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* ''ComicBook/Bone'': Fone Bone, Phony Bone, and Smiley Bone are all companions who have each other backs
** The two rat creatures, Smelly and Stinky also qualify due to the fact that they are often seen together and a dress each other as "comrade". Their bickering is mostly similar to that of an old married couple.

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* ''ComicBook/Bone'': ''ComicBook/{{Bone}}'': Fone Bone, Phony Bone, and Smiley Bone are all companions who have each other backs
** The two incompetent rat creatures, Smelly and Stinky also qualify due to the fact that they are often seen together and a dress adress each other as "comrade". Their bickering is mostly similar to that of an old married couple.

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* ''ComicBook/Bone'': Fone Bone, Phony Bone, and Smiley Bone are all companions who have each other backs
** The two rat creatures, Smelly and Stinky also qualify due to the fact that they are often seen together and a dress each other as "comrade". Their bickering is mostly similar to that of an old married couple.
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* ''Comicbook/PowerGirl'' -Kara Zor-L- and ''Comicbook/{{Huntress}}'' -Helena Wayne-.
** In the pre-Crisis universe they were best friends but her friendship came to an end when ''[[Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths the Anti-Monitor destroyed Earth-2]]''.
** In post-Flashpoint Dc universe, Kara met Helena when she saved her life. Since then they became "Best Friends. Forever". When they got stranded in the main Earth, they lived together. Helena called Kara her "oldest and dearest friend".
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** In a similar, though more jarring sense, Cyclops and Wolverine, with their recent breakup and both sliding down different slopes. Prior to this, the two were often at each other's throats but in a manner similar to two brothers, and when push came to shove they'd be as thick as thieves. In fact, once Jean Grey (Scott's long time love and late wife, and the woman Wolverine had the hots for) died, thus removing the main source of their bickering, the two stopped arguing so much and became more openly close and friendly. Then Wolverine became a hypocrite and Cyclops became an extremist, and now the two can't stand each other.

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** In a similar, though more jarring sense, Cyclops ''Comicbook/{{Cyclops}}'' and Wolverine, with their recent breakup and both sliding down different slopes. Prior to this, the two were often at each other's throats but in a manner similar to two brothers, and when push came to shove they'd be as thick as thieves. In fact, once Jean Grey ''Comicbook/JeanGrey'' (Scott's long time love and late wife, and the woman Wolverine had the hots for) died, thus removing the main source of their bickering, the two stopped arguing so much and became more openly close and friendly. Then Wolverine became a hypocrite and Cyclops became an extremist, and now the two can't stand each other.

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* Franchise/{{Batman}} and ComicbBook/{{Robin}}, despite the MemeticMutation status of the idea that [[http://files.sharenator.com/gay_comic_6_Batman_and_Robin-s249x348-41616-580.jpg they]] [[http://mycomrade.com/images/556.png were]] [[http://nihilobstat.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ambiguously_gay_batman.jpg rather more]]. Considering the number of Robins Bruce has gone through, and the fact Batman is a ParentalSubstitute to most, the "life partner" part doesn't apply. A more straight example would be Batman and James Gordon, going as far back as Gordon being the first one to console Bruce after his parents' death, and Year One where they were the first true ally they had in their struggle to clean up Gotham. Gordon is one of very few people outside the Bat Family or the Justice League that Batman will trust with his life.
** Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown when Cass was Batgirl. Stephanie was impressed by Cassandra's skills, and asked Cass to teach her to fight. The two became extremely close friends afterwards.
* Barbara Gordon and Dinah Lance alias ComicBook/BlackCanary.

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* Franchise/{{Batman}} Franchise/{{Batman}}:
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and ComicbBook/{{Robin}}, despite the MemeticMutation status of the idea that [[http://files.sharenator.com/gay_comic_6_Batman_and_Robin-s249x348-41616-580.jpg they]] [[http://mycomrade.com/images/556.png were]] [[http://nihilobstat.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ambiguously_gay_batman.jpg rather more]]. Considering the number of Robins Bruce has gone through, and the fact Batman is a ParentalSubstitute to most, the "life partner" part doesn't apply. A more straight example would be Batman and James Gordon, going as far back as Gordon being the first one to console Bruce after his parents' death, and Year One where they were the first true ally they had in their struggle to clean up Gotham. Gordon is one of very few people outside the Bat Family or the Justice League that Batman will trust with his life.
** Cassandra Cain and Stephanie Brown when Cass was Batgirl. Stephanie was impressed by Cassandra's skills, and asked Cass to teach her to fight. The two became extremely close friends afterwards.
afterwards. Likewise, they were extremely close to Kara Zor-El alias ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' in the pre-Flashpoint universe.
* Barbara Gordon ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}'' and Dinah Lance alias ComicBook/BlackCanary.ComicBook/BlackCanary. In the pre-Crisis universe, Supergirl was Barbara's best friend.



-->'''Conner:''' As far as I'm concerned, you're ''my'' Robin. Always will be.
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** And now it's back to Heterosexual Life Partners status, with the launch of the ''ComicBook/SupermanBatman'' [[SlashFic title]].

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* ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'' and ''Comicbook/{{Batgirl}}'' usually have this kind of relationship.
** In the pre-Crisis universe, Kara Zor-El and Barbara Gordon were best friends and knew each other's SecretIdentity (although they didn't often team up). During the ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', Kara encouraged Barbara when Babs were frightened. And Barbara [[spoiler:delivered Kara's eulogy when her friend died]].
** In the post-Crisis continuity, Kara and Stephanie Brown. They love spending time together and helping each other. And if you pick on Steph, you will not know what hit you.
** Kara and ''Comicbook/WonderGirl'' Cassie Sandsmark were also very good friends before the reboot.
** In ''ComicBook/ElseworldsFinestSupergirlAndBatgirl'', Supergirl and Batgirl don't get along well at the beginning, but they become good friends during their adventure.

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** Deadpool is an omnisexual due to his mental instability, but there is not enough evidence to prove anything more than this trope.
*** Deadpool and Weasel could also fall under this trope.

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** Deadpool is an omnisexual due to his mental instability, but there is not enough evidence to prove anything more than this trope.
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Deadpool and Weasel could also fall under this trope.trope, complete with HaveIMentionedIAmHeterosexualToday on Deadpool's part.
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* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica gives us Steve Rogers and James "Bucky" Barnes, and Steve and The Falcon (and the Falcon and Bucky too).

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* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica gives us Steve Rogers and James "Bucky" Barnes, Comicbook/BuckyBarnes, and Steve and The Falcon Comicbook/TheFalcon (and the Falcon and Bucky too).
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** ComicBook/BoosterGold and the ComicBook/BlueBeetle (hereafter "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Boostle]]") of JLI fame are probably the most prominent HeterosexualLifePartners in TheDCU. One storyline in Booster's comic involves [[spoiler:Booster time-travelling to keep Beetle from being killed; when he is told this has the potential to destabilize the multiverse, he decides Beetle is worth the risk.]]

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** ComicBook/BoosterGold and the ComicBook/BlueBeetle (hereafter "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Boostle]]") of JLI fame are probably the most prominent HeterosexualLifePartners in TheDCU.Franchise/TheDCU. One storyline in Booster's comic involves [[spoiler:Booster time-travelling to keep Beetle from being killed; when he is told this has the potential to destabilize the multiverse, he decides Beetle is worth the risk.]]

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* {{Batman}} and {{Robin}}, despite the MemeticMutation status of the idea that [[http://files.sharenator.com/gay_comic_6_Batman_and_Robin-s249x348-41616-580.jpg they]] [[http://mycomrade.com/images/556.png were]] [[http://nihilobstat.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ambiguously_gay_batman.jpg rather more]].
** Considering the number of Robins Bruce has gone through, and the fact Batman is a ParentalSubstitute to most, the "life partner" part doesn't totally apply. A more straight example would be Batman and James Gordon, going as far back as Gordon being the first one to console Bruce after his parents' death, and Year One where they were basically the first true ally they had in their struggle to clean up Gotham. Gordon is one of very few people outside the Bat Family or the Justice League that Batman will trust with his life.

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* {{Batman}} Franchise/{{Batman}} and {{Robin}}, ComicbBook/{{Robin}}, despite the MemeticMutation status of the idea that [[http://files.sharenator.com/gay_comic_6_Batman_and_Robin-s249x348-41616-580.jpg they]] [[http://mycomrade.com/images/556.png were]] [[http://nihilobstat.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ambiguously_gay_batman.jpg rather more]]. \n** Considering the number of Robins Bruce has gone through, and the fact Batman is a ParentalSubstitute to most, the "life partner" part doesn't totally apply. A more straight example would be Batman and James Gordon, going as far back as Gordon being the first one to console Bruce after his parents' death, and Year One where they were basically the first true ally they had in their struggle to clean up Gotham. Gordon is one of very few people outside the Bat Family or the Justice League that Batman will trust with his life.



** ComicBook/BoosterGold and the ComicBook/BlueBeetle (hereafter "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Boostle]]") of JLI fame are probably the most prominent HeterosexualLifePartners in TheDCU. One storyline in Booster's comic involves [[spoiler:Booster time-travelling to keep Beetle from being killed; when he is told this has the potential to destabilize the entire multiverse, he decides Beetle is worth the risk.]]

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** ComicBook/BoosterGold and the ComicBook/BlueBeetle (hereafter "[[PortmanteauCoupleName Boostle]]") of JLI fame are probably the most prominent HeterosexualLifePartners in TheDCU. One storyline in Booster's comic involves [[spoiler:Booster time-travelling to keep Beetle from being killed; when he is told this has the potential to destabilize the entire multiverse, he decides Beetle is worth the risk.]]



*** Hell, once when asked about his relationship with Cable by well known gun-for-hire The Cat, Deadpool responded that it was a 'Don't ask/Don't tell deal'. Feel free to interpret that however you wish.

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*** Hell, once Once when asked about his relationship with Cable by well known gun-for-hire The Cat, Deadpool responded that it was a 'Don't ask/Don't tell deal'. Feel free to interpret that however you wish.



* Spider-Man is famous for having met, teamed up with, and/or fought pretty much every hero in the Marvel Universe, but his friendships with [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]] and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} are the closest and oldest.

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* Spider-Man is famous for having met, teamed up with, and/or fought pretty much every hero in the Marvel Universe, but his friendships with [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]] and ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} are the closest and oldest.



** In a similar, though more jarring sense, Cyclops and Wolverine, with their recent breakup and both sliding down different slopes. Prior to this, the two were often at each other's throats but in a manner similar to two brothers, and when push came to shove they'd be as thick as thieves. In fact, once Jean Grey (Scott's long time love and late wife, and the woman Wolverine had the hots for) died, thus removing the main source of their bickering, the two notably stopped arguing so much and became more openly close and friendly. Then Wolverine became a hypocrite and Cyclops became an extremist, and now the two can't stand each other.

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** In a similar, though more jarring sense, Cyclops and Wolverine, with their recent breakup and both sliding down different slopes. Prior to this, the two were often at each other's throats but in a manner similar to two brothers, and when push came to shove they'd be as thick as thieves. In fact, once Jean Grey (Scott's long time love and late wife, and the woman Wolverine had the hots for) died, thus removing the main source of their bickering, the two notably stopped arguing so much and became more openly close and friendly. Then Wolverine became a hypocrite and Cyclops became an extremist, and now the two can't stand each other.



* Everyone's favorite non-affiliated coppers, Sam and Max: Freelance Police, very much have something like this, more like a Batman-Robin type deal but with more...uh...affection(?) by Sam to Max, and with significantly more insanity on Max's part.

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* Everyone's favorite non-affiliated coppers, Sam and Max: Freelance Police, very much have something like this, more like a Batman-Robin type deal but with more...uh...affection(?) by Sam to Max, and with significantly more insanity on Max's part.
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* Batman and Robin, despite the MemeticMutation status of the idea that [[http://files.sharenator.com/gay_comic_6_Batman_and_Robin-s249x348-41616-580.jpg they]] [[http://mycomrade.com/images/556.png were]] [[http://nihilobstat.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ambiguously_gay_batman.jpg rather more]].

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* Batman {{Batman}} and Robin, {{Robin}}, despite the MemeticMutation status of the idea that [[http://files.sharenator.com/gay_comic_6_Batman_and_Robin-s249x348-41616-580.jpg they]] [[http://mycomrade.com/images/556.png were]] [[http://nihilobstat.info/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ambiguously_gay_batman.jpg rather more]].



* [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin/Red Robin (Tim Drake)]] and Superboy (Conner Kent)

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* [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin/Red Robin (Tim Drake)]] and Superboy Comicbook/{{Superboy}} (Conner Kent)
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* Supervillain example, Mentallo and the Fixer. Though they "broke up" when Fixer joined the {{Thunderbolts}}, Judging by the MODOK's 11 mini, Mentallo stills misses the Fixer.

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* Supervillain example, Mentallo and the Fixer. Though they "broke up" when Fixer joined the {{Thunderbolts}}, ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}, Judging by the MODOK's 11 mini, Mentallo stills misses the Fixer.
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* ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'':

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* James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and Ginger Hebblethwaite in the ''Literature/{{Biggles}}'' comics. The BBC sitcom ''TheThinBlueLine'' makes a case that HoYay is in the air, but Inspector Fowler, who is a fan of the books, vehemently denies it.

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* James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and Ginger Hebblethwaite in the ''Literature/{{Biggles}}'' comics. The BBC sitcom ''TheThinBlueLine'' ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' makes a case that HoYay is in the air, but Inspector Fowler, who is a fan of the books, vehemently denies it.
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Spidey have six heterosexual life partners is stretching the definition quite a bit. While Spider-Man has struck up friendships with Captain America and Luke Cage, he's nowhere near as close to them as he is with the Torch and Daredevil, with Cap in particular being more a role model than a buddy. While Spider-Man and Iceman may have been heterosexual life-partners in the "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends" TV show, they've hardly interacted at all in the main Marvel Universe other than a handful of team-ups with the rest of the X-Men. And while Peter may have a partnership with Flash Thompson, Spidey does not have one with Agent Venom. I think they've encountered each other twice, and the last time was when Otto was running around in Spidey's body, and needless to say that encounter did not end well at all.


* Spider-Man has '''six''': ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]], ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, [[Franchise/{{XMen}} Iceman]], [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Agent Venom]] and [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

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* Spider-Man has '''six''': ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, is famous for having met, teamed up with, and/or fought pretty much every hero in the Marvel Universe, but his friendships with [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]], ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, [[Franchise/{{XMen}} Iceman]], [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Agent Venom]] Torch]] and [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]]. ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} are the closest and oldest.
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--->'''Booster''' Oh grow up!

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--->'''Booster''' Oh Oh, grow up!
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* Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' go back and forth between being HeterosexualLifePartners and having a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship. Complicated by the fact Karolina isn't exactly "heterosexual" ([[IncompatibleOrientation even if Nico is).

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* Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' go back and forth between being HeterosexualLifePartners and having a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship. Complicated by the fact Karolina isn't exactly "heterosexual" ([[IncompatibleOrientation even if Nico is).
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* Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' go back and forth between being HeterosexualLifePartners and having a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.

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* Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' go back and forth between being HeterosexualLifePartners and having a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.
RomanticTwoGirlFriendship. Complicated by the fact Karolina isn't exactly "heterosexual" ([[IncompatibleOrientation even if Nico is).
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** Considering the number of Robins Bruce has gone through, the "life partner" part doesn't totally apply. A more straight example would be Batman and James Gordon, going as far back as Gordon being the first one to console Bruce after his parents' death, and Year One where they were basically the first true ally they had in their struggle to clean up Gotham. Gordon is one of very few people outside the Bat Family or the Justice League that Batman will trust with his life.

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** Considering the number of Robins Bruce has gone through, and the fact Batman is a ParentalSubstitute to most, the "life partner" part doesn't totally apply. A more straight example would be Batman and James Gordon, going as far back as Gordon being the first one to console Bruce after his parents' death, and Year One where they were basically the first true ally they had in their struggle to clean up Gotham. Gordon is one of very few people outside the Bat Family or the Justice League that Batman will trust with his life.



* ComicBook/{{Archie}} Andrews and "Jughead" Jones. Though this relationship has been [[Film/ChasingAmy brought into question]].

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* ComicBook/{{Archie}} ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' has Archie Andrews and "Jughead" Jones. Though this relationship has been [[Film/ChasingAmy brought into question]].
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* Barbara Gordon alias Comicbook/Batgirl and Dinah Lance alias ComicBook/BlackCanary.

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* Barbara Gordon and Dinah Lance.
* Robin/Red Robin (Tim Drake) and Superboy (Conner Kent)

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* Barbara Gordon alias Comicbook/Batgirl and Dinah Lance.
Lance alias ComicBook/BlackCanary.
* [[Comicbook/RobinSeries Robin/Red Robin (Tim Drake) Drake)]] and Superboy (Conner Kent)



* Comicbook/{{Cable}} and {{Deadpool}} in, well, ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'' (although many fans perceive this as going straight into HoYay). They are extremely close despite Deadpool's personality being obnoxious even at the best of times, and Deadpool was the first person Cable pictured/made psychic contact with while trying to decide whether to [[spoiler: blow himself up. They were genetically commingled, so that "one phone call" would have happened even without intent....And Cable needed to make that contact to manipulate Deadpool into Doing The Right Thing.]]
** Deadpool is an omnisexual due to his mental instability, but there is not enough evidence to prove anything more than this trope.
*** Deadpool and Weasel could also fall under this trope.
** Both C and D are well aware of their Life Partner status, especially evidenced when they both regularly called the time during a small falling out between them [[spoiler: ("Small falling out" in this case being Deadpool's new membership in a mercenary group hired to destabilize Cable's fictional country Providence. Said membership was revealed when 'Pool shot Cable in the back of the head.)]] a "divorce".
*** Hell, once when asked about his relationship with Cable by well known gun-for-hire The Cat, Deadpool responded that it was a 'Don't ask/Don't tell deal'. Feel free to interpret that however you wish.
-->'''The Cat:'''...don't ask don't tell? Oh...'''OH!'''
* [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] and [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]], also of Marvel Comics, with Luke going so far as to name his daughter after Danny.
** Their close friends Misty Knight and Colleen Wing also are considered Heterosexual Life Partners, with Luke Cage going so far as to recommend the two get "gay married."
** When Danny is asking Luke to join his new non-profit, he says 'I love you with every fiber of my being'.
** Openly mocked by Spider-Man, in an issue where Luke's wife Jessica, upon finding out that Spider-Man was Peter Parker, gushed that they went to the same high school and she had an enormous crush on him. Later, Luke is clearly in a mood and not talking to Spidey, while Spidey tries to explain that he never really noticed her and it was years ago anyway. There's a pause, then Spidey lets fly with this one: "But you and Iron First aren't a thing anymore, right? 'Cause I've been wanting to tap that for a ''long'' time." Luke goes from looking mildly annoyed to ''seriously'' pissed.



* Absolutely endemic in classic Franco-Belgian comics, whenever they [[StrictlyFormula followed the formula]]: a young, [[AlwaysMale male]] hero, without any personality beyond some vague benevolence, going on adventures with an older, more emotional, sarcastic and morally flawed [[OddCouple lifelong companion]]. The two would live in the same house; the young hero would never show or be shown any interest for/by the opposite sex, and, while the older one could sometime get involved in a [[SatelliteLoveInterest romantic C-plot]], the girl [[GirlOfTheWeek rarely reappeared in subsequent books]] and the romance would never go beyond a kiss on the cheek (or [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} nose]]). The formula went [[DiscreditedTrope out of fashion]] a while ago, and is now either [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded to death]] or exploited to [[HoYay its logical conclusion]]. This is partly due to the MoralGuardians of the time, who explicitly prevented attractive women from appearing in comics.
* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'':
** The eponymous hero started his adventures alone, but was soon joined by Captain Haddock. It's debatable whether the two are heterosexual or {{asexual}}, though they're both definitely {{Celibate Hero}}es. This is probably due to Herge being a devout (liberal in later years) Catholic who didn't believe in including any romance in his works.
** The detective duo [[ThoseTwoGuys Thomson and Thompson]] (Dupont and Dupond in the original French) probably count; though they look like twins, we're never given any indication that they're actually related.
* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': together they fight pseudo-scientific crime... and sometimes sleep at each other's place from time to time.
* In the American Civil War-set adventure comic ''[[ComicBook/LesTuniquesBleues The Bluecoats]]'', patriotic and often naive Chesterfield tends to consider Corporal Blutch to be a defeatist coward while cynical and pragmatic Blutch considers Sergeant Chesterfield to be an obnoxious blowhard, but they are virtually inseparable from each other.
* ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'', in which the two eponymous [[IntrepidReporter intrepid reporters]] live together in some incarnations of the series. Recently, [[WordOfGod one of the (many) writers]] went out of his way to mention that Fantasio was obviously gay and pining for Spirou.
** This is a rare case of DependingOnTheWriter in Franco-Belgian comics, as Fantasio has been shown to be very interested in girls in the earliest books, with usually horrible luck (except when using a MindControlDevice to get kisses). Latest books have downplayed this, though. Conversely, Spirou, usually close to Asexual, has occasionally shown interest to girls.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' came a few decades after the previous examples, with Asterix and Obelix.
* If you get away from the older/younger dynamic, "Tif & Tondu", "ComicStrip/QuickAndFlupke", "[[ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit Johan & Peewit]]" (and this last case may actually also belong to the older/younger dynamic: Johan is clearly a young squire, but Peewit's age remains deliberately ambiguous, thanks to him being a little person; he may be as young as Johan or much older)...
* Even, if you stretch it a little, ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' (with Jolly Jumper).
* Pol Pitron and Vic Video from Roger Leloup's ''ComicBook/YokoTsuno'', who form a PowerTrio with ActionGirl Yoko. [[spoiler: After some TimeTravel, Pol gets together with InnocentFlowerGirl Mieke, whereas Vic has quite the WillTheyOrWontThey with Yoko]].
* Cutter and Skywise from ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' (at least the earlier volumes). [[EveryoneIsBi Although their relationship]] [[WordOfGod isn't entirely platonic]].
* ComicBook/TheSandman: The Dead Boy Detectives. It helps that they're, y'know, dead, and also [[{{Shotacon}} really, really young.]]



* ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon. Definitely.
** It even gets lampshaded a couple of times.
* Spider-Man has '''six''': ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]], ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, [[Franchise/{{XMen}} Iceman]], [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Agent Venom]] and [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
* ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'':
** Previously, villains Black Tom Cassidy and the Juggernaut.
** Also Previously, Wolverine and Nightcrawler.
** Also Nightcrawler and Colossus. Sometimes two would fight over the other [[HoYay like jealous girlfriends]]. Nightcrawler and Captain Britain too, though they didn't always get along.
** Magneto and Professor X: a tragic case of a broken life partnership, and DependingOnTheWriter Magneto especially regrets that their ideologies have driven them apart.
** In a similar, though more jarring sense, Cyclops and Wolverine, with their recent breakup and both sliding down different slopes. Prior to this, the two were often at each other's throats but in a manner similar to two brothers, and when push came to shove they'd be as thick as thieves. In fact, once Jean Grey (Scott's long time love and late wife, and the woman Wolverine had the hots for) died, thus removing the main source of their bickering, the two notably stopped arguing so much and became more openly close and friendly. Then Wolverine became a hypocrite and Cyclops became an extremist, and now the two can't stand each other.

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* ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon. Definitely.
''Franchise/GreenLantern''
** It even gets lampshaded a couple of times.
* Spider-Man has '''six''': ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]], ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, [[Franchise/{{XMen}} Iceman]], [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Agent Venom]]
Guy Gardner and [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
* ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'':
** Previously, villains Black Tom Cassidy and the Juggernaut.
** Also Previously, Wolverine and Nightcrawler.
** Also Nightcrawler and Colossus. Sometimes two would fight over the other [[HoYay like jealous girlfriends]]. Nightcrawler and Captain Britain too, though they didn't always get along.
** Magneto and Professor X: a tragic case of a broken life partnership, and DependingOnTheWriter Magneto especially regrets
Kyle Rayner in Green Lantern Corps. So much so that [[spoiler: Kyle's death causes Guy to become a [[AxeCrazy Red Lantern]].]]
** The GreenLantern Corps is rife with this as is probably to be expected. In particular, Isamot Kol and his sector-partner Vath Sarn bicker LikeAnOldMarriedCouple and
their ideologies have driven them apart.
** In a similar, though more jarring sense, Cyclops and Wolverine,
interactions are loaded with their recent breakup and both sliding down different slopes. Prior to this, the two were often at each other's throats but in a manner similar to two brothers, and when push came to shove they'd be as thick as thieves. In fact, once Jean Grey (Scott's long time love and late wife, and the woman Wolverine had the hots for) died, thus removing the main source of their bickering, the two notably stopped arguing so much and became more openly close and friendly. Then Wolverine became a hypocrite and Cyclops became an extremist, and now the two can't stand each other.HoYay.



* James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and Ginger Hebblethwaite in the ''Literature/{{Biggles}}'' comics. The BBC sitcom ''TheThinBlueLine'' makes a case that HoYay is in the air, but Inspector Fowler, who is a fan of the books, vehemently denies it.
* ''ComicBook/JillTrentScienceSleuth'': At least in the Internet-available (and public domain) [[http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/10/jill-trent-science-sleuth.html examples]] of this obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] feature, Jill and her gal pal Daisy are almost always together. And [[LesYay no sign of boyfriends]] for either of them....
* [[Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] and his law partner[=/=]CowardlySidekick Foggy Nelson.
* Supervillain example, Mentallo and the Fixer. Though they "broke up" when Fixer joined the {{Thunderbolts}}, Judging by the MODOK's 11 mini, Mentallo stills misses the Fixer.
* Guy Gardner and Kyle Rayner in [[GreenLantern Green Lantern Corps]]. So much so that [[spoiler: Kyle's death causes Guy to become a [[AxeCrazy Red Lantern]].]]
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica gives us Steve Rogers and James "Bucky" Barnes, and Steve and The Falcon (and the Falcon and Bucky too).
* The ComicBook/IronMan book gives us Tony Stark and his best buddy Jim Rhodes (ComicBook/{{War Machine}}).
** There's also Iron Man and Captain America, but a lot of fangirls [[HoYay have doubts about the "Heterosexual" prefix.]]
* Tony and Steve are almost in a bizarre, giant ass [[LoveDodecahedron HLP Dodecahedron]], given how many people they share this relationship with. As well as each other and the mentioned above, Tony, DependingOnTheWriter, has a, slightly more vitriolic, one with both Bruce Banner (one played up in the recent ''Avengers'' film) and Henry Pym, while Cap also has one with Clint Barton. Clint Barton, meanwhile, has one with Henry Pym too, making things all the more circular, while recent developments have given Hawkeye something similar with Captain Britain. Captain Britain, meanwhile, held a similar, though more aggressive, relationship with Nightcrawler, and, inspite of introductions, a more pleasant one with Pete Wisdom.
* Peppermint Patty and Marcie from {{Peanuts}}.
** and earlier, [[OneSteveLimit Patty]] and Violet.
** Charlie Brown and Linus could also qualify.
** Snoopy and Woodstock are the true epitome of a ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} example.
* Rictor and Shatterstar of ComicBook/XForce fame were this for a long time, along with that special touch of Ho-Yay, until finally the 'Heterosexual' part was thrown out.
* ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes. The fact that one is aged six and the other is an imaginary tiger certainly helps.



* ''ComicStrip/{{Rudi}}'' and Freddy (German comic). Goes so far that they don't get an apartment because the landlady thinks they're really a gay couple, which she can't stand.
* The eponymous duo of ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody''. Enforced by the quantum bands they wear; if they fail to knock their bands together every 24 hours, they turn into energy and dissipate.
* ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'': Patrick "Steelgrip" Starkey and Flynn "Flyin'" Ryan.
* [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Rocket Raccoon and Groot]]. As the series went on, Rocket's relationship with Groot went from wanting TheBigGuy for back up to this. And it only became more apparent after the Timely Inc. mini-series as they're currently the only active members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
* ComicBook/{{X 23}} and Jubilee, the two 'daughters' of Wolverine who have similar issues. It's a tad darker than normal as it partially formed out of the two each agreeing to take the other down if they lose control.
* The GreenLantern Corps is rife with this as is probably to be expected. In particular, Isamot Kol and his sector-partner Vath Sarn bicker LikeAnOldMarriedCouple and their interactions are loaded with HoYay.
* Jessica 'SpiderWoman' Drew and Carol 'ComicBook/MsMarvel' Danvers (now Captain Marvel). They're even approached as a pair during the recruitment drive in ''Avengers'' #2, while everyone else, except for Cannonball and Sunspot (another pair of Life Partners), got approached individually. Carol also has one with the ''other'' Jess, ComicBook/JessicaJones; not surprising, given that Jones was an expy of Drew when first created.
* Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean of the ComicBook/{{Runaways}} go back and forth between being HeterosexualLifePartners and having a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.
* ComicBook/{{Archie}} Andrews and "Jughead" Jones. Though this relationship has been [[Film/ChasingAmy brought into question]].
* Disney/{{Mickey Mouse}} and Disney/{{Goofy}}. Well, at least in the comics.
* Everyone's favorite non-affiliated coppers, Sam and Max: Freelance Police, very much have something like this, more like a Batman-Robin type deal but with more...uh...affection(?) by Sam to Max, and with significantly more insanity on Max's part.


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'''Marvel'''
* Comicbook/{{Cable}} and {{Deadpool}} in, well, ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'' (although many fans perceive this as going straight into HoYay). They are extremely close despite Deadpool's personality being obnoxious even at the best of times, and Deadpool was the first person Cable pictured/made psychic contact with while trying to decide whether to [[spoiler: blow himself up. They were genetically commingled, so that "one phone call" would have happened even without intent....And Cable needed to make that contact to manipulate Deadpool into Doing The Right Thing.]]
** Deadpool is an omnisexual due to his mental instability, but there is not enough evidence to prove anything more than this trope.
*** Deadpool and Weasel could also fall under this trope.
** Both C and D are well aware of their Life Partner status, especially evidenced when they both regularly called the time during a small falling out between them [[spoiler: ("Small falling out" in this case being Deadpool's new membership in a mercenary group hired to destabilize Cable's fictional country Providence. Said membership was revealed when 'Pool shot Cable in the back of the head.)]] a "divorce".
*** Hell, once when asked about his relationship with Cable by well known gun-for-hire The Cat, Deadpool responded that it was a 'Don't ask/Don't tell deal'. Feel free to interpret that however you wish.
-->'''The Cat:'''...don't ask don't tell? Oh...'''OH!'''
* [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] and [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]], also of Marvel Comics, with Luke going so far as to name his daughter after Danny.
** Their close friends Misty Knight and Colleen Wing also are considered Heterosexual Life Partners, with Luke Cage going so far as to recommend the two get "gay married."
** When Danny is asking Luke to join his new non-profit, he says 'I love you with every fiber of my being'.
** Openly mocked by Spider-Man, in an issue where Luke's wife Jessica, upon finding out that Spider-Man was Peter Parker, gushed that they went to the same high school and she had an enormous crush on him. Later, Luke is clearly in a mood and not talking to Spidey, while Spidey tries to explain that he never really noticed her and it was years ago anyway. There's a pause, then Spidey lets fly with this one: "But you and Iron First aren't a thing anymore, right? 'Cause I've been wanting to tap that for a ''long'' time." Luke goes from looking mildly annoyed to ''seriously'' pissed.
* Spider-Man has '''six''': ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]], ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, [[Franchise/{{XMen}} Iceman]], [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Agent Venom]] and [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
* [[Comicbook/{{Daredevil}} Matt Murdock]] and his law partner[=/=]CowardlySidekick Foggy Nelson.
* Supervillain example, Mentallo and the Fixer. Though they "broke up" when Fixer joined the {{Thunderbolts}}, Judging by the MODOK's 11 mini, Mentallo stills misses the Fixer.
* ''ComicBook/{{X-Men}}'':
** Previously, villains Black Tom Cassidy and the Juggernaut.
** Also Previously, Wolverine and Nightcrawler.
** Also Nightcrawler and Colossus. Sometimes two would fight over the other [[HoYay like jealous girlfriends]]. Nightcrawler and Captain Britain too, though they didn't always get along.
** Magneto and Professor X: a tragic case of a broken life partnership, and DependingOnTheWriter Magneto especially regrets that their ideologies have driven them apart.
** In a similar, though more jarring sense, Cyclops and Wolverine, with their recent breakup and both sliding down different slopes. Prior to this, the two were often at each other's throats but in a manner similar to two brothers, and when push came to shove they'd be as thick as thieves. In fact, once Jean Grey (Scott's long time love and late wife, and the woman Wolverine had the hots for) died, thus removing the main source of their bickering, the two notably stopped arguing so much and became more openly close and friendly. Then Wolverine became a hypocrite and Cyclops became an extremist, and now the two can't stand each other.
** ComicBook/{{X 23}} and Jubilee, the two 'daughters' of Wolverine who have similar issues. It's a tad darker than normal as it partially formed out of the two each agreeing to take the other down if they lose control.
* Rictor and Shatterstar of ''ComicBook/XForce'' fame were this for a long time, along with that special touch of Ho-Yay, until finally the 'Heterosexual' part was thrown out.
* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica gives us Steve Rogers and James "Bucky" Barnes, and Steve and The Falcon (and the Falcon and Bucky too).
* The ComicBook/IronMan book gives us Tony Stark and his best buddy Jim Rhodes (ComicBook/{{War Machine}}).
** There's also Iron Man and Captain America, but a lot of fangirls [[HoYay have doubts about the "Heterosexual" prefix.]]
** Tony and Steve are almost in a bizarre, giant ass [[LoveDodecahedron HLP Dodecahedron]], given how many people they share this relationship with. As well as each other and the mentioned above, Tony, DependingOnTheWriter, has a, slightly more vitriolic, one with both Bruce Banner (one played up in the recent ''Avengers'' film) and Henry Pym, while Cap also has one with Clint Barton. Clint Barton, meanwhile, has one with Henry Pym too, making things all the more circular, while recent developments have given Hawkeye something similar with Captain Britain. Captain Britain, meanwhile, held a similar, though more aggressive, relationship with Nightcrawler, and, inspite of introductions, a more pleasant one with Pete Wisdom.
* In ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'', Rocket Raccoon and Groot. As the series went on, Rocket's relationship with Groot went from wanting TheBigGuy for back up to this. And it only became more apparent after the Timely Inc. mini-series as they're currently the only active members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
* Jessica 'ComicBook/SpiderWoman' Drew and Carol 'ComicBook/MsMarvel' Danvers (now Captain Marvel). They're even approached as a pair during the recruitment drive in ''Avengers'' #2, while everyone else, except for Cannonball and Sunspot (another pair of Life Partners), got approached individually. Carol also has one with the ''other'' Jess, ComicBook/JessicaJones; not surprising, given that Jones was an expy of Drew when first created.
* Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean of the ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'' go back and forth between being HeterosexualLifePartners and having a RomanticTwoGirlFriendship.

'''Other'''
* Absolutely endemic in classic Franco-Belgian comics, whenever they [[StrictlyFormula followed the formula]]: a young, [[AlwaysMale male]] hero, without any personality beyond some vague benevolence, going on adventures with an older, more emotional, sarcastic and morally flawed [[OddCouple lifelong companion]]. The two would live in the same house; the young hero would never show or be shown any interest for/by the opposite sex, and, while the older one could sometime get involved in a [[SatelliteLoveInterest romantic C-plot]], the girl [[GirlOfTheWeek rarely reappeared in subsequent books]] and the romance would never go beyond a kiss on the cheek (or [[ComicBook/{{Asterix}} nose]]). The formula went [[DiscreditedTrope out of fashion]] a while ago, and is now either [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded to death]] or exploited to [[HoYay its logical conclusion]]. This is partly due to the MoralGuardians of the time, who explicitly prevented attractive women from appearing in comics.
* ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'':
** The eponymous hero started his adventures alone, but was soon joined by Captain Haddock. It's debatable whether the two are heterosexual or {{asexual}}, though they're both definitely {{Celibate Hero}}es. This is probably due to Herge being a devout (liberal in later years) Catholic who didn't believe in including any romance in his works.
** The detective duo [[ThoseTwoGuys Thomson and Thompson]] (Dupont and Dupond in the original French) probably count; though they look like twins, we're never given any indication that they're actually related.
* ''ComicBook/BlakeAndMortimer'': together they fight pseudo-scientific crime... and sometimes sleep at each other's place from time to time.
* In the American Civil War-set adventure comic ''[[ComicBook/LesTuniquesBleues The Bluecoats]]'', patriotic and often naive Chesterfield tends to consider Corporal Blutch to be a defeatist coward while cynical and pragmatic Blutch considers Sergeant Chesterfield to be an obnoxious blowhard, but they are virtually inseparable from each other.
* ''ComicBook/SpirouAndFantasio'', in which the two eponymous [[IntrepidReporter intrepid reporters]] live together in some incarnations of the series. Recently, [[WordOfGod one of the (many) writers]] went out of his way to mention that Fantasio was obviously gay and pining for Spirou.
** This is a rare case of DependingOnTheWriter in Franco-Belgian comics, as Fantasio has been shown to be very interested in girls in the earliest books, with usually horrible luck (except when using a MindControlDevice to get kisses). Latest books have downplayed this, though. Conversely, Spirou, usually close to Asexual, has occasionally shown interest to girls.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'' came a few decades after the previous examples, with Asterix and Obelix.
* If you get away from the older/younger dynamic, "Tif & Tondu", "ComicStrip/QuickAndFlupke", "[[ComicBook/JohanAndPeewit Johan & Peewit]]" (and this last case may actually also belong to the older/younger dynamic: Johan is clearly a young squire, but Peewit's age remains deliberately ambiguous, thanks to him being a little person; he may be as young as Johan or much older)...
* Even, if you stretch it a little, ''ComicBook/LuckyLuke'' (with Jolly Jumper).
* Pol Pitron and Vic Video from Roger Leloup's ''ComicBook/YokoTsuno'', who form a PowerTrio with ActionGirl Yoko. [[spoiler: After some TimeTravel, Pol gets together with InnocentFlowerGirl Mieke, whereas Vic has quite the WillTheyOrWontThey with Yoko]].
* Cutter and Skywise from ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' (at least the earlier volumes). [[EveryoneIsBi Although their relationship]] [[WordOfGod isn't entirely platonic]].
* ComicBook/TheSandman: The Dead Boy Detectives. It helps that they're, y'know, dead, and also [[{{Shotacon}} really, really young.]]
* ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon. Definitely.
** It even gets lampshaded a couple of times.
* James "Biggles" Bigglesworth and Ginger Hebblethwaite in the ''Literature/{{Biggles}}'' comics. The BBC sitcom ''TheThinBlueLine'' makes a case that HoYay is in the air, but Inspector Fowler, who is a fan of the books, vehemently denies it.
* ''ComicBook/JillTrentScienceSleuth'': At least in the Internet-available (and public domain) [[http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/10/jill-trent-science-sleuth.html examples]] of this obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] feature, Jill and her gal pal Daisy are almost always together. And [[LesYay no sign of boyfriends]] for either of them....
* {{Peanuts}}:
** Peppermint Patty and Marcie
** And earlier, [[OneSteveLimit Patty]] and Violet.
** Charlie Brown and Linus could also qualify.
** Snoopy and Woodstock are the true epitome of a ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}} example.
* ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes. The fact that one is aged six and the other is an imaginary tiger certainly helps.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Rudi}}'' and Freddy (German comic). Goes so far that they don't get an apartment because the landlady thinks they're really a gay couple, which she can't stand.
* The eponymous duo of ''ComicBook/QuantumAndWoody''. Enforced by the quantum bands they wear; if they fail to knock their bands together every 24 hours, they turn into energy and dissipate.
* ''ComicBook/SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool'': Patrick "Steelgrip" Starkey and Flynn "Flyin'" Ryan.
* ComicBook/{{Archie}} Andrews and "Jughead" Jones. Though this relationship has been [[Film/ChasingAmy brought into question]].
* Disney/{{Mickey Mouse}} and Disney/{{Goofy}}. Well, at least in the comics.
* Everyone's favorite non-affiliated coppers, Sam and Max: Freelance Police, very much have something like this, more like a Batman-Robin type deal but with more...uh...affection(?) by Sam to Max, and with significantly more insanity on Max's part.
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** Snoopy and Woodstock are the true epitome of a {{Peanuts}} example.
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* Rictor and Shatterstar of {{X-Force}} ComicBook/XForce fame were this for a long time, along with that special touch of Ho-Yay, until finally the 'Heterosexual' part was thrown out.
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* Jason Todd and Roy Harper are this since the start of the ComicBook/TheNew52 when they teamed up on ''ComicBook/RedHoodAndTheOutlaws''. Despite having some obvious differences (and in Jason's case, reservations about the whole thing) the numerous adventures they had together made them inseparable.
** DC has capitalized on this with the SequelSeries of RHATO, the appropriately titled ''ComicBook/RedHoodArsenal'' that chronicles the duo attempts of going legit as [[PunchClockHero Vigilantes for Hire]]
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* Everyone's favorite non-affiliated coppers, Sam and Max: Freelance Police, very much have something like this, more like a Batman-Robin type deal but with more...uh...affection(?) by Sam to Max, and with significantly more insanity on Max's part.
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* [[GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Rocket Raccoon and Groot]]. As the series went on, Rocket's relationship with Groot went from wanting TheBigGuy for back up to this. And it only became more apparent after the Timely Inc. mini-series as they're currently the only active members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.

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* [[GuardiansOfTheGalaxy [[ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Rocket Raccoon and Groot]]. As the series went on, Rocket's relationship with Groot went from wanting TheBigGuy for back up to this. And it only became more apparent after the Timely Inc. mini-series as they're currently the only active members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
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** And now it's back to Heterosexual Life Partners status, with the launch of the SupermanBatman [[SlashFic title]].

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* [[SteelgripStarkeyAndTheAllPurposePowerTool Patrick "Steelgrip" Starkey and Flynn "Flyin'" Ryan.]]

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** One of the major changes from pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} to PostCrisis is the removal of this trope from Batman and Superman's relationship. The impact of ''Comicbook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', as well as CharacterDevelopment in UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} that had turned Batman back to his dark roots, set the stage for relatively little kerfuffle over the retcon, the reasoning being that their "true" personalities (friendly, laid-back reporter versus gruff, brooding vigilante) were too different to get along.

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** One of the major changes from pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} to PostCrisis ComicBook/PostCrisis is the removal of this trope from Batman and Superman's relationship. The impact of ''Comicbook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'', as well as CharacterDevelopment in UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} that had turned Batman back to his dark roots, set the stage for relatively little kerfuffle over the retcon, the reasoning being that their "true" personalities (friendly, laid-back reporter versus gruff, brooding vigilante) were too different to get along.



** In the {{New 52}}, they went from "distrustful, yet respecting" of the other, to actually pretty good friends. A new book, ''Batman/Superman'', even details how they first met and shared adventures for the duo. Batman even keeps Superman & Wonder Woman's relationship a secret for as long as he could out of respect.

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** In the {{New ComicBook/{{New 52}}, they went from "distrustful, yet respecting" of the other, to actually pretty good friends. A new book, ''Batman/Superman'', even details how they first met and shared adventures for the duo. Batman even keeps Superman & Wonder Woman's relationship a secret for as long as he could out of respect.



** And it's ''definitely'' this trope in the {{New 52}}, where Clark and Jimmy have roughly the same age and share an apartment.

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* MortadeloYFilemon. Definitely.

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* [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] and [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]], also of Marvel Comics, with Luke going so far as to name his daughter after Danny.

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* [[LukeCageHeroForHire [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]] and [[ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist Danny Rand]], also of Marvel Comics, with Luke going so far as to name his daughter after Danny.



* Spider-Man has '''six''': ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]], ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, [[Franchise/{{XMen}} Iceman]], [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Agent Venom]] and [[LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].

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* Spider-Man has '''six''': ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, [[ComicBook/FantasticFour The Human Torch]], ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}, [[Franchise/{{XMen}} Iceman]], [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Agent Venom]] and [[LukeCageHeroForHire [[ComicBook/LukeCageHeroForHire Luke Cage]].
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* ''JillTrentScienceSleuth'': At least in the Internet-available (and public domain) [[http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/10/jill-trent-science-sleuth.html examples]] of this obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] feature, Jill and her gal pal Daisy are almost always together. And [[LesYay no sign of boyfriends]] for either of them....

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* ''JillTrentScienceSleuth'': ''ComicBook/JillTrentScienceSleuth'': At least in the Internet-available (and public domain) [[http://sciencewomen.blogspot.com/2008/10/jill-trent-science-sleuth.html examples]] of this obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] feature, Jill and her gal pal Daisy are almost always together. And [[LesYay no sign of boyfriends]] for either of them....



* CaptainAmerica gives us Steve Rogers and James "Bucky" Barnes, and Steve and The Falcon (and the Falcon and Bucky too).

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* CaptainAmerica ComicBook/CaptainAmerica gives us Steve Rogers and James "Bucky" Barnes, and Steve and The Falcon (and the Falcon and Bucky too).

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