concerned.

Fortunately, incest is something Earth and the dead alien planet both considered taboo, but this has not stopped DC's writers to bring together their most famous cousin pairing over the years. One Silver Age story saw Kara trying to hook up Clark with various women since his relationship with Lois was going nowhere.

After those efforts failed, Kal told his younger cousin that he would have wanted to be with her if it were not for "Kryptonian incest laws". This meant that Superman was essentially pining for his underage relative and was only stopped by a dead planet's rules rather than his own moral standards.

To add to the ick factor of this one-off tale, Superman settles for a woman who is, for all intents and purposes, an older version of Kara.

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