History HappilyAdopted / TheDCU

** Superman is possibly the ur-example: Clark loves Ma and Pa Kent, and they him.
** Also ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Connor Kent, who knows his biological parents are technically Superman and ComicBook/LexLuthor, but ''also'' is quite happy with Ma and Pa Kent as his parental figures.

* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'': Jenny Quantum [[HasTwoMommies loves her daddies]]. And [[AChildShallLeadThem leads them, too]].

** Sort-of present with Barbara Gordon, the original ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} and later ComicBook/{{Oracle}}. She and James Gordon always ('''''always''''') have a deep and emotional father/daughter bond that has even been seen to help her [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu knock out Brainiac]], but over the years the different writers [[DependingOnTheWriter can never seem to remember]] whether she is his biological daughter, his niece who he has raised since childhood, or an adopted daughter. Their relationship is largely the same no matter which way it is written, but sometimes it fits with the trope and sometimes it has nothing to do with the trope at all.

** More consistent is both Bruce's "sons" relationship with him, and Bruce's own relationship with Alfred (which results in some truly touching moments as Alfred hears Bruce call him dad in Bruce's farewell message when he's believed to be dead). [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim]], [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick]], and Jason may often have problems with Bruce, but they consider each other brothers and are proud to officially be his sons, except Jason after his return from the dead. [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra]] too, as the one ''daughter'' of the group, even though she doesn't hang out with her bros too much.
*** [[ComicBook/GrantMorrisonsBatman Damian]], however, is Bruce's biological son and not half as well-functioning as the other Robins, largely due to being raised by crazy ninjas. It's quite clear where on the side of nature vs. nurture Batman falls.

* A somewhat weird variant of this happens in ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic,'' in that Tim's true parentage is extremely convoluted and at times blatantly self-contradicting, but the trope is played fairly straight in the early issues of the book, after the first time he discovers that the people he thought were his parents may not have been: He laments it for a bit, but in the end he still acknowledges that "they did make me brush my teeth and wear clean socks all those years. Never once called me a changeling. They may not have been my parents but -- ''bloody hell,'' they were my parents."
** It's later revealed that his father was never really sure whether Tim was really his (Tim's mother was pregnant when the two married), but never thought it mattered if he was or not.
* Creator/DCComics has the ''[[ComicBook/NewGods Fourth World]]'' title, which features Orion, the biological son of {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}, who was traded to the Highfather of New Genesis as part of a peace treaty. Despite his parentage, Orion grew up a good warrior ferociously dedicated to defending the ideals of his adopted family.
* ''Comicbook/PowerGirl'': Earth-2 Superman and Lois Lane took his cousin Kara in when she arrived on Earth, and they treated her like their daughter.
-->'''Power Girl:''' [tearfully] You took me in! You treated me like I was your daughter!\\
'''Earth 2 Lois Lane:''' Oh, honey... as far as we were concerned, you ''were'' our daughter.

* In ''Comicbook/{{Shazam}},'' Billy is sent to (depending on the version) an EvilUncle or at least one abusive foster home, only to get kicked out/run away and wind up living alone on the streets. However, he eventually meets his [[LongLostRelative long-lost twin sister]], Mary, who was adopted by the kindly Bromfield family, and gets taken in as well.
** In the ComicBook/{{New 52}}, Billy gets taken in by a different kindly family, the Vasquezes, who already have five happy children (Mary, Freddy Freeman and three new characters)...except that [[SameCharacterButDifferent in this version]] it's [[TookALevelInJerkass Billy who's a jerkass]] before eventually warming up to them.
* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'': Superman's cousin's foster parents usually have a good relationship with their adopted alien daughter.
** Pre-Crisis Kara was adopted by Fred and Edna Danvers. They loved her and she them, even after [[spoiler:she found out that her biological parents were still alive]]. When she revealed she was Superman's cousin they took it in stride. And they [[spoiler:got heart-broken when she died during the ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'']].
** Pa and Ma Kent also kind of adopted Post-Crisis Kara. They were the only parental figures she established a rapport with, and she regarded them as family.
** New 52 Kara's foster parents are Jeremiah and Eliza Danvers who first appeared in ''Comicbook/SupergirlRebirth'' # 1. Although they are technically her DEO-appointed handlers, they established a strong rapport after a few weeks.
--->'''Jeremiah:''' What did I miss?\\

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}:''
** Possibly the ur-example: Clark loves Ma and Pa Kent, and they him.

** Post-Crisis Superman and Lois Lane adopted Lor-Zod -Superman's enemies Zod and Ursa's biological son-, renamed him Chris Kent and raised him. He loved them more than he ever loved Zod. Moreover, he [[spoiler:fought Zod to protect Superman]] in the ''Comicbook/NewKrypton''.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanAndBatmanGenerations'': Bruce Wayne Jr. marries the widowed Mei-Lai Kent and adopts her son Clark as his own, in order to spare him the turmoil that his birth father Joel Kent suffered from being ComicBook/{{Superman}}'s powerless son. Clark eventually figures it out ([[BilingualBackfire by learning Vietnamese so he can understand his parents' "secret" conversations]]), but when he reveals this to Bruce he makes it very clear that "you've been all the father I could ever have wished for", and keeps the Wayne name even in later storylines when he takes up the mantle of Superman.

** Also ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Connor Kent, who knows his biological parents are Superman [[FoeYay and]] ComicBook/LexLuthor, but ''also'' is quite happy with Ma and Pa Kent as his parental figures.