Fun “Real” References/Ads in Comics

Naomi & Teen Titans today’s the 21st April 2020 & Gotham Central: Band-Aid, How I Met Your Mother, Wells-Fargo, Bueller ,?Bueller…?, epi-pen, Jell-O, Tide Pod, Darwin-Survival of the fittest, Lassie, Usual Suspects (Unusual Suspects), Farrah (Fawcett), Billie Holiday & Bruce Lee, Wizard of Oz, WiFi & Email, Email,& Spam, Laptop, Coke machine, Oswald Kennedy & the Rifke Oswald used, Web-Cam, Camcorder & Laptop, Captain Kangaroo, P.T. Barnum, Under-Roos, Action Figures, Teddy Roosevelt, Playboy magazine, X-Box,.

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I think Teen Titans from yesterday April 21st 2020: Talking Heads- Burning Down the House.

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Batman (1940) #291-294 Animal Man (2011): Oscar, Twitter, Phone Charger, Go Fish, “View Tube & Tending”, Going Viral, The Bachelor spin off, America’s Got Talent variation, Lionsmouth studios (Lionsgate or MGM?), Barbara Walters, Paparazzi, Paper Towels, Smartphones & Widescreen TVs.

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Adventures of Superman #424-425 Animal Man (2011:) Montell Jordan This Is How We Do It, Khaddafy, Ghostbusters, Rambo, Schwarzenegger, Sigourney Weaver, Caligula, Stallone in Cobra & Hannah & Her Sisters Movie Marquee, Reagan’s Star Wars program, Krazy Glue, Burger King Sign.

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Detective Comics (1937-2011) #387-388: Mickey Mouse, Felix the Cat, Howdy Doody, Hula-Hoops & Yo-Yo’s, Fatal Vision, Helier Skelter, In Cold Blood (Books Capote), Mario Andretti, Public Enemy with James Cagney, Olson Welles, Miami Vice, A-Team & MTV & Maltese Falcons Humphrey Bogart reference.

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Batman (1940) #395-396 Detective Comics #562: Too many to name, all movie references our actors/actresses hopefully all self explanatory. Cagney, Cary Grant, Lots of Hitchcock Rear Window, Psych etc, King Kong, Godfather, Taxi Driver, Robert De Niro, Scorsese etc.etc.etc…also Jack the Ripper.

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Continued fromAbove: & G Men poster probably the only one needs explanation. I personally believe the resident film critic for Gotham Gazette Vale asks about Bates is a nod to Gene Shalit (has to be).

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Still Continuing From Above:

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Batman (1940) #392-395: Stray Cat Strut-Stray Cats, Mr.(Walt) Disney & Lady & the Tramp, Jimmy Stewart Anatomy of a Murder, From Russia With Love (almost…lol), Ninotchka Greta Garbo movie character reference.

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Batman (1940) #397-398 & Detective Comics #564: Jekyll & Hyde, Pat Benatar Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Beauty & the Beast Cassette (vcr) Laserdisc, Woody Allen poster behind Alfred, Cover Girl, Sony, The Color Purple, Steven Spielberg, references to E.T., Indiana Jones & Jaws, Ed Sullivan.

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Batman (1940) #397-399 Detective Comics #564-565: (Greta) Garbo reference to Catwoman, Robin Hood GA & Canary have a back up story going between revolving issues as does Batman & Detective Comics.

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Detective Comics #566 & Batman (1940) #400: Artists Bosch, Goya & Dali, James Bond, Casablanca & Marx Bros Animal Crackers, Invasion of the Body Sna(tchers), Pinocchio & Biblical Jonah, DC Comics shop next to GCPD headquarters, McDonalds wrappers, fries etc, Stephen King writing about his love of Batman at the end of Batman #400.

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Detective Comics #567: Food Stamps & Chiclets, Porsche by name, Ozzy sign.

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Detective Comics #569-571: Cat-scan, Ravioli. Glenn Frey-You Belong To The City, Project Gutenberg & Joe Miller’s Joke Book, Chinese Finger Puzzles, Nobel Peace Prize, Da Vinci, Mona Lisa, Michelangelo, Indianapolis 500.

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A reference to Toyota

Deathstroke (The Terminator) Annual #2

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References to Alice in Wonderland

Deathstroke (The Terminator) #30

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Detective Comics (1937) #611-624 & 627: Twin Towers, Rolls Royce (named), Yoga, Just Say No, Serpent Mound (located in Ohio), Great Pyramids & Stonehenge, Rambo, Brothers Grimm, Illumaniatus manuscript & Dead Sea Scrolls, Valley Girls Reference & Yogurt, Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes, Meow Mix, X-Ray Spekz, NBC peacock Jacket, Batman Detective Comic in the Batman Detective Comic. INXS t-shirt. Janis Joplin & Big Brother & the Holding Company.




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Zippo

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Detective Comics #628-#629: Robert Stroud (birdman of Alcatraz’, CBS News, Frank Sinatra, Elvis, David Lynch, Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, EraserHead, Amnesty International & Edgar Allan Poe.


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Detective Comics #630: Actor George Sanders, Gucci Greyhound Shoes & Greyhound Bus Station.

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