Three of a Kind

[Hoy Murphy]

I was looking through some old comics when I thought of a new game. I call it Three of a Kind. Here's my first entry. 

Hoy

[Hoy Murphy]

Peter: The clue was "ring-a-ding." Those covers have characters who wear a symbol of a planet with a ring around it. Sorry if that was too subtle. 

Hoy

Peter Wrexham said:

Or have I missed something really obvious?
 
Hoy Murphy said:

Craig, you know what to do.

Everyone is being very creative. 

Ring-a-ding.

Hoy

[Hoy Murphy]

Hoy Murphy said:

Peter: The clue was "ring-a-ding." Those covers have characters who wear a symbol of a planet with a ring around it. Sorry if that was too subtle. 

Hoy

Peter Wrexham said:

Or have I missed something really obvious?
 
Hoy Murphy said:

Craig, you know what to do.

Everyone is being very creative. 

Ring-a-ding.

Hoy

[Mr. Silver Age]

Hoy's was really hidden (I never even realized there was a ring around Mar-Vell's emblem), which makes us think. I was going to have to ask, too.

I think the Ms M. three were female versions of existing male characters which The Cat and Tigra don't fit, but maybe there was a different connection. It's like those tests where they ask which one doesn't fit, and I can come up with a reason why each one doesn't fit.

Some of these involve such out-there connections and knowledge of comics I'd never come up with them. They're not things you can really Google, which is impressive. I'm enjoying seeing what everyone comes up with.

-- MSA

[Steve W]

I'm afraid my "Three of a Kind" are rather more obvious.

[Steve W]

Followed by a famous monster from Krypton.

[Dave Palmer]

Similar to my last set.

[Peter Wrexham]

Hoy Murphy said:

Peter: The clue was "ring-a-ding." Those covers have characters who wear a symbol of a planet with a ring around it. Sorry if that was too subtle. 

Hoy

D'oh!  I'd just taken that to be a reference to wedding bells or wedding rings for the Legion Adventure issue. It's amazing what rationalisations one's mind can come up with!

I must say, I'm still rather fond of my explanation that the link is that they're not linked.  Too bad it's not correct! 

[Hoy Murphy]

It was hard to find a Silver Age cover with a good rendition of Saturn Girl on it. 

Hoy

Peter Wrexham said:

D'oh!  I'd just taken that to be a reference to wedding bells or wedding rings for the Legion Adventure issue. It's amazing what rationalisations one's mind can come up with!

I must say, I'm still rather fond of my explanation that the link is that they're not linked.  Too bad it's not correct! 

[Hoy Murphy]

Three who are six.

Characters whose series were canceled and they were cast as co-stars of another character's title. 

Hoy

[Dave Palmer]

Similar to Hoy's post.  Both Jackie Jokers and Black Widow had recently had their series cancelled, but Falcon had yet to have had a series at the point he officially joined Cap.

[Richard Willis]

Actually, when he first joined Green Lantern, Green Arrow had never had a book of his own. He had only been a backup in various books.

[Hoy Murphy]

Actually, that's why I said "series" I instead of "book."
Hoy