The cover theme game works like this: I'll show you three covers. They all have something in common, whether it be a character, a trait all three characters share, a connection between all three characters, a locale, a trait all three creators share, SOMEthing. And it isn't something obvious like "They all have prices!" "They all have logos!" "They all feature a man!" "They are all Avengers (who ISN'T?)!" "They're all dead (who HASN'T been killed off?)!" "They've all been cloned (who HASN'T been cloned?)!" "They're all mutants!" (who ISN'T a mutant?) "They're all orphans!" (who ISN'T an orphan?) "They're all legacy heroes" (who ISN'T a legacy hero nowadays?)! "They're all by the same artist!" (too obvious) etc.

In addition, please note that you must have some familiarity with comic book history to correctly guess these themes. You cannot guess the connective theme just by looking at the covers solely, you must have some knowledge beyond the covers. The connections will ONLY have to do with connections in the actual comic books (so no incidental connections like "they share the same last names of Vice Presidents," etc. Now, if the three characters were each named Gerald Ford, that'd be another story, as that'd no longer be incidental).

If you come up with an answer that works outside of what I intended, I'll give you credit (well, provided I think it fits, of course).

One more thing - if there are floating heads on the cover, ignore them! They don't mean anything! Same thing with corner boxes!

If you think you know the answer, e-mail me at bcronin@comicbookresources.com. Don't answer in the comments. This way, people who check in at different times of the day can still get credit for answering it correctly!

Here is an archive of all the past cover theme games, plus their answers. Before each new installment, I'll post the answers to the previous week's game.

Good luck and enjoy!

No one guessed last week's game correctly, so you'll have another crack at it...

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I think people might be overthinking this one.

Now here's this week...

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I made this one on the simpler side of things, since y'all have to still guess last week's correctly, so I didn't want to distract you too much!

EDITED TO ADD: Simpler, but not so simple as "Batman, Catwoman and Joker were all created by Bob Kane and Bill Finger." ;) That's true, but come on! :)

EDITED TO ADD AGAIN: To help my pal, Eric Henry, let's also say that Batman is not involved in the theme this week. That should help matters, as well!