Batman's exposed manhood in latest DC comic sends internet into a tizzy

Googling 'Batman + Dick' used to bring up pictures of young Master Grayson, AKA Robin.

But that all changed this week when DC exposed the Dark Knight's penis for the first time in a new comic.

Batman: Damned #1, the first in the publisher's adult-aimed Black Label, is a new graphic novel set in a world where the Joker has died and Bruce Wayne, suffering from memory loss, is unsure whether he was the one who killed him.

On the offending page, the caped crusader strips completely naked to check for telling knife wounds, flashing his pert posterior in one panel, the Daily Mail reports.

Bruce Wang: Batman's exposed penis in the latest DC comic sent internet into a tizzy this week. Photo / DC

In the next two panels, his shadowy-but-unmistakable — and apparently circumcised — penis is visible.

Naturally social media was immediately aroused, while Seth Meyers was quick to poke fun on Wednesday's Late Night.

"DC Comics has put out a new issue titled Batman: Damned #1 that appears to show Bruce Wayne's penis exposed," he opened. "I just have to say I'm glad his parents aren't alive to see this.

"Thank God that's not our last joke about Batman's penis," he giggled, before setting up the same gag again.

"I'm not saying it was impressive, but this was the sky tonight, he quipped, unveiling a picture of the night sky filled with summoning Batman signals.

Setting the joke up one more time, he quoted Batman himself: "Before you judge, I was fighting Mr. Freeze!"

According to Polygon, DC later decided to edit out the appendage of the digital edition of the comic, because it "didn't feel like the nudity was additive to the story".

The last time a Batman body part cause this much controversy was when George Clooney debuted a new batsuit with nipples in 1997's Batman & Robin.