Leading Ladies of Living Legends: Girlfriends of Good Guys

1. You have your Hawkmen and Hawkgirls, Supermen and Lois Lanes, Batmen and Catwomen. Virtual mirror images of one another, marital matches of magnificent marvels. Then there are these heroes comrades of the Justice League and Society of America... how had their love life mirrors their cosmic twins a universe away?  

• Remarkably similar, actually, as both Barry "Flash" Allen and Jay "Flash" Garrick immediately found their true loves even before their superhero careers began. However, only Jay trusted his girl enough to divulge his dual identity... something Barry would hesitate doing even up to a year after they were married. 

• Then there was Ray "Atom" Palmer and his years-long fiancee Jean Loring, the two have a tumultuous relationship such as when Ray's lab assistant Enrichetta Negrini's presence instilled jealously in her heart, and when Jean becomes a supervillain gaining vast mental powers before they finally wed... though sadly they later divorce. Then there is Ray's twin Al "Atom" Pratt who parted from his childhood love Mary James for a few years, dated Marion Thayer... before eventually returning to then marrying Mary afterwards.

• Finally, there was the eternal angst between the competitive Hal "Green Lantern" Jordan and his boss Carol Ferris, similar to the professionally driven Alan "Green Lantern" Scott and his secretary Molly Mayne... keeping these two couples apart longer than necessary. Even when Carol and Molly became supervillainesses, there was still romantic tension with the objects of their desire. Sure, other women entered into the mix for the guys' affection, such as Olivia Reynolds and Irene Miller. In the end, however, both former femme fatales got their men.

• Then there were the romances that never were... on Earth-One Black Canary ended up with Green Arrow while on Earth-Two Canary’s mom settled for detective Larry Lance instead leaving that Earth’s Arrow a bachelor. Or Aquaman meeting his maiden Mera on Earth-One while on Earth-Two his doppleganger continued to swim the seven seas solo. Considering that these two lady-less legends debuted in More Fun Comics, one wonders was it more fun for them as single guys?