Marriages in comics

I don’t get why comic book publishers can’t get a hold of the concept of marriage? Marriages are not easy and that is OK, I don’t think anyone is expecting something that it is not, what gets to me is all the bad writing related to marriage that seems so prevalent in the comic medium.


What could be more challenging than a difficult marriage? but a marriage plus superpowers…. That got to be hard. At the same time I can just imaging how rewarding a marriage like this could be for the couple. If you have to guess why I am talking about this you probably don’t know that I am a Spider-Man fan but as many of my friends know I am mad about what Marvel Comics did to the Marriage of Peter Parker. Everyone that knows me knows that what I like is the character and the type of man Peter Parker is (yes I know he is only fictional) what I don’t get is why the writers have such a hard time writing an interesting marriages?

As much as I was not a fan of JMS run (just the magic part, I promise) he made the marriage interesting. There are other people out there that get the idea, a good example of a person that has made marriages interesting in comics is Geoff John. All that you need to do is just look at his run in the Flash, it was interesting! There were twist, and you would feel bad for both Wally and Linda. When things did not work out, you felt it. At every turn I wanted them to get back together again but when they split I understood Linda! and it made sense!! it was the right choice for the character to leave Wally when she did, they had their challenges and they overcame their problems and that is how a marriage is written!


I always heard how wrong Lois and Superman marriage is for the character… I just don’t see it that way; it is not surprise that Geoff John is the current writer of the book and a pivotal reason why the book is entertaining. Not just for the Superhero action and making Superman interesting but the way Lois cares and tries to be there for her husband!


I don’t know if I am being too harsh with Marvel, I get what they are trying to do but the fact of the matter is that MJ is part of the Spider-Man Mythos and having Peter and MJ not being together is just does not make sense…