# Comics question, a couple. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 29, 2017, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109 "2017-06-29T02:16:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/21 "2017-06-29T11:10:10Z")
Hawkman and Hawkgirl were married in various continuities, including the original. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/22 "2017-06-29T11:59:13Z")
I don’t think Sue Storm has ever had her own solo ongoing series, because – well, where do you _go_ with that? “She’s really sensible. Uh, even in emergencies, when she’s the one who pointedly _doesn’t_ fly off the handle. Doesn’t bother with a secret identity, but can easily avoid being noticed in public. And, like the man said, she’s not really a dedicated crimefighter: if she comes across a problem, she’ll solve it – but she’s not much for going out on looking-for-trouble patrol or whatever.” My favorite member of the FF, but – what was it that Mark Twain said about the calm confidence of a Christian with four aces? Well, whatever it was, it sure as heck wasn’t _“gosh, that makes for an intriguing lead character in an ongoing series.”_ ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/23 "2017-06-29T13:10:52Z")
NM ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/24 "2017-06-29T13:21:26Z")
Tigra/The Cat was widowed when we first met her. Shanna has been married and had a solo series, but never at the same time. Hellcat has had three series (Five if you count PATSY WALKER and PATSY AND HEDY), but was only married during one of them, IIRC, the one where she had a black costume. Was Silver Sable married to the Foreigner when she had a series, or do we count “…and the Six Pack” as a team book? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/25 "2017-06-29T13:29:01Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > 1. Has any DC or Marvel super-heroine who had a solo title been married? Super-girl, no. In fact her relationships were kind of one-sided and lame. Braniac 5? A SUPER CENTAUR?? > > Lois Lane doesn’t count cause she for all practical purposes wasn’t a super-heroine. > > **Wonder Woman? No.** > > Ms Marvel. I don’t think so, same with She-Hulk. > > 2)Who do you think the lamest Legionnaire was? I vote Pete Ross. Dude sucked. And they actually gave him a frigging vote when Star Boy was expelled. He makes Insect Girl look like Wonder Woman. Wonder Woman DID marry Steve Trevor – in the very last episode of the first “volume” of Wonder Woman in 1986. Of course, that ended that continuity, so we never did get to see how a married Wonder Woman would have played out. When they rebooted her, she was unmarried. > **[A Brief History Of Wonder Woman's Love Life](https://comicsalliance.com/the-many-loves-of-wonder-woman-steve-trevor-nemesis-batman-superman-romance/)** > > Following our exploration of some of Superman's former flames, it's time to check out the Amazing Amazon's past dance cards. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/26 "2017-06-29T13:29:43Z")
If we grandfather in the 40s Timely titles, both Miss America and Blonde Phantom were retroactively shown to be married, but this was not evident in their solo titles as they were being published. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/27 "2017-06-29T13:42:22Z")
Donna Troy is another one who has had a solo series (She was Wonder Woman very briefly in the Aughts) and was married (to Terry Long, back in the 80s), just not at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/28 "2017-06-29T13:51:05Z")
Jennifer Blood comes close to meeting the OP’s criteria. Published by Dynamite, not Marvel or DC, but written by Garth Ennis, who probably could have gotten it published at one of the Big Two. She was a headliner, though her heroic creds are debatable (moreso after Ennis left the title). Ma Hunkel. the original Red Tornado, was certainly married. Not sure if she was the central character of any of the “Scribbly” stories she appeared in, though. Black Widow has had several solo series. She’s estranged from her Russian husband, but I’m not sure they ever got divorced… ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/29 "2017-06-29T15:53:11Z")
Dale Sams wrote: “Speaking of which…Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel goes from crushing on SUPERBOY to…marrying Bouncing Boy??? Girl has some issues for sure.” Pretty girl goes for captain of the football team, settles for class clown. It’s an old story. It does make sense from a certain perspective though. Both DD and BB are on the lower end of the “power spectrum” and found each other as kindred spirits. She even says to him at one point something along the lines of “If we applied today (for Legion membership) , neither one of us would get in.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/30 "2017-06-29T16:03:01Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m actually interested in how often male superheroes are married, too. I mean, they made a deal with the devil to unmarry Peter Parker, so there must be some bias against married heroes in general. Then we can compare that to how much less likely it is with women, given how many superwomen get their own book at all. Animal Man has been married for as long as I’ve been aware of him, like whenever Grant Morrison started writing him (1988). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/31 "2017-06-29T17:48:01Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > … and was married (to Terry Long, back in the 80s)… [Bleah](http://armagideon-time.com/img/120611/0611.jpg). I think we all could have gotten along just fine without remembering that that ever happened. :mad:;)🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/32 "2017-06-29T17:51:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Scarlet Witch had her own series. She’s married to Vision in the comic book. > > But I think Vision died at some point. As is often the case, he got better. But I’m not sure if they’re still married. I’m several years behind on continuity. They had their own series together (long-form miniseries) as a couple in the 80s, but her solo titles (I believe she had a short one in the late 90s and one that just ended) were both post Vision destruction/end of marriage. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/33 "2017-06-29T19:31:20Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > I’m actually interested in how often male superheroes are married, too. I mean, they made a deal with the devil to unmarry Peter Parker, so there must be some bias against married heroes in general. Then we can compare that to how much less likely it is with women, given how many superwomen get their own book at all. Tom Strong was married in his title, maybe because the whole _point_ was that he was supposed to be an established hero with decades of implied continuity – you know, forever referring to past adventures and enemies still holding a grudge after all these years and so on – and, well, I figure the easiest way to do that was to portray the crimefighter as a greying-at-the-temples husband-and-father type. (Also made for a better contrast when they’d cut to an _Ah-I-Remember-It-Well_ scene where he was young and unmarried and facing a masked villain back when.) ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/34 "2017-06-29T21:03:54Z")
In Jessica Jones’s latest run, she’s married to Luke Cage. ETA: Must’ve missed this response earlier in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2017, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109/35 "2017-06-29T21:35:23Z")
D’oh, I misread the OP. I didn’t say that it specifies a superhero_ine_. Of course, part of the issue there is that the women are less likely to get their own series in the first place. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/comics-question-a-couple/790109.md?page=1)