Trey's Valentine's Day Post

Clark Kent and Lois Lane

Mr. and Mrs. Consistent

Peter Parker and Mary Jane

It's over now, but still one of the most iconic romances in comic book history

Green Arrow and Black Canary

Another relationship that is currently over. The original archer/martial artist couple. (Take that Hawkeye and Mockingbird!)

Batman and Catwoman/Wonder Woman

Batman has never had a consistent love interest, but there's certainly sparks between him and both Catwoman and Wonder Woman.

Braniac 5 and Supergirl

Superman's kid cousin and the future descendant of one of his greatest enemies

Yorick Brown and Agent 355

Few relationships were as unlikely as Yorick and 355's but as Y: The Last Man wound down, a romantic relationship blossomed

Bigby Wolf and Snow White

Another unlikely couple. Snow White and the shape-shifting Big Bad Wolf are now raising an adorable litter of pups

Ralph and Sue Dibny

Sadly, the Dibny's are currently deceased. Beloved by fans of the old JLI comic book run

Hawkman and Hawkgirl

The Hawks show love knows no bounds. The reincarnated souls of ancient lovers, they're destined to find each other in every life they live

Ok...so I have been accused by someone...not naming any names...of being a DC Zombie on this list...which is fair. So here are three more couples to even the list up a little:

Black Panther and Storm

Reed and Sue Richards

Invincible and Atom Eve

Three Legendary Comic Book Loves Ruined (or almost ruined) by Stupid Editorial Decisions:

Peter Parker and Mary Jane

There's really no reason to go into this. It's a story that has been told, complained about, and argued over for several years now. Long story short, Peter gets into a pinch and the only way to get out of it is to make a deal with the devil...literally. The devil offers to fix things, but only in exchange for Peter and Mary Jane's love. Peter makes the deal, and years of comic book romance are undone.

Green Arrow (Oliver Queen) and Black Canary (Dinah Lance)

Over the last 15 years, Green Arrow has been DC's whipping boy. They blew him up in a plane and then brought him back to life in what can only be described as an attempt to torture a character beyond recognition. Oliver Queen has been put through the paces more than just about any other superhero. His city has been blown up repeatedly, his former sidekick had his arm ripped off and became a villain, his new sidekick was revealed to have AIDS, and the most baffling insult revolved around his son being shot with lasers from the sky and having Plastic-man's DNA grafted onto him. Worst of all, DC has systematically destroyed Green Arrow's longtime romance with Black Canary. Green Arrow's actions in the recent Cry For Justice miniseries debacle were the final nail in the relationship's coffin. Their differences are not completely irreconcilable, but it does not look like they will be patching things up anytime soon.

Clark Kent and Lois Lane

Thankfully, this was a short lived editorial mistake. In the early 1990s, the television show Lois and Clark was getting solid ratings and DC wanted to parley it's popularity into the comic books. To that end, the powers-that-be wanted the couple's marriage in the comics to coincide with their marriage on television. This left the writers of the Superman comic books with a year to fill while they waited on the the show to catch up. At a brainstorming meeting one of the writers famously joked that they should kill Superman during the interim. Eventually this idea was adopted as a way to gain some publicity. Superman was temporarily killed off, effectively ending his relationship with Lois. Fortunately, Clark was only dead for a little while and everything returns to normal (except for a baffling new hairstyle) when comes back.