History ComicBook / DrBlinkSuperheroShrink

** Arachno-Lad: ComicBook/{{SpiderMan}}

** Nocturne: Franchise/{{Batman}}, with a side-order of Comicbook/MoonKnight (who is himself Marvel's rather obvious Batman expy)

* RoleCalled

* AtrociousAlias: The hellspawn born, brimstone-incarnate undead hero of vengeance (an obvious {{Expy}} of ComicBook/{{Spawn}}) needs a new super-name -- he can't make the legions of Hell quake with his name, "Spank."

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Dr. Blink is honestly trying to do good with his work with superheroes and villains, but as this is PlayedForLaughs, the results are sometimes unfortunate. Aside from his effect on Captain Omnipotent (see below), he successfully cured The Quizzler of his obsessive-compulsive habit of [[CriminalMindGames giving his opponents clues about his plans]] -- making him into a much more effective master criminal.

* ShoutOut: Dr. Blink's full name is a clear reference to Fredric Wertham, a real-world psychiatrist with an interest in comic books. However, while Dr. Blink is generally eager to help superheroes, knowing that they do real good, Fredric Wertham is remembered as one of the big-name MoralGuardians, whose book ''Seduction of the Innocent'' was highly critical of comics (and led to the creation of TheComicsCode).

** A television news segment, "Point/Counter-Point," begins with one host calling the other an [[Television/SaturdayNightLive "ignorant slut."]]

* WeaksauceWeakness: Ginormous changes his mind and refuses to eat Earth after he learns that it's high in carbohydrates (from all those fields of grain).

** The Quizzler: ComicBook/TheRiddler

Four issues (numbered 0 to 3) were published by Dork Storm Press in the early 2000s, and the contents were eventually collected with some extra material into the trade paperback, ''[[UsefulNotes/IdSuperegoAndEgo Id. Ego. Superhero!]]''. However, for [[http://www.dorktower.com/2010/06/29/5276/ personal reasons]], Kovalic then ceased publishing paper comics, and although there have been subsequent hints of possible further Dr. Blink projects, little has yet appeared.

Four issues (numbered 0 to 3) were published by Dork Storm Press in the early 2000s, and the contents were eventually collected with some extra material into the trade paperback, ''[[IdSuperegoAndEgo Id. Ego. Superhero!]]''. However, for [[http://www.dorktower.com/2010/06/29/5276/ personal reasons]], Kovalic then ceased publishing paper comics, and although there have been subsequent hints of possible further Dr. Blink projects, little has yet appeared.

Four issues (numbered 0 to 3) were published by Dork Storm Press in the early 2000s, and the contents were eventually collected with some extra material into the trade paperback, ''[[FreudianTrio Id. Ego. Superhero!]]''. However, for [[http://www.dorktower.com/2010/06/29/5276/ personal reasons]], Kovalic then ceased publishing paper comics, and although there have been subsequent hints of possible further Dr. Blink projects, little has yet appeared.

* ShoutOut: Dr. Blink's full name is a clear reference to Fredric Wertham, a real-world psychiatrist with an interest in comic books. However, while Dr. Blink is generally eager to help superheroes, knowing that they do real good, Fredric Wertham is remembered as one of the big-name MoralGuardians, whose book ''Seduction of the Innocent'' was highly critical of comics (and led to the creation of TheComics Code).

* CallOut: Dr. Blink's full name is a clear reference to Fredric Wertham, a real-world psychiatrist with an interest in comic books. However, while Dr. Blink is generally eager to help superheroes, knowing that they do real good, Fredric Wertham is remembered as one of the big-name MoralGuardians, whose book ''Seduction of the Innocent'' was highly critical of comics (and led to the creation of TheComics Code).

''Dr. Blink, Superhero Shrink'' is (or was) a comic book written by Creator/JohnKovalic and drawn by Christopher Jones. The comic is a {{Parody}} -- essentially a giant {{Lampshade|dTrope}} stuck on a basic fact about superhero comics; the lead characters are almost invariably a giant bundle of psychological issues, if you look at them at all closely. Dr. Frederick Wertham Blink himself is a professional psychiatrist who, after an encounter with his city's superhero population, wrote a book about their rather obvious issues, ''Super Soup for the Super Soul''. This was not only a commercial success, it brought him a string of super-powered patients, turning him into a commercially successful specialist practitioner. Most of the stories are about the cases he treats.

Three issues were published by Dork Storm Press in the early 2000s, and the contents were eventually collected with some extra material into the trade paperback, ''[[FreudianTrio Id. Ego. Superhero!]]''. However, for [[http://www.dorktower.com/2010/06/29/5276/ personal reasons]], Kovalic then ceased publishing paper comics, and although there have been subsequent hints of possible further Dr. Blink projects, little has yet appeared.

Three issues were published by Dork Storm Press in the early 2000s, and the contents were eventually collected with some extra material into the trade paperback, ''Id. Ego. Superhero!''. However, for [[http://www.dorktower.com/2010/06/29/5276/ personal reasons]], Kovalic then ceased publishing paper comics, and although there have been subsequent hints of possible further Dr. Blink projects, little has yet appeared.

* HoldingOutForAHero: Spoofed in issue #0. When Captain Omnipotent resolves some of his issues, he stops responding to all those please for help.

The comic has [[http://www.drblink.com/ its own Web site here.]]

** Captain Omnipotent: Franchise/Superman

* {{Expy}}: As a lot of issues are satirical commentary on the weird psychologies of well-known mainstream comics characters, the supers they feature are often very transparent {{Parody}} expies. Examples include:
** Arachno-Lad: Spiderman
** Athena: Wonder Woman
** Captain Omnipotent: Superman
** Ginormous: Galactus
** Green Sparrow: Hawkman
** Nocturne: Batman, with a side-order of Moon Knight (who is himself Marvel's rather obvious Batman expy)
** The Quizzler: The Riddler
** Spank: Spawn
** Wonder Boy: Robin