DC Comics

References to DC Comics in The Simpsons

Episodes

Picture Season Episode number Episode name Reference 2 021 "Bart the Daredevil" When Bart tried to become a daredevil, Dr. Hibbert showed him a boy that broke his leg when he tried to fly like Superman. 4 068 "Mr. Plow" Adam West, the actor of Batman in the 1960s Batman TV series, hired both Mr. Plow and Plow King. 11 227 "Beyond Blunderdome" The Batmobile is seen in the Hollywood Auto Museum. 13 288 "I Am Furious (Yellow)" Stan Lee jams a The Thing figure into Database's Batmobile toy. 14 295 "Large Marge" Bart and Milhouse once watched an episode of Batman guest-starring Krusty. This inspired them to try and recreate a stunt which lead to Milhouse desecrating the United States flag and Seymour Skinner leading a protest, ruining Krusty's career. 18 395 "Homerazzi" Bart was seen reading Aquaman and Superman. 19 404 "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" When Homer waited for the Student of the Millennium Award to start he started to write a Superman novel. 407 "Husbands and Knives" When looking through comics at the Android's Dungeon, Bart came across Death of Superman and Death of Aquaman. 21 463 "The Bob Next Door" Bart once wrote as his chalkboard gag "Batman is nothing without his utility belt". 23 494 "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" Comic Book Guy bought the Batmobile from the Museum of TV and Television. 24 523 "Black-Eyed, Please" After giving Homer a black eye, Ned Flanders asks Homer is he can pray for him. Homer tells him it's okay, as long as he prays to Superman. Ned refuses and Homer started the prayer himself.

Comics

Picture Comic issue Story name Reference Bart Simpson #74 Into the Woods When Bart and Milhouse pooh-pooh Lisa's mention of the Donner Party, Lisa tells Martin to ignore them, as "They think that 'The Old West' is an actor who played Batman on TV". Simpsons Comics #192 Mutiny on the Barty The Springfield Police Department had a low budget after they bought a Batmobile, so after a week they stopped searching for the missing Bart and Milhouse. One-Shot Wonder – Li'l Homer #1 Springfield's Next Top Model Kit! The Batmobile was seen at the Springfield's Ninth Annual Custom Car Show & Hot Rod-A-Rama-Lama-Ding-Dong. The Simpsons Go for the Gold Bummer Games In a film about the first Olympics made by Homer and Bart they explained that they couldn't have the first Olympics in USA because Pocahontas was still trying to guide Lois and Clark to the Pacific. Later when they had found the Pacific they were progressive and freethinking adults so they all got married together. They illustrated this with a doll of Superman.

Books

Picture Book Reference Comic Book Guy's Book of Pop Culture On Comic Book Guy's list of greatest quotes of all time is "I like pink very much, Lois" by Superman.