History ComicBook / DrBlinkSuperheroShrink

* JustOneMoreLevel: In one case, Dr. Blink visits the home of a woman whose son refuses to leave his room because he's addicted to his super-hero {{MMORPG}}. As Blink discusses the pros and cons of gaming, she reveals that the [[AdamWesting gamer is the super-hero Black Ice.]]

** Athena: Franchise/WonderWoman
** Captain Omnipotent: Franchise/{{Superman}}
** Ginormous: ComicBook/{{Galactus}}

** Major Amazing: [[Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels Captain Mar-Vell]]
** Nocturne: Franchise/{{Batman}}, with a side-order of ComicBook/MoonKnight (who is himself Marvel's rather obvious Batman expy). [[LampshadeHanging His real name is Wayne Spector.]]

* PlanetEater: Ginormous, an {{Expy}} of ComicBook/{{Galactus}}. Dr. Blink diagnoses him as an obvious victim of an eating disorder.

* WellDoneSonGuy: An eight-foot-tall blue-skinned ComicBook/{{Hulk}} {{Expy}} has an emotional breakdown in Dr. Blink's office after tearfully admitting "MY DADDY DIDN'T LOVE ME!"

* CaptainSuperhero: Captain Omnipotent and Major Amazing.

** Major Amazing: Characters/MarvelComicsMarvels (Mar-Vell)

* OverlyLongName: Captain Omnipotent's team is called the Avenging Legion of Titan Justice Defenders Society of America League. It was chosen by a chimp.

* SpeedSex: Implied; one of Dr. Blink's patients is a super-speedster who's looking for marriage counseling.

** Another superhero is named Scarlet Guy Who Can Transmute Flesh To Metal Every Other Day Of Any Month Ending In A "Y". He gets a recommendation to a PR Firm.

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* {{Expy}}: As a lot of issues are satirical commentary on the weird psychologies of well-known mainstream comics characters, [[CastOfExpies the supers they feature]] are often very transparent {{Parody}} expies. Each of these could be considered a CaptainErsatz, but really, the parodic intent in each case saves them from that status. Examples include:

* {{Expy}}: As a lot of issues are satirical commentary on the weird psychologies of well-known mainstream comics characters, [[CastOfExpys the supers they feature]] are often very transparent {{Parody}} expies. Each of these could be considered a CaptainErsatz, but really, the parodic intent in each case saves them from that status. Examples include:

* {{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. Each of these could be considered a CaptainErsatz, but really, the parodic intent in each case saves them from that status. Examples include:

!!''Dr. Blink'' contains examples of:

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

* LegacyCharacter: Nocturne has gone through at least a dozen {{Kid Sidekick}}s named Wonder Boy -- Dirk Greystroke, Todd Jason, Jimmy Hogan -- enough to form a support group.

-->"I knew you were going to say that!"

* IHaveThisFriend: At Dr. Blink's book signing, Captain Magnificent askshim to autograph it for his son... who just happens to [[BlatantLies have the same name he does.]]

* 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 current name, "Spank."

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

* ShoddyKnockoffProduct: Dr. Larry's book, "I'm Okay... You're SUPER!" is this to Dr. Blink's "Chicken Soup for the Super Soul".

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, with some glimpses into the doctor's own less-than-flawless private life.