Arthur Douglas (Earth-616)

Since everyone is in a valentines day mood, I thought it would be fun (or rather sad) to talk about the story of how Drax the Destroyer's shortest-lived romance nearly destroyed two cosmic superhero teams.

Robbie Thompson and Jim Cheung's "Lonely Days and Space Knights" from the pages of 2016's Guardians of Infinity #2 found Drax the Destroyer living out what seemed to be an idyllic life with his new wife Earo and their young children. This romantic development had seemingly come out of nowhere for them both, which turned out to be all too true when Earo's fellow Space Knights came looking for her only to find Rocket Raccoon. As they explained, Earo and Drax had met recently at an interstellar bar only to hit things off and end up on the fantastical world of Hool. On Hool, hallucinations were par for the course, as those who were swept up in their most profound dreams become food for the dreaded Durgh. Thankfully, the pull of a loving family and happy home were just a bit too good to ring true for Earo, even if facing reality was the last thing she or Drax wanted to do at the moment.

As their respective allies made their way towards rescuing them, Drax and Earo had to come to terms with the fact that their lives together were neither real nor attainable for the likes of them. As warriors serving a cause, neither of them could ever be afforded such peace or happiness, especially not with one another. Though their feelings were genuine, the artificial circumstances were just the byproduct of another foe to fight, and with that Drax was forced to confront his greatest loss all over again 😥😥.