You know that saying, “Behind every successful man is a woman.”  It applies to superheroes as well.  When this happens, she’s let in fully in his life so she gets to live with his secret identity and see the superhero off to work, such as Mary Jane marrying Spider-Man (which to me is the greatest love story ever told).  In many cases, she gets an equal footing as a superhero  herself, such as Sue Richardson being married to Reed Richardson.

But of all the guy superhero girlfriends and wives, I thought that Betty Ross is the most resilient for her man because she could never have a “normal” household relationship with Dr. Bruce Banner.  The Hulk is a brute with Banner having just a modicum of control.  And whenever he’s sighted, the US Army, the Avengers, or other superheros / supervillains will come gunning for him.  So it’s not like the Hulk will come home to Betty after a hard day’s work and cuddle with her in bed or on the couch.  In the 2008 movie, Bruce Banner can’t even have sex for fear of becoming the Hulk in the middle of love throes.  But still, she stuck with Bruce (at least in mind and heart), even when she married Major Glenn Talbot.  Eventually, she married Bruce Banner after Major Talbot’s demise.  Now that’s a love story.

In the movies, Betty Ross was played by two hot babes, Jennifer Connelly and Liv Tyler.  I’ve always given a slight edge to Jennifer Connelly as a preference.  Curiously enough, there was no character named Betty Ross in the 70′s The Incredible Hulk TV series.