Wasp gets eaten by Blob while he makes a really messed up ‘joke’. This includes murder and months of sexual violence. The Purple Man uses his power of mind control to make her do things against her will. As a matter of fact, sexual abuse is an important part of Jessica Jones’ origin story. Jessica Jones is quite a depressing comic book with undertones of sexual violence and abuse. The Purple Man sexually abuses Jessica Jones as he control’s her mind. If that wasn’t messed up enough, Commissioner Gordon was stripped naked and pictures of a naked Barbara were shown to him solely to drive him crazy. In Alan Moore’s The Killing Joke, there is an implied rape scene of Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl by the Joker. The clown prince of crime in DC is infamous for his eccentric behaviour. The implied rape of Barbara Gordon by the Joker and the whole amusement park sequence with a very naked Commissioner Gordon will surely haunt your dreams. Here are a few disturbing instances from comics that will keep you awake at night. However, artists have been pushing the envelope of what we might deem acceptable in comic books. While Marvel has been relying on soft humour to engage the audience, DC has gone for a more realistic approach for their superheroes.Ĭomic book movies have a reputation of being kid-friendly with most movies getting a PG-13 rating. They’re everywhere – movies, pop-culture, television or the Internet. The first official riders in New York Citys first subway, 1904.We live in an era of comic books. Abraham Lincoln and General George McClellan in the general’s tent near Antietam battlefield October 3, 1862. Jewish refugees, approaching allied soldiers, become aware that they have just been liberated, April, 1945. German flying ace, The Red Baron and his dog, 1916. The Kennedy trio in the mid 30s as teenagers John, Bobby and Teddy. “The Long Walk” British Army EOD Tech approaches a suspect device. A vac sealed sachet of one of the astronauts children during Apollo 11. Prohibition- Alcohol barrels to be burned, 1924. JFK and LBJ during the Cuban Missle Crisis, 1962. A Japanese family returning home from a relocation center camp in Hunt, Idaho on May 10, 1945. Pyramid of captured German helmets, New York, 1918. Joseph and magda Goebbels on their wedding day. Powder Monkey on the USS New Hampshire, 1864. The headquarters of Benito Mussolini and the Italian Fascist party in Italy, 1934. Mark Twain inside the laboratory of Nikola Tesla, 1894. Soviet soldiers take a break to watch an acrobatic show on the march towards Berlin 1945. Hitler looking at the Gustav Railway gun, 1942. 9 Kings in Windsor Castle, May 20th, 1910. Louis Armstrong plays for his wife in front of the Sphinx by the pyramids in Giza, 1961. Martin Luther King Jr removing a burned cross from his front yard with his son at his side. Ruby Bridges, the first african-american to attend a white elementary school in the South (November 14th, 1960). Douglas MacArthur signs formal surrender of Japan, 1945. She drew a picture of “home” on the blackboard, Poland, 1948. Tereska, a child in a residence for disturbed children, grew up in a concentration camp. Los Angeles, 1926 – Alerted by the smell of a broken bottle of liquor, Federal Agents inspect a “lumber truck”. We are now proud to present to you 30 more awe-inspiring pictures that capture significant moments in history – many of which you may have never seen before. After taking in all the positive comments we were inspired to take you back in time once again. What we didn’t expect, is that it became one of the most viral stories on the web for 2014. When we posted our 40 Must-See Photos From The Past story, we knew many of the photos would shock and amaze a lot of people.
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