Slog tipper Rich, who knows that I am a Superman fan, writes:

I read about this on io9 this morning and figured that if you didn't already know about it then you had to find out immediately.

Secret Identity showcases rare and recently discovered erotic artwork by the most seminal artist in comics—Superman's co-creator Joe Shuster. Created in the early 1950s when Shuster was down on his luck after trying to reclaim the copyright for Superman, he illustrated these images for an obscure series of magazines called Nights of Horror, sold under the counter until they were banned by the U.S. Supreme Court. A murder trial, juvenile delinquency, anti-comics crusader Dr. Fredric Wertham, and the neo-Nazi Brooklyn Thrill Killers gang all figure into this sensational story.

Fetish art is nothing new with comic books, of course; Fantagraphics has published books of girlie and fetish art by tons of different artists, including the creator of Plastic Man and the most popular Archie artist of our time. And S&M has a long and connected, and mostly unrecognized, history with superheroes The creator of Wonder Woman allegedly kept files of S&M iconography so that he could plan a different way to tie Wonder Woman up in each adventure. The book will be published on April 1st*. I can't wait.

(Thanks to Slog Tipper Rich, who also provided the title of this post.)

* Or...will it?