Hello, I’ve crafted a puzzle using only the below image and I challenge you all to crack it.
You will need access to DC Universe Infinite, but everything else is publicly accessible.
The answer is a single, six letter word. There is no time limit and I highly encourage you all to work together in solving it.
Good luck detectives.
I don’t get it. What’s the puzzle? What are we looking for?
The clues are hidden in the image itself, but not things you’d immediately notice. It’s all encoded.
The most prominent things I’m seeing are the characters at the bottom right.
Hx,Wx,FN,-U,TC
The nine boxes in the top right are throwing me too! Wait I have an idea about something!
The top line says “issue 1”
And the bottom says “hmmm jk”
This will be the only hint I give because I thought this would be an issue when I was making it:
“HMMMJK” is not to be taken as “Hmmm JK”.
oh ok.
issue 1… im assuming hmmmjk is an acronym for the series
Does anyone have any ideas on what this is? Tagging @HubCityQuestion @MatthewHecht and @casasstrophe
The bottom is an undisclosed time for an Allied convoy to go from Halifax to Alexandria and then to the Thames river.
How do we find out what time?
The above letters are not Roman numerals. I just checked.
HMMMJK could map to
Hawkman - Martian Manhunter - ?
? - ? - Jack Kirby
In conjunction with the Darkseid of the image, any of these could refer to Super Powers (1985) #1 by Jack Kirby - something like it…
Hx,Wx,FN - U,TC
could be Height and Weight?
Or initials? with
a single name starting with H
a single name starting with W
and then an individual with the initials F.N.
…
Justice League: A Midsummer’s Nightmare (1996) #1 has credits for
Holdredge
Waid
Fabian Nicieza
Hx, Wx, FN
This is one of the few things Fabian Nicieza ever worked on for DC.
What’s another F.N. initial?
Good call!
im not seeing anything related to darkseid in there
The symbol in the top right is driving me nuts
Maybe HM MM JK are creators on a book (including Jack Kirby)
And FN and TC are creators on a different book (including Fabian Nicieza)
