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To paraphrase Brody from Mallrats: “The Thing, is his dork made from orange rock like the rest of his body?” Comic book nerds care about many things which impact storylines in no way whatsoever, and that includes superhero penises. Though debates over a hero's power levels and morality pertain very much to their plotlines, debates over the best superhero wangs pertain specifically to the curiousities and insecurities of readers. Superhero penises entered the mainstream in the '80s when Alan Moore thrust one of the most bizarre comic book penises on the world in The Watchmen. From then on out fans began to openly pontificate about which of their favorite characters were cock of the walk. Discussions about superhero sex facts, and which heroes would be good in bed have come to dominate online discussions about comic books.



People want answers to the hard questions: is Wolverine circumcised? Does Mr. Fantastic's wang stretch? Is the Thing's penis made of rock? More importantly, how did comic book culture get to a place where characters became idolized for having big muscles and bigger dicks? Though you never realize it, the male superhero body looks just as unrealistic as any woman superhero's, if not more so. What follows is an attempt to make sense of the obsession with superhero wangs.



The Male Gaze Gazes Upon Itself



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Anyone who went to film school knows of the the male gaze, the lens with which a male artist both views and conveys a fictional world. This perspective places women to a passive role, essentially relegating them to sexual end wallpaper. It’s not hard to find the sexualized comic book characters, all you need to do is Google the names Cat Woman, Emma Frost, or Psylocke to see artists creating unrealistic depictions of the female body.



Does this happen with male characters? Absolutely, because the male gaze makes everyone feel inferior. Note the way their costumes hug their nether regions. Let your eyes drift down from your favorite hero’s six (or eight or 12) pack to their lovingly illustrated groin, and you see just how the male gaze creates a comic book world of oversized superhero genitals.



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Alan Moore Puts The Final Word On Superhero Wangs With Doctor Manhattan



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The Watchmen was a groundbreaking comic book, and not only because it took a look at what it means to simply be a superhero. In creating Doctor Manhattan, a character who no longer felt connected to humanity, Dave Gibbons posed the question of why a superhero would even wear clothes. Truly if you’re a superior being then why would you care about people looking at your naked body? The most interesting thing about the design of Doctor Manhattan – specifically his penis – is that he appears with what looks like a kind of normal penis. Many artists would be tempted to draw a hulking mass of a flaccid penis onto this all-powerful character, but Gibbons shows incredibly artistic restraint in the design of Doctor Manhattan. If only some of the other artists detailed here would have taken a page from his book.





Why Do Readers Need Characters To Have Genitals?



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Is it important to comic book fans for their characters to be well endowed, or even endowed at all? Does it make a comic more enjoyable if you know the Punisher packs heat? Despite the perception of comics as a male-centered form of entertainment, male superheroes look just as hyper-sexualized as the women if not more so. Sometimes, the only place lacking any visible swelling is the groin, which looks a little strange when the hero's spandex clings to his abs and a** tighter than a cat clinging to a life raft. Maybe writers think a hero will move faster than a speeding bullet without balls to provide wind resistance. Does Superman need a yellow sun to activate his powers, or a raging hard on?



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This Is All Rob Liefeld’s Fault



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Artist Rob Liefeld takes the blame for the overly bulging body parts that overtook comic book art of the '90s. Although comics obviously portray a world different from the one you live in, Liefeld's proportions come from a completely different dimension. Biceps ripple like basketballs, chests require yardsticks to measure, and the bulges look… bulky. '90s comic book art in general puts an emphasis on big bodies rivaled only by professional bodybuilders and people with next-level body mods. It makes you wonder what the artists from this era saw when they looked at another person, or what they studied to create their art. Every drawing gets drenched in a layer of pornography and unrealistic expectations which cause you to look at yourself and wonder if perhaps you're the one with the "weird body."





What’s Up With Reed Richards’s Dick?



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If anyone knows what Reed Richards’s (Mr. Fantastic if you’re nasty) penis looks like it would be his creator – Stan Lee. When asked in a 2011 interview about whether or not the Thing had a rock penis, Lee answered: “I always thought it was more interesting to think about Reed Richards. As you know, he had the ability to stretch, and sexually, that would seem to be a great asset in many areas.” So there you have it from the man himself, Reed Richards has a great set of junk because it can be everything to everyone.



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Seth Green Explores A Superhero’s Relationship To His Penis



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In Seth Green’s excellent short run comic, The Freshmen, a group of college freshmen receive ironic super powers that play on their personal fears. Ray, who goes by the superhero name Long Dong, is self-conscious about his penis size, an insecurity which gives him a giant indestructible wang. How big is it? That’s pretty much the joke. Green seems to delight in never answering the question, despite showing his goofy bulge every chance he gets. The interesting thing about Long Dong is that he’s never happy with his penis. It’s either too small or it ‘s too big – either way his insecurities keep him from using it.





Does The Hulk Have A Penis?



According to Jason Smith, the visual effects supervisor for The Avengers, no. He revealed his team modeled every part of the Hulk except for his penis.





But what about the Hulk in comics? Does Bruce Banner’s junk grow and shrink with him? Does he turn into The Hulk when he gets erect? Banner’s penis may or may not be alternatively huge and then normal, but you probably don't really want to know anyways.



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Is Wolverine Circumcised?



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The question on everyone’s minds: is Logan circumcised, or would his healing factor just cause the skin to grow back? Being born in the late 19th century means that he probably wouldn’t be circumcised. However, if Logan's parent did decide to circumcise their son, what about his healing factor? It’s well regarded X-Men lore than mutant powers kick in right around puberty, so even if he was circumcised would his healing factor heal a wound from 13 years earlier? This question actually opens up more questions about Wolverine’s healing factor than anyone probably knows how or even wants to answer. What does his healing factor consider to be a wound? Can he have surgery? If he wanted a nose job could he have one, or would his nose fix itself? It’s probably best we stop thinking about Wolverine’s dick.





Did Batman Pay For His Penis?



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Batman, Bruce Wayne, whatever you want to call him, has no time for a love live. He spends his days putting on airs as a billionaire while running Wayne Corp and feeding into the military-industrial complex. By night he patrols the streets like a modern army of one. It doesn’t make sense to have a comic book representation of his penis because he probably keeps it under a Luscious Fox-designed Kevlar cup. So what do artists think of his Dark Knight?



In an issue of Catwoman Wayne and Selena Kyle finally hook up and while you don’t see Bruce Wang you do see his insane body. Wayne boasts abs on top of abs. Front abs, back abs, side ads. He is an ab. But is his penis an ab? Has it been worked out, pilled up and erected like a Roman column? Or does he sport the penis of a mere mortal? Whatever it looks like, judging from Bruce Wayne’s penchant for throwing money and science at any problem in his way he probably bought some kind of super robo penis to uses whenever he needs to get his swerve on.



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The Punisher’s Micropenis



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The Punisher is the walking, talking, id of the Marvel Comics world. The most alpha of alpha males, he makes sure to place a skull on literally everything he owns. It’s safe to say that Frank Castle’s reliance on automatic weapons, grenades, and all things deadly means he either has a micropenis, or, even if his penis is a totally normal penis, he fears it doesn't measure up. Sure, his family's death certainly made him mad, but it’s the non-use of his penis which really triggers his unquenchable thirst for death.





Stan Lee Lays To Rest Fan Worries About The Thing’s Penis



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In the same 2011 interview where he says Reed Richards sports the best penis, Stan Lee also finally answered the question that’s been on comic book nerd minds since Mallrats graced the theaters (and probably since the '60s). When asked if the Thing’s penis was orange rock like the rest of his body he answered: “I guess common sense would say it was made of orange rock too.” Thank goodness readers never had to see what this wretched cudgel of a penis actually looks like.



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Does Superman Have A Superpenis?



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There’s literally nothing positive that anyone can say about Frank Miller’s art. It exists, and that's about it. With that in mind, what’s happening here with Superman’s junk and what does it say about Miller? Is Superman’s penis a horrific cylinder? Does he keep a flashlight in his shorts? Does Frank Miller’s design style provide a view into his thoughts on the perfect wang? If you go off the idea that Superman is the perfect character, then he probably has the the perfect penis, but this Frank Miller cover makes it look like Supes keeps a sack of bicentennial quarters in his shorts. Maybe it’s just a fight boner.





What’s Up With Spider-Man’s Web Shooter?



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Of all the superheroes who wear form-fitting costumes, Spider-Man hides his bulge the best. It’s entirely possible that he tapes down his junk, or uses his web fluid to keep himself in place while swinging around New York City. Keeping anything in place in the kind of high impact world in which Peter Parker lives can’t be easy, but securing himself using web fluid and maybe a cup thing would keep him safe. Or, as every comic artist draws him over the course of the character's history – he has no penis. However he does have a fantastic ass and you can’t take that away from him.



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Why Is Deadpool’s Penis A Gun?



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In pretty much every piece of promotional material for the Deadpool movie, his penis is represented by a gun. The “merc with a mouth” constantly talks about sex in the comics, so are the writers and artists of Deadpool equating violence and sex? Deadpool’s creator, Rob Liefeld (ugh), said on record as that Deadpool’s regenerative quality could definitely bring his junk back to life even after the worst of attacks – clearly, the healing factor questions even incite discussion among comic book writers. But what are the Deadpool creators trying to say about male genitalia? Are the ads for Deadpool a semiotic message stating that sex, and particularly Wade Wilson’s penis, is just another weapon in his tool kit?



What's Up With Swamp Thing's Thing?



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The question as to whether Swamp Thing does in fact have sex gets answered in issue #34 of Alan Moore’s run on Swamp Thing, “Rite of Spring.” In this issue, Mr. Thing doesn’t appear to have a penis; instead he has a fruit which grows from his body that his lover eats. This allows her to experience everything that is Swamp Thing, much deeper than any penetrative sex could ever be. But does he have a penis? Maybe. In the issue “Anatomy Lesson” coroners cut up Swamp Thing after he’s presumed to be dead, and they discover a series of organs inside his body including a set of lungs. Maybe he does have a penis inside of his leafy husk, but as stories show, he doesn't use it.



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Is The Human Torch’s Penis Constantly On Fire?



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Johnny Storm carries himself like an all-around normal guy with a normal penis, except for that whole thing where he’s on fire for approximately 50% of his appearances. This is less a deep dive into the the look of his junk, and more of a practical question about how the science of his penis works in this scenario. Has he started waxing since his body began catching on fire? Can he get rid of unsightly blemishes on his junk by simply burning them off? Does the fire hurt, or is it nice and warm?





Try Not To Think About Groot's Penis



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Maybe all of this intellectualizing comic book penises has gone too far, but there's no turning back now. When it comes to the intergalactic tree man known as Groot and his penis there are so. Many. Questions. Does he have a root for a penis? Once Groot breaks into a million billion pieces saving his the rest of the Guardians, do those twigs grow their own penises? Do all those penises look the same? Are their leaves on those penises? This is one superhero penis that’s truly maddening.



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So What Is The Deal With Every Super Hero's Wang?



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Some super wangs, like Doctor Manhattan's, feel like they were created to comment on the very existence of the penis. Others, like Wolverine's, raise more questions than they answer. Artists project themselves onto their work, and if the male gaze has enough impact on their self-image, it likely influences how they depict the dick. Or, maybe, sometimes a penis is just a penis.

Heading into the highly anticipated Season 4, Netflix's international crime drama Narcos is gearing up for an across-the-board reset, with both a location change and a cast overhaul. Targeting a new set of historically influenced bad guys upping the drug game, Narcos Season 4 is also bringing in new blood for the good guys as well, and CinemaBlend has confirmed The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow vet Matt Letscher is the newest cast member. But who will he play?



Having played various versions of Eobard "Reverse-Flash" Thawne for the past few years, Matt Letscher knows quite a bit about making life a living hell for heroes, but the actor's trip into the past for Narcos Season 4 doesn't require any metahuman time travel. Though an early report claimed that Letscher would be part of a new team of DEA agents and Columbian police offers looking to curb the ever-increasing drug trafficking problems plaguing Mexico, a Narcos rep denied that description's legitimacy. So at this point, we're not quite sure what the actor will be up to, but he doesn't exactly fit the description for traditional higher-ups in Mexican cartels.





Though the first two seasons of Narcos centered on the rise and fall of Wagner Moura's crime lord Pablo Escobar, Season 3 shifted focus to his successors in the Cali cartel through the mid-1990s, with Pablo Pascal's Javier Pena serving as the connective tissue. Season 4, meanwhile, will bring Pascal back to take on the Guadalajara cartel in Mexico City. That means not only a time-jump back to the '70s and '80s, but also the introduction of several other new characters, to be played by Ant-Man's Michael Peña and Rogue One's Diego Luna. Both of those actors' lineages go back to Mexico, so they could clearly fit into any segment of the show's population. But the same can't really be said for Letscher, so our money is on him playing some kind of government figure.



While he might currently be best known for wearing form-fitting costumes as a classic comic book villain, Matt Letscher has been a TV mainstay for over two decades. Having starred in such shows as Good Morning, Miami, Eli Stone and The Carrie Diaries -- not to mention his role as Joe Kennedy in Boardwalk Empire -- Letscher will no doubt keep building his TV career during and beyond his time on Narcos. He's not set to return to the Arrow-verse anytime soon, but we're hoping for some good news on that front in the future.



Currently, all three seasons of Narcos are available to stream on Netflix, though we're pretty sure everyone reading this has already burned through those seasons at least once already. Season 4 is currently filming, and it's expected to debut on the streaming service later in 2018. (Probably in August or September, going off of past seasons.) To see what shows everyone will be able to dig into in the meantime, such as all The CW's returning Arrow-verse series, head to our 2018 Netflix schedule and our midseason premiere schedule.