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Were they married in the Golden Age? I though they were just dating.

I'd also like to see an issue of What If built around the premise of Ben having married Alicia around the time Diablo came up with a "cure" for Ben's condition. Keeping Ben in a half-Thing, half-man state with the possibility of occasional returns to full humanity and thus a family, Ben's progress through the Marvel Universe could have taken a different course altogether. 

It's odd to think of it now, but nearly all of my favorite characters have experienced marriage at some point or another in their history. Jay and Joan Garrick, Mr. & Mrs. Superman, the Batman and Catwoman of Earth-2, and even Plastic Man has had a bad marriage or three outside of strict continuity. I was a fan of that Ka-Zar and Shanna book from the 80's, and as a kid I read the JLA story wherein Adam Strange married Alanna. I enjoyed Garth and Imra getting together as Chuck and Luornu had before them, and then all four of them coming back during the Earthwar saga, forcing the Legion to drop its prohibition of married team members. 

I like to see characters dedicate themselves to something greater than themselves & to aspire to what might just be a foolishly idealized state, yet making that work on their terms, as a couple. I like seeing them accept responsibility and become parents. It was easy for me as a kid to enjoy such tales because Earth-2 was right there, filled with heroes who had already put off life for too long or had grasped hold of it years before and we were only just finding out about it now. I liked the young twenty-something Legionnaires grappling with their various romances. It grounded the characters and made them more real; more human to strive for romance, love, and lives spent in one another's company.

Since the beginning, I've preferred my heroes to be human beings rather than wind-up battlebots. 

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I actually shudder at the thought. 

IMAGINARY:

I'd like to have seen Dick Grayson and Donna Troy get married. 

If we can be mature about it, I would want to see Kara Zor-El and Barbara Gordon get hitched too.

Controversial as it would have been (and would still be), after the breakup with Reed Richards, I'd be interested in a marriage between Sue Storm and Ben Grimm. In fact, considering the way Marvel went way down the hill, I wonder that no FF writers ever did a storyline where Sue and Ben had an affair. That seems about the level of their plots over the past few years.

Dick Grayson and Helena Wayne (of Earth-2): This was being set up in the Huntress strip just before the Crisis. Dick is what, maybe 10 or 12 years older than Helena? It's not unheard of.

CANON:

This is REALLY hard for me because I'm not reading current comics, so I don't even know who's alive or not, or if they're good or evil. But what the hell... you'll all correct me, I'm sure!

Freddy Freeman and Mary Batson - this one seems like rather a natural match up, but when the stories were done, romance wasn't really on Earth-S.

Kitty Pryde and Peter Rasputin - this seemed to be set up from day one, and it's about time to follow through with a story set up, I feel.

Rokk Krinn and Lydda Jath - same as Kitty and Peter. From Night Girl's first appearance, she had a crush on Cosmic Boy. Consummate it already.

I'd want to say Steve Rogers and Sharon Carter, because it's so natural, and so ingrained. I just don't know if that would make interesting stories. Then again... they're made for each other.

I'm gonna ditto that previous one for Thor and Sif.

There's a few ideas for you anyhow...

Blimey, how out of the loop am I, eh? 

Ben and Alicia immediately come to mind.

I was pro Peter and Mary Jane

I only really know Pepper due to the movies, but I wouldn't mind seeing her and Tony.  But that relationship is ten years older than when it "began".