10 Grossest Comic Book Relationships You Won't Believe Exist

The most tragic part of the gross undertones that would rise between Natasha and Ivan is that, for a really long time, Ivan was characterised as the closest thing to a healthy father figure the assassin would ever get. Deadly Origins, however, totally destroys this, by showing us that this is apparently because the man has always held some unrequited romantic feelings for her.

It might be because he tells her this in his new space robot form, but it just doesn’t seem anything like the Ivan we’ve seen prior, and the sudden 180 change from father figure to creepy old dude makes it all the more sad.

When you think of how few people Black Widow has felt like she could trust in her life - especially form her childhood - the whole thing becomes more miserable than gross, because their entire relationship from her being a little girl now has uncomfortable undertones.

Even Freud would try and repress the events of this comic, which makes it probably one of the grosser surprise love interests of the comic era.