Comments on: Top Five Comic Book Non-Moms Who Deserve a Card Today

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:38:30 +0000

I just remembered another one, the pre-COIE Nocturna. She had a nice relationship with the pre-COIE Jason Todd.

By: Lothor

Lothor — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:24:17 +0000

Alfred Pennyworth ('mom' to Dick et al.) and Race Bannon ('mom' to Johnny, Haji, maybe Bandit?).

By: Ciaran

Ciaran — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:55:18 +0000

What? Granny Goodness doesn't get a look in after all her hard work raising them ungrateful kids?

Er, Apollo & Midnighter then?

By: Danielle Leigh

Danielle Leigh — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:29:06 +0000

I'm late chiming in but I'm going to pick a significant manga non-mother who actually becomes a mother figure to a fairly large extended family -- Tohru Honda of Fruits Basket. My god, what a nurturer....

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:22:16 +0000

Yeah, a few of the folks mentioned actually were mothers, hence they wouldn't be on the list (Sue, Moira, Waller, Catwoman)

Jean Grey was on the outside looking in, and Katana is a great pick for the list that I missed!

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:14:59 +0000

What about Moira Mactaggart? Yeah, her own relationship with her son didn't end all that well, to put it mildly. But she was there for Wolfsbane, and didn't she love her enough to adopt her?

By: chris w.

chris w. — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:47:58 +0000

I bought Marvel Team-Up #137 at a grocery store back in the day. A true classic.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:39:50 +0000

Black Canary. She took in Sin to save the girl. They were to have a normal life together, but again Dinah put Sin's safety and happines above her own wishes and gave the girl up so she would be safe.

If any male belongs on this list, it is surely one Alfred Pennyworth. He raised Bruce Wayne and after all of these years, he still tends to his wounds and brings him food. I would put him right below Aunt May.

By: wwk5d

wwk5d — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:39:39 +0000

I always liked Storm and Kitty's relationship. Too bad they let it wither away.

By: Tomer S

Tomer S — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:02:46 +0000

Chad - Ain't it thw whole point, "non-mothers"? Sue and Catwoman are actual moms, so they don't qualify.

By: Will

Will — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:45:07 +0000

I'm surprised Jean Grey doesn't get a mention. I mean, the woman devoted her entire honeymoon (all 13 years of it) to looking after her husband's child by another woman.

By: Bill K

Bill K — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:07:28 +0000

That's Marvel Team-Up #137, for the record

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 12 May 2008 05:04:52 +0000

Aunt May and Galactus go together well, as the Assistant Editors' month issue of Marvel Team-Up proved!

So many treasures of the past, all but forgotten today...

By: Rebis

Rebis — Mon, 12 May 2008 04:31:12 +0000

Katana had a nice relationship with Halo, too, back in the original Batman and the Outsiders days. (It got especially interesting when Looker showed up and Tatsu got jealous.) Meanwhile, what about the original Green Lantern's wife? (I forget her name.) Didn't she end up playing adopted mother to Jade?

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:48:06 +0000

Dick was raised by Bruce Wayne. He doesn't have issues, he has longboxes.

By: DKing

DKing — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:41:08 +0000

Barbara Gordon is definitely a maternal sort, and currently she is serving as a mother figure to Misfit, a young hero whose mother and sister died in a fire that Misfit survived (via her teleportation abilities).

Does that mean Dick Grayson has weird mother issues???

By: chris w.

chris w. — Mon, 12 May 2008 02:15:09 +0000

Aunt May is old enough to be Galactus's mother...

By: ykw

ykw — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:30:16 +0000

Brian Cronin wrote...

"Yes, she let Spoiler die to prove a point to Batman..."

Don't be too sure of that. The guy who wrote the scene you're thinking of doesn't seem to agree quite so much of late...

By: Birmy

Birmy — Sun, 11 May 2008 22:09:49 +0000

I clicked on this thinking, "There's no way Aunt May isn't #1 unless Cronin's finally lost it."

By: The Mutt

The Mutt — Sun, 11 May 2008 21:56:50 +0000

What about Amanda Waller? She reminded me a lot of my Mom.

"Kids, it's time to go to school. Now, some of you may not be coming back..."