10 Most Inappropriate Superman Storylines
2. Superman XXX
Writer and artist John Byrne had restructured Superman from the ground up and returned to Action Comics by teaming him with a variety of DC heroes. In issue , Byrne teamed Superman with Big Barda and Mr. Miracle. But the Metropolis Marvel and former Female Fury didn’t exactly trade punches.
Mister Miracle found his biological father Darkseid sitting in his living room on Earth holding a videotape. Scott was shocked to see his wife Barda in a compromising position, and Darkseid told Scott the tape was acquired in Metropolis’ Suicide Slum. A being named Sleez had taken control of Barda and brought a controlled Superman to the office of an adult film director. On the set, Clark tried to push back against Sleez’s mind control but failed until Mr. Miracle broke in through the skylight.
You almost have to give John Byrne some credit for alluding to but not quite saying that he was trying to portray a pornographic movie in a mainstream DC comic. The fact that Darkseid made a personal visit to Suburbia to deliver the news, and that it takes three of the most capable heroes in DC to deal with a creature under 4-foot tall, only adds to the oddity of this issue.