Bad Romance: 16 Awful Couples DC Wants You To Forget

[Mark Trail]

Article here: http://www.cbr.com/couples-dc-wants-you-to-forget/

Besides claiming Swamp Thing and Abigail was a bad romance they illustrate "pre-Crisis Superman and Lois Lane" with decidedly post-Crisis artwork by none other than John Byrne.

[AngryComicBookNerd]

Article here: http://www.cbr.com/couples-dc-wants-you-to-forget/

Besides claiming Swamp Thing and Abigail was a bad romance they illustrate "pre-Crisis Superman and Lois Lane" with decidedly post-Crisis artwork by none other than John Byrne.

I give zero credibility to this list because it left off an obvious one: Kyle Rayner & Carol Ferris

I could easily argue that relationship is far worse than any other on this list. Forget DC, I want to smack myself in the head with a hammer until I forget it ever happened. Fix yo list, fool!

[Starter Set]

I liked Raven and Beast Boy.

[MajorHoy]

Here's the list (without the other commentary / reasons given):

16. Beast Boy & Raven
15. pre-Crisis Superman & Lois Lane
14. Atom & Jean Loring
13. Batwoman & Nocturna
12. Lucy Lane & Jimmy Olsen
11. Mr. Freeze & Nora
10. Kyle Rainer & Alex DeWitt
9. Clock King & Disruptor
8. Dick Grayson & Helena Wayne
7. Swamp Thing & Abigale Arcane
6. Deathstroke & Terra
5. Captain Atom & Plastique
4. Stargirl & Shazam
3. Arisia Rrab & Hal Jordan
2. Batman & Black Canary
1. Donna Troy & Terry Long

[Astroman]

Ever since Jonah sold CBR, a lot of these articles (it seems like the majority but I haven't counted them so who knows) are just designed to wind-up their audience.

Don't feed the trolls... and a troll's a troll, even when they own the bridge they lurk under.

[Frontier]

I could count numerous recent examples of these relationships getting brought up in either comics or other media, so....

[gwangung]

Here's the list (without the other commentary / reasons given):

16. Beast Boy & Raven
15. pre-Crisis Superman & Lois Lane
14. Atom & Jean Loring
13. Batwoman & Nocturna
12. Lucy Lane & Jimmy Olsen
11. Mr. Freeze & Nora
10. Kyle Rainer & Alex DeWitt
9. Clock King & Disruptor
8. Dick Grayson & Helena Wayne
7. Swamp Thing & Abigale Arcane
6. Deathstroke & Terra
5. Captain Atom & Plastique
4. Stargirl & Shazam
3. Arisia Rrab & Hal Jordan
2. Batman & Black Canary
1. Donna Troy & Terry Long

What? Many of these are questionable, and four or five are downright stupid. E.g. #6 is SUPPOSED to be inherently icky.

Though, now that I think about it, #3 is just like #6, only we were supposed to cheer for it (and thus is probably the only one that really belongs).

[Green Goblin of Sector 2814]

I liked Raven and Beast Boy.

Yeah, me too.

[Darkseid Is]

I give zero credibility to this list because it left off an obvious one: Kyle Rayner & Carol Ferris

I could easily argue that relationship is far worse than any other on this list. Forget DC, I want to smack myself in the head with a hammer until I forget it ever happened. Fix yo list, fool!

I've just recently finished reading the New 52 Green Lantern run and I was confused when it said she was dating Kyle... Not cool Kyle.

[Outside_85]

Think saying 'DC wants you to forget this' is a bit of a stretch, some of these were only active because of plot. And some have not made a return because DC realized the pairing wasn't very good or just wasn't doing anything for the couple.

[Robotman]

I give zero credibility to this list because it left off an obvious one: Kyle Rayner & Carol Ferris

I could easily argue that relationship is far worse than any other on this list. Forget DC, I want to smack myself in the head with a hammer until I forget it ever happened. Fix yo list, fool!

That's the first thing that popped into my head. Putting Kyle and Carol together was a horrible decision. May as well have Nightwing hookup with Catwoman or Batman with Batgirl (wait, Bruce Timm already did that.)

[Bukdiah]

Article here: http://www.cbr.com/couples-dc-wants-you-to-forget/

Besides claiming Swamp Thing and Abigail was a bad romance they illustrate "pre-Crisis Superman and Lois Lane" with decidedly post-Crisis artwork by none other than John Byrne.

CBR has pretty bad articles as a whole, right? lol

[AngryComicBookNerd]

That's the first thing that popped into my head. Putting Kyle and Carol together was a horrible decision. May as well have Nightwing hookup with Catwoman or Batman with Batgirl (wait, Bruce Timm already did that.)

As messed up as Nightwing/Catwoman and Batman/Batgirl were (and they are really f#%ked up), I say (IMO) that Kyle and Carol was way worse. At least the other 2 had some shred of logic. Catwoman wanted to piss off Bats. Batgirl had a crush on her mentor. Both really dumb, but both are kinda sorta reasons for it. There was no reason to put Carol with Kyle unless the goal was to butcher her characterization worse than any ridiculously skimpy 90s costume ever could.

[AngryComicBookNerd]

I've just recently finished reading the New 52 Green Lantern run and I was confused when it said she was dating Kyle... Not cool Kyle.

I wish I stopped reading after issue #20.

[Caivu]

After learning Batwoman’s secret identity, Nocturna uses her vampire magic to hypnotize Batwoman into loving her. The following toxic affair is so damaging that it forces Batwoman’s estranged, semi-sane sister Red Alice to interfere in order to break the spell. Not only did Batwoman inadvertently break up with her real girlfriend, but the lines of consent were heavily blurred during the ordeal.

"Heavily blurred" my eye. That's an extremely generous way of describing it.