Who Are The DCU's Best Friends?

[Pohzee]

Yeah. There's an entire appreciation thread for him.

I’m sure he meant in-universe. That’s what makes sense in the context of this thread about friends. ​Nobody posting in that thread counts

[Jim Kelly]

Ralph Dibny and Wally West. They had each teamed up with Barry Allen first, but they were each other's second--in "Kid Flash meets the Elongated Man," THE FLASH 130 (August 1962).

Dick Grayson and Jimmy Olsen. They had their own secret headquarters and everything.

Lois Lane and Lana Lang. Even though they were rivals, they were also friends and would team up together on adventures. They were DC's answer to Betty and Veronica.

Mr. Mxyzptlk and Bat-Mite. There's always a lot of fun to be had when these two get together.

Deadman and Phantom Stranger. They've played a double act from time to time.

And there was a brief period there, in the 1940s, where the Spirit and Plastic Man were cover buddies. Too bad they never teamed up in an actual story.

[marshal88]

[Lightning Rider]

I think the trinity of duos that exist right below the Trinity are the backbone of the DCU. They'd be Barry & Hal, Hal & Ollie, and Hal playing third wheel with Ollie & Dinah. These four and their various interconnected relationships and genres represent everything that is awesome about superhero comics to me. The mix of personalities is a lot of fun, their backstories of failures and triumphs have real resonance, and they play off of each other perfectly.

Yeah I think that generation relies very much on that group for the very human connections. They feel so real.

Also they're more isolated, but shout out to Ray and Carter.

[Lightning Rider]

I've seen this before, but what's it from?

[Lightning Rider]

I've seen this before, what's it from?

[Avi]

Dick Grayson and Donna Troy

[Jim Kelly]

I've seen this before, what's it from?

I believe it's from WORLD'S FINEST COMICS 294 (August 1983). A reverse search on the image led me to this blog.

I was very unhappy with WFC in the final days of the title. This attitude of writers (which predated the Crisis reboots) that Superman and Batman couldn't be friends because Batman was such a stupid freak burned my biscuits.

I can't stand it when writers let their own hang-ups intrude on just bringing the characters together and letting them have great adventures. That's what killed WORLD'S FINEST and what has killed the Batman and Superman duo since then. These are DC's two best selling characters--find a way to get them together and have them be friends--writers should be able to do that, by gosh by golly.

[Castling]

Blue Beetle/Booster Gold
Orion/Lightray
Fire/Ice
Kyle Rayner/Wally West
Starfire/Troia
John Stewart/Guy Gardner
Superman/Batman
Superman/Wonder Woman
Golden Age: Flash/GL/Wildcat/Hawkman

[qwertyuiop1998]

Superman and Batman
Hal and Barry
Dick and Wally

[Godlike13]

Dick and Donna

[manwhohaseverything]

Superman and Jimmy olsen
Jon and damian
Wally and dick
Booster and beetle

[Sandy Hausler]

There was a friendship between Mr. Terrific (Holt) and Dr. Mid-Nite (Cross) beginning in JSA, which I thought was great, but they switched focus to other things, and it got forgotten. But in my mind, they get together on quiet evenings and play three-dimensional chess.

[caj]

There was a time (Pre-Crisis) that I would say Kara Zor-El and Barbara Gordon.

It's a shame they've never revitalized that friendship over the years.

[Sandy Hausler]

Yeah. There's an entire appreciation thread for him.

In the DC forum? I'll have to put a stop to that! (Just joking.)