52 First Dates: A Valentine's Day Special (Part 1)

Happy Valentine's Day, loyal readers! Hope your special someone-or Netflix-is enjoying your company! But how about you take a break from cuddling and check out a very special Top 5 list!? No this isn't a "hot or not" list, pinhead. This list features the most significant couples in comic books! So let's get started with The Panel Biter's Top 5 Comic Book Couples!

#5 Black Panther & Storm

Officially wed in "Black Panther #18, 2006" King T'Challa made Orono Monroe of the X-Men his Queen of Wakanda. This relationship is special because it represents the union between mankind and mutant-kind. Their love may feel very Romeo and Juliet, but it wasn't all flowers and chocolates. As King and Queen of Wakanda, these two ventured around the world trying to form unions with other countries. The United States, Latvaria, Attilan, and even Atlantis had trouble shaking hands with these two. Their marriage may not have lasted forever, but they still remain cooperative heroes and good friends.

#4 Luke Cage & Jessica Jones

Luke Cage is a character who's been progressing in morals since his debut. He's gone from criminal to detective to Avenger to husband, and the lucky lady he settled down with happened to be another hero, Jessica Jones. Their relationship actually started with a one night fling, but they emotionally connected soon after. Fortunate for them both, because that fling led to Jessica becoming pregnant. After their daughter Danielle was born, Luke and Jessica got married and balanced their lives as heroes and parents. There's a lot of reasons I like this couple, mainly their commitment to their family. Most heroes worry about what the big-bad villain will do next, these two worry about the baby's teething.

#3 Apollo & The Midnighter

At first glance these two may look like blatant rip-offs of Superman and Batman, but there is more them than you think. Apollo and Midnighter were the only surviving members of a government black ops team. They were experimented on and enhanced with government technology, having only each other after they escaped. It was during their time fighting crime around the US that Apollo and Midnighter developed feelings for each other. After these two joined an organization called The Authority, their new team was swiftly attacked and replaced by body-doubles. Midnighter was the only Authority member to avoid capture and successfully save his team. Shortly after these events, Midnighter proposed to Apollo. They went on to get married and adopt a young orphaned hero named Jenny Quantum. Aside from being a homosexual couple, these two are drastically different in personally and overall tone. Showing that within any context of people, opposites can attract.

Please continue on to Part 2 (if your stomach can take it)!
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