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Superman Artist Turned to Erotica

S&M characters look like Lois Lane and Superman

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Apr 13, 2009 6:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – Mild-mannered Clark Kent, holding a red-hot poker and spanking Lois Lane? Not exactly, but an artist who helped create Superman in 1938 later drew sadomasochistic comics with characters resembling the famous pair, USA Today reports. The bawdy panels, which once sold at drugstores in the... Read full story »

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