Superheroes are people, too, friends!
Or at least individuals.
Not all of them are human.
Regardless of that, those who fight in the name of justice and all things good often
find themselves coming into contact with other super powered individuals or vigilantes, and
often, discover they have common goals or desires.
While often this can result in romantic relationships, there have been multiple occasions where it
results in the beautiful bond that is friendship.
So today, we’re taking a look at some of these heroic pals with our list of the top
10 best superhero friendships!
10 Captain America & Black Widow Let’s start off this list with some of our
favourite Marvel characters in the MCU - Captain America and Black Widow.
These two have been through a whole hell of a lot over the years.
Remember all of Captain America Winter soldier?
When they thought Nick Fury was dead and SHIELD was compromised, these two best buddies were
each other’s shoulder to lean on, and went about kicking some serious HYDRA butt in the
process.
Even in Civil War, when Natasha clearly sided with Tony Stark on the matter, their friendship
couldn’t be broken; she went to go see Steve at Peggy Carter’s funeral, and at the end
of that epic battle at the airport, she let Steve and Bucky go, knowing that Steve wouldn’t
be doing this if there wasn’t a greater, more noble purpose.
They get each other.
It’s really sweet.
In addition to that - If the recent thread that’s been floating around twitter didn’t
pluck your heart strings, know that the real lift actors who portray these two superheroes,
Scarlett Johannson and Chris Evans, also have one of the best friendships - there are an
excessive amount of adorable gifs and pictures of them doing stuff together, like playing
Tetris.
I just can’t.
WHAT WILL SCARLETT DO WITHOUT YOU CHRIS???
9 Iron Fist & Luke Cage These two were created at a very interesting
time in the US - Iron Fist was Marvel’s attempt to play off of the big martial arts
trend that was storming the country, and Luke, on the other hand, was an attempt to market
on blaxploitation - the trend in the early 70s that was an ethnic exploitation subgenre.
These two were paired together in the title Power Man and Iron Fist, a product of trying
to increase the sales of the characters and save them from complete cancellation.
Unfortunately the duo weren’t spared from their Netflix cancellation, where they forged
a friendship as well.
In the comics though, they would form the team Heroes for Hire after meeting at a party
hosted by Hogarth, the lawyer who Carrie Ann Moss played in the Neflix show (except in
the comics he was a dude).
Despite being best buds, they often take shots at one another out of jest, with Luke rapping
on Danny due to his wealth and privilege, and Danny ripping on some of Luke’s cheesier
qualities, like that good ol ‘sweet Christmas’ catch phrase of his.
8 Reed Richards & Ben Grimm Ben Grimm may be the only one in the Fantastic
Four that isn’t connected to the other members by blood or marriage, but the Thing is more
than family to the team, especially to his best pal and team leader Reed Richards.
The two first met at school when they attended Empire State University, where they were roommates.
Reed, being a child prodigy, had already been working on the design of a space ship, and
Ben had jokingly volunteered to pilot it.
If only they knew back then!
Ben would become a test pilot and astronaut, and Reed had managed to use his inheritance
and government funding to finance his research and visit Mars after getting his PhD and a
stint as a military scientist.
The two have had their ups and downs over the years, with Ben blaming Reed for the cosmic
radiation accident that gave them their powers (and made Ben transform into the Thing), But
regardless, almost no one knows Reed like Ben does, which ain’t an easy feat since
Reed has a tendency to be slightly cold and distant due to his methodical nature; something
Ben and his fellow Fantastic Four teammates have all experienced at one time or another.
7 Superboy & Robin While their fathers often tend to steal the
spotlight, one of the most recent budding best friendships that stole our hearts in
the DC universe was that of Superboy and Robin, aka Jonathan Kent and Damian Wayne.
These two didn’t get along at first.
Damian straight up abducted Superboy, and their bickering got so bad that their fathers
even had to get involved.
But since, the two have built an incredibly endearing bond that both of their fathers
couldn’t be more proud of.
These super sons may be young, but their friendship and bond is important for the future of the
DC universe (if that future ever contains a younger generation taking over for their
beloved fathers whose reign, in a about a decade and a half, will have lasted for a
century).
6 Carol Danvers & Jessica Drew Jessica and Carol grew a life long friendship
out of a traumatic event.
Back in Avengers annual issue 10, Jessica saved Captain Marvel from a near death encounter
with Rogue; a character that she has a whole hell of a lot of past baggage with thanks
to her days with the X-Men.
After Jessica gets Carol to the hospital, she goes above and beyond and gives Charles
Xavier a call to investigate further into her mysterious condition.
Why is that a big deal?
Because of Avengers issue 200 from 1980, when Carol was abducted, raped and then impregnated
by Marcus Immortus, and the Avengers did NOTHING to help her when she was clearly in need.
Carol was clearly in need again, and Jessica did something.
The two would grow immensely close during Carol’s recovery, never treating her like
a victim.
Carol returned the favour big time when Jessica was pregnant, Carol is super involved in helping
her prepare to have her first child.
Even the rift of Civil War 2, when Jessica opposed Carol’s ideologies, the two managed
to patch things up together.
The powerful of friendship, people.
5 Human Torch & Spider-Man Peter Parker and Johnny Storm have a lot in
common.
They’re both known for their witty quips, both known for having a sense of humour, and
both have a heat of gold.
The two are roughly the same age as well, with the two often being paired up over the
years on adventures.
The two even got their own crossover title back in 2005, in which the two started off
disliking one another, but soon their bickering becomes more of a friendly brand, with the
two obviously enjoying each other’s company and companionship on and off the battlefield.
Spideytorch is also one hell of a ship, too, people.
Just saying.
4 Black Widow & Hawkeye Jumping back to the MCU for this number, and
to Black Widow!
Aside from her budding buddy ship with Steve Rogers, Natasha has one other major friendship
in the MCU that we’ve gotten to see in depth - her and Clint Barton, Hawkeye.
According to MCU lore, Clint was assigned by SHIELD to take out Natasha, who at the
time still worked for the Russians and was perceived to be so dangerous that she was
a global threat.
But Clint saw something in Natasha, and convinced Fury that instead of killing her, they should
recruit her.
Over the years, these two have worked a ton of missions together, and have grown a trust
so absolute that some have even started to ship them.
Clint trusts Nat so much that he even introduced her to his family; the family he had kept
secret from everyone but Fury.
For two incredibly secretive and guarded characters, this friendship is an anomaly, but so darn
wonderful to see up on the big screen.
3 Cable & Deadpool Seeing Cable and Deadpool up on the big screen
together in Deadpool 2 was a total treat.
And totally something a long time coming - these two and their friendship, or bromance, has
been beloved by fans world wide.
Never has it been more enjoyable to watch two grown men bicker so darn much.
First meeting in New Mutants issue 98 back in 1991, Deadpool was initially on contract
to kill Cable, but that didn’t work out too well, and instead, they teamed up to join
forces.
2 Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy Aside from the Joker, Harley Quinn has often
been paired up with Poison Ivy in both the comics and in animated adaptations.
They two have great chemistry together.
They get each other’s sense of humour.
And they But the best part, really?
These two were friends for years before they officially started dating (although, ask anyone
whose been shipping them from the Batman The Animated Series days and you’ll know they’ve
had a whole lot of sexual tension and subtle romantic moments prior to them becoming canon).
Poison Ivy has been critically in helping Harley Quinn get over some of the more toxic
aspects and trauma that her not-so-wonderful relationship with the Joker left her scarred
with.
Cause let’s be honest here, people - the Joker abuses everyone, including the ones
he loves most - Harley and Batman.
Because of this, Harley has been way more committed to turning a new leaf, with her
and Ivy falling into the category of anti heroes rather than villains these days.
1 Batman & Superman This is literally the closest that Batman
will get to a best friend - because let’s be honest, Alfred is family, people.
The World’s Finest are arguably the world’s most well known and recognizable superheroes.
While Superman is often credited as being the first major superhero that flung the genre
and mainstream comics into popularity back in the late 1930s, Batman is his foil, his
opposite, and has become just as big of a symbol and pop culture icon as the man in
red and blue tights is.
Being DC Comic’s two leading superheroes, naturally, they ended up in many a crossover
story together, and were the primary faces of DC’s World’s Finest comics, initially
titled World’s Best Comics (a name that was changed due to a cease and desist letter
from another comic publisher with a similar title in print).
Thus began the duo’s nickname, World’s Finest.
And truly, they really are.
While they may have varying ideologies and strategies, the two have utmost respect for
one another.
Back during Tom King’s run on Batman when he was engaged to Selina Kyle, Bruce had asked
Clark to be his best man, despite the two of them sulking about not calling the other
to talk about it.
And one of the great things that King’s story explored was that despite all of their
differences, no matter how much they contrast themselves to one another, deep down, they’re
a lot more like each other than they even realize.
BEST FRIENDS AWWWW.
There we have it friends!
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