Superheroes and the psychosexual underbelly.

[spidervenom]

besides Flex Mentallo, and the Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer mini, which comics covers this topic of an alleged superhero-psychosexual subtext?

[FeminineMystique]

Originally Posted by spidervenom

besides Flex Mentallo, and the Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer mini, which comics covers this topic of an alleged superhero-psychosexual subtext?

Well Watchmen brought up the inherent kink in putting on a tight fitting costume and then going out and beating people up.Hangman was explicitly into the rough stuff, and it was implied that Night Owl and Silk Spectre got a little rush after taking down the Knot Top gang members (And who can blame them? )

And then there's the Boys of course, which asked exactly what kind of man would take in "Gifted Youngsters" and dress them up in spandex and leather

[DubipR]

Brat Pack by Rick Veitch

Powers by Bendis and Oeming

[gryhpon]

i think it was touched upon in a marvel series that was written by millar buit i dont remember which.

[FeminineMystique]

Originally Posted by DubipR

Powers by Bendis and Oeming

I loved the "Heroes want redhead" trope being referenced when it turned out ALL of a dead superheroes sex-buddies were redheads. All twenty or so of them!

[tangentman]

Marston's Wonder Woman stories frequently mentioned psychodynamic concepts like the influence of the unconscious mind (Cheetah's origin).

The Sandman played heavily with Jung's theory of archetypes. Blatant one, the Hulk = The Id.

[FeminineMystique]

Originally Posted by tangentman

Marston's Wonder Woman stories frequently mentioned psychodynamic concepts like the influence of the unconscious mind (Cheetah's origin).

The Sandman played heavily with Jung's theory of archetypes. Blatant one, the Hulk = The Id.

Millar just ran with this in Ultimates by making the Hulk there raw Id.

[gryhpon]

i think the series i was talking about may have been millar's marvel knights spiderman, where he had soemone write that people post sex fantasies about venom and others online or something like that. i havent read the issues in years

[FeminineMystique]

Originally Posted by gryhpon

i think the series i was talking about may have been millar's marvel knights spiderman, where he had soemone write that people post sex fantasies about venom and others online or something like that. i havent read the issues in years

O_o okay that's...different. I mean in our universe posting red hot slash about Spiderman and Venom is fine (It IS damn it! ) because their fictional.

But in the Marvel U, wouldn't that be the equivalent of posting a hentai fic about Ted Bundy?

Then again I'm sure those probably exist on some dark corner of the internet. I've learned never to underestimate how screwed up people can be!

[gryhpon]

Originally Posted by FeminineMystique

O_o okay that's...different. I mean in our universe posting red hot slash about Spiderman and Venom is fine (It IS damn it! ) because their fictional.

But in the Marvel U, wouldn't that be the equivalent of posting a hentai fic about Ted Bundy?

Then again I'm sure those probably exist on some dark corner of the internet. I've learned never to underestimate how screwed up people can be!

well millar is a shock writer

[JKCarrier]

Originally Posted by gryhpon

i think the series i was talking about may have been millar's marvel knights spiderman, where he had soemone write that people post sex fantasies about venom and others online or something like that. i havent read the issues in years

There's a THING miniseries by Evan Dorkin and Dean Haspiel called "Night Falls On Yancy Street" that gets into similar territory. Ben Grimm starts dating a girl, and eventually finds out that she has a particular fetish for "monster" types. And then her ex shows up...

[FeminineMystique]

Originally Posted by JKCarrier

There's a THING miniseries by Evan Dorkin and Dean Haspiel called "Night Falls On Yancy Street" that gets into similar territory. Ben Grimm starts dating a girl, and eventually finds out that she has a particular fetish for "monster" types. And then her ex shows up...

It's not Fin Fang Foom is it?