While the Avengers franchise is known for its galaxy-spanning action, the franchise also has a lot of romance. Superhero stories have a huge soap opera element, with team books like Avengers and X-Men putting an increased focus on who’s seeing who. And with over 60 years of stories, it’s pretty easy to tell which Avengers heroes have the most rizz.
Here are the 10 Avengers members with the most romantic charisma, as well as their most high-profile love interests across the franchise. For the purpose of this list, we’re excluding any Avengers who can make people attracted to them with their powers, such as Spider-Woman and Starfox.
10
Luke Cage, aka Power Man
Love Interests Include: Jessica Jones, She-Hulk, Claire Temple
In modern comics, Luke Cage is happily married to Jessica Jones, however his self-assured, straight-talking attitude makes him one of Marvel’s most desired heroes. As a man who lives by unbending morals, Luke exudes confidence, maturity and heroism, never backing down no matter who he’s up against.
Major past relationships include Claire Temple and She-Hulk. Currently the mayor of New York in Marvel’s mainstream canon, Luke is consistently depicted as his wife’s biggest fan.
9
Hawkeye, aka Clint Barton
Love Interests Include: Mockingbird, Moonstone, the Wasp
Contrary to the MCU, Hawkeye has long been the bad boy of the Avengers. Thanks to a rocky childhood, Clint hates any form of authority, and has a habit of breaking rules and picking fights with anyone who gives him orders, especially Steve Rogers’ Captain America. Consequently, Clint has a lot of rebel rizz, and often gets together with his fellow superheroes.
This has led to relationships with fellow superspies Mockingbird and Black Widow and Avengers teammate Spider-Woman, but Clint has also gotten together with villains including Thunderbolts teammate Moonstone and the Mafia-associated Cherry. At the same time, Clint tends to have a commitment problem, with former girlfriend Spider-Woman noting that he doesn’t take his relationships seriously enough for them to last.
8
The Human Torch, aka Johnny Storm
Love Interests Include: Crystal, Nova, Medusa
Human Torch is a major playboy in the Marvel Universe, dating many different superheroes and supervillains over the years. Johnny has totally embraced the lifestyle of a young celebrity superhero, and is prone to truly disastrous one-night stands. These include a member of a cult who used him to open a portal to the Negative Zone and being seduced by Doctor Doom’s fiancé the night before their wedding.
At the same time, Johnny has had serious relationships. He was truly in love with the Inhuman hero Crystal and future herald of Galactus Nova, and seemed to have a genuine bond with alien hero Sky, but destroyed their relationship as he couldn’t handle the idea that she was his ‘destined’ soul mate.
7
Black Widow, aka Natasha Romanova
Love Interests Include: The Winter Soldier, Daredevil, Hercules
As the world’s greatest spy, sexuality is just another weapon in Black Widow’s arsenal, and her rizz game is so advanced, it can literally save lives. Natasha even has a sultry French alter ego – ‘Babette’ – she slips into when she wants to throw her enemies off their game.
While Black Widow was in a relationship with Bruce Banner in the MCU, her main comic love interests are Bucky Barnes’ Winter Soldier and Daredevil. Most recently, Natasha fell in love with James Grey, but had to abandon him and their son Stevie to avoid them being assassinated by her enemies.
6
Hercules Panhellenios, the God of Heroes
Love Interests Include: Marvel Boy, Namora, Snowbird
A superhero since the days of Ancient Greece, Hercules doesn’t take life too seriously, treating the modern day as the equivalent of a gap year. For most of Marvel history, Hercules loved drinking, fighting and getting together with his fellow heroes, generally developing casual relationships in the heat of battle. While he’s recently sworn off alcohol and tried to curtail his ego, Herc is still a major romantic.
Most recently, Hercules dated Marvel Boy, aka the alien hero Noh-Varr, confirming his bisexuality in Marvel’s mainstream stories – something fans had debated since a variant of the hero was shown in a relationship with Wolverine in the pages of Astonishing X-Men, and which Marvel handled poorly in the interim.
5
Rogue, aka Anna Marie LeBeau
Love Interests Include: Gambit, Magneto, the Sentry
Rogue has long been a sex symbol in Marvel Comics, with her inability to touch others leading to plenty of fraught romantic drama. However, she appears so high on this list because of her real-world sex appeal. Scores of fans consider Rogue’s Marvel’s ultimate sex symbol, to the point that even Marvel has started referencing this fact – most recently in Uncanny X-Men #19.
4
Daredevil, aka Matt Murdock
Love Interests Include: Elektra, Black Cat, Typhoid Mary
As attractive, confident people with six decades of dating under their belts, it’s not surprising that a lot of Avengers have exciting love lives, however Daredevil’s rizz is a matter of canon. Handsome laywer Matt Murdock is known in Marvel Comics for his prolific dating life, though Matt generally dates civilians rather than fellow heroes, including love interests Kirsten McDuffie, Karen Page, Milla Donovan, Heather Glenn, Glorianna O’Breen, Dakota North and Nyla Skin.
Indeed, Daredevil has so much rizz that even Wolverine is canonically jealous of his love life – albeit only admitting it when the Hand’s brainwashing pushed his darkest thoughts to the surface.
3
She-Hulk, aka Jennifer Walters
In Hulk lore, gamma powers unlock the deepest parts of a person. For Bruce Banner, all his repressed rage and self-hatred resulted in the Hulk. However for his cousin Jennifer Walters, gamma created the confident, adventurous She-Hulk. While being one of the world’s foremost lawyers, She-Hulk also makes the most of being a young, successful hero, even getting kicked out of Avengers mansion because her constant partying created a security risk.
She-Hulk has a longstanding no-strings relationship with Iron Man, and briefly dated fellow Avenger Thor and secret agent Clay Quartermain. However, she has had more serious romantic connections with fellow Avenger Jack of Hearts and Fantastic Four associate Wyatt Wingfoot. She also married John Jameson (the son of Spider-Man rival J. Jonah Jameson), however they annulled their marriage after they realized that the hero Starfox had used his powers to paper over the issues in their relationship.
She-Hulk also has a somewhat unusual history of dating villains, with Marvel ultimately retconning a one-night stand with the Juggernaut out of continuity.
2
Iron Man, aka Tony Stark
Love Interests Include: The Wasp, Emma Frost, Gamora
As an international playboy, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Tony Stark has the most rizz of any Avenger, and he’s certainly romanced a lot of heroes. Tony has had casual relationships with X-Men’s Emma Frost (who he later married for non-romantic reasons), SHIELD agent Maria Hill and Guardians of the Galaxy’s Gamora. He even managed to stop the superhero Civil War by marrying Captain America, albeit in an alternate dimension where Tony is a woman.
Tony also has a habit of falling for villains, including corporate saboteur Indries Moomji, stalker Kathy Dare and Russian spy the Black Widow, back before she joined the Avengers. While the MCU cemented Pepper Potts as Tony’s one true love, the comics actually had her choose Tony’s friend Happy Hogan over him, with the two ultimately marrying.
In the comics, Tony is arguably most hung-up on the villainous Madame Masque, though he dulls the pain with a host of no-strings arrangements.
1
Deadpool, aka Wade Wilson
Love Interests Include: Rogue, Siryn, Shiklah
Wade Wilson at #1 will be shocking for a lot of fans, but the facts are the facts – Deadpool is seriously successful when it comes to romance, at least in the short term. Despite having a sophomoric sense of humor and a face that canonically looks like “Ryan Reynolds crossed with a shar-pei,” Deadpool’s deep sense of tragedy and his heroism in the face of a world that will never accept him makes him a surprisingly popular love interest.
Deadpool has had romantic connections with heroes including Siryn, Rogue, Satana, Outlaw, Elsa Bloodstone and Jennifer Kale, villains including Valentine Vuong, Broken Blade, Sanction, Copycat and Typhoid Mary, and the literal cosmic god Lady Death, who chose him over Thanos.
Wade has been married more than any other Avengers hero, with wives including the shapeshifter Mystique, alien Orksa, and queen of the monsters Shiklah, with their wedding in Deadpool #27 setting a record for the most characters on a comic cover.
Deadpool’s relationships with regular humans have been a lot more tragic, including his first wife Mercedes and the mother of his daughter Ellie, Carmelita Camacho, who were both tragically murdered. While DP has a lot of unappealing traits, he goes into every relationship with his heart open and is a genuinely wounded character who still finds a way to laugh and do good. Apparently, the only thing more powerful than Deadpool’s healing factor is his rizz.
Those are the 10 Avengers with the most rizz – let us know below who else belongs on this list, and whether you agree with our #1 pick.
This story originally appeared on Screenrant
