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

[Dave Palmer]

“Hey, what about me??”

[Peter Wrexham]

Oops - how could I have forgotten Robin?  Or, for that matter...

(How does he run with heel-wings that dangle below the soles of his feet?)

[Jeff of Earth-J]

"How does he run with heel-wings that dangle below the soles of his feet?"

They stay parallel to the ground as his foot shifts position.

[Peter Wrexham]

"They stay parallel to the ground as his foot shifts position."

Now why didn't I think of that?  It's so obvious once it's been explained!

[Hoy Murphy]

There was no pot of gold for any of these characters. 

Hoy

[Hoy Murphy]

Those were the bad guys. Here are the good guys. 

[Hoy Murphy]

The Green Quitters. 

[Steve W]

Followed by - "the Clark quitter". All these covers came from around the same period in the late silver-age. Why was that? Did Julius Schwartz get some feedback saying that "Clark leaving" was particularly good for sales?

[Mr. Silver Age]

Hal's quitting bark was always bigger than his quitting bite.

The late 1960s was a big time for turning your back on authority, and there was no bigger authority than a superhero cop. Plus, super-powers were out of style, which didn't bode well for DC's huge lineup of super-powered guys.

About the time of GL #62, he was bemoaning how easy it was to catch criminals with his ring, so he tried NOT to use it as much as he could. Yeah, that's an exciting GL story.

-- MSA

[Peter Wrexham]

Mr. Silver Age said:

About the time of GL #62, he was bemoaning how easy it was to catch criminals with his ring, so he tried NOT to use it as much as he could. Yeah, that's an exciting GL story.

-- MSA

I remember that story.  GL's caught in the beam of a yellow spotlight that stops the power ring from working, and he's getting beaten up by a bunch of thugs.  He takes the ring off, and throws it out of the beam, then controls it remotely.  It's a clever trick, but the scene is misleadingly depicted on the cover.  He never yells "My power ring or my life!  And I want to live!".  Also, he was definitely losing when he couldn't use the ring!

By the way, GL #68 would also fit in over on the "Cover a Day" discussion, where the theme of the month is "Empty Uniforms", as would Superboy #161 which Steve W posted earlier.

[Peter Wrexham]

"Tragedy!  When the feeling's gone and you can't go on, It's tragedy!"

[Hoy Murphy]

So much tragedy. In the life.

Hoy