Written by Jim Shooter and penciled by Paul Ryan, Spider-Man Annual #21 contains a scene wherein Spider-Man stands in full costume subsequent to his soon-to-be bride Mary Jane Watson. Behind them are pals and foes alike, together with Thor, Captain America, and Hobgoblin (who, upon seeing the completely satisfied couple, mutters to himself, “Die”). Peter’s additionally greeted by Aunt Could and his deceased Uncle Ben, a contented reunion that turns bitter when the marriage is interrupted by one other useless beloved one, his former girlfriend Gwen Stacy. Gwen’s arrival provides the baddies the distraction they wanted, and so they leap into motion to assault MJ.
After which Peter wakes up. Sure, the requisite large superhero combat sequence in Spider-Man Annual #21 occurs in a dream. And that’s a great factor, as a result of that leaves loads of room to actually discover every part that Peter went by way of to get up to now, the one time his Ol’ Parker Luck labored in his favor. By the point Pete and MJ say “I do,” they’ve established probably the greatest marriages in comics, one so sturdy that solely Devil, or moderately Mephisto, may undo it.
Superman and Lois Lane
Superman: The Wedding ceremony Album, 1996
To not be outdone, DC Comics lastly wedded its major couple in 1996, bringing collectively Clark Kent and Lois Lane. As with the Parkers, Lois and Clark have a comparatively uneventful occasion—a truth helped in universe by the truth that Superman had just lately misplaced his powers when the solar was extinguished in the course of the Last Evening crossover (don’t fear, Inexperienced Lantern turned it again on).
Nevertheless, exterior of the fictional universe, the wedding was a key occasion. In spite of everything, DC was undoing one of many style’s biggest ficitional love triangles, a choice that may very well be much more momentous as killing Superman only a few years later. To do it proper, DC introduced aboard a number of top-notch creators to inform the story, together with Dan Jurgens (the first Superman inventive on the time), as properly John Byrne, George Pérez, Gil Kane, and Curt Swan. Even when the plot itself isn’t too loopy, the creatives concerned within the Superman: The Wedding ceremony Album stay spectacular.
Colossus and Kitty Pryde
X-Males Gold #30, 2018
