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Quick Cover Theme Game for 1/12
- by Brian Cronin
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Here's a quick one that I just thought up, so here you go - there is a connective theme going on in these comic covers (could be something about the setting, could be something about the creators, could be a trait some characters on the cover share, could be a lot of things). You have to have some comic book knowledge to get the answer (in other words, it can't be something you can tell just by the cover, like "they all feature blond people!" - you have to have some additional knowledge), and said knowledge isn't as general as "they've all been married" (now if it was "they've all been married and their wife/husband turned into a supervillain," THEN we're talking!). This was a quick one, so I wouldn't be surprised if there was more than one possible theme, but only one that I'm thinking of! 
Good luck!
- Posted on January 12, 2009 @ 11:35 PM
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sgt rawk
January 13, 2009 at 2:37 am
Is it somewhat shakey anatomy?
The Mad Monkey
January 13, 2009 at 2:59 am
No pupils in the eyes of background characters.
joecab
January 13, 2009 at 4:08 am
or as they used to say in Pogo's "Li'l Arf & Nonnie," "blankety" eyeballs. (And it sure made it tough to walk around.)
Tom Fitzpatrick
January 13, 2009 at 4:13 am
There's superheroes fighting villains in each of the books.
manglr
January 13, 2009 at 4:56 am
There is a woman trying to break up a fight in each instance?
Dunc
January 13, 2009 at 5:02 am
Someone gets punched. OR All is not what it seems.
No, wait! Both!
Matt
January 13, 2009 at 6:22 am
I've never read the Justice League one and I'm not familiar with the character, but the other two feature at least two characters that have been mind controlled in the past (Polaris and Doc Samson on one and Skids and Rusty on the other one).
Brian Cronin
January 13, 2009 at 6:36 am
True, Matt, but what superhero has never been mind controlled?
In the Emperor Doom OGN, the entire Marvel Universe (more or less) was mind controlled!
So the theme is a bit more specific than that.
Mike Loughlin
January 13, 2009 at 6:52 am
I recognize a couple characters in the Justice League Quarterly (is that the Jewish mystic from Ostrander's Suicide Squad & Spectre?), but not many, so this is a guess:
All 3 have super-heroes who use their real names (Doc Samson, Rusty Collins) instead of codenames.
Blackjak
January 13, 2009 at 6:55 am
All three feature characters who have been tricked into fighting their allies?
Matthew Johnson
January 13, 2009 at 7:21 am
Do all three feature Jewish characters? There's Leonard Samson, Seraph from the Global Guardians, and... hmm... I'm too lazy to Wiki X-Factor and see if any of those characters are Jewish.
mrjayberry
January 13, 2009 at 7:44 am
I don't know who is actually on the cover for the Global Gaurdians but if the flying lady is Owlwomen they all feature characters who are Okies. Rusty and Doc Sampson are both from Tulsa.
Brian Cronin
January 13, 2009 at 7:49 am
Yay, jayberry!
Greg Geren
January 13, 2009 at 10:52 am
I didn't know that, and I live in Tulsa!
Jack Norris
January 13, 2009 at 5:40 pm
Glad someone got it, I was starting to make some pretty weird guesses.
Dalarsco
January 13, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Man, Brian, these ones where you make the theme "all these feature characters from one city" it's crazy hard. Kudos on the absurdly specific and obscure knowledge.
Blackjak
January 14, 2009 at 9:58 am
And today I learned that people from Tulsa are "Okies"...
What's the singular?
Brian Cronin
January 14, 2009 at 10:29 am
Just drop the S!
TimGunn
January 15, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I was going to say guest stars with the same hair color as the series regular (Polaris and Doc Samson, Rusty and Jean Gray, although the JLA book may not fit, I don't know).
Anthony Strand
January 17, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I just want to make it known that I miss the line "They all feature a man!"
I don't even know why.