Didn't fridges used to have the big cooler thingy on top? I think that's the mystery kitchen object.
Derooftrouser | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 1:25 am | #

The fox does have a door at the back of his room implying that there's a bit more depth to the image too, though that may just be the front door to their lighthouse...
Just Some Guy | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 4:23 am | #

That thing on top of the fridge is the motor/generator.

It was called the "Monitor Top".
Here's a link to a page dedicated to this style:

http://tinyurl.com/5rt67o

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As for their respective quarters;
Vulture can have an aerie in the top of the lighthouse (he can sleep up with the light, or perched on the railing - as long as he doesn't mind the occasional blinding light).

I'm guessing the door to the kitchen was located directly from the spiral staircase (or on the opposing/cut away wall).

Mikester is most likely correct that any furnishings that we don't see (ie; Fox' bed) is in the section that was cut-away.

And as for ...er... facilities, well... don't some lighthouses have those slim windows in their sides?
Large enough for some creature-men to hang a moon out there and use the sea as their own personal toilet.

Filthy animals.

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The new Batman cartoon had these villains not too long ago.
They were college students who shot themselves up with some extract drug and became animal-people.

Fox was the manipulative sneaky-kid leader, Vulture was a goth chick and Shark was a big jock - AND he was a hammerhead.

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I recall seeing these guys in that Doctor Midnight mini about a decade or so ago.

Good to see their original forms here.

Thanks Mikester!
As always, fun and "educational".

~P~
PTOR
SanctumSanctorumComix | Email | 07.03.08 - 4:35 am | #

The model plane adds a little bit of whimsy to the Vulture's otherwise dour demeanor. That is some hot hot characterization.
Ken Lowery | Email | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 6:29 am | #

I think the pots and pans are hanging over the stove.

I love the cozy domesticity of the Shark's lair. Gotta wonder what the Macy's delivery men thought.
Jon H | Email | 07.03.08 - 6:56 am | #

All things said and done, that is one cozy hideout. If I were five years old, I'd read this story and fantasize about living in a lighthouse with submarine access with my friends. Okay, I'm fantasizing about that as I type.
Patrick Dean | Email | 07.03.08 - 7:40 am | #

I love the idea that the kitchen is so important in their cute little lair. And yes, that is an OLD-style fridge. My grandmother used to have one like that.

I wonder who the chef is?
sallyp | Email | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 8:12 am | #

Thanks for making me laugh out loud at work. Now they think I'm crazier than usual.
Pj Perez | Email | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 8:51 am | #

I think I've seen these guys before--did Dick briefly run into them in Nightwing #1 in the mid 90s?
David Cutler | Email | 07.03.08 - 9:46 am | #

I think they might have been in one of the many fill-ins during Dini's TEC run too...or was that another terrible trio with similar names?

Anyway, this is an awesome panel. I like the idea of villains as roommates.
caleb | Email | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 10:08 am | #

The Terrible Trio also made an apperance on B:TAS in their classic getups, as three successful young idle rich jerks with fright masks.

And caleb, the Terrible Trio which appeared in Tec #832 were this same Terrible Trio, yes.
Luke | Email | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 11:52 am | #

Is that a keggerator next to Shark's easy chair?
Jon H | Email | 07.03.08 - 12:00 pm | #

Is that a submarine of a huge larvae of some sort? Maybe it's that freaky blonde Bug Lady from the ISB?
Dwayne "the canoe guy" | Email | Homepage | 07.03.08 - 12:08 pm | #

well, I wouldn't want to eat anything a shark (who eats ANYTHING) or vulture (who eats CARRION) cooked, so I'd say the fox is the chef.
metalfanatic | Email | 07.03.08 - 1:37 pm | #

This kind of thing actually makes me sad. Back in '65, Batman was fighting an insidious plague: furries. In '08 . . . Batman's fighting . . . other heroes, I guess?
Andrew W | 07.03.08 - 8:42 pm | #

I don't know much (read: anything) about these characters, but if they're like most Batman villains, they're probably all ex-cons anyway, so the small living quarters probably wouldn't bother them so much as they've gotten used to making do in tiny cells.
Justin Garrett Blum | Email | Homepage | 07.04.08 - 5:05 pm | #

One thing that seems to be missing for the Shark. Stairs to get up to the kitchen when he wants to eat.
Rick | Email | Homepage | 07.05.08 - 2:17 pm | #

They made an appearance in Brian Bolland's Batman Black and White story. Well more of a one panel mention/appearance, but they looked very cool.
TChav | 07.10.08 - 10:10 am | #