Crimson Comets' Lost Lady Loves

Iris West Allen and Joan Williams Garrick were well known for their legendary romances with the Flashes of Two Worlds, as were other examples of legendary loves such as Superman and Lois Lane, Batman and Catwoman, Wonder Woman and Steve Trevor. But for every heartfelt coupling, there were also tales of tragic relationships. 

Both Hal Jordan and Alan Scott had a litany of loveaffairs such as with Carol Danvers and Irene Miller, Olivia Reynolds and Molly Maynne. Alan and Molly found their way back to each other after decades apart. Sadly, Hal and Carol were torn apart by their alter egos.

While Joan and Jay Garrick, the original Flash, remained together to have long lives in love... the modern Flash, Barry Allen, lost his wife Iris when his arch foe Professor Zoom murdered her. After dealing with his loss, Barry fell in love with neighbor Fiona Webb. However, before they could wed, Zoom once more tried to ruin Allen's love life. In order to protect his bride, Flash in the spur of the moment accidentally slain Zoom. As a result, Barry disappeared while his alter ego tried to clear his name of the murder charge against the Flash.

The Fiona of a parallel world, Gloria Giles, was the fiancee of Hank Heywood, until Hank adopted the alias of Steel when his life was saved by her father's bio-retardant formula. Gaining superhuman abilities including enhanced speed, Steel became an early "mystery man" of Earth-Two, as superheroes were then known.

Objecting to Steel's exploits and Hank's military career, Professor Giles insisted that Hank sever his ties with Gloria. Honoring Giles' dying wish, he and Gloria parted.

Other romances, while sincere and on firm foundations, were torn apart by circumstances beyond the couple's control. Such was the case for John Smith, the super-fast android known as Red Tornado, and his unemployment advisor turned girlfriend Kathy Sutton. Seeing how lost John seemed, in fact he had been stranded on her Earth-One when he saved his native Earth-Two from a cosmic calamity, Kathy formed a bond that touched Smith's artificial heart. Over the years, these two would draw close together, only be be pulled apart due to the Tornado's heroic career. This first occured when Red Tornado was temporarily destroyed while facing the alien Nekron, although once he is restored to synthetic life by the omnious Construct, Smith seeks out Kathy once more. Revealing his true nature, she accepts him and together they adopt the orphaned middle-eastern girl,Traya. For a few years, the three form a familial bond, until the Crisis on Infinite Earths, when the Anti-Monitor once more has Red Tornado destroyed, in order to unlease the Tornado Tyrant inside him. In some alternate futures, he once more becomes John Smith and reunited with Kathy.

Then there was the Earth-Two version, Kathy Kulhammer, daughter of a congressman. Although romantically attached to publisher Edward Runyon, this Kathy began to form feelings for Steel. However, before she could meet his alter ego Hank, Heywood was pulled into a secret mission in Europe which kept him away for years. Eventually, Steel left for Earth-One, while this Kathy presumably continued her relationship with Runyon.