In a superhero media landscape almost entirely devoid of sex, 1992’s Batman Returns brought a level of kink to the adventures of the Caped Crusader never before seen in the DC comics or previous movie and TV iterations. Tim Burton’s second on-screen adaptation of Batman propelled Michael Keaton to sex symbol status alongside Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman, and while Batman & Robin might have the infamous bat-nipple montage, Burton’s gothic horniness could make Joel Schumacher blush.
