History ComicBook / DrBlinkSuperheroShrink

* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Dr. Blink tries to convince Major Amazing not to jump off his skyscraper window ledge... but only because Amazing is [[NighInvulnerability super-invulnerable.]]

The [[http://www.drblink.com/ Dr. Blink website]] includes a collection of the shorter ''Dr. Blink'' strips and one short comic that never saw print. The entire four-issue series has been collected in the trade paperback ''[[UsefulNotes/IdSuperegoAndEgo Id. Ego. Superego!]]'', with some extra material.

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. Superego!]]''. 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. However, Dr Blink is intermittently active on Website/{{Twitter}}, [[https://twitter.com/DrBlinkShrink posting aphorisms about superhero psychology.]]

The comic has [[http://www.drblink.com/ its own Web site here,]] including most of the Dr. Blink material ever published and at least one strip that never saw print publication.

** During Dr. Blink's "secret origin," he walks by [[ComicBook/{{PS238}} Public School 238.]]

* BaldOfEvil: Played for laughs when Dr. Blink concludes that Dr. Larry must be a supervillain just because he's bald.

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

* 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 cures 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.

** The Quizzler: The Riddler

''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; [[AllTherapistsAreMuggles the lead characters are almost invariably a seething 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, ''Chicken 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.

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. Superego!]]''. 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. However, Dr Blink is intermittently active on Website/{{Twitter}}, [[https://twitter.com/DrBlinkShrink?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Eembeddedtimeline%7Ctwterm%5Eprofile%3ADrBlinkShrink%7Ctwgr%5EeyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drblink.com%2F posting aphorisms about superhero psychology.]]

''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 seething 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, ''Chicken 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.

* TheShrink: Dr. Blink falls into the "Well-Meaning, But Dopey and Ineffective" category.

* OverlyLongName: Captain Omnipotent team is called the Avenging Legion of Titan Justice Defenders Society of Ameica League.

''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, ''Chicken 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.

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. Superego!]]''. 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.

* TwofirstNames: the Speed Demon's real name is Barry Wally.

** 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).

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

* BaldOfEvil: Played for laughs Dr. Blink, concludes that Dr. Larry must be a super villain just for fact that he's bald.

* BaldOfEvil: Played for laughs Dr. Blink, concludes that Dr. Larry must be a super villain just for fact that he's
bald.

bald,

* NoCelebritesWereHarmed: Dr. Larry is a parody of Dr. Phil.