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* in Nightwing: Rebirth, Raptor is this for Dick's mother, Mary. She stole medicine to cure his leprosy and he fell head-over-heels for her. It's implied they had a relationship at one time but she broke it off. Her murder hit Raptor hard and it shaped his persona. He then took up stalking Dick to "protect" him and carry out the "justice" he feels Mary would have wanted.

* in NightwingRebirth, Raptor is this for Dick's mother, Mary. She stole medicine to cure his leprosy and he fell head-over-heels for her. It's implied they had a relationship at one time but she broke it off. Her murder hit Raptor hard and it shaped his persona. He then took up stalking Dick to "protect" him and carry out the "justice" he feels Mary would have wanted.

* in Nightwing: Rebirth Raptor is this for Dick's mother, Mary. She stole medicine to cure his leprosy and he fell head-over-heels for her. It's implied they had a relationship at one time but she broke it off. Her murder hit Raptor hard and it shaped his persona. He then took up stalking Dick to "protect" him and carry out the "justice" he feels Mary would have wanted.

* in Nightwing: Rebirth Raptor is this for Dick's mother Mary. She stole medicine to cure his leprosy and he fell head-over-heels for her. It's implied they had a relationship at one time but she broke it off. Her murder hit Raptor hard and it shaped his persona. He then took up stalking Dick to "protect" him.

* Oh but Tim's lucky in comparison to Dick Grayson aka ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' who attracted the attention of ''Tarantula'' an AntiHero who became obsessed with him to point where she [[ClingyJealousGirl manipulated]] an encounter with Nightwing in such a manner that [[Characters/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]], his girlfriend at the time, broke up with him. Even getting arrested didn't keep Tarantula away from Dick as she broke out of jail and continuously got involved with his crime-fighting pressuring him to break the [[ThouShallNotKill no-killing code]] and when he poisoned and left immobile on a roof top Tarantula took the advantage by taking his pants off, sitting on his crotch and infamously [[RapeAsDrama raped him]]. It's very jarring as prior to this Dick Grayson being a ridiculous ChickMagnet was PlayedForlaughs, but this event made Dick feel disgusted and ashamed.

* Oh but Tim's lucky in comparison to Dick Grayson aka ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' who attracted the attention of Tarantula a AntiHero who became obsessed with him to point where she [[ClingyJealousGirl manipulated]] an encounter with Nightwing in such a manner that [[Characters/Batgirl Barbara Gordon]], his girlfriend at the time, broke up with him. Even getting arrested didn't keep Tarantula away from Dick as she broke out of jail and continuously got involved with his crime-fighting pressuring him to break the [[ThouShallNotKill no-killing code]] and when he poisoned and left immobile on a roof top Tarantula took the advantage by taking his pants off, sitting on his crotch and infamously [[RapeAsDrama raped him]]. It's very jarring as prior to this Dick Grayson being a ridiculous ChickMagnet was PlayedForlaughs, but this event made Dick disgusted and ashamed.

''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'' Snow White is unlucky enough to get two.

* Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}: Powerboy became obsessed with Kara after catching a glimpse of her as a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Female Fury]]. He created a shrine and became a superhero to impress and seduce her. However, he grew more and more possessive, and beat the crap out of her when she tried to visit Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer) in the hospital. Supergirl defeated him in spectacular fashion.

* {{ComicBook/Sabretooth}} is a more innocent example to Monet, in ''{{Uncanny X Men}}''. He's the very blatantly protective of Monet, who constantly gets annoyed with it. One example includes him pushing Monet and Josh out of the way of gunfire, but he continued holding on to Monet as he was being shot. She has to tell him to get off so she can fight their attackers. During another battle, Creed comes to Monet's defense and asks if she's alright, but Monet angrily says she's fine & wonders why he thought she needing protecting. Creed says it's pheromones and that he's known her long enough to know when she's scared. The biggest act from Creed comes after Monet is cursed by Emplate and must feed on mutants. He goes to her room, wanting to check on her & offers himself as a food source to sate her hunger and keep her secret.

* In ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', Brigitta [=MacBridge=] for Scrooge McDuck, though the actual stalking has been toned severely down since her early appearances.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}:

* Paper Doll from ''Comicbook/SpiderMan'', although her crush was on celebrity Bobby Carr who is not exactly one of the main ''Spider-Man'' cast. Her stalker tendencies were elevated to the point where she lashed out and attempted to murder everyone who dared to try and ruin Carr's name, including a woman selling her negative story about him to the news and tabloid reporters. Made all the more dangerous when combined with her ability to become paper-thin, blend in with any surrounding, "compress" the bodies of those she envelops and leave them as thin as herself (unable to stop themselves from suffocating in the process) and administer lethal papercuts strong enough to slice through Spidey's webbing.
** Mary-Jane Watson- being an actress/supermodel has had several, starting with Jonathan Caesar, an ItsAllAboutMe type who kidnapped her in the sincere conviction that because he wanted to marry her, little things like her not agreeing or already being married shouldn't stand in the way.
** ComicBook/BlackCat[=/=]Felicia Hardy started out being one of these towards Spider-Man. She even had a room sized shrine dedicated to him, which he found a bit unnerving (but not enough to stop him from dating her for a while).
* Kathy Dare from ''ComicBook/IronMan''. She stalks him and later shoots him when he rejects her. At her trial she plays the victim and claims that Tony abused and stalked ''her'' (which, unfortunately, is also [[TruthInTelevision a tactic of some real-life stalkers]]).

* Brigitta [=MacBridge=] for [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales Scrooge McDuck]].
* Piruja is this to Victor in ''ComicBook/{{Minimonsters}}''.

* Mr. Gosh from ''ComicBook/LenoreTheCuteLittleDeadGirl'' is practically [[MadLove obsessed]] with the titular ([[SickAndWrong 10 years old]]) Lenore, but he's probably the kindest and the least disturbed character in the comics, [[TheWoobie despite of all the violence and the killing he gets]] usually from [[CreepyChild Lenore]] and Ragamuffin.
* Lampshaded and spoofed in one of the early issue's of {{Deadpool}}'s first ongoing series, when he's looking over his not-entirely-unrequited crush Siryn (paraphrased):
-->'''Deadpool:''' Once upon a time, watching over a girl in her sleep used to be romantic. Nowadays it's called "stalking" and generally considered "Trespass".
** Sort-of subverted later, when Siryn tells Deadpool she knew about it all along and actually appreciates it.
* TheWasp has at least one per canon universe.

* Marvel's ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' is no stranger to this either. He's been stalked at various times by Amora the Enchantress, her younger sister Lorelei, his niece Hela, and his former teammate Moondragon. Magic, mind control rape, and blackmail, oh my.
* Aldo [[SignificantAnagram Kelrast]] from ''ComicStrip/MaryWorth'', who even [[http://joshreads.com/?p=719 spawned a meme]].
* Cupid aka Carrie Hartnell for ''ComicBook/GreenArrow''. While not the sanest person in general (she killed her hairdresser after getting a perfect haircut so no-one else could ever have hair that good), she takes the crazy to new heights thanks to her obsession with Ollie. In an effort to win his love, she has been killing off the members of his RoguesGallery. She's done pretty well too; she even killed the superpowered crime boss Brick with a ''wrecking ball''. She also tried to get Ollie to kill his EvilCounterpart Merlyn, thinking that this would make him love her. When that failed due to Ollie following ThouShaltNotKill, she chained him to subway tracks and planned to die with him. While Green Arrow and ComicBook/BlackCanary were able to get out of this situation in one piece (Merlyn wasn't so lucky -- Cupid slit his throat as a distraction), Cupid hasn't given up yet.

* The second ClockKing is obsessed with Rose Wilson aka Ravager. He murders his lover, The Disrupter, for trying to kill her.

* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker feels this way about Franchise/{{Batman}}, according to Creator/FrankMiller. All of his crimes are part of his "game" to get the attention of The Dark Knight, who he calls "my sweet".
** Bruce's childhood friend turned villain Thomas Elliot who became Hush. He seems to obsessively stalk Bruce and got plastic surgery to look like Bruce.
* ComicBook/TwoFace gets a sort of sick obsession with Renee Montoya after their experience in ''ComicBook/BatmanNoMansLand''. When he learns that she's actually gay in ''ComicBook/GothamCentral'', he just makes it another part of his plan to destroy her life so she has nothing left but him.
* Abraham Pointe in ''Comicbook/BrightestDay'' was obsessed with a casino waitress named Lisa and stalked her afar with a camera for two years, mistaking it for love. This could have ended ''very'' badly for Lisa. Fortunately (well, sort of), the Predator, the Entity of Love, mistook Abraham's insane crush for love as well and possessed him, which got the Star Sapphires and the Green Lanterns involved. Eventually Carol Ferris called out Abraham on his stalker behavior and said to his face that he never really loved Lisa -- he didn't know anything about her except for her first name. Abraham had a HeelRealization after understanding that he didn't really love Lisa, which gave Carol an opportunity to separate him from the Predator. You know a (non-existent) romance is messed up when an EldritchAbomination getting involved turns out to be a ''good'' thing.
* Post-Flashpoint, Franchise/{{Batman}} foe Mr. Freeze is reimagined as one of these. Victor Fries was hired by Wayne Industries to study a woman named Nora Fields who was one of the first people to ever be cryogenically frozen. Victor developed a twisted interest in her, deluding himself into thinking they were husband and wife. Bruce Wayne eventually shut down the project because he was becoming increasingly disturbed by Victor's unprofessional interest in Nora. Victor performed his own private illegal experiments anyway. When Bruce confronted him again, Victor lashed out causing the accident that turned him into Mr. Freeze. When Batman and Freeze face off in the present, Batman calls out Freeze on his delusional "love" for a woman he doesn't even know who is technically old enough to be his grandmother.
* When {{Deadpool}} was institutionalized he unbelievably started making real progress towards sanity. Too bad his therapist Dr. Ellen Whitby was a loony stalker even crazier than him. And by crazy, I mean [[spoiler:keeping his lost body parts (which he regenerates) in her fridge crazy]].
* ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'': [[spoiler: Joker. Catwoman calls him out on it]].
** At least in Scott Snyder's part of the storyline, she doesn't even really have to. Not only does the Joker refer to Batman with romantic epithets, and not only is Batman unnerved when [[spoiler: he sees affection in the Joker's otherwise emotionless eyes]], but the Joker's campaign against the Bat-family has 'definite' romantic overtones, such as [[spoiler: forcing men in Batman and Joker outfits coupled together to dance for days]].
* Used as part of the backstory in the first ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}'' comic. When Blacksad meets her Natalia is harassed by a stalker, and hires Blacksad to get rid of him. Blacksad does so by shoving a gun in the guy's mouth and threatening to kill him.
* ComicBook/{{Mystique}} toward Iceman in "Kill Or Cure". After throwing him out of his Blackbird, trying to poison him in hospital where he was recovering, and then causing a truck that he was hitching to crash, she stood on top of one of the Pylons on San Francisco's Bay Bridge with a bomb. When Iceman went up to try to talk her down, she begged him to join her in a suicide pact; instead he laughed at her and called her a loser. She did not take it well; "You'll see me one more time; I won't be wearing this face or body, but you WILL love me!" and threw herself off.
* This is ComicBook/{{Thanos}}' relationship with [[TheGrimReaper Death]] -- she's his one true love, and he longs to die so he can be with her, but being as he is a comic book character, getting that to stick is... difficult. There are occasions where she does proclaim to have feelings for him, or at least something similar. The problem is that Thanos is ''Thanos'', and she's put off by it. And his constant grabs for god-like power, by her words, put him beyond her power. Death apparently doesn't do long-distance relationships.
** When he died during ComicBook/{{Annihilation}}, they apparently had a thing going, and were happy. Then he got brought back to life, and was made unable to die.
* Poor, poor [[ComicBook/TheFlash Iris Allen-West]] had one in the name of Professor Zoom, the Reverse-Flash. His obsession with The Flash didn't end with wanting to be The Flash -- but to have everything The Flash had, including his wife. He grew as [[https://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5fdyc5Kty1qc3qaoo1_400.jpg obsessive]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/49f86dfbb848d15838573cb99dbb7095/tumblr_mjzproC9n21qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg over]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6to7csZW01qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg her]] as he did The Flash, nearly [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forced]] her [[http://st3.speedforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6135.jpg into marriage]], and he grew more and more [[{{Yandere}} obsessive and violent]], [[IfICantHaveYou threatening to kill her]] if she didn't marry him. And kill her he [[http://st3.speedforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_5928.jpg did]] -- but [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5y6padSRX1qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg even after death he was still obsessed with her.]]
* Kimura's pursuit of Comicbook/{{X 23}} veers ''way'' past her role as X's handler and into this territory. She's positively ''obsessed'' with Laura, to the point of threatening to track down and kill her aunt and cousin out of ''spite'' for escaping, and much of her behavior makes her come across as a jilted ex, to the point that it's lead to a ''lot'' of FoeYay shipping by fans.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Aquaman is hunting after the pre-Flashpoint Mera to replace ''his'' Mera, who was beheaded by the Flashpoint Wonder Woman.
* The Morlock Caliban was this towards ComicBook/KittyPryde during the 80s. In fact, one incident lead to the legendary fight between Storm and Callisto. There was one incident where he had an infatuation towards Jubilee, but that ended quickly when Sabretooth got his claws on him.

* ComicBook/LoisLane unfortunately often came across as this in a number of Golden Age, Silver Age and sometimes even Bronze Age era Superman comics.

* Powerboy became obsessed with {{Supergirl}} after catching a glimpse of her as a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Female Fury]]. He created a shrine and became a superhero to impress and seduce her. However, he grew more and more possessive, and beat the crap out of her when she tried to visit Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer) in the hospital. Supergirl defeated him in spectacular fashion.
* Franchise/{{Superman}} has been stalked by various women, including Maxima, The Queen Of Fables, and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Obsession]].
** Heck, Lois Lane herself was often portrayed as this, intentionally or not, during the Golden Age and Silver Age (and even a little bit into the Bronze Age). Modern writers have struggled ever since to push her away from that.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}} Aquaman is hunting after the pre-Flashpoint Mera to replace ''his'' Mera, who was beheaded by the Flashpoint Wonder Woman.

* Paper Doll from ''Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}}'', although her crush was on celebrity Bobby Carr who is not exactly one of the main ''Spider-Man'' cast. Her stalker tendencies were elevated to the point where she lashed out and attempted to murder everyone who dared to try and ruin Carr's name, including a woman selling her negative story about him to the news and tabloid reporters. Made all the more dangerous when combined with her ability to become paper-thin, blend in with any surrounding, "compress" the bodies of those she envelops and leave them as thin as herself (unable to stop themselves from suffocating in the process) and administer lethal papercuts strong enough to slice through Spidey's webbing.

* SquirrelGirl's relationship with [[ComicBook/NewWarriors Speedball]], summed up in a part of a conversation:

* Aldo [[SignificantAnagram Kelrast]] from ''MaryWorth'', who even [[http://joshreads.com/?p=719 spawned a meme]].

* ''ForBetterOrForWorse'' had a storyline in which Elizabeth was stalked by an obsessed co-worker. For some reason she [[IdiotBall thought it would be best to dissuade her father from putting a stop to it]], which resulted in her nearly being raped and ultimately rescued by [[CreatorsPet Anthony]].

* SquirrelGirl's relationship with [[NewWarriors Speedball]], summed up in a part of a conversation:

* Mr. Gosh from ''LenoreTheCuteLittleDeadGirl'' is practically [[MadLove obsessed]] with the titular ([[SickAndWrong 10 years old]]) Lenore, but he's probably the kindest and the least disturbed character in the comics, [[TheWoobie despite of all the violence and the killing he gets]] usually from [[CreepyChild Lenore]] and Ragamuffin.

** Black Cat/Felicia Hardy started out being one of these towards Spider-Man. She even had a room sized shrine dedicated to him, which he found a bit unnerving (but not enough to stop him from dating her for a while).

* Piruja is this to Victor in ''Minimonsters''.

* Mystique toward Iceman in "Kill Or Cure". After throwing him out of his Blackbird, trying to poison him in hospital where he was recovering, and then causing a truck that he was hitching to crash, she stood on top of one of the Pylons on San Francisco's Bay Bridge with a bomb. When Iceman went up to try to talk her down, she begged him to join her in a suicide pact; instead he laughed at her and called her a loser. She did not take it well; "You'll see me one more time; I won't be wearing this face or body, but you WILL love me!" and threw herself off.

* LoisLane unfortunately often came across as this in a number of Golden Age, Silver Age and sometimes even Bronze Age era Superman comics.

* Kimura's pursuit of Comicbook/{{X 23}} veers ''way'' past her role as X's handler and into this territory. She's positively ''obsessed'' with Laura, to the point of threatening to track down and kill her aunt and cousin out of ''spite'' for escaping, and much of her behavior makes her come across as a jilted ex, to the point that it's lead to a ''lot'' of FoeYay shipping by fans.

* Poor, poor [[ComicBook/TheFlash Iris Allen-West]] had one in the name of Professor Zoom, the Reverse-Flash. His obsession with The Flash didn't end with wanting to be The Flash -- but to have everything The Flash had, including his wife. He grew as [[https://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5fdyc5Kty1qc3qaoo1_400.jpg obsessive]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/49f86dfbb848d15838573cb99dbb7095/tumblr_mjzproC9n21qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg over]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6to7csZW01qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg her]] as he did The Flash, nearly [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forced]] her [[http://st3.speedforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6135.jpg into marriage]], and he grew more and more [[{{Yandere}} obsessive and violent]], [[IfICantHaveYou threatening to kill her]] if she didn't marry him. And kill her he [[http://st3.speedforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_5928.jpg did]] -- but [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5y6padSRX1qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg even after death he was still obsessed with her.]]

* Poor, poor [[ComicBook/TheFlash Iris Allen-West]] had one in the name of Professor Zoom, the Reverse-Flash. His obsession with The Flash didn't end with wanting to be The Flash -- but to have everything The Flash had, including his wife. He grew as [[https://41.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5fdyc5Kty1qc3qaoo1_400.jpg obsessive]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/49f86dfbb848d15838573cb99dbb7095/tumblr_mjzproC9n21qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg over]] [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6to7csZW01qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg her]] as he did The Flash, nearly [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forced]] her [[http://st3.speedforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/IMG_6135.jpg into marriage]], and he grew more and more [[{{Yandere}} obsessive and violent]], [[IfICantHaveYou threatening to kill her]] if she [[http://38.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m94z1l3Ule1qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg didn't marry him]]. And kill her he [[http://st3.speedforce.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/IMG_5928.jpg did]] -- but [[http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5y6padSRX1qc3qaoo1_1280.jpg even after death he was still obsessed with her.]]