Scavenger Hunt

July 19th, 2005

Filed under: Comics

As a preview of tomorrow’s discussion of Hawk & Dove #2 and #3, here is the opening splash page from Hawk & Dove #2. The scene is the interior of Barter’s shop where Barter (the mustachioed gentleman) is talking to Child, a Lord of Chaos.

Look around at the sheer number of items Barter is offering for trade. Think of this as one of those magazine scavenger hunts, like the ones in the Highlight magazines in your doctor’s waiting room when you were a kid. How many artifacts from comics or other media can you find in the shop?

My list, undoubtedly incomplete, is below.


What can you find in Barter's shop? Click for a larger image.
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My List:
  1. Daredevil costume (of the original Daredevil – not the spiked belt), upper left.
  2. Captain America’s shield, lower left
  3. Green Lantern, on left shelf
  4. Night Owl statuette (from Watchmen), on left shelf
  5. Idol from the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark, behind Night Owl
  6. Abnormal Brain (from Young Frankenstein), below the green lantern
  7. Batarang, bottom of shelf on left
  8. Mad-Hatter’s Hat (though a later panel suggests that it’s really the Ringmaster’s hat), front shelf.

5 Responses to “ Scavenger Hunt ”

  1. boolean
    July 20th, 2005 at 4:59 am

    9. Sankara stone (from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), above the Batarang.

    10. Superman cape, on the right-side counter, under the lava lamp.

    11. Mjolnir, Thor’s hammer, poking out behind the cape.

  2. Seth Finkelstein
    July 20th, 2005 at 6:07 am

    It looks like the Ringmaster’s hat even in that panel – the tip-off is that just to the lower-right of it, there’s his baton and what looks like the hat’s spiral disc attachment.

  3. Matthew
    May 7th, 2007 at 4:45 pm

    The card in the hat makes me think it’s probably Mad Hatter’s. On the other hand, there’s a wand lying next to it so the set could be Zatara’s of Zatanna’s

  4. Andrew Getting
    September 24th, 2007 at 12:56 pm

    12. Can’t believe nobody mentioned the Maltese Toucan. Parody inside of parody ;)

    13. Umbrellas in the stand. You just KNOW whose they are.

    14. Pallid bust of Pallas?

    15. I believe the belt hanging from the top of the bookcase may have belonged to the Star-Spangled Kid/Skyman. Hard to say, though.

    That mask next to Abby Somebody looks really familiar… can’t quite place it.

    Anyone else amused that Barter’s not even bothered to turn over his business sign for his meeting with Child?

  5. Eric
    November 16th, 2007 at 9:01 pm

    Mother Box (Forever People-style) under the “D” in “Dove.”

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