Adult
Adult adjective - Relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity.
Both words in one sentence
- Occasionally a child character will get to live as an adult for a while, Freaky Friday-style, taking full advantage of their increased power and ability to make their own rules.
Source: Growing Up Sucks - Romance comics were once a decently hefty genre, arising in the period immediately following World War II when adult comics readership increased and superheroes were being dismissed as passé.
Source: Deader Than Disco / Comic Books -
Another reason that superheroine cup sizes increased over the years is the larger roles the teen superhero achieved after the popularity of Spider-Man; a more "mature" body helps identify an adult heroine vs.
Source: Most Common Super Power
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