Goodreads asked Doug Goodman:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Doug Goodman Ooh, this is a good one. Standing squarely in my genres, I think of John Carter and Dejah Thoris as a great fictional couple that comes together, falls in love, and then go on pushing through the problems that their worlds throw at them. But I also think of Conan and Belit, who are kind of a precursor of Batman and Catwoman. Or worse, I think of Jack and Wendy from The Shining. But the first fictional couple that came to my mind, so the one I am sticking with, is Arthur Curry and Mera. I like them for the same reason I like John Carter and Dejah Thoris. There is the initial romance and love, yes, but this is more than just a couple, they are a married couple, and one character is synonymous with the other. It is hard to imagine an Aquaman storyline that does not somehow include his wife, and while I respect the power of new love, I appreciate the persistent passion of the married couple storyline. Another good one, in comic book format, is Alana and Marko from the Saga, which is a currently on-going story.

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