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* ''[[Justice League of America]]''
** The core members of [[Justice League of America|Justice League International]] sometimes fall into this category. The perception of them as jokes or rip offs of more popular heroes by the rest of the outside world helped forge a bond between them that has lasted long after the team broke up, highlighted in recent issues of ''[[Blue Beetle]]'' and ''[[Booster Gold]]''. They have recently gotten back together in [[Brightest Day|Justice League: Generation Lost.]]
* [[Badass Family|The Batfamily.]] [[Papa Wolf|Batman]] has adopted [[Circus Brat|the]] [[Street Urchin|first]] [[Ascended Fanboy|three]] [[Kid Sidekick|Robins]] and the [[Waif Fu|third Batgirl]], [[Genius Cripple|Oracle]] (the original Batgirl) is part mother figure, part sister figure, part former lover (to [[Nightwing]]), Nightwing (the first Robin) grew to take the role of a [[Big Brother Mentor]] figure to the third Robin and to the fifth Robin (himself Batman's [[Luke, You Are My Father|biological son]]), the [[Plucky Girl|fourth Robin and fourth Batgirl]] is the third Robin's ex-girlfriend and the third Batgirl's best friend, and at least half responsible for the fifth Robin being more humsn, Huntress [[The Unfavourite|herself]] is definitely part of the gang through Oracle (and in a lesser measure, [["Well Done, Son" Guy|her conflictual relationship to Batman]]), Catwoman [[Dating Catwoman|skirts along the edges]], and Alfred, of course, is [[Team Mom|Team Dad]].
* ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'': The turtles in are indeed brothers in every sense of the word; this trope also applies to April O'Neil and Casey Jones, who regard the Turtles as their family.
* ''[[Bionicle]]'': Various teams of Toa in the saga, but usually only after long phases of [[Character Development]].
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* The ''[[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic Four]]'' would qualify as well, if three of its four charter members weren't already directly related by blood or marriage. The extended crew includes [[Spider-Man]], whose [[Vitriolic Best Buds]] friendship with the Human Torch dates back to the character's first few issues. He's since become such a part of the family that he's considered Franklin's [[Honorary Uncle]], and has taken Johnny's place on the team following his death (with Johnny hand-picking him for the spot via [[Video Will]]).
* Some versions of the Brotherhood would qualify, specifically Mystique's group. With the exception of Blob, they are all good friends that look out for one another, and show unswerving loyalty to Mystique.
* The various [[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]] teams in the comics are just as much a surrogate family as the animated version. This is especially true of two teams: the "original 5" (Robin/Nightwing, Wonder Girl/Troia, Kid Flash/Flash, Speedy/Arsenal/Red Arrow, and Aqualad/Tempest) and writer Dan Jurgens' team (almost all of whom were [[Half
* This is how the [[Justice Society of America]] is set up as well. The four statesmen of the team (Hawkman, Wildcat, Flash I and Green Lantern I) have all lost children or otherwise had problems being fathers, as elaborated upon in the "Princes of Darkness" arc. Many other characters have parental issues, such as Jesse Quick/Liberty Belle II (dead father), Hourman II (absentee father returned from the dead), Stargirl (stepfather is crimefighting partner, father is a dead criminal) and Damage (son of the original Atom, created by Vandal Savage). Ma Hunkel, the original Red Tornado, is the [[Team Mom|maternal]] [[The Heart|glue]] keeping the team together.
* Easy Company, of ''[[Sgt Rock (Comic Book)|Sgt. Rock]]'' fame.
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* In ''[[Gold Digger]],'' Julia Diggers and her students are like this. Do ''not'' harm them and [[Mama Bear|let her find out about it,]] or you're in for a world of pain. Also, the three wererats in ''Throne Of Shadows'' were specifically raised to be able to trust each other completely, an advantage that [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|wererats]] almost never have in life.
* Peter Parker always had allies in [[Ultimate Spider-Man]] but it wasn't until near the end of the first comic's run did he gain True Companions in the sense detailed here. Fellow super heroes [[Ultimate Fantastic Four|Johnny Storm]] (the Human Torch) and [[Ultimate X Men|Bobby Drake]] (Iceman) moved in him with him and went to his school. Even all of his ex-girlfriends, Mary Jane Watson, Gwen Stacy, Kitty Pryde (Shadowcat), put their differences aside and became great friends. Peter's Aunt May was part of the group, too! (After all, she was letting all of the kids live her house.) They worked, lived, and fought together. They were together until the [[Tonight Someone Dies|bitter end...]]
* [[Tintin (Comic Book)]], Haddock, Calculus, Thompson, and Thomson would all qualify - as well as the various side characters they meet in stories, such as Chan.
* The village of indomitable Gauls in [[Asterix]] are all True Companions. In many comics, it seems that all of Gaul is that way.
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