no, it's true...
the comics code (the self policing authority) really watered down the characters badly in the 50's - People think the TV show was campy, but it was an imitation of the comics of that day.
The Dark Knight we know and live didn't come back till the 80's and was only really rejuvinated with Frank Miller's "The Dark Knight Returns" - Superman has always been a boyscout - in that series, 15 years in the future, he's basically errand boy for the U.S. Government -
they got really weird in the 60's - pretty stupid...
but I'm a freak - I got turned on by the wonder woman covers at this site -
http://www.superdickery.com/bondage/1.html
RB