Comments on: Cool Points to Be Had!

By: MarkBlack

MarkBlack — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:16:21 +0000

For Clark Kent, Al Goldstein and Nightwing:

Is it that they’ve all had ponytails?
I was going to say mullets, but I don’t think Clark Kent wore his hair in a mullet, just a ponytail.

By: Billy F

Billy F — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 03:15:40 +0000

For Clark Kent, Atom Smasher and Nightwing.

It’s silly, but I’ll take the shot: They all dated Red Heads at some point? Clark dated Lana, Dick dated Starfire, and Al…I don’t know…

By: yo go re

yo go re — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:26:47 +0000

my next guess was that they’ve all had parents die but then come back to life (Batman was electrocuted and technically dead until he was revived, Atom-Smasher’s mom was killed in a plane crash by Kobra and later saved via time-travel, and Johnathan Kent had a heart attack at the same time Clark fought Doomsday), but I don’t think they’re the only three who that would work for…

By: Omar Karindu

Omar Karindu — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:52:45 +0000

Kent, Grayson, and Rothstein are all adopted?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:35:42 +0000

A hint for the Kent/Rothstein/Grayson one – the connective theme is really something that is quite specific to these three characters. I cannot think of another character from DC Comics, offhand, that I could plug into one of their spots and still maintain the theme (although I have no doubt that there IS one I am not thinking of – and I can think of a couple of Marvel characters who work).

By: winterteeth

winterteeth — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:29:54 +0000

To be more specific Betty & Veronica met Grunge but that still counts, I think.

On the Nightwing/Atom-Smasher/Clark Kent one, they all have had to fend off romantic advances from a “co-worker” (Nightwing, Tarantula; Atom-Smasher, Stargirl; Clark Kent; Cat Grant).

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:27:25 +0000

All of them have met Gen13 before (Archie, Maxx and Monkeyman & Oâ€™Brien all have)?

Basically, yes!

There ya go! Another one down!

By: winterteeth

winterteeth — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:20:48 +0000

All of them have met Gen13 before (Archie, Maxx and Monkeyman & O’Brien all have)?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:47:28 +0000

As for the Archie, Maxx and Hellboy one, I’ll give another (rather large, I think) hint.

Imagine you are playing six degrees of separation.

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:46:21 +0000

There are more unsolved ones, arenâ€™t there? Like â€œthe three Jugheadsâ€ and â€œI told you before, Green Goblin ISNâ€™T on the cover!â€ Or have those been nabbed, finally?

Yeah, those have been gotten.

1. Each cover was a remake of a previous Archie cover.

2. Each character (Spider-Man, Scorpion, James Rhodes) wore an alien symbiote at one time or another.

By: yo go re

yo go re — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:08:59 +0000

yeah, but we already tried that one…

By: davidwynne

davidwynne — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:55:00 +0000

here’s another one for Hellboy/Maxx/Archie, that depends on my lack of knowledge about Archie- has there ever been an Archie animated series? If so, well, so have the other two.

By: yo go re

yo go re — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:47:17 +0000

and, oh yeah, some potential answers: 12/4: Nightwing, Atom Smasher and Clark Kent (not Superman) have all been accused of murder, then cleared. 7/23: Hellboy, the Maxx and Archie all appeared in other comics before getting their eponymous series? Hellboy was in SDCC Comics, the Maxx was in Darker Image and Archie was in Pep Comics. And as a bonus, Monkeyman & O'Brien were first in Dark Horse Presents...

By: yo go re

yo go re — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 04:34:10 +0000

There are more unsolved ones, aren’t there? Like “the three Jugheads” and “I told you before, Green Goblin ISN’T on the cover!” Or have those been nabbed, finally?

By: davidwynne

davidwynne — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 03:40:42 +0000

OR, for Hellboy/Maxx/Archie- are they all comics that were plotted by the artist but scripted by someone else. I’ve never read any Archie, but I know that Hellboy was scripted by John Byrne, and I’m pretty usre Sam Kieth plotted The Maxx by himself, with Messner Loebs “just” providing the script…

By: J.C.

J.C. — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:08:50 +0000

For the one with Hellboy, the Maxx, and Archie: all of them have a leading female character who is blonde?

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:04:42 +0000

Correct!

I totally thought that one would have been gotten quickly (admittedly, to lower the odds, I picked a cover where A. Lunatik was not featured prominently and B. His name was not on the cover, so as to remind folks of his name).

By: Brian Cronin

Brian Cronin — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 02:04:06 +0000

Correct!

By: OTL

OTL — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:53:22 +0000

Theme game for 12/18 (I posted this on the original page, too, but just in case…):

They all feature characters whose names are words that are normally spelled with a “C”, but spelled with a “K” (Lunatik, Magik, Havok)?

By: J.C.

J.C. — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:35:00 +0000

For the Nightwing, Atom Smasher, and Clark Kent all assume brother figure roles to a legacy successor

Nightwing–Robin
Atom Smasher–Damage
Clark–Connor

That or they all commited an act of murder against a foe that they paid pennace for.