There’s a Demon’s Head joke waiting to happen there, that’s for sure.

I don’t think it’s that the images are more or less suggestive than each other per se (we can read all sorts of things into Ra’s’ intentions, while the girls are just standing there), more that the women are far more physically distorted for purposes of titillation. Bats and Ra’s are reasonably well proportioned, while Harley Quinn’s arse/waste ratio is ridiculous.

Have to say the first image, despite being drawn by Neal Adams, is the sexier of the two…

Does anyone else get this feeling that, by geek standards, the Batman pictured above would be considered “naked?” That’s the only way it could be considered as sexual as the other image.

I think what’s sexy about the first cover is that Ra(?) went to the trouble to strip Batman…for some reason. Y’know? Nudge nudge wink wink. Batman also looks more like he’s orgasming than dying, but that might just be my imagination running amok (again).

For the second, I’d have to agree with Brian:

3. … The bottom one looks like someone’s trying to seduce me with my kid cousin’s Barbie dolls.

That made me laugh and it’s true! And, aside from Ivy’s (?) cantaloupe tits, those girls are fully clothed with spray-on spandex or whatever it is.

So, I’ve thought about this, and now I think I’ll take a shower. Thanks, D, you know I’d never think about these things without you.

Well, when they actually draw Ra’s and Batman’s packages suggestively, THEN I’ll consider the arguement.

HCE is correct. Batman has tights on from the waste down on that cover. Even though Ras appears to be holding Batman’s entire costume minus the mask.

You know, weirdly, I overheard a conversation about that Batman cover at a convention a few weeks ago. Adams HAD originally drawn Batman naked on the cover (which accounts for the crotch shading) and it was changed in editing. Appearently this was one of Adam’s first issues of Batman and there was some communication mix-up on how the cover was supposed to look.

This is all overheard conversation, so take it with a grain of salt.

The larger point stands, of course. That’s some freaky unreal cheesecake-anatomy going on with Harley. But does Ivy even wear a costume anymore? I was under the impression that she wasn’t at all human anymore, but admittedly that might be from the last season of JLU.

Personally, I always like the “Emma Peel” Catwoman costume best, so I’m inclined to give that portion of the image a pass, even if all the girls seem to be playing a game of twister on top of the batsignal.

That was actually one of Adams’ last issues of Batman, not his first.