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* [[ComicBook{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]] (the first Comicbook/{{Robin}}) had this with [[ComicBook/RedHood Jason Todd]] (the second Robin). Dick resented Jason for taking his place, and Jason didn't like Dick for assuming he knew better than Jason did (which, after all, he did). After an evening together saving Alfred's life, they got close enough that Dick offered to be there when Bruce inevitably turned dickish again.

* Dick Grayson (the first Comicbook/{{Robin}}) had this with Jason Todd (the second Robin). Dick resented Jason for taking his place, and Jason didn't like Dick for assuming he knew better than Jason did (which, after all, he did). After an evening together saving Alfred's life, they got close enough that Dick offered to be there when Bruce inevitably turned dickish again.

* Whirl and Cyclonus in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''. At the start of the series the two despise each other to unbelievable degrees, to the point that they keep attempting to murder each other whenever they get the chance. However after they're forced to work together and actually talk during the season finale, they [[NotSoDifferentRemark realize that they're actually similar]] and develop a sort of respect/kinship for one another. This leads them to agree to drop their rivalry. By season 2, they've become so amicable that Whirl defends Cyclonus whenever someone insults him.

* While the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] and calculating [[ComicBook/Robin1993 Tim Drake]], [[HotBlooded hot blooded]] egotistical [[TotallyRadical totally radical]] [[ComicBook/Superboy1994 Kon-El]], impulsive [[DitzyGenius ditzy genius]] [[ComicBook/{{Impulse}} Bart Allen]], and [[{{Nerd}} socially awkward]] but [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight morally outspoken]] [[AscendedFangirl ascended fangirl]] [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie Sandsmark]] have some trouble meshing at first with their opposing personalities and interests often leading them to fight and mistrust each other it does't take long for them to become TrueCompanions while fighting alongside each other as ComicBook/YoungJustice.

* [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] and his [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk Warbound]] became friends after experiencing great challenges together as gladiators, and their first moments of cohesion are in the volcanic gladiator training camp, thus being almost literally fire forged. Newer members of the Warbound (such as Caiera and Kate) join the Warbound after similar trying circumstances. In-universe, the term "Warbound" explicitly invokes this trope, having fought side-by-side they have bonded and become bound together.

* While the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] and calculating [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]], [[HotBlooded hot blooded]] egotistical [[TotallyRadical totally radical]] [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Kon-El]], impulsive [[DitzyGenius ditzy genius]] [[ComicBook/{{Impulse}} Bart Allen]], and [[{{Nerd}} socially awkward]] but [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight morally outspoken]] [[AscendedFangirl ascended fangirl]] [[ComicBook/{{Wondergirl}} Cassie Sandsmark]] have some trouble meshing at first with their opposing personalities and interests often leading them to fight and mistrust each other it does't take long for them to become TrueCompanions while fighting alongside each other as ComicBook/YoungJustice.

* Whirl and Cyclonus in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''. At the start of the series the two despise each other to unbelievable degrees, to the point that they keep attempting to murder each other whenever they get the chance. However after they're forced to work together and actually talk during the season finale, they [[NotSoDifferentRemark realize that they're actually similar]] and develop a sort of respect/kinship for one another. This leads them to agree to drop their rivalry. By season 2, they've become so amicable that Whirl defends Cyclonus whenever someone insults him.
** This happens quite a few times in the original ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformers Transformers]]'' comics but one of the most unusual examples is Springer and Carnivac. The leaders of the respective Autobot and Decepticon elite groups, when forced into an EnemyMine situation against Galvatron and Megatron during "Time Wars" they save each other's lives (despite Carnivac being under orders to kill any Autobots left standing) and are firm friends from then on, repeatedly coming to each other's rescue until Carnivac effectively ends up defecting to the Autobots.

* ComicBook/{{Angela|AsgardsAsassin}} and Gamora from ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. When Angela was pulled from Heven due to the events in ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'', she charges toward the Earth from outer space, only to be intercepted by Gamora who attacked her. She was captured when the rest of Guardians arrived and managed to defeat her. After an interrogation, Angela claimed she was only heading to Earth because she wanted to see it by herself. The Guardians realized they actually incited the fight, freed Angela and accompanied her to explore Earth. While Angela's with the team, she eventually became close to Gamora and as teammates, they are qualified enough to be SmashSisters.

* [[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]] and Gamora from ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. When Angela was pulled from Heven due to the events in ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'', she charges toward the Earth from outer space, only to be intercepted by Gamora who attacked her. She was captured when the rest of Guardians arrived and managed to defeat her. After an interrogation, Angela claimed she was only heading to Earth because she wanted to see it by herself. The Guardians realized they actually incited the fight, freed Angela and accompanied her to explore Earth. While Angela's with the team, she eventually became close to Gamora and as teammates, they are qualified enough to be SmashSisters.

* Played with in Anti-Venom between Eddie Brock and Frank Castle: after taking down a drug lord together, Eddie Brock thinks they've got this when Frank Castle appears to let him live. Frank Castle, on the other hand, knows he just ran out of bullets.

* Whirl and Cyclonus in ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye''. At the start of the series the two despise each other to unbelievable degrees, to the point that they keep attempting to murder each other whenever they get the chance. However after they're forced to work together and actually talk during the season finale, they realize that they're actually NotSoDifferent and develop a sort of respect/kinship for one another. This leads them to agree to drop their rivalry. By season 2, they've become so amicable that Whirl defends Cyclonus whenever someone insults him.

* One of the most famous examples was the friendship between ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Batman}} and ComicBook/WonderWoman in the post-crisis timeline (1987 - 2011) where they would almost exclusively refer to each other with their true names rather than their superhero identities.
* [[ComicBook/AngelaMarvelComics Angela]] and Gamora from ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy''. When Angela was pulled from Heven due to the events in ''ComicBook/AgeOfUltron'', she charges toward the Earth from outer space, only to be intercepted by Gamora who attacked her. She was captured when the rest of Guardians arrived and managed to defeat her. After an interrogation, Angela claimed she was only heading to Earth because she wanted to see it by herself. The Guardians realized they actually incited the fight, freed Angela and accompanied her to explore Earth. While Angela's with the team, she eventually became close to Gamora and as teammates, they are qualified enough to be SmashSisters.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'', when they were sent after Comicbook/SpiderMan, MACH-1 was delighted with the prospect of bringing down his old enemy, even suggesting at one point they could kill him and claim it was an accident. After they fight as BackToBackBadasses against the rest of the Thunderbolts under mindcontrol, and Spider-Man saves his life, MACH-1 gives him the evidence he needs to clear his name, because he couldn't betray him after fighting next to him like that. (Also, realizing that he was BecomingTheMask.)
* Dick Grayson (the first Comicbook/{{Robin}}) had this with Jason Todd (the second Robin). Dick resented Jason for taking his place, and Jason didn't like Dick for assuming he knew better than Jason did (which, after all, he did). After an evening together saving Alfred's life, they got close enough that Dick offered to be there when Bruce inevitably turned dickish again.

* In an issue of ''Comicbook/XFactor'', Scott smashed up the house where he had lived with Madelyne, and found the baby's rattle. A cop finds him in the ruins and is belligerent, addressing him as "mister", threatening arrest. A Sentinel attacks, and they must join forces against it. After its defeat, Scott speaks of the arrest, and the cop says "son", he didn't remember it like that at all; the Sentinel had smashed up the house.
* In an issue of ''Comicbook/XMen'', Wolverine was enraged by Rogue joining the team. After the rest of the team was taken out by poison, they go after the enemies responsible together. It culminates in Rogue taking an attack meant for Wolverine and Mariko -- and Wolverine forcing her to absorb his healing factor to save her life [[GreaterNeedThanMine despite his own injuries]].
** Although most other adaptations like to play up their conflicts, Cyclops and Wolverine actually develop a begrudging respect for one another in the comics. This was most pronounced after Jean died in the 2000s, when the two actually got a long extremely well until ''Schism'', though their relationship was still a bit rocky.
-->'''Cyclops''': I've dated two psychics. My father is an emotionally distant space pirate. My time-traveling son from the future is older than me. My younger self hates me... and yet still... somehow... ''you'' were the most complicated relationship in my life.
** Wolverine and Angel have also become this after stubbornly hating each others guts for several decades.
* ''ComicBook/{{Punisher}}: War Journal'': Frank and the Rhino make peace as they face Alyosha Kravinoff, the new Kraven, in his sadistic game of hunting supervillains with animal motifs. Over the course of the incident, it's revealed that the murder that set Frank on the Rhino's tail was an accident (and that Rhino sends money to the man's widow), and when Frank saves Rhino's life they decide to call it even. They then develop a Sam the Sheepdog/Ralph the Wolf sort of relationship, except they've cut out the "antagonize one another" part entirely.
* Played with in Anti-Venom between Eddie Brock and Frank Castle: after taking down a drug lord together, Eddie Brock thinks they've got this when Frank Castle appears to let him live. Frank Castle, on the other hand, knows he just ran out of bullets.

* [[TheFool Zayne Carrick]], [[SnakeOilSalesman Marn Hierogryph]], and [[ActionGirl Jarael]] in the ''ComicBook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' comic. [[ClearMyName Attempting to clear Zayne's name]] all while being on the run from five muderous Jedi Masters may have something to do with that.
* In ''ComicBook/HelOnEarth'', when ComicBook/{{Superboy}} meets Franchise/{{Superman}} for the first time, he's untrusting of him; only teaming up with Superman because he saved his life. Over time, Superboy warms up to him, impressed by how well he handles situations. He even offers to call in his friends, the ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' to help battle [[WellIntentionedExtremist H'el]].

* ComicBook/RedSonja's ''The Art of Blood and Fire'' sees her collect six artisans for her patron. As they adventure alongside her they withstand LizardFolk attack, a BeastlyBloodsports arena, an army of pimps... When Sonja is captured near the end of the arc they all contribute to her escape (except for the one who was recruited last, who is distracted by his own artistry).
* ''ComicBook/GreenLanternTheLostArmy'': Two-Six and Xrill-Vrex become close companions after being in the same small group that got stranded in the previous universe, getting thrown in the same cell after their rings were taken from which they were forced to watch as other Lanterns were painfully executed, and fighting their way to freedom together.
* While the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] and calculating [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]], [[HotBlooded hot blooded]] egotistical [[TotallyRadical totally radical]] [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Kon-El]], impulsive [[DitzyGenius ditzy genius]] [[ComicBook/{{Impulse}} Bart Allen]], and [[{{Nerd}} socially awkward]] but [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight morally outspoken]] [[AscendedFangirl ascended fangirl]] [[ComicBook/{{Wondergirl}} Cassie Sandsmark]] have some trouble meshing at first with their opposing personalities and interests often leading them to fight and mistrust each other it does't take long for them to become TrueCompanions while fighting alongside each other as ComicBook/YoungJustice.
* ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' and ''ComicBook/HarleyQuinn'' are more or less friends due to some rather unusual circumstances: namely, Power Girl crashes near Harley's place and gets amnesia, which Harley takes advantage of to make Power Girl think she's her sidekick. While Power Girl is, unsurprisingly, rather mad once she gets her memory back, she leaves Harley unharmed after she starts crying and apologizing a lot. Later on, Power Girl has to help Harley a few more times (usually when there is some EldritchAbomination or other threat that's way out of Harley's league), and eventually comes to like, or at least tolerate Harley.

* While the [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan]] and calculating [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Tim Drake]], [[HotBlooded hot blooded]] egotistical [[TotallyRadical totally radical]] [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} Kon-El]], impulsive [[DitzyGenius ditzy genius]] [[ComicBook/{{Impulse}} Bart Allen]], and [[{{Nerd}} socially awkward]] but [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight morally outspoken]] [[AscendedFangirl ascended fangirl]] [[ComicBook/{{Wondergirl}} Cassie Sandsmark]] have some trouble meshing at first with their opposing personalities and interests often leading them to fight and mistrust each other it does't take long for them to become TrueCompanions while fighting alongside each other as ComicBook/YoungJustice.

* [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] and his [[PlanetHulk Warbound]] became friends after experiencing great challenges together as gladiators, and their first moments of cohesion are in the volcanic gladiator training camp, thus being almost literally fire forged. Newer members of the Warbound (such as Caiera and Kate) join the Warbound after similar trying circumstances. In-universe, the term "Warbound" explicitly invokes this trope, having fought side-by-side they have bonded and become bound together.