History MythologyGag / ComicBooks

* ''ComicBook/AnneOfWestPhilly'': Anne, when renaming the alleyway behind the house, initially uses the "White Way of Delight" as a name (which was used in the original novel) before she settles on the more simple "outdoor art gallery."

** In Green Lantern Vol 2 #189, John Stewart says the Green Lantern's power is "like something out of of the Literature/ArabianNights". The Golden Age Green Lantern's power really was inspired by the Arabian Nights, specifically Aladdin's lamp. Guy Gardner makes a similar reference in Vol 3 #12, even conjuring up a MagicCarpet.

** In Green Lantern Vol 2 #189, John Stewart says the Green Lantern's power is "like something out of of the Literature/ArabianNights". The Golden Age Green Lantern's power really was inspired by the Arabian Nights, specifically Aladdin's lamp.

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* ''ComicBook/AchilleTalon'': A gag features Achille Talon (Walter Melon), the main character, searching the phone number of his foe Lefuneste in a directory. He reads to himself the names that he comes across before he can find Lefuneste. Among the names is Lefunèbre, which the author once intended to be Lefuneste's name until he decided that Lefuneste was funnier.
* ''ComicBook/AmalgamUniverse'':
** Robin and Jubilee being combined to make Sparrow, aside from working due to both of them being protégés of the heroes that make up Dark Claw's being, is doubly cool due to part of Jubilee's look being inspired by the Carrie Kelly Robin from ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightReturns''.
** Spider-Boy's secret identity takes the first name of Peter Parker and the last name of his father, General Ross. Thus, it's Pete Ross, which was name of Superboy's best friend and SecretKeeper.
** One of the artifacts Strangefate collected is Sir Kal's sword from Elseworld's ''ComicBook/SupermanKal''.
** In ''Exciting X-Patrol'', Niles Cable discusses a MortonsFork situation he finds himself in, and tells Raveniya the Healer that it's a matter of which [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol doom will hurt the patrol the least.]]
* ''ComicBook/PunisherBatmanDeadlyKnights'': The famous scene where [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] is accosted by [[Characters/MarvelComicsFrankCastle The Punisher]] starts with Joker saying the situation reminds him of a joke... but he refrains from saying it because "you've probably already heard it". [[ComicBook/TheKillingJoke Yes, we have]].
* Rachel's letter to Melissa at the end of ''ComicBook/{{Animorphs}}: The Visitor'' is signed with the "A" from the [[Series/{{Animorphs}} TV show]]'s logo.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Archie|Comics}} vs. Film/{{Sharknado}}'', Melody Valentine is told she looks like April Wexler. The character's actress, Creator/TaraReid, played her in the [[Film/JosieAndThePussycats 2001 film]].

* ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' dated 5th April 2014 includes a {{flashback}} to when [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis]]'s Gran was a little girl. Her dad (Dennis's great-granddad) looks just like Dennis's Dad did before the 2012 revamp of Dennis's parents.

* In the zero issue of IDW's ''ComicBook/DungeonsAndDragons'' comic, halfling rogue Bree attempts to pry the ruby from the left eyesocket of a [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/09/PlayersHandbook8Cover.jpg familiar looking statue]]. (The gem in the right socket has already gone, of course.)
* ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'' -- the second series titled ''Wavedancers'' features one insane and deformed character whose delusions apparently are based on the first ''Wavedancers'' series, which was removed from the canon because of differences with the team that made that.
* At the end of ''ComicBook/HannaBarberaBeyond'''s ''ComicBook/ExitStageLeftTheSnagglepussChronicles'' [[spoiler:Snagglepuss, having been blacklisted as a playwright, gets a job with Creator/HannaBarbera as a cartoon character. In order to have plausible deniability, HB dye him orange and call him Snaggletooth, with the explanation that if they get away with it, he can go back to his real name and fur colour later. This is a reference to an [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness early version]] of Snagglepuss who appeared on ''WesternAnimation/QuickDrawMcGraw'' ... and it's [=McGraw=] who gets him the Hanna-Barbera gig in the comic]].

* ''ComicBook/FutureQuest'':
** From Issue #1:
*** In the prologue, the unnamed captain who will become Space Ghost is wearing a uniform identical to what Jan and Jace wore during [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost the original series]], and is given his signature powerbands by a general who looks identical to the person who gave Space Ghost his equipment in the 2005 comic-book miniseries.
*** Zin's spiderbots appear identical to the ones from the ''WesternAnimation/JonnyQuest'' episode "The Robot Spy".
*** The signature "BIRDMAN!" scream appears as onomatopoeia when [[WesternAnimation/Birdman1967 he]] transforms.
*** The portal that Jonny and Hadji look through appears to use stock art from the original shows.
* The fourth issue of IDW's ''The New ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}}'' has a subtle nod to Louis Tully from the movies combined with a ShoutOut to ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' when Egon says the group has to split up:
-->'''Ron Alexander:''' Do you guys also have a talking dog?\\
'''Ray:''' Not since our accountant left New York.
* ''ComicBook/GIJoeARealAmericanHeroMarvel'' would make a few oblique references to the toys:
** In issue 86, the original G.I. Joe (later given the full name Joseph Colton) is introduced into the ARAH mythos, as the head of a secret SDI installation located in a New York skyscraper; the project director, Jane, was also the team nurse of Joe's original team. Upon the revelation, a stunned Muskrat quips, "I always thought you guys were... bigger," referencing the difference between the 3.75" ARAH toys and the original 12" action figures.
** Issue 123 introduces the Eco-Warrors sub-team, with veteran Flint assigned to lead a new group of Joes. One of them points out that their new {{Hazmat Suit}}s are made from recycled action figures.
* IDW's Franchise/{{Godzilla}} series.
** Kingdom of Monsters had the president ask what would happen if they dropped a nuke on Godzilla with the supposed consequence giving him laser eyes.
** Battra coiling around the Eiffel Tower harkens back to Mothra.
** The way Godzilla, Anguirus and Rodan are introduced are very much in line to how they were introduced in their respective movies.
** Godzilla Legends, full-stop. Issue one, we have cameos by King Ghidorah and Gigan, issue three has the [[spoiler:retro style [=MechaGodzillas=]]] and issue four has a cat seen in the sludge covered remains of a city and a quip about Godzilla flying.
** Godzilla Gangsters and Goliaths: the fairies of Mothra are referred to briefly as the Shobijin, the Cosmos and finally, as they're called in the comic itself, the Elias.
** Godzilla: The Half-Century War is chock full of these. In issue one, it's a POVSequel of Godzilla 1954. There's also a building with a squid logo resembling Gezora. Issue 2, Anguirus doing his spike move from the Showa series (in that he turns around and launches himself backwards). Issue 3 has a guy named Dr. Deverich (it also counts as a TakeThat to Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin). Issue 4 is a narrowed down WholePlotReference to the original script of Godzilla vs. [=SpaceGodzilla=] but with a container that was supposed to be used in Godzilla vs. [=MechaGodzilla=] II's original script. Issue 5 is a homage to Godzilla vs. Gigan and is set in Antarctica just like Final Wars, At World's End and Godzilla Raids Again.
** In issue 11 of the ongoing Godzilla comic, Godzilla uses his breath ray to propel himself upward like a rocket to escape the ravine he gets trapped in during his battle against Hedorah.
** In the Rulers of Earth series, just the very preview pages are full of [=MGs=]. Zilla's arrival is almost like the 1998 film and the Yahlen boat from Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep, not to mention a cameo by Shockirus. There's also an appearance of the [[Film/{{Atragon}} the Gotengo]] as a model, Godzilla's Japanese name and the fact Lucy's hotel room is called 1954, a not so subtle reference to the first film.
* The late 1980s-early 1990s NOW Comics adaptations of ''ComicBook/TheGreenHornet'' featured a number of {{Mythology Gag}}s referring to both ''The Green Hornet'' and ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger'' (another property created by the creator of ''The Green Hornet''). In the entire series (an ambitious reconciliation of the Hornets of the radio series, 1940s film serials, and the TV series), the second Kato (partner of the TV series Hornet) is named "Hayashi Kato", a reference to actor Raymond Hayashi, the first actor to play Kato in the radio series. In the comic book ''[[ComicBook/TheGreenHornet Green Hornet: Dark Tomorrow]]'', the Green Hornet of the future, is named Clayton Reid. This is a reference to the actor Clayton Moore, best known for playing the Lone Ranger, who is often claimed as the Hornet's ancestor. Also, a family tree feature giving the genealogies of the Reid and Kato families gave Clayton Reid's father the name "Gordon Reid" (a nod to actor Gordon Jones, who played Britt Reid/The Green Hornet in the 1940 film serial) and stated that a future Kato would be named "Luke" (a nod to actor Keye Luke, who played Kato in both the 1940 and 1941 film serials).
* The ''[[ComicBook/HackSlash Hack/Slash]]'' and ''[[Film/ReAnimator Re-Animator]]'' crossover ends with Doctor West being approached by government agents, who tell him the president is dead and the country needs him, a nod to the unmade ''House of Re-Animator''.
* In ''[[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Halloween: The First Death of Laurie Strode]]'', the Silver Shamrock masks from ''Film/HalloweenIIISeasonOfTheWitch'' appear for one panel in a store.

* ''ComicBook/MegaManArchieComics'': The first issue's ''Short Circuits'' has Mega Man asking if he was now a [[WesternAnimation/MegaManRubySpears Super Fighting Robot]]. As it turns out, he was upgraded into [[spoiler:the infamously bad cover art from ''VideoGame/MegaMan1'']].

* The opening scene of Boom Studios' ''Muppet Snow White'' comic introduces Gonzo and Rizzo as Creator/TheBrothersGrimm. Not only is their dialogue closely based on the opening scene of ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', which introduces Gonzo as Creator/CharlesDickens and Rizzo AsHimself, but Rizzo {{lampshade|Hanging}}s the unlikeliness of them being brothers by saying "I'm a rat and you're a ... whatever", the same thing he said in ''Film/MuppetTreasureIsland'', when talking about him and Gonzo being Jim's family. Gonzo replies that it worked for [[Film/TheGreatMuppetCaper Kermit and Fozzie]].
* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'':
** Not only do we get a LawyerFriendlyCameo of ''the'' G1 pony Firefly, on the same page there's a building that says "Est. 1982", the same year the first ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' toys came out.
** The emo/goth pony seen during the news interview montage in ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyMicroSeries'' Issue #2? She's actually the [[http://www.toyark.com/news/san-diego-comic-con-58/my-little-pony-convention-exclusive-comic-con-2011-4332/ 2011 Comic Con Special Edition Pony!]]
** During the "Zen and the Art of Gazebo Repair" arc, we see Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity relating an adventure involving giant bees and a Sun Stone, a nod to the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' arc "The End of Flutter Valley".
** Cheerilee has a twin sister named "Cherry Blossom". In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3'' Cheerilee was a unicorn until the "[[FanNickname Core 7]]" soft-reboot made her a CompositeCharacter with the unrelated "Cherry Blossom" character.
* In the first issue of Roger Langridge's ''ComicStrip/{{Popeye}}'' comic, when Castor Oyl asks Popeye if he'll help them "round up a critter", Popeye quips "Round up? Ja t'ink I'm a cowboy?", a nod to his first line from the original ''Thimble Theater'' strip that introduced him.
* In the first issue of Greg Rucka's ''ComicBook/QueenAndCountry,'' SIS agent Tara Chace comments, "the last time I was this cold, I was in Antarctica," which is a nod to Lily Sharpe, the SIS agent in the writer's first comic, ''ComicBook/{{Whiteout}}.'' Rucka originally intended to use Sharpe as the lead for ''Q&C,'' but in the course of development, Chace became more of a SpiritualSuccessor.
* ''ComicBook/{{Redman}}'' has quite a few:
** Most of the Kaiju Redman fights are from the original TV series, and the original Kaiju Redmon and Big Liger are both based on elements from the show (Redmon is based on the show's unrecognisable Pigmon/Garamon suit and Big Liger is a cancelled Kaiju who was intended to appear in the series).
** Redman jumping on Stegon's back whilst depowered is confirmed to be an homage to ''Series/ReturnOfUltraman''. Stegon's death, being thrown off a high area, is also how he died in the Redman TV series.
** Kanegon's mutated form in Episode 3 is directly based on his design from the Redman TV series.
** The flashing blue lights on Redman's head seen in Episodes 2 and 5 appear to function similarly to the original Ultraman's colour timer, warning him of when his power is low. However, Redman transforms into a blue version of himself rather than a human.
** The pictures of the series' Kaiju on Matt Frank's Website/DeviantArt also include lots of references to past ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' content, such as mentioning Birdon's clash with ''Series/UltramanTaro'' or stating that Gudon is the natural predator of the Twintail species.
* ''ComicBook/ScoobyApocalypse'':
** Daphne is still working for the news industry.
** Fred attacks Velma under the impression she was [[WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo Mole-man]].

* ''ComicBook/StarTrekIDW'':
** At the beginning of "After Darkness", Bones interrupts Kirk reciting the classic credit scroll ("Space, the final frontier...") by barging into the Captain's ready room. Soon after, he asks Kirk if he actually wrote that himself or stole it from someone else.
** The cover for the first issue of ''Manifest Destiny'' (much like the marketing campaign for ''Film/StarTrekBeyond'') is styled after [[Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture the poster for the very first theatrical film]].
** Issues 1 and 2 of "Boldly Go" has several references to [[spoiler:"Q Who?". In issue 2, the assimilated Captain Terrell uses the same warning the Borg gave to the ''Enterprise-D'', and their second target is a Federation colony on the Romulan Neutral Zone, which they abduct using their cutting beam.]]
** In the same issue, Uhura dons Vulcan dress, specifically the kind T'Pring wore in "Amok Time".
** According to [[spoiler:Gary Mitchell]] in ''Boldly Go'' #17, there are universes where the ''Enterprise'' is "powered by mushrooms", presumably referencing an alternate verison of the spore drive from ''Series/StarTrekDiscovery''.
* The ''Franchise/StarTrek[=/=]ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' comic, the Trek part of which is firmly ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' continuity, rather than [[Film/StarTrek2009 the 2009 movie]], nonetheless has Uhura refer to having an [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Orion]] roommate at the Academy. It makes sense, since if the destruction of the Kelvin didn't affect her up until then she likely was in the Academy at that point anyway.
* ''ComicBook/StarTrekTheNextGenerationDoctorWhoAssimilation2''. When the TARDIS crew explores San Francisco, they come across Tom's Bakery on 4th Street. Creator/TomBaker, of course, played the [[Series/DoctorWho Fourth Doctor]].
* ''Graphics Classics: Creator/HPLovecraft'': "Literature/SweetErmengarde" is a comedy rather than cosmic horror, but for this product, it was illustrated as a play put on by humans for an audience of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. The front row of the audience includes a Deep One, Herbert West (with a severed head and a syringe), Keziah Mason and Brown Jenkin, referencing "Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth", ''Literature/HerbertWestReanimator'' and "Literature/TheDreamsInTheWitchHouse".
* In the second issue of the crossover between the IDW versions of ''ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|IDW}}'', Venkman notes that it's handy that the Turtles are ColourCodedForYourConvenience, a reference to how the Ghostbusters themselves were color-coded in [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters their own cartoon]].
** In the third issue, both teams are riding in the former's van, and Michelangelo says he wants one and that they could get a full kitchen in there easily. Raphael sarcastically asks if he'll want a blimp next. Both are references to the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 1987 cartoon]] and toy line.
* In a ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel UK'' comic, Optimus Prime mentions that Swoop was known as Divebomb on Cybertron. When the toys were originally being released, Divebomb was considered as a name for the toy that ended up being named Swoop.
** In a movie tie-in comic, Optimus has been recently found out to be a Prime. He makes a comment saying it might not be important, commenting along the line of "For all we know, Prime could mean 'records clerk' or something." In the Dreamwave comics Optimus was a records clerk before he became Prime.
** In one Dreamwave comic Megatron basically beats the ever living slag out of and kills Cy-Kill the Gobot (not sure if that's a mythology gag or a shout out though).
** At the end of the IDW Transformers storyarc ''[[ComicBook/TheTransformersAllHailMegatron All Hail Megatron]]'', as the defeated Deceptions flee into space, Starscream ponders on what to do with the badly injured, near dead Megatron, saying at one point "I'd unceremoniously toss him out the air lock if I didn't have a nagging suspicion that he'd somehow return, more powerful than ever." This is exactly what Starscream did in the original animated movie, which ended with Megatron becoming the more powerful Galvatron and returning to kill Starscream in revenge.
** There's also a reference to the animated movie in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersAutocracy''. Megatron uses Hot Rod as a HumanShield while threatening Orion Pax. However, instead of this resulting in Orion getting shot (as happened to Optimus in the movie), Hot Rod simply transforms into his alt-mode and drives off while Orion shoots Megatron in the chest and nearly kills ''him.''
** [[RunningGag Another reference]] to this occurred in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMonstrosity''. Scorpionok betrayed Megatron and left him for dead in order to assume control of the Decepticons himself. Just as he was doing so, Megatron came storming in, complaining that it was "bad comedy." Scorpionok looked up to see the strange (Megatron had repaired himself using Junkion tech) 'Con standing at the end of the room.
--->'''Scorpionok:''' Megatron? Is that you?\\
'''Megatron:''' Here's a hint! (Shoots Scorpionok in the chest)
** In Issue 54 of ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' we get another reference to the animated movie, this time courtesy of Ultra Magnus. When Rewind wants to discuss something with him during a battle, his response is "I'm sorry, Rewind, [[MemeticMutation I can't deal with that right now]].''
** Late in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'', Whirl wonders if [[spoiler:Functionist]] Cybertron's giant robot mode is Primus. There ''are'' plenty of continuities where [[GeniusLoci Primus is indeed Cybertron]]. [[spoiler:Just not in this one. In this one, Primus is an AmnesiacGod and one of the main characters.]]

* In ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood|2017}}'' (2017), Badrock introduces Vogue, Doc Rocket, Sentinel and Suprema to Shaft and refers to them as "The next generation of heroes". That was the tagline of the very first issue of ''ComicBook/{{Youngblood|ImageComics}}''.

* ''MythologyGag/UltimateSpiderMan2000''

** In ''ComicBook/Batman66'' #3 (the comic based on the ''Series/Batman1966'' TV series) there's a character called the Red Hood, who looks a lot like the original Red Hood from regular continuity (that is, [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker the Joker]] before he became the Joker) and claims to be the Joker's greatest enemy. He turns out to be [[spoiler:the Joker's psychiatrist, possessed by the Joker's subconscious through his brainwave helmet and acting out a plan to free him]]. In the same story, one of the other psychiatrists at the Arkham Institute is [[Characters/HarleyQuinnTheCharacter Dr. Quinn]], who refuses to call the Joker by his criminal name, and therefore refers to him as "Patient J".

** In '''66'' #37, a film director jokes that if he'd called Batman with some sort of Bat-Signal, he might have arrived sooner. (The Bat Signal does exist in the 1966 continuity, but was rarely ever used and Comissioner Gordon more typically used the bat phone to summon Batman.)
** In ''ComicBook/BatmanDamned'', the Enchantress' design and personality are almost identical to Creator/CaraDelevingne[='s=] portrayal of her in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''.

** ''ComicBook/PoisonIvy2022'': Recalling the first costume she adapted when Pamela became "Poison Ivy" for the first time, the design is the exact one from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''.

** In Creator/RichardDonner's ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' (1978), there is a scene where Clark desperately needs to become Superman. He runs to the nearest pay phone, then stops -- apparently expecting an old-style phone booth and ending up with a then-new phone-on-a-post instead.

** In the ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' tie in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #23.3 / ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' #1, much is made in the first few pages of Lex's loathing for his prison jumpsuit, which he states he never intends to wear again, and has burnt because there's nothing about that he wants to remember. This is a reversal of MediaNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} Luthor's reaction to Superman sending him to prison, which was that he would ''always'' wear the uniform to remind himself how much he hated Superman.

** In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'', the spherical Red Lantern Zillius Zox gets squashed in a battle with Shadow Thief, making him taller and narrower (but still basically [[{{Cephalothorax}} a head with arms and legs]]). He looks a lot like the [[Film/GreenLantern2011 movie]] version of his fellow Noc'sagian [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Galius_Zed_%28Green_Lantern_Movie%29 Galius Zed]].
** Several to past incarnations of the Toyman in Brian Michael Bendis's ''ComicBook/ManOfSteel2018'', amongst the toys scattered around Winslow Schott's control room are a jack-in-the-box that looks like Jack Nimball and a doll that looks like the Toyman from ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. In addition when Superman rhetorically asks "What is ''wrong'' with you?" Schott replies that he's sure it has something to do with his mother. At first glance this looks like a standard FreudianExcuse, but it also refers back to the darker'n'edgier 90s version of the character, who talked to a voice in his head that he called "Mother" and which supposedly forced him to do things.

** ''ComicBook/AdventuresOfSupergirl'': In issue #5 of the ''Series/Supergirl2015'' tie-in, Winn says his Internet handle is "Supergirl_in_action_252". ''ComicBook/ActionComics #252: ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton1959'' was Supergirl's first appearance.

** In ''ComicBook/TheSupergirlFromKrypton2004'', Ma Kent makes Supergirl's uniform... right like she made Superman's costume.

** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2006'': Tsaritsa conjures up several Wonder Women for Diana to fight that are all based off previous incarnations of the character; such as [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age Wonder Woman]], [[Film/WonderWoman1974 Cathy Lee Crosby]], [[Series/WonderWoman1975 Lynda Carter]], and Post-Crisis Wonder Woman.

* In the ''Killer Frost'' one-shot during ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'', Caitlin Snow's predecessor as head of the S.T.A.R. Labs outpost was Louise Lincoln, the previous Killer Frost in pre-''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint|DCComics}}'' continuity.

* Jonah Hex in his ComicBook/JonahHex2005 at different times in the series uses the aliases of "Mr. Albano" and "Fleischer". The former being a reference to Hex's co-creator, John Albano, and the latter being a reference to Michael Fleischer, the longtime singular writer of Hex from 1974-1987.

** Fred attacks Velma under the impression she was [[WesternAnimation/APupNamedScoobyDoo Mole-man.]]

** ''Web Of Spider-Man'' Vol. 2 #8 has a job recruiter mistakenly call Peter "Peter Palmer", which was a consistent mistake across the second Spider-Man story (much like the Hulk being called "Bob Banner" in a few early stories).

** In ''ComicBook/MilesMoralesSpiderMan'' #16, when Ganke can't use his real name for fear of giving away Miles's identity he calls himself "Ned". ''Film/SpiderManHomecoming'' had a character very similar to Ganke, but named after Ned Leeds.

** ''Spider-Man & The [[ComicBook/SecretWars1984 Secret Wars]]'': When Spidey recaps the events of the crossover up to the "[[SignatureScene beneath 150 billion tons stands the Hulk]]" moment, he mentions "And it wasn't only heroes. The Beyonder ''brought on'' the ''bad guys''" (emphasis in the original). This is a reference to the famous trade paperback ''Bring On The Bad Guys: Origins of Marvel Villains''.

* In the second issue of the crossover between the IDW versions of ''ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters}}'' and ''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', Venkman notes that it's handy that the Turtles are ColourCodedForYourConvenience, a reference to how the Ghostbusters themselves were color-coded in [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters their own cartoon]].

* ''MythologyGag/UltimateSpiderMan''

*** It gave a (parodic) nod to a [[PhraseCatcher catchphrase]] from the early ''Superman'' radio serials and later [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] comics ("Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"): Lois Lane, Perry White, and Jimmy Olsen are looking over some blurry photographs of something flying in the skies over Metropolis. Lane says the shape is a bird. White disagrees and says it's a plane. Jimmy Olsen begins to say "It's--" but is cut off by a knock on the door as Clark Kent enters, saying to White "You wanted to see me?"

** In the ''ComicBook/ForeverEvil2013'' tie in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' #23.3 / ''ComicBook/LexLuthor'' #1, much is made in the first few pages of Lex's loathing for his prison jumpsuit, which he states he never intends to wear again, and has burnt because there's nothing about that he wants to remember. This is a reversal of UsefulNotes/{{the Silver Age|of Comic Books}} Luthor's reaction to Superman sending him to prison, which was that he would ''always'' wear the uniform to remind himself how much he hated Superman.

*** A Brainiac probe runs into Superman and sends the next message: "Kryptonian encountered. Locate. Attempt #242 in progress." Brainiac first appeared in ''Action Comics'' #242. The aforementioned probe also resembles how Brainiac himself used to appear during the [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]].

** In ''ComicBook/CountdownToFinalCrisis'', Jimmy's strange transformations are all the famous [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] ones. Which leads to [[spoiler:Turtle Boy Jimmy vs. DARKSEID]]! Probably counts double considering Darkseid debuted in ''Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen''.

*** The Phil Jimenez variant cover for issue one is a collage of versions of Diana and her supporting cast from over the years. Front and center is Diana is her most well known swimsuit-like Wonder-Outfit, beneath her are images of Diana from the [[Series/WonderWoman 70's show]] and Diana and Hippolyta with hair and costumes from UsefulNotes/{{The Golden Age|OfComicBooks}}, then moving clockwise there's {{Space Pirate|s}} Revolutionary Diana from ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'', Diana in ''Wonder Woman Odyssey" outfit, three {{Elseworld}} Diana's in front of [[Characters/WonderWomanAllies Artemis]], a corner of the invisible plane, [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] in her red outfit, a Kanga, Wondy dressed for Christmas, Hippolyta as Wonder Woman, Diana in her white mod outfit, the clay statue of a child Hippolyta made, and Nubia in the original version of her armor. In the center background is the regular and sky bound versions of Themyscira.

* ''ComicBook/LegendsOfTheDeadEarth'': In ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'' Annual #20, Batman is remembered as the Bat-Man in Old Posea's stories. The character was originally called the Bat-Man in his earliest appearances during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks.

* Yet another "Legion" example: Most of the characters in the [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Dark Age]] SpacePolice comic ''[[ComicBook/LEGIONDCComics L.E.G.I.O.N.]]'' were callbacks (or callforwards?) to characters from ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'': Vril Dox and Lyrissa Mallor were distant ancestors of Brainiac 5 and Shadow Lass; [[ComicBook/{{Valor}} Lar Gand]] and Phase were time-displaced versions of Mon-El and Phantom Girl; Strata, the Durlan, and Dagon-Ra were the same species as Blok, Chameleon Boy, and Element Lad; and so on.

* ''ComicBook/StarTrek'':