The Terrible Trio (Fox, Shark, and Vulture) Appreciation Thread

[MajorHoy]

First appearance = Detective Comics #253 (March 1958)




Three brilliant guys wearing business suits and animal heads, the Terrible Trio appeared twice in the late 1950s/early 1960s. (Their other time in the spotlight was in Detective Comics #321 a little over five years later.) But they would eventually find their way back before the end of the century . . .

[MajorHoy]

from Detective Comics #321 (November 1963):

[MajorHoy]

By the way, Batwoman (Kathy Kane) was also in this story, using her terribly female devices that would be more than just laughed at if a writer tried to use them in more modern stories:

[brer rabbit]

A more in-depth at The Terrible Trio.

[Mistah K88]

You know, if they ever wanted to return Black Mask to his original MO, these guys would be PERFECT for an incarnation of the False Face Society.

[Güicho]

Not mine, skip intro jump to 1:55


Love these guys.

[MajorHoy]

For the record, Fox, Shark, and Vulture weren't the first to be referred to as the "Terrible Trio".

From Superman #88 (March 1954):


and still later, Aquaman #24 (November-December 1965):


And instead of showing up on a milk carton when they hadn't been seen in a while, they showed up in a notice in a comic book:

(from Batman Family #11, cover-dated May-June 1977)

[godisawesome]

Anybody else like the Beligerent blue-bloods take on the characters from BTAS?

[signalman112]

I find it interesting that the Terrible Trio were on 3 different BATMAN cartoon shows and were vastly different each appearance.

B:TAS. Veyr inspired by their comic book appearances.

The Batman. 3 college students take a variation of the Man-Bat formula to transform into hybreds humans/creatures.

B:TB&TB. The Trio are marshal arts experts.