13 Inappropriate Moments That Prove Comics Are Made By Total Perverts

6. Batman Vs Superman

If you go to the murkier recesses of the internet, you're likely to very quickly come across some slash fiction relating to your favourite comic book characters. Literally all comic book characters, from superheroes to butlers to arch-nemeses have their own dedicated harem of writers, churning out some frankly mind-boggling erotica, pitting the likes of Wolverine and Sabre-Tooth, or Professor X and Magneto "against" one another in a whole new way. Naturally, one of the most vibrant sub-cultures within the slash fiction world is that which is devoted to Batman and Superman. Batman himself features strongly with other characters - naturally Batman Vs Robin is one of the more widely filed sections - but the writers seem to outdo themselves whenever they bring the Dark Knight and the Man Of Steel together. Perhaps it's the clash of dripping masculinity, or the opportunity to potentially emasculate one of the strongest, least penetrable characters in the comic book world - either way, it's big business. And sometimes you barely even need to leave the comic book world to see the pair making eyes at one another, as suggested by this rather clumsy metaphor, which gives far more insight into the relationship between the two than the writer probably intended...

The love between the two wasn't always reciprocated however, as one comic famously painted Superman as a jilted teenage girl attempting to get some attention from the object of her affection...