Umbrella Academy: 10 Obscure Comic Books Netflix Should Adapt Next

9. Sex

The Wicked And The Divine
Image Comics

If there is one thing that Netflix's content is adept at handling with style and taste, it's graphic content.

That's perhaps not quite the endorsement they'd like, but it's worth appreciating how the streaming titan can turn shows that would be easy to market as mindlessly violent or titillating shlock into shows and movies that take far more risks than they have any right to. Enter the small-time comic book Sex, which has material that more than meets that description.

A truly unique comic book that drips style from every page, Joe Casey's Sex is a cynical reflection on the Billionaire-by-day, superhero-by-night trope that serves as the cornerstone for some of the most beloved superheroes out there.

A comic that blends themes of retirement, class inequities, and graphic acts of... well, sex, Sex is a comic crying out for an adaptation for the small screen; if for no reason other than to hold up a very unflattering mirror to the world of comic books in a time where something as graphic and as thought-provoking as Sex is needed more than ever.

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