Johnny Nero Action Hero had hilarious Shout-Outs.
- The title character resembles Mr. Fantastic from the Fantastic Four comics.
- The title character's name is pun on the name of Johnathan "Johnny" Rico, the protagonist of Starship Troopers and Neo, the protagonist of The Matrix.
- The dual-wielded guns the title character are using are homage to John Woo films.
- Space Wars:
- This comic is pun on Star Wars and resembles Star Wars, Aliens, Starship Troopers and Halo.
- At the beginning of this comic, the starship "Petro" resembles Imperial Star Destroyer from Star Wars.
- The alien starship resembles the Klingon starship from Star Trek.
- The aliens resembles the Green Goblin from the Spider-Man comics.
- The robots and machines resembles the Terminator, which makes sense since designer George Petro previously worked on the Terminator 2: Judgment Day arcade game at Midway in 1991).
- A space marine that says "Game over, sir!" is a reference to the iconic line from Aliens.
- Johnathan "Johnny" Nero also dresses as Pvt. Hudson from Aliens or Johnathan "Johnny" Rico from Starship Troopers.
- The soundtrack in this comic resembles Spybreak!, the song used for the famous lobby shootout scene in The Matrix.
- Curse of the Mummy King:
- This comic is pun on Raiders of the Lost Ark and resembles Indiana Jones, The Mummy (1999), The Maze of the Kings and Serious Sam.
- Johnathan "Johnny" Nero also dresses as Rick O'Connell from The Mummy (1999).
- The soundtrack in this comic resembles the theme from Beetlejuice except played with Egyptian instruments.
- Ghost Town:
- This comic resembles Dollars Trilogy, Unforgiven (or Tombstone) and Night of the Living Dead (1968).
- Johnathan "Johnny" Nero also dresses as The Man with No Name from Dollars Trilogy.
- The soundtrack in this comic resembles the theme from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
