Fun “Real” References/Ads in Comics

DCU By Neil Gaiman #1: (I had to stop & post b/c I had so many for so many topics. Gotta lay these down & finish it yet. Like 219 pgs): 60 minutes, Emmy Award, Rolling Stone, Bruce Springsteen, Donald Duck, & Humphrey Bogart, Newsweek, Time, Ronald Reagan, White House, Casablanca, Roseanne, Mark Twain, Jerry Lewis, O.J., Aladdin, Maltese Falcon, Ruby Slippers Wizard of Oz & Alice in Wonderland quotes, Fatal Attraction, Michael Douglas, Doris Day, The Beatles, Ben Affleck, Pearl Harbor & the movie.














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Resurrection Man #22: Former Mouseketeer Annette Funicello- JoJo The Dog Faced Boy, & Wheel of (mis)Fortune & Vanna White.


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Resurrection Man #23: Star Trek, Talking Heads, & Boris Karloff.



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Resurrection Man #24: George Thorogood- Bad to the Bone, & Kidsongs- Them Bones.


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Hawkman #36: George A. Romero.

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JSA Classified #28: Chubby Hubby, PS3, & American Idol signs.


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JSA Classified #29: Moon River- Audrey Hepburn. Henry Mancini, & Johnny Mercer.

JSA Classified #31: Pokémon.


JSA #32: White Castle.

JSA Classified #34: Vincent Price.

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JSA Classified #38: Sugar Ray Leonard, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali, Joe Lewis, & Rocky Graziano.





Detective Comics #791: Rambo IV.

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Detective Comics #594 & #602: Richie Rich, & Bob Seger- Night Moves.


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Wonder Woman #178: Pantera, Dog Eat Dog- All Boro Kings album/ Poster, Julia Roberts.




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JLA/ WILDC.A.T.S #1: Tom & Jerry.


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Now, those would be some good fights to watch. I always though Ted was sorta based on James Braddock, but I’ve never read that one way or the other.

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Agreed.-& great point on Wildcat!!! Most likely, you’re correct!!

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Batman Annual #1: Who’s The Boss, & McBatman.


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Beyond the White Knight Showcase #1: Slayer, Clash, Bruce Timm, & Paul Dini.

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Batman: Three Jokers: Cocoa Puffs, & Large Marge hat. Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure has an unforgettable truck driving character in it named Large Marge.


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Sandman Mystery Theatre #1: Bugsy Siegel. Also Meyer Lansky is in frame. Famous gangster so he’s in celebrity appearances with a few others.

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Sandman Mystery Theatre #2 & #4: Dorothy Parker, E. B. White, & James Thurber (writers), The Little Foxes- Lillian Hellman Broadway Play.


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Adventures of Superman #11-#12: Daniel Craig, & Hubble Telescope.


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Speechless #1: M.C. Hammer- U Can’t Touch This.

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