History HoYay / MarvelUniverse

** And now, thanks to ''Dark Reign: Fantastic Four'', we have, as one commentator put it: [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/162515.html "So they're basically saying that Tony and Steve aren't gay, but if they had the opportunity to have it be heterosexual, they'd totally get together."]] Subtle, Marvel. Really.

-->'''Steve''': Hop on.
-->'''Tony''': There's got to be another horse running around here somewhere.
-->'''Steve''': Hop on! Let's go.
-->'''Tony''': *climbs up on the horse* Any excuse to get me to hold you.
-->'''Steve''': You see right through me.

--> '''Gwen:''' Come along, little one! Gwen will buy you a movie mag to keep you cultural till Pete's on his feet again!
--> '''MJ:''' But, it's like tragic to waste all those dreamy discs!
--> '''Gwen:''' If it's music you want, bunny, we can grab a kazoo on the way!

* This trope might be the real reason ComicBook/SpiderMan prefers to work alone.
** Yeah, but that didn't stop Norman Osborn from piling on the insinuation about him and Harry in "American Son."
-->'''Norman''': "Just accept it and come clean... about Harry and your obsession with him."
-->'''Norman''': "Would it loosen your tongue to know that Harry sold you out for a woman?"

--> '''Norman''': "Do you love my son?"

-->'''Nova:''' What would I do without you?
-->'''Peter:''' Die alone?
-->'''Nova:''' Did ''not'' need to hear that.

---> '''Peter:''' Did you ''really'' think I'd let you run off and get yourself killed without my being there to tell you "I told you so?"
---> '''Nova:''' [[http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww301/clockworklondon/scans/Annihilation4-010-1.jpg Never even crossed my mind.]]

* Another popular companion for Steve is ComicBook/{{Hawkeye}}. After the two became friends, they'd regularly be seen working out together, would grin like schoolgirls any time they saw one-another, and generally depicted as really close. Though Steve has many companions he's extremely close to, until the resurgence of Bucky, Hawkeye was the go-to for Steve's most loyal companion when Iron Man wasn't an option.

** Speaking of Hawkeyes, [[Characters/HawkeyeKateBishop Kate Bishop]] was very... [[UnusualEuphemism impressed]] with Whitney Frost [[spoiler: AKA Madame Masque]]'s physique in the Matt Fraction run's annual. She even apologizes for [[LampshadeHanging acting goony]].

* HoYay/SpiderManDeadpool

* Mark Gruenwald and Carmine Infantino's run on the original ''ComicBook/SpiderWoman'' series was hilariously loaded with LesYay, with Jessica Drew repeatedly bemoaning her boyfriend's inability to understand that Spider-Woman is a part of her identity (a part which, incidentally, comes with a costume with two upside-down triangles on it...) Similarly, she abandons him twice in one issue to go chasing after Gypsy Moth (who was later outed as bisexual), and after GM is injured (by Jessica Drew's moronic boyfriend, no less), Spider-Woman carries the girl off to recover and lets her go, even though she terrorized partygoers (albeit hilariously pretentious ones), saying that she has more in common with the strange insect-costumed women than with ''them''. The issue ends with Drew coldly refusing to apologize to her boyfriend for blasting him in the face to prevent him from harming Gypsy Moth. Later, after the obligatory "couples therapy via supervillain kidnapping" arc, more LesYay arrives with the introduction of Lindsay [=McCabe=], who is somehow immune to Jessica Drew's hostility-inducing pheremones, and the arrival of Nekra, a supervillainess determined to kill Spider-Woman because the pheremones cause her to feel "alien" affection for SW. After a culminating fight in which Nekra's hate-fueled powers crap out and SW accidentally puts her in a coma, the arc ends with poor Jessica Drew getting dumped. After a bizarre mini-arc where SW battles a creepy "waxman", she's bailed out of a humilating therapy session by Lindsay, who insists that Jessica stay at her place till she gets her head together. Immediately after that, all the loose ends and subplots from the Gruenwald/Infantino run are abruptly settled in an issue where Jessica Drew is fired from her job AND evicted from her house, leaving her free to move in with Lindsay. One can only wonder if Gruenwald realized that his run on the series could be interpreted as a thinly-veiled story about a woman coming to grips with her sexuality...

* Speaking of Hawkeyes, ComicBook/KateBishop was very... [[UnusualEuphemism impressed]] with Whitney Frost [[spoiler: AKA Madame Masque]]'s physique in the Matt Fraction run's annual. She even apologizes for [[LampshadeHanging acting goony]].

!!The following have their own pages:

** The entirety of ''Comicbook/CivilWar: The Confession'' reads like a horrifically bad break-up between Cap and Tony Stark. Once you get to the point where Tony's sobbing over Cap's corpse and saying, "It wasn't worth it", it's practically undeniable.

** And ''that's'' without mentioning the time Tony's armour became sentient and started acting like [[FanNickname an abusive boyfriend]], refusing to let him see his friends and current LoveInterest, demanding that Tony get inside it, and eventually taking him to an island and torturing him...where Tony's memories of Steve helped him keep fighting.

* ''ComicBook/ThePunisher'' has this with Cap, too. During ComicBook/CivilWar, Cap gave Frank a [[OutOfCharacterMoment brutal beatdown]] while the latter just stood there and took it, saying he won't fight back, "not against you". Cap is the only ideal Frank still believes in.

* ComicBook/CarolDanvers and [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica Drew/Spider-Woman]] certainly qualify. In the first story they appear in together, ''Avengers Annual #10'', Carol’s powers and memories are stolen, and she is left to fall to her death over the Golden Gate Bridge until Spider-Woman swoops in to the stranger’s rescue — a courageous hero come to save a DamselInDistress. For the rest of the issue, Jess is very protective of Carol and is determined to figure out how to help her recover. In the decades since, Jess and Carol have remained “best friends”, often playfully teasing each other or bickering LikeAnOldMarriedCouple during their team-ups. When Jessica gets pregnant and has a baby who she names Gerry, [[https://bobandsuewilliams.com/images/captain-marvel-jessica-jones-18.jpg Carol adores him as well]]. Gerry pretty much HasTwoMommies.

** In ''ComicBook/AllNewUltimates'' #4, a group of superheroines [[BeachEpisode goes to the beach]] and their conversation turns to their respective romantic histories. [[ComicBook/SpiderWoman Jessica]] talks about how her being [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Peter Parker's]] clone affects her and that, apparently as a consequence of this, what feels right to her is "Haha, yeah, girls. Natural redheads in particular." Ultimate ComicBook/KittyPryde, who used to be Peter Parker's girlfriend but was sidelined when he got back together with redhead ComicBook/MaryJaneWatson, reacts with a sarcastic: "Great!", to which Jessica responds: "I kinda have a thing for [[MatzoFever Jewish girls]], too." Eight issues later, in the final issue of the series, Jessica admits to Kitty that she has a "big, fat crush" on her and apologizes for making her feel awkward. Kitty however takes it in her stride and says it was awesome of Jessica to admit her attraction to her. However, Jessica then jokingly suggests they make out.

** Spider-Man does get quite a bit of HoYay -- just most of it is FoeYay flavored.

** Both women also have something minor with Spider-Woman as well, with Bobbi at first being annoyed that Jess had hooked up with her now-ex-husband Hawkeye but later ended up working with closely, while Natasha and Jess develop a RomanticTwoGirlfriendship after the latter joins the ComicBook/SecretAvengers (a fact that, really, makes the fact Bobbi left the team just before Jess joined all the more sad).

* HoYay/{{Ultimate Spider-Man}}

** In an issue of Marvel's AlternateUniverse comic ''Comicbook/{{Exiles}}'', the team's Alterna-Beast chose not to return to his own universe because, with his lover Wonder Man dead, there was nothing there for him.

** In an issue of Marvel's AlternateUniverse comic ''Comicbook/{{Exiles}}'', the team's Alterna-Beast chose not to return to his own universe because, with his lover Wonder Man dead, there was nothing there for him.

!!Other Comic Books
* From the ''ComicBook/{{Flare}}'' page "[[http://www.heroicpub.com/flare/storypage.php?id=210&sid=080526oxeR On the Trail of the Tigress]]":
-->'''Donnah:''' You say you love me, but I'm beginning to wonder if you really do. Certainly your feelings for me are far removed from the feelings I have for you.
-->'''Terri:''' You're a lesbian, Donnah. I'm not.
* Explicit in ''ComicBook/{{Nexus}}'', where Sundra had a fling with Jil. Kind of makes you wonder just how close Sundra and Ursula were once upon a time.
** In [[http://asylums.insanejournal.com/scans_daily/703263.html#cutid1 Nexus #102]], [[spoiler:Ursula demands that Sundra leave Horatio so that the two of them, Ursula and Sundra, that is, can raise Sundra and Horatio's newborn son Harry together. Ursula also says to Sundra "But I loved you...I always...loved...you."]]
* ''Comicbook/{{Empowered}}'' delivers LesYay in abundance. Empowered is a {{Deconstruction}} of fetishes, but that hasn't stopped her from being either suggested with the other two main females, or even getting molested by one female kidnapper. As for HoYay... it's shown, in-universe, that Emp is a YaoiFangirl who reads a lot of doujinshi and fanfic. She even slashes her teammates.
** Emp is a self-described "three drink bisexual," and the two other main females include Ninjette, who is confirmed as having had at least one sexual experience with another woman, and Sistah Spooky, who is canonically bisexual. [[YuriFan The Caged Demonwolf]] enjoys this set up immensely.
*** The LesYay between Emp and 'Jette is particularly worth mentioning for both frequency and blatancy. Ninjette describes Empowered as "hotness incarnate" at one point, that's fairly low-key compared to some of the things that happen later, such as them ''taking a bath together''.
* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' features the ever ambiguous [[http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u103/wmdkitty/ElfQuest/Cutter-Skywise-homoerotic-moment.jpg Cutter and Skywise.]] Then again, it's official Word of God that all elves are bisexual. It's also WordOfGod that Cutter and Skywise are the respective [[AuthorAvatar Author Avatars]] of the creators. Who are a married couple. Yeah.
** The degree to which each elf is willing to exercise that bisexuality does vary greatly, from the practically exclusive heterosexuality of Strongbow to the almost exclusive homosexuality of his son, Dart. There are also variations, such as Skywise seemingly being mostly heterosexual but being happy to have sex with Cutter.
* ''ComicBook/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice''. Being HeterosexualLifePartners doesn't help them enough, there's plenty of subtext in every media. They usually play along when it's played for laughs, but they usually show aversion to the idea when it's suggested.
* [[Franchise/TombRaider Lara Croft]] has some moments, especially when Sara Perezzi shows up for the Witchblade crossover. Chief among them Lara going after an evil blob thing because it made 'her' Sara cry, Sara declaring about three times that she 'loves/loved' Lara, and we're about good to go. This dovetails neatly with the subtext in the rebooted game series.
* It's short, but there is a small moment in ''ComicBook/FrozenBreakingBoundaries'' where Anna saves her CanonForeigner friend Mari from being swept away by an ice floe, and they share [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marianna.jpg this look]]. Oh Anna, you just get Les Yay with every girl you meet, don't you?
* ''ComicBook/JillTrentScienceSleuth'': The titular heroine and her gal pal Daisy are clearly HeterosexualLifePartners in this obscure [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] feature. But there are lots of Les Yay cues, particularly by 1940s standards. No sign that they're relatives, nor that either girl is married. And unusually for comic book features of the day, there aren't even ''hints'' of a token boyfriend for Jill. The Les Yay is made explicit in the [[GenderBender gender-bent]] RemixComic version, [[http://tgcaps.com/caps/modcomics/suedenim/jetdream/jet-dream-1970-annual/JT01_01.jpg.php Jill Trent: She-Sir Science Sleuth]].
* Main characters [[DeadpanSnarker Andréa]] and [[TheWoobie Elwood]] (both anthropomorphic ferrets) in the French series ''ComicBook/LesLumieresDeLAmalou''. Sure, Elwood [[InterspeciesRomance crushes hard]] on Orane (a [[HumanAliens human-like]] "Transparent"), but the amount of HoYay between Andréa and his sidekick can be quite staggering. Their third scene overall has them [[ItMakesSenseInContext waking up naked in the same bed]], and the rest of the story often involves them bickering like an old couple.
--> '''Andréa''': (''lecturing a guard while wearing ''only'' a towel'').
--> '''Elwood''': Andréa! Sir! You... dropped your towel...
%%* Try '''not''' finding HoYay in ''ComicBook/ThreeHundred''. Try.
* In both ''ComicBook/{{Witchblade}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheDarkness'', being the host of the Angelus force comes with a cool suit, the power of flight, a nifty spear, and a small army of similarly-dressed angel minions who are often creepily obsessed with you. On top of that, the current host, Danielle Baptiste, spent several issues of both ''Witchblade'' and her own short-lived solo book trying to figure out if she was actually romantically interested in her friend Finch. As of current issues, Dani has gone ahead and started a romantic relationship with Finch, although the series has hinted that the Angelus itself may actually be bisexual, which may have influenced Dani's decision.
* Throughout ''ComicBook/LeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen'''s run, it's been hinted at that MinaMurray is at least bisexual. This started as far back as issue 2 of volume 1, when Cootes comments to the effect that Mina would have been an ideal pupil for her over-sexed school. By the time ''Century 1969'' came out, it was pretty much a given, with Mina seducing Julia Gallion. And the final volume, ''Century 2009'', makes it pretty explicit that Mina and Orlando are more than just casual sex partners.
* Franchise/{{Tintin}}'s relationship with Captain Haddock gives many readers this impression. Neither character shows any interest in women throughout the series (Haddock actively prefers to avoid the company of women, and states this repeatedly), and as soon as Haddock is restored to Marlinspike Manor, Tintin immediately moves in with him, and lives there thereafter.
* FrancoBelgianComics ''La Patrouille des Castors'' (The Beaver Patrol) is full of this. The series is about [[FiveManBand 5 teenage boy scouts]] having various adventures from solving crimes to foiling political schemes. The 5 spend all their time together, from eating, sleeping in a tent to saving each others. Women and girls are practically absent, especially early in the series (although they did ran into [[LesYay a group of girl scouts]] once). This is taken UpToEleven in ''Passport pour le néant'' (Passport to oblivion) where they spend the majority of the story in speedos and WalkingShirtlessScene.
* [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]] and [[VideoGame/MegaManClassic Dr. Wily]] in Archie's ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogMegaManWorldsCollide'', especially on some of the "EFF: Evil Friends Forever" variant covers. [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-InEiz8Wpf08/UOSxdbkmItI/AAAAAAAAM8g/UGjij5bM048/s1600/025-V1.png One such cover]] shows both mad scientists riding a tandem bicycle and sharing drinks. At one point in the comic proper, Eggman even acts like a jealous girlfriend when he learns of Wily's history with Dr. Light: his attempting to dispose of the good doctor could be the act of a bitter {{Yandere}} trying to MurderTheHypotenuse.
* ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'': ExecutiveMeddling led to Amy's [[TheTease teasing crush on Sonic]] being [[CharacterizationMarchesOn phased out]] and Amy instead becoming a more {{tomboy}}ish character. She was paired up with TheSmartGuy Tekno and eventually the two were given a series of spinoff strips where they went on adventures together. This led to a lot of Les Yay, including Tekno's line "Amy, you're a treasure". In the FanSequel ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'', they were upgraded to OfficialCouple status by WordOfDante. The DistantFinale, ''Exit: Sonic'', was written by the original head writer Nigel Kitching and reveals that Amy will one day settle down with Tekno.
* There are generous helpings of Les Yay among ''ComicBook/RulahJungleGoddess'' and her suspiciously-pale native maidens. Said maidens being the subjects of peril, hairdressing, abduction, experiments, and much hugging when rescued.