Sex Lives of Superheroes: Wolverine's Immortal Sperm, Superman's Porn Career, the Thing's Thing, and Other Super-Sexual Matters Explained

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Is sex with The Hulk technically a threesome Does The Flash do everything faster Has Wonder Woman really never faked an orgasm

Explore these questions and more with this collection of speculative, comedic essays on how superpowers might affect the sex lives of famous superheroes. Based on genuine scientific research and both Marvel and DC comic book and movie canon (and more!), Sex Lives of Superheroes is a refreshingly frank and fun deep dive into the pros, cons, and plot twists of superpowered sex.

Drawing from biology, physics, psychology, and more to play out (wild, fictional) scenarios about superheroes' sex lives, this in-depth analysis will definitively answer your burning questions, including:

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Super-sex Super-duper awesome! Dangerous and daring! Pushes the envelope and all the buttons! I was riveted throughout!
Rob Liefeld, creator of Deadpool

An exhaustive, meticulously researched treatise on a truly ridiculous subject. You'll learn something new and interesting on every page, regardless of whether or not you want to know it.
Jason Pargin, New York Times bestselling author ofJohn Dies at the End

It has been 55 years since the great Larry Niven let us all know that not only were we not the only people who were wondering about superhero sex lives, but that you could discuss it in a (somewhat) serious fashion . . . Diana McCallum is proving Nivens point for him by giving us serious answers to all of our superhero sex questions (even the ones we didn't know we had), while also embracing some of the bizarre attempts that comics have made over the years to incorporate sex into superhero stories.
Brian Cronin, senior writer at Comic Book Resources

Sex Lives of Superheroes is both funny and impressively scientific, diving into questions that would make even Superman blush . . . Far from being a one-off joke, McCallum has written the definitive look at what happens to comic book icons when theyre between the sheets.
Daniel Dockery, author ofMonster Kids and senior writer at Crunchyroll

If youve ever wondered why the Hulk gets lucky way more than Bruce Banner, how The Thing gets it on without a thing, or whether Reed Richards should take advantage of his penis-stretching abilities, this is the book for you . . . I confess that some of these questions have never crossed my mind, yet I was drawn into the creative conjectures and then thoroughly satisfied by the meticulous research that went into finding some actual answers.
Lynn S. Zubernis, professor at West Chester University, clinical psychologist, and editor ofSupes Aint Always Heroes

Author Bio

Diana McCallum is a writer and podcaster. She is the co-creator of the webcomic Texts From Superheroes and host of the Talk From Superheroes podcast, for which she has been nominated for 10 Canadian Podcast Awards, including Best Podcast Host in Canada. Her superhero musings have appeared on Cracked.com, in the Dark Horse anthology The Secret Loves of Geek Girls and its sequel, The Secret Loves of Geeks.