Top Five "&" Comics!
This is the top five comics where two heroes shared billing as a duo (not like Tales of Suspense, where two heroes just shared the book, space-wise)!
5. The Atom and Hawkman
This title was the very first (that I know of) that thought, "Hey, these two heroes can't sell on their OWN, but what if they TEAMED UP?"
So starting with #39, The Atom became The Atom and Hawkman!
However, the move did not help much, as the title only lasted another year and a half.
4. Daredevil and Black Widow
This was probably the simplest of the pairings - as the heroes just started dating!
What is funny is that this is the first of TWO appearances of a Gene Colan issue on this list!
3. Cable and Deadpool
This pairing gets extra points for the seamingly randomness to the pairing!!
2. Power Man and Iron Fist
This pairing was very similar to the Atom and Hawkman's pairing, as the book used to be just Power Man's, but with #50, it turned to Power Man AND Iron Fist!
Unlike Atom and Hawkman, though, this pairing lasted a good deal longer, over 70 issues!!
However, while this pairing is often thought of as the epitome of superhero pairings, I think there is one that tops it!
1. Captain America and Falcon
With Captain America #134 (the other issue drawn by Gene Colan on this list), Captain America and the Falcon became partners...for almost the next NINETY ISSUES!!
And as you can imagine, it is hard to make permanent changes to a major character like Captain America, but they were able to make the Falcon almost stick!
In addition, the two ALSO paired in an ALL-NEW ongoing years later for 14 issues!
That says "tops" to me!!
Anyone disagree?
Anyone I left out that I should not have?
5. The Atom and Hawkman
This title was the very first (that I know of) that thought, "Hey, these two heroes can't sell on their OWN, but what if they TEAMED UP?"
So starting with #39, The Atom became The Atom and Hawkman!
However, the move did not help much, as the title only lasted another year and a half.
4. Daredevil and Black Widow
This was probably the simplest of the pairings - as the heroes just started dating!
What is funny is that this is the first of TWO appearances of a Gene Colan issue on this list!
3. Cable and Deadpool
This pairing gets extra points for the seamingly randomness to the pairing!!
2. Power Man and Iron Fist
This pairing was very similar to the Atom and Hawkman's pairing, as the book used to be just Power Man's, but with #50, it turned to Power Man AND Iron Fist!
Unlike Atom and Hawkman, though, this pairing lasted a good deal longer, over 70 issues!!
However, while this pairing is often thought of as the epitome of superhero pairings, I think there is one that tops it!
1. Captain America and Falcon
With Captain America #134 (the other issue drawn by Gene Colan on this list), Captain America and the Falcon became partners...for almost the next NINETY ISSUES!!
And as you can imagine, it is hard to make permanent changes to a major character like Captain America, but they were able to make the Falcon almost stick!
In addition, the two ALSO paired in an ALL-NEW ongoing years later for 14 issues!
That says "tops" to me!!
Anyone disagree?
Anyone I left out that I should not have?
posted by Brian Cronin at 6:06 PM
2 Comments:
Green Lantern & Green Arrow?
I suppose, technically it was just "Green lantern" all along. But it's still the one that comes to mind ...
Cable & Deadpool should get extra special bonus points for being the only one eith an actual '&' in the title.
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