Censoship in Marvel and DC comics

As I read more and more comics I'm seeing it, so lets talk censorship, because I see a lot of it and sometimes wonder if it is necessary. How far should censorship be takin' when it comes to comics? I wonder a lot of the times if censorship is even necessary since a lot of the times these comics are aiming for more of a adult and mature audience anyway. I mean anyone from the age of 12+(The recommended age) has heard, and seen probably anything these comics artists could probably ever censor(ad least in the language department, and a simple middle finger here or there). Anything nude of course you'd have to bump up the age to 17+, but I think at 12 years old you have sufficient intelligence that a little middle finger, or a "F bomb" wouldn't blow your mind or take you by that much of a surprise. Do you feel little things like this should be censored? Do you feel them doing this is protecting younger audiences from anything they hadn't already seen? And a complete waste of time?

naw man. we don't wana get too dark or gritty. lets keep everything lollypops.

It's not like it causes a problem. Besides comics are already becoming too non kid friendly as it is, and at the end of the day comics really are for kids.

Kind depends on sistuation and the comic.

Would you say a middle finger could go uncensored?

Maybe we should bring back the Comics Code Authority?

Maybe in mature comics

That's why we have imprints like Vertigo.

I do think censoring somebody giving the middle finger is silly though, especially considering you can see that in GotG which a lot of kids saw.

I kinda wonder why it matters that the middle finger got bleep-out. Are you saying the comic would somehow be better if it was shown? if so, why? For me, it makes almost zero difference if it get shown or not, and frankly, I prefer it doesn't. Showing someone flipping the bird is not more artistic or better story-telling than 'censoring it." And you do realize by the strictest of definitions, this is not really "censorship."

Its abit weird but not really, I suppose I would prefer to see everything as it happens.

@ariesxmasters: "but I think at 12 years old you have sufficient intelligence that a little middle finger, or a "F bomb" wouldn't blow your mind or take you by that much of a surprise."

Swearing doesn't get censored because the kids are to dumb,or because they haven't heard it before. It's because kids that read comics look up to the characters and want to copy them. And so having the characters blatantly swear is a bad influence for them. At least that's why i think they do it.

I totally agree.