Thatīs the question, and... do you have any fan couple? One non canon, but you would like to see.
Thatīs the question, and... do you have any fan couple? One non canon, but you would like to see.
Love isn't real, and even then nothing is as bad as Havok and Wasp.
I don't blind date I make the direct market vibrate
Most Marvel romances don't really work because it's focused on the longing (i.e. Will They Won't They) to the extent that when they get together as a couple it doesn't work (Jean/Scott, dynamite in the period when she went to college ad then came back and she and Scott were kinda together but not officially seeing each other, ultimately leading to Dark Phoenix Saga...but when they got married their relationship kinda sucked, and then he cheated on her with Emma which is actually interesting as a relationship.)...or then you have married couples who are usually a chore to read (Reed/Sue, Hank/Janet).
In terms of best love story in a single story/arc, I think it has be Matt Murdock/Karen Page in BORN AGAIN. Frank Miller is not the most enlightened man when it comes to showing women and so on...but still his portrayal of the redemptive power of love and the need for a man and a woman for each other shines in that book and nothing beats that final image of Karen and Matt in a homage to the famous Freewheelin' Bob Dylan cover. It's a real shame that Kevin Smith was allowed to write for Marvel because Karen Page did not deserve to die after being the emotional core of one of the greatest Marvel stories ever...and thanks to Deborah Ann Woll's wonderful performance on the Netflix show, I hope eventually they find a way to bring Karen back.
As far as long time serial narrative romances go, Peter/Mary Jane is the greatest love story in superhero comics. Certainly the greatest love story in Marvel Comics. There's great stories in every stage of their relationship. Whether it's their first date and meeting (ASM #42-43-44), it's their actual courtship (Conway's run from ASM #121-22 to ASM #149). Their first kiss (ASM #143). Then their breakup and eventual second friendship where MJ pours her heart to Peter (ASM#259), which leads Peter to treat her as his confidant eventually confessing how he got Uncle Ben killed. Likewise, their Wedding Annual is a great story. The marriage years of the couple included many classics like KLH, Michelinie's run with DeFalco which included the America Tour, and Venom. The Cosmic Spider-Man story. JMD's entire Spectacular Run, Conway's Tombstone story, Mackie's Identity Crisis, JMS' Doomed Affairs, Book of Ezekiel, Back in Black, To Have and to Hold, Spider-Man Blue.
I also like Luke/Jessica a lot.
oh boy... I'm bookmarking this thread because I know where this is going
The J-man
I haven't read many Marvel comics with people in healthy relationships.
That is the one thing that I am disappointed with Marvel about.
Baby Thanos
How nihilistically droll of you.
Agreed with Peter/MJ first and foremost, but Matt/Karen and Luke Cage/Jessica Jones are good, too, and I will not be looking forward to the day somebody decides to break up Luke and Jessica.
Generally agreed, but I think that amounts to a lot of the writers having some pretty unhealthy ideas about what love is and should be, or what relationships are like.
The spider is always on the hunt.
Meet the new Blu_Spyder,
same as the old Arachne_Azure
"If Life doesn't give you some sugar to go with the lemons
your lemonade is gonna suck"
Has Psylocke ever had a good one? The most positive I can think of is Angel, and that ended up being toxic in the end. Then there was Fantomex, which was toxic. Then Cluster, who left her for Fantomex, so not great. When Cable clones.
Not that I wish none of those had happened. They were good story elements; it just happened the good story concerned unhealthy relationships.
Hazmat and Mettle were a love too pure for this world.
Don't let the X-boards find out about this or you'll get buried by a certain faction.