New additions to “The Acceptable DC Lexicon”


“Well Marvel, I see your ‘douchebag’ and raise you a ‘Goddamn’ (Final Crisis #5) and a ‘Tits’ (Final Crisis: Revelations #4).”

I noticed fairly early on as a child that DC comics always had harsher language than Marvel, particularly in Batman, with its occasional “hell” and “damn.” To a kid, it simultaneously made Batman seem grittier and DC comics seem more forbidden, and thus more awesome. However, had I read the words “Goddamn” and “tits” at that age in a comic I could pick up at the drugstore, I probably would’ve felt compelled to go to Confession.