10 Seriously F***ed Up Comic Book Moments We're Never Going To See On The Big Screen
We've seen lots of great comic book moments brought to the big and small screen over the years, but these? They're way too twisted, perverted, and downright sick to ever make it into a live-action adaptation.
Comic books often go to some really weird places, and while the success of adaptations both in theaters and on television has opened the door to studios becoming more willing to stick to the source material, there are some things they simply can't touch. There are a lot of different reasons for that, but what you'll find here is a breakdown of moments we consider to be easily the most f***ed up.
Whether they're too violent, sexually inappropriate, or just really twisted, none of these stand a chance of ever being adapted to live-action. Should they be though? Well, no, not unless the superhero movie genre is going to suddenly take aim not at R-Ratings, but at NC-17s! Some you may be familiar with, but many of these will shock you as you'll never believe just how nuts your favourite comics can get...
10. Green Lantern's 13 Year Old Girlfriend
So far, so good. However, when a heartbroken Arisia used her Green Lantern Corps ring to transform her body into that of a grown woman, Hal's attitude quickly changed. Over the course of just a few pages, he went from rejecting her advances to happily hooking up with Arisia, and he even ended up embarking on a relationship with her (despite the protestations of their fellow Corps members). Bear in mind that Arisia still had the mind of her 13 year old self; it was only her body which looked different now. All in all, this is one seriously screwed up relationship which will never grace the big screen!
9. The Joker Removes A Man's Skin
What did he do that was so bad? Referring to Killer Croc as an animal, recoiling when The Joker kissed him, and letting his eyes linger for a little too long on Harley Quinn's, ahem, assets! Now, doing anything to annoy The Joker is pretty daft, but did any of that warrant being skinned alive? Whatever the answer to that may be, unless Ben Affleck's Batman movie is going the way of Deadpool by taking aim at an R-Rating, don't expect to see this play out there or in Suicide Squad later this year.
8. Twincest
It's a shame then that when the heavy handed Jeph Loeb took over writing duties, he didn't hold back in addressing the fact that these two were hooking up on a regular basis, making sure no one could ever mistake the fact that they didn't just love each other, but were very much IN love too. He then proceeded to have Scarlet Witch killed off and turned Quicksilver into a murderous psychopath, and the whole storyline was a mess. These two have never been more than brother and sister in the regular Marvel Universe and were clearly no more than that in Avengers: Age of Ultron last year too. So, unless Bryan Singer has some really weird plans for the X-Men franchise, expect it to remain that way!
7. Batman Bangs Black Canary After Burning Burglars
After being confronted by Black Canary, the two heroes end up having sex on the rooftop - as said criminals burn in the background - and it's heavily implied that the Dark Knight's endurance in this respect doesn't go beyond more than a few seconds as the Canary goes from being all over Batman to looking at him with disappointment and disgust only seconds later. So, yeah, Miller's Batman basically suits up to overcompensate for being a terrible lover, and none of these plot elements should ever make it into a movie featuring the character!
6. The Invisible Man Gets Raped...To Death
No, you didn't misread that; Hyde actually raped The Invisible Man to DEATH. When he died from his wounds, The Invisible Man's blood started appearing all over Hyde, showing just brutal and vicious an attack it had been. While things thankfully didn't get too graphic, the implied violence is worse in some ways, and this stands out as one of the most brutal and disgusting comic book moments ever. It would take a lot of guts for anyone to adapt this particular moment, that's for sure.
5. Fridged
She was able to come up with a list of more than 90 female character who had suffered similarly violent deaths to further a male character's story arc (in Green Lantern's case, it was that one of his villains - Major Force - had discovered his secret identity), and the term "fridged" is still frequently used today. Needless to say, there's no way Warner Bros. will want to stir up a similar amount of controversy, especially when comic book fans are making it clear that they desperately want to see female led superhero movies and more strong women in these adaptations in general.
4. Crossed Does Some Seriously F***ed Up Sh*t
One poor schmuck in this series figured that salt could hold off the infected (sort of like how it's sometimes used in ghost movies to ward off spirits), and with the infected closing in, he pours a circle of it around himself, his wife, and their daughter. Unfortunately for them, it most definitely doesn't work, and the next two pages are not easy to sit though. The splash page shows both the husband and wife being raped and gutted, while their child is held in the air and hacked to pieces. Meanwhile, the rest of their attackers stand watching laughing hysterically and pleasuring themselves. As f*cked up moments in comics go, this might just be the most traumatising ever. If by some slim chances Crossed were to be adapted for the big screen, there's no way it would escape the dreaded NC-17 rating with a scene like this included, while TV and cable networks would also never go near it.
3. Superman And Supergirl Sitting In A Tree
Superman makes it clear that if it wasn't for the fact it was illegal on Krypton, he'd marry his cousin in a heartbeat and happily start making slow and weird children with her. Despite being rejected by her cousin, Supergirl tracks down an older version of herself in a different reality and Superman is soon hooking up with her because the whole no cousins rule doesn't apply on that Earth apparently. Thankfully, that version of Supergirl couldn't survive on Earth-1, so the "hero" was forced to give up his incest fantasies and go back to pursuing Lois Lane. This really isn't going into Man of Steel 2.
2. The Blob Chows Down On The Wasp
Mark Miller had brought some much needed diversity to The Avengers by making Wasp of Asian descent during his run on The Ultimates, but Loeb didn't hesitate to kill her off, and did so in the most messed up way he could clearly think of. After drowning off panel when a tsunami hit New York City, it was revealed that The Blob had decided to eat what was left of her. Why exactly he decided to eat the corpse of a person is hard to say, but this was a moment thrown in for the shock factor alone. As Marvel Studios make an effort to bring more diversity to their movies, just don't go into Ant-Man and The Wasp expecting a Blob proxy to subject Evangeline Lilly's Hope Van Dyne to the same fate, because this is a scene best forgotten.
1. Norman Osborn Seduces Barely Legal Teen
Them being twins who grew to adulthood in just a few years because of the Goblin serum within them in one of the most moronic and laziest reveals in recent memory, and this whole story soured Gwen's legacy as Spider-Man's first true love and the sight of her and Normal in the throes of passion is one which the majority of comic book fans would most definitely love to forget. Seeing as "Sins Past" has become one of the most hated stories in the character's history, the chances of Marvel Studios tackling this in their upcoming reboot of the franchise have to be somewhere between slim and none.