# Lets list "power rings" from books, comics, movies, etc **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 28, 2005, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-power-rings-from-books-comics-movies-etc/287208 "2005-01-28T23:49:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-power-rings-from-books-comics-movies-etc/287208/81 "2005-02-01T16:54:14Z")
> [@Fiver](#): > > The Flash had a ring into which he could compress his entire costume; it would spring out of it when needed. If Carmine Infantino had possessed a sense of humor, he’d have given us a few panels of Barry Allen, cursing under his breath, trying to cram his costume back into the ring at the end of a superhero gig. It must have been a bitch to re-pack that thing. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-power-rings-from-books-comics-movies-etc/287208/82 "2005-02-01T17:01:40Z")
Without his rings, Ringo Starr is only a middling drummer and a horrible singer. _With_ his rings, Ringo Starr is… …oh…wait… ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-power-rings-from-books-comics-movies-etc/287208/83 "2005-02-01T21:31:57Z")
Through one of those Internet coincidences I stumbled across this scholarly article today, and it seemed to fit this thread: “Magic Rings in Mythic Narratives” by Wendy Doniger [http://humanities.uchicago.edu/openhouse/keynote/doniger.pdf](http://humanities.uchicago.edu/openhouse/keynote/doniger.pdf) ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-power-rings-from-books-comics-movies-etc/287208/84 "2005-02-01T22:36:36Z")
The ring of Erreth-Akbe from the **Earthsea** books, although it was more like a torc than a ring, and had no magical powers; it was more a symbol of unity. Oh, and from **The Cat In The Hat Comes Back** : The water ran out And then I saw THE RING! A ring in the tub! And, oh boy! What a thing! A big long pink cat ring! It looked like pink ink! And I said, “Will this ever Come off? I don’t think!” ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2005, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-power-rings-from-books-comics-movies-etc/287208/85 "2005-02-01T23:51:27Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > identify who got dropped from the pantheon when Shazam the Wizard changed his name from Shazamo? Oggar God of Magic that turned evil and was banished from the earth by Shazam. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2005, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-power-rings-from-books-comics-movies-etc/287208/86 "2005-02-03T01:47:22Z")
> [@spoke-](#): > > If Carmine Infantino had possessed a sense of humor, he’d have given us a few panels of Barry Allen, cursing under his breath, trying to cram his costume back into the ring at the end of a superhero gig. > > It must have been a bitch to re-pack that thing. It would have been a good scene, but it doesn’t seem fair to lay its omission at Infantino’s feet. He was an artist, not a writer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-list-power-rings-from-books-comics-movies-etc/287208.md?page=4)