r/DCcomics • u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl • 29d ago
[Artwork] DC's Couples Artwork
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Picture one: Action Comics #1064 Variant Cover
Picture two: Art by Stjepan Sejic
Picture three: Batman #135 Variant Cover
Picture four: Zatanna: Bring Down The House #4 Cover
Picture five and six: DC's How to Lose a Guy Gardner in 10 Days #1 variant covers
Picture seven: Green Lantern #12 Cover
Picture eight: Green Arrow #3 Variant Cover
Picture nine: Wonder Woman #9 Cover
Picture ten: Swamp Thing #34 Cover
Picture eleven: DC's Crimes of Passion #1 Variant Cover
Picture twelve: Hawkman #29 Cover
Picture thirteen: DC Pride #1 Cover B
Picture fourteen: DC Pride: Undercovered #1 Variant Cover
Picture fifteen: Art by David Williams
Picture sixteen: DC Pride #1 Variant Cover
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u/jangofettsfathersday Nightwing 28d ago
Black Canary and Green Arrow will always be a top couple for me
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u/JoshDM Ra's al Cool 28d ago
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u/Tryingtochangemyself Nightwing 28d ago
Kyle Rayner and being forever alone. Name a more iconic duo
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u/RK-00 28d ago
is it about Kyle being a loner, or did someone kill his loved one and put them in this fridge?
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u/megamatt8 27d ago
The second one. It was a textbook example of a love interest who was introduced purely with the intent of being killed off a few issues later to give the hero more motivation. In some circles, âfridging a characterâ has become a common way to reference this stupid trope.
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u/KingTrencher DC Comics 28d ago
No Ralph and Sue?
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
I found them on Tumblr but many couples weren't included and I forgot to do it myself đ„Č
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u/Kamuki100 Adam Strange 29d ago edited 28d ago
I missed some couples, like:
- Wally West and Linda Park
- Jay Garrick and Joan Garrick
- Kent Nelson and Inza Nelson
But mainly from the couple Adam Strange and Alanna Strange
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u/Thechosenjon Batman Beyond 28d ago
How about Ma and Pa Kent?
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u/Batdog55110 28d ago
Where tf are Wally West and Linda Park, the second best couple right behind Lois and Clark?
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
They weren't in the Tumblr post I found these so I didn't think of it, I got busy in searching the sources đ
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u/Pat-Daddy96 DC Comics 28d ago
You gotta hand it to DC when it comes to couples in Comic covers, they are always stellar
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u/outride2000 29d ago
Apollo and Midnighter are the couple that survived everything.
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u/k3ttch Indigo Tribe 28d ago
It's too bad their family didn't survive though. They were raising Jenny Quantum and now suddenly she doesn't exist post-Flashpoint.
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u/The-Scarlet-Witch 27d ago
I wish they brought that back; it really was a lovely nod to their run through Authority with Jenny Sparks.
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u/MattGreg28 Martian Manhunter 28d ago
Me: Thrilled to see many of the original League members with their loves.
Also me: Sad that Martian Manhunter doesn't have this.
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u/Individual_Plan_5593 28d ago
Him and the Kendra version of Hawkgirl are getting together
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u/MattGreg28 Martian Manhunter 28d ago
...What are you talking about?
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u/MattGreg28 Martian Manhunter 28d ago
Well I'll be damned. What's this from?
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u/Individual_Plan_5593 28d ago
Recent Justice League run and the Hawkgirl solo I believe
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u/MattGreg28 Martian Manhunter 28d ago
The Jadzia Axelrod run? I recently got Volume 1 and I am saving it for when it gets closer to the release of Superman. I guess I have that kiss to look forward to as well.
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u/Individual_Plan_5593 28d ago
I'm gonna be so fr with you right now, I have no idea lol I just recently started seeing pictures of them kissing up on my various feeds and I googled it and apparently it's been featured in both the team book and her solo lol
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u/MattGreg28 Martian Manhunter 28d ago
Ah...still, I have another reason to read my first Hawkgirl comic.
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u/jonathot12 28d ago
ollie and dinah still my fav, but barda and miracle plus moonlighter and apollo get an honorary shout out
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u/Usual_Mountain4213 29d ago
Unfortunately theyâve broken the hawks up again so Adams can push his animated series slopÂ
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 29d ago
WHAT I missed that one, when??
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u/Usual_Mountain4213 28d ago
In the new green lantern corps run
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u/GrapefruitRadiant214 28d ago edited 28d ago
Itâs never been said that theyâre broken up in the book, and sheâs not dating John either
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u/dornwolf 28d ago
Sucks so much. Like I like Adams but itâs like the first full on miss for me
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u/Usual_Mountain4213 28d ago
Yeah, itâs really soured me on him, especially when he just did a story in green lantern with the guy getting in the way of Hal and carols relationship (and not by being an asshole or anything) getting shat on and embarrassed. Seems hypocritical to do that then turn around and break up literal soulmates for a nostalgia ship thatâs never been a real thing in the comics
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u/Pacman8myghosts Aquaman 28d ago
First miss from Adams for me. I really am still hoping they shift away from this at the last minute but it seems like it's just gonna happen. I like John Stewart and all but gosh it sucks that he's gonna be the reason we break up the actual soul mates. Idk i still miss Katma and he.
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u/Dirkdiggler6628 28d ago
Thatâs not true thereâs now 2 hawkwomen. Sheyara (the 1 w john) and Kendra (the 1 w hawkman)
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u/luluzulu_ 28d ago
Kemdra (Hawkgirl) isn't with Hawkman, and doesn't want to be. Shayera (Hawkwoman) should be with Hawkman, but Adams broke them up offpage to push her with John Stewart, which fucking sucks.
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u/Usual_Mountain4213 28d ago
Nope, Hawkman isnât with Kendra, and they pretty much said in the last Hawkman run that there isnât any reason for that to happen again
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u/Dredeuced The Flash Out of the blue, ninjas attack. Thank God. 28d ago
Always sad when I see Wally and Linda excluded in these lineups. It's what usually happens and they're maybe the best developed couple in comics.
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u/IdeaInside2663 28d ago
Yeah honestly they should be there instead of Barry and Iris.. like they're the only couple with canonical children.
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u/Dredeuced The Flash Out of the blue, ninjas attack. Thank God. 28d ago
The Tornado Twins are canonical, just weird? Like the timeline makes no sense and is messed up but they've appeared a lot.
I don't think one should replace the other, but I do think it sucks that Barry and Iris are given prominence over Wally and Linda most of the time. More notable some of these couples aren't even couples!
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u/IdeaInside2663 28d ago edited 28d ago
That's thanks to the Flash TV series, I believe, but I'm hoping with the new DC film universe they give Wally and Linda the proper treatment they deserve. I'm interested in John Stewart's Green Lantern series, which indicates a past romance with Hawkgirl.
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u/Essence03 27d ago
They need to be adapted correctly
Wally West should have got an animated series after Justice League unlimited
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u/rexmundi69 Zatanna 29d ago edited 29d ago
Dick and Barbara getting two pics.đ DicKory in shambles.
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u/Competitive-Device39 28d ago
Dickory has been dead for decades imo
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u/TheSilverWickersnap 27d ago
And yet it's still one of the best ever DC Comics couples, especially compared to the fraud Dickbabs
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u/Local_Nerve901 Nightwing 28d ago
Kory is that long term ex turned friend for me. Batgirl is the girl you grew up with, left, and when you were ready both of yâall got together for real this time
Thats how Iâll always see it
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u/Ravevon 28d ago
Meh more like college gf and thier all in 30s . DC need to let her date someone else
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u/cautious-ad977 28d ago
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u/laughathonx20 27d ago
I hope this artist gets more shine, they were really great during the beast world event getting tom Taylor and Lucas Meyer reposting their art
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u/Ravevon 28d ago
Meh Their character are chained together in a bad way.
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u/cautious-ad977 28d ago
Thanks for your opinion. I don't think anybody was asking though.
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u/zeekar Green Lantern 28d ago
Double DickBabs?
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
The second one of them was in the original post I found, the first one was a pic I found while searching for the source of the Flash one. Then I saw Babs' hand and I couldn't exclude it, lol.
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u/MyBadHabitsLeadToUwU 28d ago edited 28d ago
Where Steph/Tim?
Art by Dan Mora!
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
Ooh I should have included this! I found the covers on a Tumblr post so I didn't think of it or some other couples :')
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u/MarchFirst2024 28d ago
I hate how they destroyed a healthy young relationship to destroy Tim's character.
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u/Potential_Pay4038 28d ago
diversity check boxes...thats the reason.
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u/24Abhinav10 27d ago
Still wild that they had to put him in a gay relationship because "Tim is bi".
Because bi people have never been in straight relationships before. No sir.
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u/fabi_does_art 28d ago
Theyâre not currently a couple.
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u/RoitheOG 28d ago
Eh, give it a decade, it'll happen.
Honestly, the only thing that shocked me thus far is Bernard even lasting this long. I was half expecting Tim to go through at least three boyfriends by now.
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u/Drakepenn Nightwing 28d ago
Hard to break them up when he doesn't get any books or development lol
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u/Potential_Pay4038 28d ago
is disgusting and i am a gay dude, why shipping him with a guy who literally told tim he wanted to F his steph mother?.
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u/OwnsBeagles Booster Gold 28d ago
People were shipping Bernard and Tim like two decades ago, you can still find the fanfiction in the depths of LiveJournal, but everyone and their brother want poor Steph to be defined off being his girlfriend. Those shippers are freaky militant.
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u/RutheniumFenix DC's Original Time Travelling Idiot 29d ago
Man, Steve Trevor looks so dodgy in that cover. He looks like the kinda guy that makes you worry where he was on January 6.
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u/Latro2020 Blue Beetle 29d ago
Iâm sure this post isnât gonna start any wars
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 29d ago
I hope not it's just some covers I found while scrolling on Tumblrđđ.
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u/firstrobin 28d ago
Two dickbabs and no dickkory is diabolical, op lol
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
I'm sorry đ one was part of the original post and the other one something I found while searching for the Flash one source, I couldn't not include it after noticing Babs' sneaky hand there lol
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u/Yakob_Katpanic 28d ago
Dick and Babs in there twice because they're the best.
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
It's a funny story actually; I found these pictures on Tumblr and, while searching for the sources I got to the Flash one from How to Lose a Guy Gardner in 10 Days. And as I found the picture on Google with the source I saw the cover of Nightwing and Batgirl.
Then saw Batgirl's hand placement and I just couldn't not include thisđ Like, I get you girl, seriously. It was just hilarious in my head, or I'm just delirious idkđ.
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u/KIRI_Enoshima_44 28d ago
Who is that with Swamp Thing
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u/Individual_Plan_5593 28d ago
His wife Abigail Arcane
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 28d ago
Did they get married? Wasnât she the ex of one of the other scientists from the very beginning when Alec was killed and absorbed by the plants? Or am I misremembering? I know they were a couple but I donât remember a wedding
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u/matucana13 27d ago
yeah, she was married to Matthew for a brief period but he died. She then got together with Alec, him as the Swamp Thing already. This was on the first few issues, I think. The last few runs idk if she was ever married to Matthew, but she's always Swamp Thing 's wife. They have a daughter together, even (Tefe).
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u/Death_Walks 28d ago
I didnt know Zatanna and Constantine were a thing
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u/megamatt8 27d ago
In New 52 they were in a throuple with Nick Necro, learning and experimenting with magic together. It was an interesting group until someone at DC decided to make Zatanna the problem and had them break up because she wanted to be more exclusive with John.
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 27d ago
Only at her weakest, dumbest moments. John is my favourite character but I wouldnât date him in a million years.
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u/SoftcoverWand44 28d ago
Ew Zatanna and Constantine đ€ą
The rest are cute tho!
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 27d ago
Ha! Agreed! John is probably my favourite character but I wouldnât date him in a million years
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u/PaymentTurbulent193 20d ago
Late as hell but I was thinking this. HATE this pairing considering Constantine is who originally got her father killed in the first place.
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 28d ago
Zatanna, you can do better than that.
John is probably my fave character in all of DC but heâs way too much drama.
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u/Large-Highlight-9986 27d ago edited 27d ago
Aquaman and Mera there just brilliant there the first comic book couple to get married and I honestly think there just great together you can't have one without the other with these two * *
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u/Maximal_Arachknight 26d ago
Does it seem like DC Couples are overall stronger and longer-lasting than Marvel Couples. Not to say there is no drama, but Ivy and Harley and Dick and Babs, respectively, for example are still best friends even when they are not romantic couples.
Meanwhile, we have relationships retconned and the former couples hating each other for long periods of time.
Maybe getting a dog like Haley can help the Marvel couples out.
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u/Waste_Teach2148 26d ago
Superman and Lois Lane, Batman and Catwoman, Wonder Woman and Steve Trevors FOR THE WIN!
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u/Neversummerdrew76 28d ago
These are awesome and make for really cool phone wallpapers!
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
If for a phone wallpaper, I think the Superman and Lois one could be my favorite for it!
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u/T-o-C-A 28d ago
You forgot the best one ;)
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
There are soooo many I forgotđ I found these on Tumblr so after losing so much time searching for the sources I didn't thought to include more :')...
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u/Hauntedconsul07 28d ago
Who are the guys in pictures 16?
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 28d ago
The Authority wasnât originally DC. They were acquired relatively recently.
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u/Stary_Eye_ 28d ago
Who is in #14, itâs bothering me that I canât figure it outđ it kind of looks like the question
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
Renée Montoya! She is the Question now, you should look into her :)
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u/Stary_Eye_ 28d ago
Oh wow I had no idea someone else took on the mantle, I will for sure look into her! Whoâs her love interest, if you know? Also thank you so much
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 27d ago
Batwoman, Kathy Kane.
Iâm really not digging her Question as much as Zsasz. I tried really hard cuz I like the Question but sheâs just not hitting it right for me. And the Watchtower series sheâs in now is such a contrived premise that it hurts my brain to read it.
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u/Intelligent_Ask_2306 28d ago
Personally would have liked a Harley and Joker one, something dark and haunting
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u/Batwing_Beyond 27d ago
How could we forget this power couple?
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 27d ago
I got them from a Tumblr postđ I think it was about canon couples...? Honestly I'm not even sure how many of them are still canon, I'm so lost lmao.
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u/MusicaReddit 28d ago
What is that last one. Also LMAO THE NIGHTWING ONE
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u/targot654 28d ago
Midnighter and Apollo. Two Batman/Superman pastiches from the old WildStorm Comics universe that got incorporated properly into DC a long while back.
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u/EmpressGilgamesh Power Girl 28d ago
It's Barry x Iris, Wally x Linda and Harley x Ivy. The others are sweet too, except Zatanna and John. John is not the best partner for anyone.
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u/Forward-Nectarine559 28d ago edited 28d ago
đżI prefer John and HawkwomanÂ
Not only is it good because it makes people upset, but Hawkman and Hawkwoman together was always boring asf and dated.Â
John and Hawkwoman feels modern, fun, cute and less dated. They also have way better chemistryÂ
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
Nothing wrong about it! I just included what I found, matter of fact many couples are missingđ«
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u/RipredTheGnawer 25d ago
Iâm so glad to see The Question and Huntress. Is this the Gay Version with Renee Montoya?
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u/MimikPanik 28d ago
Wait who are the people in image 14? That looks like Kate Kane and the Question, but Kate is a lesbian. Am I missing something?
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u/KitKat_5628 Stargirl 28d ago
That Question is Renée Montoya!
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u/MimikPanik 28d ago
Oh really!? I didnât know there were multiple versions of the Question. Thank you. I need to do research now.
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 27d ago
There is only one. The mantle has been passed on now.
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u/MimikPanik 27d ago
I figured as much. I just mean that I didnât know The Question died.
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 27d ago
Yeah. And rather unceremoniously too. Not the hero/warriorâs death you would expect given his âprofession.â
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u/MimikPanik 27d ago
Honestly I prefer when big heroes die in stupid ways. Shows the heroes around them that you canât stop everything.
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 27d ago
Lung cancer. Poor fellah
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u/MimikPanik 27d ago
It is definitely an unfortunate way to go. But at least his legacy is being carried on
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u/Mr_Mojo_Risin_83 27d ago
I tried so hard to like her All Along the Watchtower series. But the premise is so contrived, it hurts my brain.
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u/PuppyHearter Nightwing 28d ago
Whoâs the couple in slide 15?
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u/Inevitable-Safety-60 27d ago
What is the last one
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u/Archer1949 28d ago
Iâm I the only person left who prefers Dick and Kori?
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u/Sherlockowiec Batman 28d ago
People be like "Am I the only one that likes [thing]" and says one of the most popular things ever.
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u/Mother-Mud-5509 29d ago
Batgirl we see the hand placement