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  • Superman
    • There was considerable Clark Kent - Lois Lane teasing in Krypton No More. Lois is jealous when a co-worker flirts with Clark and decides to pursue him aggressively. She even calls him her man.
    • In Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man. As usual in a Gerry Conway story, there's Spider-Man/Mary Jane Watson and Lois Lane/Clark Kent teasing. At the end, both couples have dinner together.
    • In Greg Pak's Action Comics arc, "What Lies Beneath", there's quite a lot of hinting that Clark and Lana Lang are still in love with each other. to the point that Ukur even lampshades it, claiming they smell like a mated pair.
    • In For the Man Who Has Everything, Alan Moore has Wonder Woman kiss Superman, with this exchange:
      Superman: Mmmm. Why don't we do that more often?
      Wonder Woman: I don't know. Too predictable?
    • In Who Took the Super out of Superman?, it's heavily implied that Clark and Lois slept together when she stayed the night at his apartment.
    • Supergirl (2005) Annual 2 was full of Belligerent Sexual Tension between Supergirl and Brainiac 5, culminating with Kara kissing him and Querl vowing he wouldn't let her die alone during her final battle.
    • Jonathan Samuel Kent has been teased with Kathy, his only friend in Hamilton after the Kent family move there. He trusts her enough to be his secret keeper and they frequently hang out, clearly enjoying their time with each other. Even after it was revealed that she was deceiving him the whole time, she cherished Jon enough to ultimately try to defend him from Manchester Black, later going so far as to forcibly remove Manchester's consciousness from his body. Afterwards, they part on amicable terms and are implied to talk to each other on the phone from time to time.
  • Aquaman (1986) teases Nuada and Arthur as a potential couple, though it doesn't go anywhere after this storyline.
  • Batman:
    • Batman and Wonder Woman have gotten this before, but never so much in Tom King’s run where issue 40# of Batman (Rebirth) has them realise their UST and try and cope with it. The fact that Catwoman (Bruce’s main Love Interest) is genuinely jealous of how close Diana is to Bruce and considers her a rival for his heart, speaks volumes.
    • Batgirl (Rebirth): Although they haven't gotten back together, Batgirl and Nightwing are teased heavily, to the point Black Canary says Babs unconsciously thinks no man other than Dick is good enough for her. The two recently got back together again in the current Nightwing run.
    • Batman Family started the idea of the Dick/Barbara pairing... although it was pointed out both in the comic and the letters page that Barb was older than Dick by a good 7 years.
    • In Batgirl (2009), Damian Wayne comments that he was "really hoping to meet Cassandra. She sounds wonderful." Steph immediately worries what will happen when Damian hits puberty.
    • In Streets of Gotham, Damian asks Dick if Katana is seeing anyone. When Dick points out that Katana is a grown woman while Damian is only a child, he shrugs it off.
    • Dick Grayson generates this every time he shows up in a book that stars a female character. His appearances in Supergirl and Power Girl are very notable among the shipping fandom.
  • In Wonder Woman: The Contest, Hippolyta and Philippus have an intimate meeting to talk over strategy, at night in lingerie, decades and several continuity reboots before their relationship became canon.
  • Green Lantern: Between Hal Jordan and Pengowirr, who is actually the AI of his power ring, in The Green Lantern. Morrison and Sharp even describe her as Hal's true love.
  • JSA Classified: Alan Scott and Jimmy exchange what can be oh so easily taken as a flirtatious exchange while leaving their shared sleeper room aboard a train, right before Jimmy was killed in an explosion. This romantic relationship was eventually revealed to be cannon, but hidden given the time period, following DC Rebirth bringing both characters back into continuity.
  • Justice League Infinity issue 3-4 as a Mythology Gag to Super Friends where Darkseid had a Villainous Crush on Wonder Woman, has a genuine Ship Tease between them, even though it was seen a Crack Pairing before then. Technically it was an Alternate Universe Diana whom romanced Darkseid with the present Diana being traditionally repulsed by him although she does show him compassion when he performs a Heroic Sacrifice saving Diana from Hades and dies in her arms as she surprisingly sheds a tear for him.

Marvel Universe

  • Nico and Karolina from Runaways, especially in the first issue after Terry Moore's run ended. After a game of "truth or dare" leads to Karolina stealing a magic staff from a bunch of white supremacists. Nico tells her "You pretty much always amaze me" with the two of them staring at each other. When pressed on whether Karolina, Victor or Chase is the better kisser, she eventually snaps and admits "Karolina". This is despite that they never actually got beyond Almost Kiss... as far as we know. Oh, and it ends with her chiding the boys for being "such 'phobes" while she and K have Intertwined Fingers.
  • Uncanny Avengers has Rogue and Deadpool playing this trope big time. Rogue couldn't stand him at first, but they slowly developed a genuine bond -enough so that Wade takes Rogue to see his daughter, whom he asks Rogue to watch over if she becomes a mutant. Rogue readily agrees to have Ellie's back. In addition to shared moments here and there between the two that hint at deeper feelings. It finally comes to a head in chapter 22, when Rogue gives him The Big Damn Kiss. Afterwards, Deadpool tells her that she deserves better, and that she only likes him because she doesn't fully know him. Rogue kisses him again -unmoving in her feelings. She tells him that the stuff in his head is a relief after having Red Skull in her's. He notes that as the most romantic thing anyone's said to him. In the next panel we see them continuing their kissing elsewhere.
    • Word of God states that the two seem very lonely, and admits that while the majority were rooting for Rogue and Gambit, he wanted to try something new and unexpected. Chapter 23's recap classifies Rogue and Deadpool's evening previous chapter as their first date.
    • However it doesn't last as Rogue goes back to Gambit when Kitty and Colossus are unable to go though with their wedding and Gambit proposes to her. They are Happily Married and Deadpool shows up on their honeymoon, being a bit jealous of Gambit.
  • In Marvel 100th Anniversary Special, Kirby and Victoria apparently shared a kiss on a previous mission, and seem pretty bashful around each other. Interestingly, Kirby is the grandson of Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman, while Victoria is the granddaughter of Doctor Doom.
  • X-Men:
  • Runaways and Young Avengers both do this pretty often, but their Civil War crossover really went crazy with it. Tommy calls Nico hot, Nico calls Eli cute, and Victor calls Cassie an angel after she saves his life (he didn't think people actually did that). On top of that, the Tommy/Kate/Eli Love Triangle and the Vision's crush on Cassie are more apparent than ever.
  • In the second volume of Guardians of the Galaxy, Peter Quill and Mantis have several moments, starting from early on. However, since the series was cut short, and the change of writers with the next series, nothing came of it.
  • In Uncanny X-Men, Magik is one of the three people who still trusts Cyclops as a leader, and there are plenty of moments where he comforts her during the resurgence of her Limbo trauma. She later expresses relief upon finding out that he hasn't gotten back together with Emma. note 
  • Happened constantly between Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson during Dan Slott's 2010-2018 run. They remained for the most part Amicable Exes, but it was made clear multiple time that there were still unresolved feelings on both sides. They finally got back together at the end of the very first issue of Nick Spencer's run when he took over in 2018.

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