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* ''ComicBook/PoisonIvy2022'': Flashbacks in issue #21 reveal that during Ivy's first-time imprisonment in Arkham, an inmate in the cell next door named Violet gave Ivy words of encouragement that inspired her to endure ever since, though Ivy's never seen her again after that. This nods to Valerie, the unseen next-door cellmate of the protagonist(s) in ''ComicBook/VForVendetta''.
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* Marv Wolfman wrote for ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans'' and worked on a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}''. One issue of ''The New Teen Titans'' included a theater in the background that read "Broadway Magic starring Jerrica Benton", referring to an episode of ''Jem''.
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* Marv Wolfman wrote for ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans'' ''ComicBook/NewTeenTitans'' and worked on a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}''. One issue of ''The New ''New Teen Titans'' included a theater in the background that read "Broadway Magic starring Jerrica Benton", referring to an episode of ''Jem''.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Klarion}}'' issue 2 has two major shoutouts: A group of teenage wannabe gangstas that befriend Klarion are clearly based on ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}} and friends. The second is in a museum of superheroic vehicles- a flying saucer with eyeballs is clearly shown, a nod to Silver Age title ''Fatman the Human Flying Saucer''.
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* ''ComicBook/{{Klarion}}'' ''ComicBook/{{Klarion|TheWitchBoy}}'' issue 2 #2 has two major shoutouts: A group of teenage wannabe gangstas that befriend Klarion are clearly based on ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}} and friends. The second is in a museum of superheroic vehicles- a flying saucer with eyeballs is clearly shown, a nod to Silver Age title ''Fatman the Human Flying Saucer''.
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** Kyle Rayner once created [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren]] with his Power Ring in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis.'' He also created a Anime/{{Patlabor}} in ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''.
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** Kyle Rayner once created [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren]] with his Power Ring in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis.'' He also created a Anime/{{Patlabor}} Franchise/{{Patlabor}} in ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''.
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** Creator/PaulCornell's ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'' takes the cake -- there are so many allusions in this comic that there is a text piece in the back to help non-Brits understand them! Notable ones include [[Creator/BennyHill the Milkman who took down Two Ton Ted from Teddington]], the Black and White Minstrels (named after an infamous program that included blackface all the way up to the 1970s), villainous counterparts to Music/TheBeatles (who even broke off and formed a villainous Wings), the Knight's AI on his motorcycle being named after ComicStrip/DanDare's spaceship, and much, much more. And that's just in two issues!
*** Creator/GrantMorrison has said that Beryl "Squire" Hutchinson is named after D.C. Thomson character Beryl the Peril (originally from ''The Beezer'', but currently in ''Comicbook/TheDandy''). So naturally, Cornell gives her a spikey-haired boyfriend called [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis Ennis]].
*** Creator/GrantMorrison has said that Beryl "Squire" Hutchinson is named after D.C. Thomson character Beryl the Peril (originally from ''The Beezer'', but currently in ''Comicbook/TheDandy''). So naturally, Cornell gives her a spikey-haired boyfriend called [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis Ennis]].
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** Creator/PaulCornell's ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'' ''ComicBook/KnightAndSquire'' takes the cake -- there are so many allusions in this comic that there is a text piece in the back to help non-Brits understand them! Notable ones include [[Creator/BennyHill the Milkman who took down Two Ton Ted from Teddington]], the Black and White Minstrels (named after an infamous program that included blackface all the way up to the 1970s), villainous counterparts to Music/TheBeatles (who even broke off and formed a villainous Wings), the Knight's AI on his motorcycle being named after ComicStrip/DanDare's spaceship, and much, much more. And that's just in two issues!
*** Creator/GrantMorrison has said that Beryl "Squire" Hutchinson is named after D.C. Thomson character Beryl the Peril (originally from ''The Beezer'', but currently in''Comicbook/TheDandy'').''ComicBook/TheDandy''). So naturally, Cornell gives her a spikey-haired boyfriend called [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis Ennis]].
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** In one panel of the volume "Brief Lives", Delirium is either conjuring up or drawing on the wall a little beastie that looks an awful lot like ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}''.''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark''.
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* [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]]'s 70s new costume from ''Marvel Premier'' was designed as an homage to the Golden Age [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], complete with the gold lightning bolt on the chest.
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* [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 [[Characters/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]]'s 70s new costume from ''Marvel Premier'' was designed as an homage to the Golden Age [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], complete with the gold lightning bolt on the chest.
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** Back in high school, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} used to play an arcade called ''[[Franchise/StreetFighter Street]] [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kombat]] Six''.
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** Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'' has [[spoiler:Martha Wayne]] saying [[ComicBook/TheSandman "I don't think death is a person..."]]
** ComicBook/TheJoker's first appearance has civilians dismissing his threats over radio as a hoax, much like the 1938 ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast, mentioning it in all but name.
** Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'' has [[spoiler:Martha Wayne]] saying [[ComicBook/TheSandman "I don't think death is a person..."]]
** ComicBook/TheJoker's first appearance has civilians dismissing his threats over radio as a hoax, much like the 1938 ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast, mentioning it in all but name.
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** Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'' has [[spoiler:Martha Wayne]] saying[[ComicBook/TheSandman [[ComicBook/TheSandman1989 "I don't think death is a person..."]]
**ComicBook/TheJoker's [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]'s first appearance has civilians dismissing his threats over radio as a hoax, much like the 1938 ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast, mentioning it in all but name.
** Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'' has [[spoiler:Martha Wayne]] saying
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** In the one-shot ''Vengeance of Bane'', the titular villain ambushes four mooks that resemble the four actors within Film/TheThreeStooges. [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/07/24/comic-book-easter-eggs-the-three-stooges-meet-batman-and-more/ This wasn't the only appearance of the Stooges in comics.]]
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** In the one-shot ''Vengeance of Bane'', the titular villain ambushes four mooks that resemble the four actors within Film/TheThreeStooges. [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/07/24/comic-book-easter-eggs-the-three-stooges-meet-batman-and-more/ [[https://www.cbr.com/comic-book-easter-eggs-the-three-stooges-meet-batman-and-more/ This wasn't the only appearance of the Stooges in comics.]]
** In Issue #41 Characters/BlackCanary tries to get some information from a bank vault posing as worker Clarissa Wysocki. When she is found out, she flees the scene saying that "[[Series/ClarissaExplainsItAll Clarissa doesn't have time to explain it all]]".
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** The names of two GL Corps members, Arisia and Eddore, are also Literature/{{Lensman}} shout-outs -- specifically, to the home worlds of that series' two {{Precursor}} races.
** In one [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] story, Kyle's mind wound up in the body of the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Upon mastering the Manhunter's shapechanging powers, Kyle transformed himself into various other fictional Martians, such as [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin The Martian]] and [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars Tars Tarkas]].
** In one [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] story, Kyle's mind wound up in the body of the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Upon mastering the Manhunter's shapechanging powers, Kyle transformed himself into various other fictional Martians, such as [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin The Martian]] and [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars Tars Tarkas]].
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** The names of two GL Corps members, Arisia and Eddore, are also Literature/{{Lensman}} shout-outs -- specifically, to the home worlds of that series' two {{Precursor}} {{Precursor|s}} races.
** In one[[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica [[ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] story, Kyle's mind wound up in the body of the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Upon mastering the Manhunter's shapechanging powers, Kyle transformed himself into various other fictional Martians, such as [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin The Martian]] and [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars Tars Tarkas]].
** In one
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** One issue of Secret Origins told the origin of the Golden Age Franchise/GreenLantern; three sailors are shown bringing the lantern from China. The sailors are quite obviously from ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates''.
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** One issue of Secret Origins told the origin of the Golden Age Franchise/GreenLantern; ComicBook/GreenLantern; three sailors are shown bringing the lantern from China. The sailors are quite obviously from ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates''.
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** In ''[[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]]'' Annual #9, Deborah observes that Tristan Mallory claims to believe that [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few]].
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** In ''[[Franchise/TheFlash ''[[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]]'' Annual #9, Deborah observes that Tristan Mallory claims to believe that [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few]].
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** The introduction to ''[[Franchise/GreenLantern Guy Gardner: Warrior]]'' Annual #2 emulates the OpeningCrawl of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films.
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** Funky later makes the claim that he and 'Genius Jake' came up with a story together about this star-eating god who is guided by a golden dog (the "Golden Retriever") to where he can find more stars to eat. It's a very clear reference to ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.
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** Funky later makes the claim that he and 'Genius Jake' came up with a story together about this star-eating god who is guided by a golden dog (the "Golden Retriever") to where he can find more stars to eat. It's a very clear reference to ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.[[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]].
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*** Chris Kent mentions he had a team up with ComicBook/TheSandman. Damian then asks if he specifically meant the Creator/NeilGaiman Sandman.
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* ''ComicBook/OldLadyHarley'' #1: While Harley is considering the possibility that ComicBook/TheJoker is NotQuiteDead, she mentions people in the DCU that have come back before, as well as one from Marvel: "Superman, Jason Todd, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey that nutty redheaded chick that read people's minds]]..."
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* ''ComicBook/OldLadyHarley'' #1: While Harley is considering the possibility that ComicBook/TheJoker [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] is NotQuiteDead, she mentions people in the DCU that have come back before, as well as one from Marvel: "Superman, Jason Todd, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey that nutty redheaded chick that read people's minds]]..."
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* In one panel of ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' volume "Brief Lives", Delirium is either conjuring up or drawing on the wall a little beastie that looks an awful lot like ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}''.
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** In one panel of''ComicBook/TheSandman'' the volume "Brief Lives", Delirium is either conjuring up or drawing on the wall a little beastie that looks an awful lot like ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}''.
** In one panel of
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* ''ComicBook/TopTen'' is a comic series literally made up of Shout Outs, with constant homages to classic geek literature and characters like [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]] and [[Anime/DragonBallZ Vegeta]] rounding out crowd scenes.
** One of the best is a scene in a hospital featuring famous "doctors" from comics, including ComicBook/DoctorFate and ComicBook/DoctorOctopus... who here is an octopus wearing a stethoscope.
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**scenes. One of the best is a scene in a hospital featuring famous "doctors" from comics, including ComicBook/DoctorFate and ComicBook/DoctorOctopus...[[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]]... who here is an octopus wearing a stethoscope.
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** Possibly a coincidence, but the Owlship looks uncannily similar to [[http://davidszondy.com/future/robot/electric_dog.htm Seleno the Electric Dog]], a primitive robot built during WWI as a testbed for a torpedo guidance system.
** Hollis Mason's Nite Owl I [[http://images.forbiddenplanet.com/image/detail/16895490.jpg costume]] is very similar to [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JpB6e0uo2KE/RtLNQ_K8eZI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Og2uiLG9hvA/s400/comic1.jpg The Phantom's]] costume, and his dog is even named "Phantom".
** Hollis Mason's Nite Owl I [[http://images.forbiddenplanet.com/image/detail/16895490.jpg costume]] is very similar to [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JpB6e0uo2KE/RtLNQ_K8eZI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Og2uiLG9hvA/s400/comic1.jpg The Phantom's]] costume, and his dog is even named "Phantom".
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** Possibly a coincidence, but the Owlship looks uncannily similar to [[http://davidszondy.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100212093937/http://davidszondy.com/future/robot/electric_dog.htm Seleno the Electric Dog]], a primitive robot built during WWI as a testbed for a torpedo guidance system.
** Hollis Mason's Nite Owl I[[http://images.forbiddenplanet.com/image/detail/16895490.jpg [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/earth279527/images/2/2c/Nite-Owl_%28Classic%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20200319132223 costume]] is very similar to [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JpB6e0uo2KE/RtLNQ_K8eZI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Og2uiLG9hvA/s400/comic1.jpg The Phantom's]] costume, and his dog is even named "Phantom".
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* In one issue of ''Xombi'', the characters are sitting around discussing a film they've just seen. Cast and plot details make it clear that the film they're discussing is the FilmWithinAFilm from ''Film/ThePlayer''.
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!!!The following have their own pages:
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* ''ShoutOut/Batgirl2009''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Justice}}''
* ''ShoutOut/KingdomCome''
* ''ShoutOut/RedRobin''
* ''ShoutOut/Robin1993''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Supergirl}}''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Superman}}''
** ''ShoutOut/SupermanBrainiac''
** ''ShoutOut/TheDeathOfSuperman''
** ''ShoutOut/KryptoniteNevermore''
** ''ShoutOut/SupermanFamilyAdventures''
* ''ShoutOut/WonderWoman''
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* [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]]'s 70s new costume from ''Marvel Premier'' was designed as an homage to the Golden Age [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], complete with the gold lightning bolt on the chest.
* ''ComicBook/AdventuresOfSupergirl''
** Back in high school, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} used to play an arcade called ''[[Franchise/StreetFighter Street]] [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kombat]] Six''.
** The third printed issue is titled ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Nightmare on El Street]]'', a pun on Superman and Supergirl's House of El.
** Alex emerging out of the sewers waters as snarling furiously "My turn" is a nod to Wolverine doing and saying the same thing in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''.
* ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'': Issue #16 has a shout-out to ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("Who watches the Watchmen?", in Latin) is graffiti-ed on a toilet wall.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is loaded with these, many of which are very subtle.
** Astro City as a locale is one big Shout Out to the comic book industry; almost all the streets, neighborhoods and locations are named for notable creators, and with the massive [[Creator/JackKirby Mount Kirby]] as the most prominent landmark.
** Julius Furst of the First Family is based on Creator/DCComics' creator Julius Schwartz.
** A race of shape-shifting aliens is named the Enelsians, after Magazine/{{MAD}} magazine writer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Nelson_Bridwell E. Nelson Bridwell.]]
* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', Vol 5, #15: "This some kind of [[VideoGame/JakAndDaxter green eco]] thing, isn't it?"
** [[SuperpowerLottery Jenny]] is in no mood for jokes, which she lets others know in no uncertain terms: "[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} The comedian is dead!]]"
* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'':
** [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi Tsukino]] appears in the background of a coffee shop scene in issue #35. She, Setsuna, Haruka and Michiru later show up as guests at Alysia's wedding in issue #45.
** Issue #40 is called "[[Anime/GhostInTheShell Ghost in the Cowl]]," and the title is even drawn in a pastiche of that film's logo.
** In issue #41, we see humanized versions of [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Garnet, Pearl, and Sapphire]] [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/f64239c0a274775f296ee883cebd8a09/tumblr_np14xvWnbq1qk24apo1_500.jpg as background]] [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/ae3178c6d9a5c9790dfbc31bd4381cdc/tumblr_nresc2THlX1uzxc2to1_1280.jpg characters]]. The same issue also features Barbara and Frankie playing on a ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'' arcade machine.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'' has [[spoiler:Martha Wayne]] saying [[ComicBook/TheSandman "I don't think death is a person..."]]
** ComicBook/TheJoker's first appearance has civilians dismissing his threats over radio as a hoax, much like the 1938 ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast, mentioning it in all but name.
** The 1960's ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series was generally held in disfavor by Batman's comic book creators, but prolific Batman writer Chuck Dixon was a fan of the show, and snuck in some tributes here and there. Most notably in a two-parter featuring pirate-themed villain Cap'n Fear, which was structured much like a two-parter for the show, and began "in the shadow of the [[PunnyName Westward Bridge]]."
** In the one-shot ''Vengeance of Bane'', the titular villain ambushes four mooks that resemble the four actors within Film/TheThreeStooges. [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/07/24/comic-book-easter-eggs-the-three-stooges-meet-batman-and-more/ This wasn't the only appearance of the Stooges in comics.]]
** In ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman Incorporated]]'' Vol 2 #3, the bar owner Small Fry and his henchman Bully are modelled on ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' characters "Bully Beef and Chips" (Chips = Fries).
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobinEternal'' #41, the Red Hood can [[http://i.imgur.com/O4a3zu8.png be seen taking shots]] at an [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls older Dipper and Mabel Pines]] during a fight scene.
** A porn star character named Hot Gates rates a mention and later an appearance in Creator/FrankMiller's [[ComicBooks Graphic Novel]] ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and its sequel ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain''. The Hot Gates -- translated from the Greek ''Thermopylae'' -- is the principal location for ''Film/The300Spartans'', which inspired Miller's graphic novel ''ComicBook/ThreeHundred'', written inbetween the two others.
** Creator/PaulCornell's ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'' takes the cake -- there are so many allusions in this comic that there is a text piece in the back to help non-Brits understand them! Notable ones include [[Creator/BennyHill the Milkman who took down Two Ton Ted from Teddington]], the Black and White Minstrels (named after an infamous program that included blackface all the way up to the 1970s), villainous counterparts to Music/TheBeatles (who even broke off and formed a villainous Wings), the Knight's AI on his motorcycle being named after ComicStrip/DanDare's spaceship, and much, much more. And that's just in two issues!
*** Creator/GrantMorrison has said that Beryl "Squire" Hutchinson is named after D.C. Thomson character Beryl the Peril (originally from ''The Beezer'', but currently in ''Comicbook/TheDandy''). So naturally, Cornell gives her a spikey-haired boyfriend called [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis Ennis]].
** ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'':
*** Many, especially to ''Film/TheGodfather''. Like, literally on the first page of the first issue.
*** The Joker breaks into a family's house on Christmas and steals their presents, while quoting lines from ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
** Issue #75 of Creator/TomKing's ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' run shows name plates for a pair of detectives named [[Series/BrooklynNineNine "Peralta" and "Santiago"]] in the GCPD building.
** In the graphic novel ''Batman: The Scottish Connection'', during a car chase on a single-track hill road, Bruce narrowly avoids hitting a camper van coming in the opposite direction. Driving the van is Paw Broon from the ''Sunday Post'' comic strip ''ComicStrip/TheBroons'', with Maw in the passenger seat and Horace and one of the twins visible in the back. The licence plate has the letters DDW, referring to the original artist of ''The Broons'', Dudley D. Watkins.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'':
** One of the posters in Kate Kane's apartment in ''Batwoman: Elegy'' is for The Dusted Bunnies, the band at the center of the comic ''Hopeless Savages''.
** In ''Batwoman'' (2017) #17, Renee Montoya says that her ringtone for Kate is a Music/HayleyKiyoko song. Kate is later shown listening to some of Hayley's music.
* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'':
** In Issue #25 [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]] flies the Beetle around Bludhaven with Oracle and recreates several of Nite Owl's scenes from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' in the process. For bonus points Nite Owl was originally supposed to be Ted Kord.
* It might be a coincidence, but the Sunday, Feb. 21 2010 "Bizarro" comic was [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} a German Shephard reading ink blots]] [[spoiler: (he saw "Bad Dog" in all of them)]].
* ''ComicBook/BrotherPowerTheGeek'': The freaks in the Freakshow at the "Psychedelic Circus" were all based on the styles of "Big Daddy" Ed Roth and Creator/HarveyKurtzman, both of whom were good friends of Joe Simon.
* In the ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' 80-Page Giant, Rey Misterio can be seen leaping into a large crowd scene.
* In the New 52 ''ComicBook/DoctorFate'' #11, Khalid is kidnapped by ghostly Roman legionaries led by the spirit of Julius Caesar. These scenes are drawn in a more cartoony style that makes the Romans look a lot like the ones from ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''. At one point Khalid descends underground and finds skeletons resembling Asterix, Getafix, Vitalstatistix (and his shield-bearers) and Cacofonix, in their poses from the "A Few of the Gauls" page.
* In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis Aftermath: DANCE'', the ComicBook/SuperYoungTeam disbands halfway through the series and everyone goes their separate ways. True to his stated desire for "constant forward motion", Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash decided to take a walk and simply kept going, eventually amassing followers who walk behind him. You know, like Forrest's cross-country run in ''Film/ForrestGump''.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'':
** To Greek Mythology: Each Flash outfit has [[MercurysWings wings on the helm, shoes, or both]], referring to Hermes. Barry's wife Iris, a reporter, takes her name from the [[DistaffCounterpart female messenger god of the Greek Pantheon]].
** Wally overhears his wife on the phone discussing how she doesn't want a cheap department store item for Christmas. [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jw32ECXwFqg/TvCW7ch8wOI/AAAAAAAAAbM/_VoqBIJ4oBc/s1600/Flash+Present+Tense+02.jpg He then sees the microwave he bought as]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons a bowling ball with Homer inscribed]].
** The title of one short ''ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'' [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1592065.html story]] is a ShoutOut to ''Literature/The500HatsOfBartholomewCubbins'', one of Creator/DrSeuss's earliest books. And the story ends with a cameo by WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain.
* In the third issue of the ''ComicBook/GreatTen'' miniseries, Thundermind (a bald telepath) knocks off the helmet of a God of War and reads his mind while he screams at him to "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Like so much ''ComicBook/XMen''...
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':
** Kyle Rayner once created [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren]] with his Power Ring in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis.'' He also created a Anime/{{Patlabor}} in ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''.
** During Kyle's tenure on the Green Lantern series, a lot of his constructions were shout outs to Anime, video games, and cartoons. He enjoyed making Mecha and on at least one occasion he made a [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun Li]] {{Expy}}. Apparently Kyle Rayner is a HumongousMecha {{otaku}}.
*** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''JLA'' (vol. 2) #3:
--->'''Green Lantern:''' I'm your worst nightmare, pal. A manga nut with a power ring.
*** And this itself is probably in reference to Steve Gerber's infamous "Elf with a gun" subplot during his run on ''Defenders''.
*** Also, Creator/EddieMurphy's "Nigger with a badge" line in ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''.
** Allegedly in ''Green Lantern'' (Vol. 4) #25, the sound effect "EEEPAAAA" can be found. This is a shout out to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', in which Comic Book Guy says that "EEEPAAAAA" is a sound effect from a Green Lantern comic book.
** The names of two GL Corps members, Arisia and Eddore, are also Literature/{{Lensman}} shout-outs -- specifically, to the home worlds of that series' two {{Precursor}} races.
** In one [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] story, Kyle's mind wound up in the body of the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Upon mastering the Manhunter's shapechanging powers, Kyle transformed himself into various other fictional Martians, such as [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin The Martian]] and [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars Tars Tarkas]].
** The form taken by a host of the Butcher bears more than a passing resemblance to [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Khorne]].
** Isamot's name is a SdrawkcabName of one of the writers of the series (Peter J. ''Tomasi'').
** One issue of Secret Origins told the origin of the Golden Age Franchise/GreenLantern; three sailors are shown bringing the lantern from China. The sailors are quite obviously from ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates''.
* Creator/GrantMorrison's'' Franchise/{{J|usticeLeagueOfAmerica}}LA'':
** ComicBook/PlasticMan is basically portrayed as a Creator/JimCarrey character; a cross between Film/AceVentura and Film/TheMask, complete with their {{Catchphrase}}s.
** When Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt first appears to Jakeem, he says "[[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} You ain't ever had a friend like me!]]"
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018'':
** The moment in issue #25 where Superman punches the World Forger while flanked by symbolic images of his son and [[NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay deceased father]] was an homage to the iconic "Father-Son Kamehameha" scene from the end of the Cell Games arc in ''Manga/DragonBallZ''. Artist Jorge Jimenez [[https://twitter.com/JorgeJimenezArt/status/1138051832289386496 confirmed the connection on Twitter]], even saying that ''Dragon Ball'' was what got him into drawing comics as a young man.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'':
** In the first annual, a group of Kord Industries workers are sent to survey an abandoned research facility. The increasingly creepy atmosphere prompts this exchange:
--->'''Worker #1:''' Wasn't there a ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' like this? Kirk, Spock an' [=McCoy=] beam down to some abandoned research facility an' the next thing you know--\\
'''Worker #2:''' Doodoodoodoo--doodoodoodoo--\\
'''Worker #3:''' That's the ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' theme, jerk.\\
'''Worker #2:''' Oh, yeah. You're right.
** During the period where Guy Gardner became more mellow after experiencing a head injury, he was shown reading the book ''IAmNotSpock'' by Creator/LeonardNimoy.
** When ComicBook/BlueBeetle went undercover in Biyala, he used the alias "[[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife George Bailey]]." Which is also a StealthPun, since that'd make him Comicstrip/BeetleBailey.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'':
** When the [[ComicBook/AllStarSquadron JSA All-Stars]] were looking for a team name, Judomaster suggested ''[[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman]]'', to which one of her teammates even mentions ''G-Force'' (Americanized version of the anime).
** In the first storyline for ''JSA'', the team goes up against Mordru and begin shifting into different realities. One of them is a anthropomorphic animal world home to the "Justice Critters". Starman in this world is a fox, making him "VideoGame/StarFox".
** In one issue, a parallel universe Joker was shown as very old and decrepit, sporting a smiley pin with a splatter of blood - just like the one in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''.
** In another issue of the same arc, there is a crowd of heroes in an outpost at the border of the universe which includes Owl Man.
** ''ComicBook/AmericaVsTheJusticeSociety'': One of the observers of the Congressional hearing mentions the 1980s TV show ''Series/{{V|1983}}''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Klarion}}'' issue 2 has two major shoutouts: A group of teenage wannabe gangstas that befriend Klarion are clearly based on ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}} and friends. The second is in a museum of superheroic vehicles- a flying saucer with eyeballs is clearly shown, a nod to Silver Age title ''Fatman the Human Flying Saucer''.
* ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'':
** In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' Annual #5, there are several references to ''Film/LogansRun'' and the novella ''Universe'' by Creator/RobertAHeinlein. In the case of the former, the inhabitants of Gotham sacrifice themselves at 30 years old so that their bodies can be converted to plant fertiliser. Tris Plover goes on the run from the proctors and is rescued by Batman, who is the oldest person that she has ever seen. In the case of the latter, the GenerationShip Gotham has been travelling aimlessly for generations. So much time has passed that the inhabitants have forgotten that they are on a ship.
** In ''[[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]]'' Annual #9, Deborah observes that Tristan Mallory claims to believe that [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few]].
** In ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} The Power of Shazam!]]'' Annual #1, the Binderaan police officer who is investigating Dash Noir's terrorist attack is named [[Literature/LesMiserables Superintendent Javert]].
** In ''ComicBook/SovereignSeven'' Annual #2, Violet Jones says, "[[Franchise/StarWars I've a very bad feeling about this]]" as the universe ends. Pansy Smith replies, "[[Film/ANewHope Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!]]"
** The introduction to ''[[Franchise/GreenLantern Guy Gardner: Warrior]]'' Annual #2 emulates the OpeningCrawl of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films.
** In ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' Annual #8, the two warring species, the Zarn and the Zentauri, are named after the similarly antagonistic Narn and Centauri from ''Series/BabylonFive''.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':
** ''[[ComicBook/TheLegionOfSuperHeroes Their first story]]'' provides two examples: In future Smallville, a round ship named "The Jules Verne" offers a tour around the world in 80 minutes, a homage to Jules Verne's ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays''. Later, ComicBook/{{Superboy}} catches one of the satellites launched by USA Project Vanguard.
** In ''Legionnaires'' #59, a baseball player has the name [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Sisko]] on his shirt. And in #60 a group of people sitting in a Metropolis cafe discussing the storyline look a lot like alien versions of the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' cast.
** In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes2020'', Monster Boy's got the ability to transform into different monsters, as in actual, preexisting monster characters such as [[Film/Frankenstein1931 Frankenstein's Monster]] and the Martians from ''Film/MarsAttacks''.
* ''ComicBook/MartianManhunter'':
** Just [[http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr157/antpogo/HinoRei.jpg one throwaway line]] in a ''JLA'' story, but it's to ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' of all things… [[HilariousInHindsight Paving the way]] for [[{{Expy}} Miss Martian]] later on.
** And what appears to be one to [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] in [[http://eyzmaster.blogspot.ca/2011/01/comicpagesoftheweekend-marsneedschocos.html this story]] - J'onn is addicted to cookies, two of the other superheroes hid them in a prank. HilarityEnsues. In addition, the phrase "Mars Needs Chocos!" sounds a lot like a certain BMovie title with [[MarsNeedsWomen a trope]] named after it.
** Martians call their planet Ma'aleca'andra, a reference to Malacandra, the Martians' name for their planet in Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy''. (Though J'onn's name for Earth is Perelandra, which was ''Venus'' in ''The Space Trilogy''; Earth was Thulcandra.)
** In 1952, ''Literature/DavidStarrSpaceRanger'' created John Jones, the colonial Martian farmhand who becomes a heroic {{sidekick}}, and TelepathicSpacemen ancient (native) Martians who moved [[BeneathTheEarth beneath the surface of Mars]] once it became uninhabitable. ''Martian Manhunter'' was created in 1955, and the titular character is named J'onn J'onzz, (he would anglicize it to John Jones as an alias) in an allusion to the work by Creator/PaulFrench.
** When J'onn got a ShapeshifterModeLock, he was trapped in a form similar to his usual one, but with four arms, a reference to the four-armed Green Martians in ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''.
* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'': Issue #8 of Tom King's run sees Funky Flashman helping to babysit Scott's son, Jacob. As Jack learns how to walk, Funky exclaims "that's my Jack! He's the king!" Jack Kirby, creator of Mister Miracle, was famously nicknamed [[RedBaron king]] by fans. Also somewhat heartwarming when you realize Funky is based off Jack's old partner Creator/StanLee.
** Funky later makes the claim that he and 'Genius Jake' came up with a story together about this star-eating god who is guided by a golden dog (the "Golden Retriever") to where he can find more stars to eat. It's a very clear reference to ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.
---> '''Mister Miracle:''' Funky. He can say, like, six words. \\
'''Funky:''' Genius Jake doesn't have to talk! Funky talks plenty! He provides all the imaginations, I do the words![[note]]Because Stan Lee wrote the dialogue while Jack Kirby did the artwork, usually.[[/note]]
* ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'':
** The Human Torch {{Expy}} from Earth-8 is [[Film/FantasticFour2015 African-American]].
** It's mentioned that the heroes of Earth-8 appear in [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse extremely popular movies]] on other Earths.\\
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In ''The Just #1'', Earth-16's Kyle Rayner vaguely remembers a Bug movie, although it's not clear [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy which one]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries he's thinking of]].
** The Hulk {{Expy}} has the real name of "[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 David]]."
** The House of Heroes is also called [[Myth/NorseMythology Valla-Hal]].
** In ''Society of Super-Heroes: Conquest of the Counter-Earth #1'', the Blackhawks of Earth-20 were designed with the Music/SpiceGirls in mind.
** ''The Just #1'':
*** Chris Kent mentions he had a team up with ComicBook/TheSandman. Damian then asks if he specifically meant the Creator/NeilGaiman Sandman.
*** The Philip Larkin quote.
** ''Pax Americana #1'':
*** The Earth-4 heroes are basically the ones that DC acquired from Creator/CharltonComics in 1983. Creator/AlanMoore ''wanted'' to use these characters for a [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} certain little project]], but DC decided that they didn't want him to basically destroy their newly-acquired IP for a one-shot series, so we got a set of Expies instead. The Earth-4 heroes are somewhere in between the traditional DC portrayal of the characters and Moore's Expies; let's just say you may find yourself looking for a shape-changing blotch on The Question's mask, and the symbol on Captain Adams' forehead may look familiar (he's also clearly blue rather than the paler "silvery/metallic" shade he usually has in his other DC incarnations).
** ''Mastermen #1'':
*** The "American Crusader" comic is clearly meant to be a reference to the ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' counterpart from Earth-8, albeit a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version. However, the character's design is based off the actual American Crusader, a Golden Age character that fell into the public domain and has been used in both ''ComicBook/TomStrong'' and ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers''.
*** The whole issue can be seen as a shout-out to ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'' as detailed [[http://globegander.tumblr.com/post/111537947451/the-ring-of-the-mastermen-der-ring-des-nibelungen here]].
** In ''The Multiversity #2'', Stingray, the Batman of Earth-34, is briefly seen with the same color scheme as the Stingray from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''.
* Marv Wolfman wrote for ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans'' and worked on a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}''. One issue of ''The New Teen Titans'' included a theater in the background that read "Broadway Magic starring Jerrica Benton", referring to an episode of ''Jem''.
* ''ComicBook/OldLadyHarley'' #1: While Harley is considering the possibility that ComicBook/TheJoker is NotQuiteDead, she mentions people in the DCU that have come back before, as well as one from Marvel: "Superman, Jason Todd, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey that nutty redheaded chick that read people's minds]]..."
* ''ComicBook/TheOracleCode'': Yeong wears a denim jacket with Superman and Wonder Woman badges, and wears an ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'' shirt one day and a Green Lantern shirt the next, Ben's jacket has a Cadmus badge and Micheal has a ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' style Robin doll, that ends up being left behind at first when he's taken. The girls also play card games with a Batman deck.
* In one issue of ''The Power of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'', Captain Marvel is shown strange alternate versions of himself that might exist if history changed. These include: Captain Thunder (DC's former CaptainErsatz Marvel), a Captain whose limbs and head detach from his body (M.F. Enterprises' Captain Marvel), a Billy Batson who transforms into Captain Marvel by striking a pair of wristbands together (Creator/MarvelComics' Rick Jones and ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}), and Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.
* In one panel of ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' volume "Brief Lives", Delirium is either conjuring up or drawing on the wall a little beastie that looks an awful lot like ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}''.
** In "Doll's House," the nightmares Brute and Glob are hiding in the mind of a little boy named Jed. While inside his dreams, the art style, dialogue, and layout shift to resemble that of the classic ComicStrip/LittleNemo pages, another comic about dreaming.
* ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}'':
** Included in the end matter is Jonathan Lord's full filmography. The films listed include the titles of several old Creator/DCComics books, such as ''The Brave and the Bold'' and ''The Sea Devils''.
** During their fight in the desert, [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner the falcon transforms into a roadrunner to escape, and Blackfeather transforms into a coyote to catch it]].
* One issue of ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' features the appearance of a conspicuously named WesternAnimation/{{Dudley D|oRight}}uReiht.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'' crossover has a reference to "Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk": "It comes like the sound the giant must have made after falling from his towering beanstalk!"
* ''ComicBook/TopTen'' is a comic series literally made up of Shout Outs, with constant homages to classic geek literature and characters like [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]] and [[Anime/DragonBallZ Vegeta]] rounding out crowd scenes.
** One of the best is a scene in a hospital featuring famous "doctors" from comics, including ComicBook/DoctorFate and ComicBook/DoctorOctopus... who here is an octopus wearing a stethoscope.
* In Creator/DCComics ''ComicBook/{{Vibe}}'' #8, when Vibe is surrounded by a maelstrom of different realities, one of the random speech bubbles says "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor --not in the name of the Doc--]]"
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'':
** In the background of issues #11 and #12, you can see ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' playing in a movie theater in the background. [[spoiler: Ozymandias' plot to prevent nuclear war bears some similarities to the movie itself, where nuclear war is prevented by aliens coming to Earth, and telling the planet to put aside their differences, or be wiped out, essentially.]]
** Includes explicit mention of an episode of the original ''[[Series/TheOuterLimits1963 Outer Limits]]'' with a similar basic plot.
** Wylie's ''{{Literature/Gladiator}}'' is visible on Hollis Mason's bookshelf.
** The entire "Tales of the Black Freighter" comic-within-a-comic is inspired by ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera'' and the song "Music/PirateJenny" (a.k.a. "The Black Freighter") in particular.
** Dreiberg's owlship is named Archie in reference to the owl in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''.
** The child kidnapper murdered by Rorschach named his dogs [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred and Barney]].
** Possibly a coincidence, but the Owlship looks uncannily similar to [[http://davidszondy.com/future/robot/electric_dog.htm Seleno the Electric Dog]], a primitive robot built during WWI as a testbed for a torpedo guidance system.
** Hollis Mason's Nite Owl I [[http://images.forbiddenplanet.com/image/detail/16895490.jpg costume]] is very similar to [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JpB6e0uo2KE/RtLNQ_K8eZI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Og2uiLG9hvA/s400/comic1.jpg The Phantom's]] costume, and his dog is even named "Phantom".
** For that matter, towards the end, it features a TV advertising the start of ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1963}}'' episode "The Architects of Fear". The basic premise of the villain's plan is almost identical to that episode. Although Creator/AlanMoore claims it was a coincidence they were similar, he deliberately added the Shout Out upon discovering the similarity.
*** DC editor Len Wein, who is most famous for creating ComicBook/SwampThing, tells a different story: Moore admitted to stealing the plot from ''The Outer Limits''; when Wein pushed him to change it to something original, Moore refused, and Wein quit the book over it. Years later, Wein has had the last laugh: in writing the ComicBook/BeforeWatchmen Ozymandias series, [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/01/29/len-wein-the-outer-limits-and-rewriting-watchmen/ Wein had Veidt get the whole idea from "The Architects of Fear."]]
** When Laurie and Jon are talking her comment "...hopelessly lost in the fog" is '''very''' similar to Chief's hallucinations in ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''.
* In one issue of ''Xombi'', the characters are sitting around discussing a film they've just seen. Cast and plot details make it clear that the film they're discussing is the FilmWithinAFilm from ''Film/ThePlayer''.
* In both ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' and ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'', the artist tends to cram in tons of references to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
* At one point in ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', Yorick is messing with a "Fuck Communism" lighter, and mentions that he based it on a comic book character's lighter. Jesse Custer had the same lighter in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''.
* Early in his career, Creator/MarkMillar did a stint writing ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic''. He credited this gig with helping to pay for his wedding, and thus there are references to Sonic in several of his works, including ''Secret History of the Authority'' and ''Wanted'' mini-series.
!!!The following have their own pages:
[[index]]
* ''ShoutOut/Batgirl2009''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Justice}}''
* ''ShoutOut/KingdomCome''
* ''ShoutOut/RedRobin''
* ''ShoutOut/Robin1993''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Supergirl}}''
* ''ShoutOut/{{Superman}}''
** ''ShoutOut/SupermanBrainiac''
** ''ShoutOut/TheDeathOfSuperman''
** ''ShoutOut/KryptoniteNevermore''
** ''ShoutOut/SupermanFamilyAdventures''
* ''ShoutOut/WonderWoman''
[[/index]]
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* [[ComicBook/Warlock1967 Adam Warlock]]'s 70s new costume from ''Marvel Premier'' was designed as an homage to the Golden Age [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]], complete with the gold lightning bolt on the chest.
* ''ComicBook/AdventuresOfSupergirl''
** Back in high school, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} used to play an arcade called ''[[Franchise/StreetFighter Street]] [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kombat]] Six''.
** The third printed issue is titled ''[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Nightmare on El Street]]'', a pun on Superman and Supergirl's House of El.
** Alex emerging out of the sewers waters as snarling furiously "My turn" is a nod to Wolverine doing and saying the same thing in ''ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga''.
* ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'': Issue #16 has a shout-out to ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''. "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" ("Who watches the Watchmen?", in Latin) is graffiti-ed on a toilet wall.
* ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is loaded with these, many of which are very subtle.
** Astro City as a locale is one big Shout Out to the comic book industry; almost all the streets, neighborhoods and locations are named for notable creators, and with the massive [[Creator/JackKirby Mount Kirby]] as the most prominent landmark.
** Julius Furst of the First Family is based on Creator/DCComics' creator Julius Schwartz.
** A race of shape-shifting aliens is named the Enelsians, after Magazine/{{MAD}} magazine writer [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._Nelson_Bridwell E. Nelson Bridwell.]]
* ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'', Vol 5, #15: "This some kind of [[VideoGame/JakAndDaxter green eco]] thing, isn't it?"
** [[SuperpowerLottery Jenny]] is in no mood for jokes, which she lets others know in no uncertain terms: "[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} The comedian is dead!]]"
* ''ComicBook/Batgirl2011'':
** [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi Tsukino]] appears in the background of a coffee shop scene in issue #35. She, Setsuna, Haruka and Michiru later show up as guests at Alysia's wedding in issue #45.
** Issue #40 is called "[[Anime/GhostInTheShell Ghost in the Cowl]]," and the title is even drawn in a pastiche of that film's logo.
** In issue #41, we see humanized versions of [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Garnet, Pearl, and Sapphire]] [[http://36.media.tumblr.com/f64239c0a274775f296ee883cebd8a09/tumblr_np14xvWnbq1qk24apo1_500.jpg as background]] [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/ae3178c6d9a5c9790dfbc31bd4381cdc/tumblr_nresc2THlX1uzxc2to1_1280.jpg characters]]. The same issue also features Barbara and Frankie playing on a ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'' arcade machine.
* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
** Creator/NeilGaiman's ''ComicBook/WhateverHappenedToTheCapedCrusader'' has [[spoiler:Martha Wayne]] saying [[ComicBook/TheSandman "I don't think death is a person..."]]
** ComicBook/TheJoker's first appearance has civilians dismissing his threats over radio as a hoax, much like the 1938 ''Radio/TheWarOfTheWorlds'' broadcast, mentioning it in all but name.
** The 1960's ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' series was generally held in disfavor by Batman's comic book creators, but prolific Batman writer Chuck Dixon was a fan of the show, and snuck in some tributes here and there. Most notably in a two-parter featuring pirate-themed villain Cap'n Fear, which was structured much like a two-parter for the show, and began "in the shadow of the [[PunnyName Westward Bridge]]."
** In the one-shot ''Vengeance of Bane'', the titular villain ambushes four mooks that resemble the four actors within Film/TheThreeStooges. [[http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2012/07/24/comic-book-easter-eggs-the-three-stooges-meet-batman-and-more/ This wasn't the only appearance of the Stooges in comics.]]
** In ''[[ComicBook/BatmanGrantMorrison Batman Incorporated]]'' Vol 2 #3, the bar owner Small Fry and his henchman Bully are modelled on ''ComicBook/TheDandy'' characters "Bully Beef and Chips" (Chips = Fries).
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanAndRobinEternal'' #41, the Red Hood can [[http://i.imgur.com/O4a3zu8.png be seen taking shots]] at an [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls older Dipper and Mabel Pines]] during a fight scene.
** A porn star character named Hot Gates rates a mention and later an appearance in Creator/FrankMiller's [[ComicBooks Graphic Novel]] ''ComicBook/BatmanTheDarkKnightReturns'' and its sequel ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain''. The Hot Gates -- translated from the Greek ''Thermopylae'' -- is the principal location for ''Film/The300Spartans'', which inspired Miller's graphic novel ''ComicBook/ThreeHundred'', written inbetween the two others.
** Creator/PaulCornell's ''Comicbook/KnightAndSquire'' takes the cake -- there are so many allusions in this comic that there is a text piece in the back to help non-Brits understand them! Notable ones include [[Creator/BennyHill the Milkman who took down Two Ton Ted from Teddington]], the Black and White Minstrels (named after an infamous program that included blackface all the way up to the 1970s), villainous counterparts to Music/TheBeatles (who even broke off and formed a villainous Wings), the Knight's AI on his motorcycle being named after ComicStrip/DanDare's spaceship, and much, much more. And that's just in two issues!
*** Creator/GrantMorrison has said that Beryl "Squire" Hutchinson is named after D.C. Thomson character Beryl the Peril (originally from ''The Beezer'', but currently in ''Comicbook/TheDandy''). So naturally, Cornell gives her a spikey-haired boyfriend called [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis Ennis]].
** ''ComicBook/TheLongHalloween'':
*** Many, especially to ''Film/TheGodfather''. Like, literally on the first page of the first issue.
*** The Joker breaks into a family's house on Christmas and steals their presents, while quoting lines from ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas''.
** Issue #75 of Creator/TomKing's ''ComicBook/BatmanTomKing'' run shows name plates for a pair of detectives named [[Series/BrooklynNineNine "Peralta" and "Santiago"]] in the GCPD building.
** In the graphic novel ''Batman: The Scottish Connection'', during a car chase on a single-track hill road, Bruce narrowly avoids hitting a camper van coming in the opposite direction. Driving the van is Paw Broon from the ''Sunday Post'' comic strip ''ComicStrip/TheBroons'', with Maw in the passenger seat and Horace and one of the twins visible in the back. The licence plate has the letters DDW, referring to the original artist of ''The Broons'', Dudley D. Watkins.
* ''ComicBook/{{Batwoman}}'':
** One of the posters in Kate Kane's apartment in ''Batwoman: Elegy'' is for The Dusted Bunnies, the band at the center of the comic ''Hopeless Savages''.
** In ''Batwoman'' (2017) #17, Renee Montoya says that her ringtone for Kate is a Music/HayleyKiyoko song. Kate is later shown listening to some of Hayley's music.
* ''ComicBook/BirdsOfPrey'':
** In Issue #25 [[ComicBook/BlueBeetle Ted Kord]] flies the Beetle around Bludhaven with Oracle and recreates several of Nite Owl's scenes from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' in the process. For bonus points Nite Owl was originally supposed to be Ted Kord.
* It might be a coincidence, but the Sunday, Feb. 21 2010 "Bizarro" comic was [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} a German Shephard reading ink blots]] [[spoiler: (he saw "Bad Dog" in all of them)]].
* ''ComicBook/BrotherPowerTheGeek'': The freaks in the Freakshow at the "Psychedelic Circus" were all based on the styles of "Big Daddy" Ed Roth and Creator/HarveyKurtzman, both of whom were good friends of Joe Simon.
* In the ''ComicBook/DCOneMillion'' 80-Page Giant, Rey Misterio can be seen leaping into a large crowd scene.
* In the New 52 ''ComicBook/DoctorFate'' #11, Khalid is kidnapped by ghostly Roman legionaries led by the spirit of Julius Caesar. These scenes are drawn in a more cartoony style that makes the Romans look a lot like the ones from ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}''. At one point Khalid descends underground and finds skeletons resembling Asterix, Getafix, Vitalstatistix (and his shield-bearers) and Cacofonix, in their poses from the "A Few of the Gauls" page.
* In ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis Aftermath: DANCE'', the ComicBook/SuperYoungTeam disbands halfway through the series and everyone goes their separate ways. True to his stated desire for "constant forward motion", Well-Spoken Sonic Lightning Flash decided to take a walk and simply kept going, eventually amassing followers who walk behind him. You know, like Forrest's cross-country run in ''Film/ForrestGump''.
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'':
** To Greek Mythology: Each Flash outfit has [[MercurysWings wings on the helm, shoes, or both]], referring to Hermes. Barry's wife Iris, a reporter, takes her name from the [[DistaffCounterpart female messenger god of the Greek Pantheon]].
** Wally overhears his wife on the phone discussing how she doesn't want a cheap department store item for Christmas. [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jw32ECXwFqg/TvCW7ch8wOI/AAAAAAAAAbM/_VoqBIJ4oBc/s1600/Flash+Present+Tense+02.jpg He then sees the microwave he bought as]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons a bowling ball with Homer inscribed]].
** The title of one short ''ComicBook/{{Impulse}}'' [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/1592065.html story]] is a ShoutOut to ''Literature/The500HatsOfBartholomewCubbins'', one of Creator/DrSeuss's earliest books. And the story ends with a cameo by WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain.
* In the third issue of the ''ComicBook/GreatTen'' miniseries, Thundermind (a bald telepath) knocks off the helmet of a God of War and reads his mind while he screams at him to "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Like so much ''ComicBook/XMen''...
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':
** Kyle Rayner once created [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren]] with his Power Ring in ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis.'' He also created a Anime/{{Patlabor}} in ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar''.
** During Kyle's tenure on the Green Lantern series, a lot of his constructions were shout outs to Anime, video games, and cartoons. He enjoyed making Mecha and on at least one occasion he made a [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun Li]] {{Expy}}. Apparently Kyle Rayner is a HumongousMecha {{otaku}}.
*** {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in ''JLA'' (vol. 2) #3:
--->'''Green Lantern:''' I'm your worst nightmare, pal. A manga nut with a power ring.
*** And this itself is probably in reference to Steve Gerber's infamous "Elf with a gun" subplot during his run on ''Defenders''.
*** Also, Creator/EddieMurphy's "Nigger with a badge" line in ''Film/BeverlyHillsCop''.
** Allegedly in ''Green Lantern'' (Vol. 4) #25, the sound effect "EEEPAAAA" can be found. This is a shout out to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie'', in which Comic Book Guy says that "EEEPAAAAA" is a sound effect from a Green Lantern comic book.
** The names of two GL Corps members, Arisia and Eddore, are also Literature/{{Lensman}} shout-outs -- specifically, to the home worlds of that series' two {{Precursor}} races.
** In one [[Franchise/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica JLA]] story, Kyle's mind wound up in the body of the ComicBook/MartianManhunter. Upon mastering the Manhunter's shapechanging powers, Kyle transformed himself into various other fictional Martians, such as [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Marvin The Martian]] and [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars Tars Tarkas]].
** The form taken by a host of the Butcher bears more than a passing resemblance to [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Khorne]].
** Isamot's name is a SdrawkcabName of one of the writers of the series (Peter J. ''Tomasi'').
** One issue of Secret Origins told the origin of the Golden Age Franchise/GreenLantern; three sailors are shown bringing the lantern from China. The sailors are quite obviously from ''ComicStrip/TerryAndThePirates''.
* Creator/GrantMorrison's'' Franchise/{{J|usticeLeagueOfAmerica}}LA'':
** ComicBook/PlasticMan is basically portrayed as a Creator/JimCarrey character; a cross between Film/AceVentura and Film/TheMask, complete with their {{Catchphrase}}s.
** When Johnny Thunder's Thunderbolt first appears to Jakeem, he says "[[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} You ain't ever had a friend like me!]]"
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeague2018'':
** The moment in issue #25 where Superman punches the World Forger while flanked by symbolic images of his son and [[NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay deceased father]] was an homage to the iconic "Father-Son Kamehameha" scene from the end of the Cell Games arc in ''Manga/DragonBallZ''. Artist Jorge Jimenez [[https://twitter.com/JorgeJimenezArt/status/1138051832289386496 confirmed the connection on Twitter]], even saying that ''Dragon Ball'' was what got him into drawing comics as a young man.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational'':
** In the first annual, a group of Kord Industries workers are sent to survey an abandoned research facility. The increasingly creepy atmosphere prompts this exchange:
--->'''Worker #1:''' Wasn't there a ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' like this? Kirk, Spock an' [=McCoy=] beam down to some abandoned research facility an' the next thing you know--\\
'''Worker #2:''' Doodoodoodoo--doodoodoodoo--\\
'''Worker #3:''' That's the ''[[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Twilight Zone]]'' theme, jerk.\\
'''Worker #2:''' Oh, yeah. You're right.
** During the period where Guy Gardner became more mellow after experiencing a head injury, he was shown reading the book ''IAmNotSpock'' by Creator/LeonardNimoy.
** When ComicBook/BlueBeetle went undercover in Biyala, he used the alias "[[Film/ItsAWonderfulLife George Bailey]]." Which is also a StealthPun, since that'd make him Comicstrip/BeetleBailey.
* ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'':
** When the [[ComicBook/AllStarSquadron JSA All-Stars]] were looking for a team name, Judomaster suggested ''[[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Kagaku Ninja Tai Gatchaman]]'', to which one of her teammates even mentions ''G-Force'' (Americanized version of the anime).
** In the first storyline for ''JSA'', the team goes up against Mordru and begin shifting into different realities. One of them is a anthropomorphic animal world home to the "Justice Critters". Starman in this world is a fox, making him "VideoGame/StarFox".
** In one issue, a parallel universe Joker was shown as very old and decrepit, sporting a smiley pin with a splatter of blood - just like the one in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}''.
** In another issue of the same arc, there is a crowd of heroes in an outpost at the border of the universe which includes Owl Man.
** ''ComicBook/AmericaVsTheJusticeSociety'': One of the observers of the Congressional hearing mentions the 1980s TV show ''Series/{{V|1983}}''.
* ''ComicBook/{{Klarion}}'' issue 2 has two major shoutouts: A group of teenage wannabe gangstas that befriend Klarion are clearly based on ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}} and friends. The second is in a museum of superheroic vehicles- a flying saucer with eyeballs is clearly shown, a nod to Silver Age title ''Fatman the Human Flying Saucer''.
* ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'':
** In ''ComicBook/Robin1993'' Annual #5, there are several references to ''Film/LogansRun'' and the novella ''Universe'' by Creator/RobertAHeinlein. In the case of the former, the inhabitants of Gotham sacrifice themselves at 30 years old so that their bodies can be converted to plant fertiliser. Tris Plover goes on the run from the proctors and is rescued by Batman, who is the oldest person that she has ever seen. In the case of the latter, the GenerationShip Gotham has been travelling aimlessly for generations. So much time has passed that the inhabitants have forgotten that they are on a ship.
** In ''[[Franchise/TheFlash Flash]]'' Annual #9, Deborah observes that Tristan Mallory claims to believe that [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few]].
** In ''[[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} The Power of Shazam!]]'' Annual #1, the Binderaan police officer who is investigating Dash Noir's terrorist attack is named [[Literature/LesMiserables Superintendent Javert]].
** In ''ComicBook/SovereignSeven'' Annual #2, Violet Jones says, "[[Franchise/StarWars I've a very bad feeling about this]]" as the universe ends. Pansy Smith replies, "[[Film/ANewHope Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're my only hope!]]"
** The introduction to ''[[Franchise/GreenLantern Guy Gardner: Warrior]]'' Annual #2 emulates the OpeningCrawl of the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films.
** In ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' Annual #8, the two warring species, the Zarn and the Zentauri, are named after the similarly antagonistic Narn and Centauri from ''Series/BabylonFive''.
* ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'':
** ''[[ComicBook/TheLegionOfSuperHeroes Their first story]]'' provides two examples: In future Smallville, a round ship named "The Jules Verne" offers a tour around the world in 80 minutes, a homage to Jules Verne's ''Literature/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays''. Later, ComicBook/{{Superboy}} catches one of the satellites launched by USA Project Vanguard.
** In ''Legionnaires'' #59, a baseball player has the name [[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Sisko]] on his shirt. And in #60 a group of people sitting in a Metropolis cafe discussing the storyline look a lot like alien versions of the ''Series/{{Friends}}'' cast.
** In ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes2020'', Monster Boy's got the ability to transform into different monsters, as in actual, preexisting monster characters such as [[Film/Frankenstein1931 Frankenstein's Monster]] and the Martians from ''Film/MarsAttacks''.
* ''ComicBook/MartianManhunter'':
** Just [[http://i479.photobucket.com/albums/rr157/antpogo/HinoRei.jpg one throwaway line]] in a ''JLA'' story, but it's to ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' of all things… [[HilariousInHindsight Paving the way]] for [[{{Expy}} Miss Martian]] later on.
** And what appears to be one to [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk the Hulk]] in [[http://eyzmaster.blogspot.ca/2011/01/comicpagesoftheweekend-marsneedschocos.html this story]] - J'onn is addicted to cookies, two of the other superheroes hid them in a prank. HilarityEnsues. In addition, the phrase "Mars Needs Chocos!" sounds a lot like a certain BMovie title with [[MarsNeedsWomen a trope]] named after it.
** Martians call their planet Ma'aleca'andra, a reference to Malacandra, the Martians' name for their planet in Creator/CSLewis's ''Literature/TheSpaceTrilogy''. (Though J'onn's name for Earth is Perelandra, which was ''Venus'' in ''The Space Trilogy''; Earth was Thulcandra.)
** In 1952, ''Literature/DavidStarrSpaceRanger'' created John Jones, the colonial Martian farmhand who becomes a heroic {{sidekick}}, and TelepathicSpacemen ancient (native) Martians who moved [[BeneathTheEarth beneath the surface of Mars]] once it became uninhabitable. ''Martian Manhunter'' was created in 1955, and the titular character is named J'onn J'onzz, (he would anglicize it to John Jones as an alias) in an allusion to the work by Creator/PaulFrench.
** When J'onn got a ShapeshifterModeLock, he was trapped in a form similar to his usual one, but with four arms, a reference to the four-armed Green Martians in ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars''.
* ''ComicBook/MisterMiracle2017'': Issue #8 of Tom King's run sees Funky Flashman helping to babysit Scott's son, Jacob. As Jack learns how to walk, Funky exclaims "that's my Jack! He's the king!" Jack Kirby, creator of Mister Miracle, was famously nicknamed [[RedBaron king]] by fans. Also somewhat heartwarming when you realize Funky is based off Jack's old partner Creator/StanLee.
** Funky later makes the claim that he and 'Genius Jake' came up with a story together about this star-eating god who is guided by a golden dog (the "Golden Retriever") to where he can find more stars to eat. It's a very clear reference to ComicBook/{{Galactus}}.
---> '''Mister Miracle:''' Funky. He can say, like, six words. \\
'''Funky:''' Genius Jake doesn't have to talk! Funky talks plenty! He provides all the imaginations, I do the words![[note]]Because Stan Lee wrote the dialogue while Jack Kirby did the artwork, usually.[[/note]]
* ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity'':
** The Human Torch {{Expy}} from Earth-8 is [[Film/FantasticFour2015 African-American]].
** It's mentioned that the heroes of Earth-8 appear in [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse extremely popular movies]] on other Earths.\\
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In ''The Just #1'', Earth-16's Kyle Rayner vaguely remembers a Bug movie, although it's not clear [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy which one]] [[Film/TheAmazingSpiderManSeries he's thinking of]].
** The Hulk {{Expy}} has the real name of "[[Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977 David]]."
** The House of Heroes is also called [[Myth/NorseMythology Valla-Hal]].
** In ''Society of Super-Heroes: Conquest of the Counter-Earth #1'', the Blackhawks of Earth-20 were designed with the Music/SpiceGirls in mind.
** ''The Just #1'':
*** Chris Kent mentions he had a team up with ComicBook/TheSandman. Damian then asks if he specifically meant the Creator/NeilGaiman Sandman.
*** The Philip Larkin quote.
** ''Pax Americana #1'':
*** The Earth-4 heroes are basically the ones that DC acquired from Creator/CharltonComics in 1983. Creator/AlanMoore ''wanted'' to use these characters for a [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} certain little project]], but DC decided that they didn't want him to basically destroy their newly-acquired IP for a one-shot series, so we got a set of Expies instead. The Earth-4 heroes are somewhere in between the traditional DC portrayal of the characters and Moore's Expies; let's just say you may find yourself looking for a shape-changing blotch on The Question's mask, and the symbol on Captain Adams' forehead may look familiar (he's also clearly blue rather than the paler "silvery/metallic" shade he usually has in his other DC incarnations).
** ''Mastermen #1'':
*** The "American Crusader" comic is clearly meant to be a reference to the ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' counterpart from Earth-8, albeit a [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] version. However, the character's design is based off the actual American Crusader, a Golden Age character that fell into the public domain and has been used in both ''ComicBook/TomStrong'' and ''ComicBook/ProjectSuperpowers''.
*** The whole issue can be seen as a shout-out to ''Theatre/TheRingOfTheNibelung'' as detailed [[http://globegander.tumblr.com/post/111537947451/the-ring-of-the-mastermen-der-ring-des-nibelungen here]].
** In ''The Multiversity #2'', Stingray, the Batman of Earth-34, is briefly seen with the same color scheme as the Stingray from ''ComicBook/TheAvengers''.
* Marv Wolfman wrote for ''ComicBook/TheNewTeenTitans'' and worked on a few episodes of ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}''. One issue of ''The New Teen Titans'' included a theater in the background that read "Broadway Magic starring Jerrica Benton", referring to an episode of ''Jem''.
* ''ComicBook/OldLadyHarley'' #1: While Harley is considering the possibility that ComicBook/TheJoker is NotQuiteDead, she mentions people in the DCU that have come back before, as well as one from Marvel: "Superman, Jason Todd, [[ComicBook/JeanGrey that nutty redheaded chick that read people's minds]]..."
* ''ComicBook/TheOracleCode'': Yeong wears a denim jacket with Superman and Wonder Woman badges, and wears an ''ComicBook/AmethystPrincessOfGemworld'' shirt one day and a Green Lantern shirt the next, Ben's jacket has a Cadmus badge and Micheal has a ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' style Robin doll, that ends up being left behind at first when he's taken. The girls also play card games with a Batman deck.
* In one issue of ''The Power of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'', Captain Marvel is shown strange alternate versions of himself that might exist if history changed. These include: Captain Thunder (DC's former CaptainErsatz Marvel), a Captain whose limbs and head detach from his body (M.F. Enterprises' Captain Marvel), a Billy Batson who transforms into Captain Marvel by striking a pair of wristbands together (Creator/MarvelComics' Rick Jones and ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}), and Hoppy the Marvel Bunny.
* In one panel of ''ComicBook/TheSandman'' volume "Brief Lives", Delirium is either conjuring up or drawing on the wall a little beastie that looks an awful lot like ''ComicBook/{{Cerebus}}''.
** In "Doll's House," the nightmares Brute and Glob are hiding in the mind of a little boy named Jed. While inside his dreams, the art style, dialogue, and layout shift to resemble that of the classic ComicStrip/LittleNemo pages, another comic about dreaming.
* ''ComicBook/{{Silverblade}}'':
** Included in the end matter is Jonathan Lord's full filmography. The films listed include the titles of several old Creator/DCComics books, such as ''The Brave and the Bold'' and ''The Sea Devils''.
** During their fight in the desert, [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner the falcon transforms into a roadrunner to escape, and Blackfeather transforms into a coyote to catch it]].
* One issue of ''ComicBook/SuicideSquad'' features the appearance of a conspicuously named WesternAnimation/{{Dudley D|oRight}}uReiht.
* ''ComicBook/SupermanVsShazam'' crossover has a reference to "Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk": "It comes like the sound the giant must have made after falling from his towering beanstalk!"
* ''ComicBook/TopTen'' is a comic series literally made up of Shout Outs, with constant homages to classic geek literature and characters like [[Franchise/SpiderMan Doctor Octopus]] and [[Anime/DragonBallZ Vegeta]] rounding out crowd scenes.
** One of the best is a scene in a hospital featuring famous "doctors" from comics, including ComicBook/DoctorFate and ComicBook/DoctorOctopus... who here is an octopus wearing a stethoscope.
* In Creator/DCComics ''ComicBook/{{Vibe}}'' #8, when Vibe is surrounded by a maelstrom of different realities, one of the random speech bubbles says "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor --not in the name of the Doc--]]"
* ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'':
** In the background of issues #11 and #12, you can see ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' playing in a movie theater in the background. [[spoiler: Ozymandias' plot to prevent nuclear war bears some similarities to the movie itself, where nuclear war is prevented by aliens coming to Earth, and telling the planet to put aside their differences, or be wiped out, essentially.]]
** Includes explicit mention of an episode of the original ''[[Series/TheOuterLimits1963 Outer Limits]]'' with a similar basic plot.
** Wylie's ''{{Literature/Gladiator}}'' is visible on Hollis Mason's bookshelf.
** The entire "Tales of the Black Freighter" comic-within-a-comic is inspired by ''Theatre/TheThreepennyOpera'' and the song "Music/PirateJenny" (a.k.a. "The Black Freighter") in particular.
** Dreiberg's owlship is named Archie in reference to the owl in ''WesternAnimation/TheSwordInTheStone''.
** The child kidnapper murdered by Rorschach named his dogs [[WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones Fred and Barney]].
** Possibly a coincidence, but the Owlship looks uncannily similar to [[http://davidszondy.com/future/robot/electric_dog.htm Seleno the Electric Dog]], a primitive robot built during WWI as a testbed for a torpedo guidance system.
** Hollis Mason's Nite Owl I [[http://images.forbiddenplanet.com/image/detail/16895490.jpg costume]] is very similar to [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_JpB6e0uo2KE/RtLNQ_K8eZI/AAAAAAAAAQg/Og2uiLG9hvA/s400/comic1.jpg The Phantom's]] costume, and his dog is even named "Phantom".
** For that matter, towards the end, it features a TV advertising the start of ''Series/{{The Outer Limits|1963}}'' episode "The Architects of Fear". The basic premise of the villain's plan is almost identical to that episode. Although Creator/AlanMoore claims it was a coincidence they were similar, he deliberately added the Shout Out upon discovering the similarity.
*** DC editor Len Wein, who is most famous for creating ComicBook/SwampThing, tells a different story: Moore admitted to stealing the plot from ''The Outer Limits''; when Wein pushed him to change it to something original, Moore refused, and Wein quit the book over it. Years later, Wein has had the last laugh: in writing the ComicBook/BeforeWatchmen Ozymandias series, [[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/01/29/len-wein-the-outer-limits-and-rewriting-watchmen/ Wein had Veidt get the whole idea from "The Architects of Fear."]]
** When Laurie and Jon are talking her comment "...hopelessly lost in the fog" is '''very''' similar to Chief's hallucinations in ''Literature/OneFlewOverTheCuckoosNest''.
* In one issue of ''Xombi'', the characters are sitting around discussing a film they've just seen. Cast and plot details make it clear that the film they're discussing is the FilmWithinAFilm from ''Film/ThePlayer''.
* In both ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'' and ''ComicBook/TeenTitansGo'', the artist tends to cram in tons of references to ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.
* At one point in ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan'', Yorick is messing with a "Fuck Communism" lighter, and mentions that he based it on a comic book character's lighter. Jesse Custer had the same lighter in ''ComicBook/{{Preacher}}''.
* Early in his career, Creator/MarkMillar did a stint writing ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic''. He credited this gig with helping to pay for his wedding, and thus there are references to Sonic in several of his works, including ''Secret History of the Authority'' and ''Wanted'' mini-series.
