Polite Dissent

80s Comic Quiz

June 7th, 2005

Filed under: Comics

A time of darkness will there be;
Of great distress on land and sea!
Find thyselves and thou wilt find me –
The secret lies in these keys three!

Name which comic this came from, who they were supposed to “find,” and who exactly had the three keys…

Chris Brown
June 7th, 2005 at 11:16 pm

Micronauts, the Enigma Force (Captain Universe), Prince Argon.

Am I in the ball park?
Scott
June 8th, 2005 at 9:20 am
Official Comment

This is indeed from the Micronauts (circa issues 29-35). The Enigma Force is close, and while Prince Argon is a good guess, it’s wrong…
Nala
June 8th, 2005 at 11:30 am

Commander Rann I believe regarding to who this was aimed. (From Prince Wayfinder’s tomb in the Dead Zone.) It was the Micronauts during the early 30s if I’m not mistaken. I think Pat Broderick was still on the art and Mantlo of course was writing.

Micronauts was the first regular comic I started picking up as a kid. It is still one of my all time faves.

I about freaked when I saw you had posted the quote.
Nala
June 8th, 2005 at 11:32 am

Ack! Now you make me want to go dig out all of the issues of volume one from that. I hated the New Voyages stuff but now I’ve got a hanker’n for some Karza, Argon, Pharoid, Homeworld, and such.
Your Obedient Serpent
June 8th, 2005 at 2:24 pm

All I can tell you is what’s already been said: The comic was Micronauts, the Keys were teh Keys to the Enigma Force.

And Micronauts was one of the first two or three comics I ever subscribed to — Micronauts, X-Men, and Elfquest.
Nala
June 10th, 2005 at 6:06 am

You subscribed too? So did I after it went to Direct Sales.

Do they still offer subscriptions to comics?