History ShoutOut / Superman

* ''[[ComicBook/Superman1939 Adventures of Superman]]'' #634, by Creator/DanAbnett and Creator/AndyLanning, had the Eradicator and [[ComicBook/{{Steel}} John Henry Irons]] create a "charged vacuum emboitment" out of "block transfer computations" to prevent the timestorms ravaging Metropolis. And if that sounds familiar to viewers of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''Logopolis'', well, Abnett wrote the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip for a while, and has also done ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio dramas and New Series novels.

* ''The Adventures of Superman'' Annual #1 (1987) features a gestalt being of hundreds of alien [[BrainInAJar brains in jars]]. The leader of the gestalt is named Hfuhruhurr, the same as Steve Martin's character in ''Film/TheManWithTwoBrains''.

* ''Adventures of Superman (1987)'' #59 references ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'' with its "go to jail" card message, but reversed so the {{Anaphora}} goes before the {{Symploce}}, since going to jail is the important part, so it goes last: An officer tells Brainiac "Do not pass go... do not collect two hundred dollars... go to jail. Go directly to Jail!".

* *"ComicBook/BrainiacRebirth":

* In ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' story arc "ComicBook/BrainiacRebirth", when Kid Flash asks Superman if he could use the Teen Titans to stop Brainiac, Superman replies he would use Bozo the Clown if he'd help.

* Many many times throughout the years in the various media he's been depicted in, Franchise/{{Superman}} or, sometimes, an {{Expy}} has been shown holding a car above his head pointed slightly downward in reference to the image on the cover of Action Comics #1, his first appearance.
* ''Adventures of Superman'' #634, by Creator/DanAbnett and Creator/AndyLanning, had the Eradicator and [[ComicBook/{{Steel}} John Henry Irons]] create a "charged vacuum emboitment" out of "block transfer computations" to prevent the timestorms ravaging Metropolis. And if that sounds familiar to viewers of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''Logopolis'', well, Abnett wrote the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip for a while, and has also done ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio dramas and New Series novels.
* Also, an episode where Superman finds himself in the middle of a battle between a titanic Metallo and a {{Super Robot|Genre}}. With all the myriad shout outs from other giant monsters that show up to complicate matters (including a rather literal [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Gorilla-Whale]]), you'd think the Robot would be based on Anime/MazingerZ, and it is... due to the fact that it bears an even stronger resemblance to [[VideoGame/TechRomancer G. Kaiser]].
* ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing Black'' story arc in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' gives Lex Luthor a sidekick who bears a striking resemblance to Creator/DavidTennant. Lampshaded when [[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]] claims (falsely) to have killed him: "He reminded me so much of that actor, I wanted to see if he'd turn into someone else!"

* A previous ''Superman'' story showing "WhatIf... Lois and Clark had a kid?" had six-year-old Lara as Calvin and Mr Mxyzptlk as Hobbes.

* In ''Adventures of Superman (1987)'' Issue #59, it references TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}} with its "go to jail" card message, but reversed so the {{Anaphora}} goes before the {{Symploce}}, since going to jail is the important part, so it goes last: An officer tells Brainiac "Do not pass go... do not collect two hundred dollars... go to jail. Go directly to Jail!".

* ''Adventures of Superman'' #634, by Creator/DanAbnett and Creator/AndyLanning, had the Eradicator and [[Comicbook/{{Steel}} John Henry Irons]] create a "charged vacuum emboitment" out of "block transfer computations" to prevent the timestorms ravaging Metropolis. And if that sounds familiar to viewers of the ''Series/DoctorWho'' serial ''Logopolis'', well, Abnett wrote the ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic strip for a while, and has also done ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio dramas and New Series novels.

* Creator/PaulCornell's ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing Black'' story arc in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' gives Lex Luthor a sidekick who bears a striking resemblance to Creator/DavidTennant. Lampshaded when [[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]] claims (falsely) to have killed him: "He reminded me so much of that actor, I wanted to see if he'd turn into someone else!"
* ComicBook/SupermanBatman #75 pays homage to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' with [[http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4jgxS.jpg their own version]], "Comicbook/TheJoker and ComicBook/LexLuthor."

** In a comic book story titled "Business as Usual", it's still 9:03 am when ComicBook/LexLuthor comes up with solutions for all executive troubles Lexcorp was facing that day and Mercy asks what they'll do then. Lex says they'll do the same thing they do every day. This answer is similar to what The Brain usually tells Pinky at the end of every ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' episode. In Lex's case, that "same thing" is "figure out a way to destroy Superman".

* In ''ComicBook/TheDayTheCheeringStopped'', Superman reads a book on legends of the Myth/KingArthur.

* Many many times throughout the years in the various media he's been depicted in, Franchise/{{Superman}} or, sometimes, an {{Expy}} has been shown holding a car above his head pointed slightly downward in reference to the image on the cover of Action Comics #1, his first appearance. Most of these shout outs [[CharacterizationMarchesOn do not show the car being smashed into a hill side with people still in it]] the way Superman was in that iconic cover.

* Creator/PaulCornell's ''ComicBook/TheBlackRing Black'' story arc in ''ComicBook/ActionComics'' gives Lex Luthor a sidekick who bears a striking resemblance to Creator/DavidTennant. Lampshaded when the Joker claims (falsely) to have killed him: "He reminded me so much of that actor, I wanted to see if he'd turn into someone else!"

* Many many times throughout the years in the various media he's been depicted in, Franchise/{{Superman}} or, sometimes, an Expy has been shown holding a car above his head pointed slightly downward in reference to the image on the cover of Action Comics #1, his first appearance. Most of these shout outs [[CharacterizationMarchesOn do not show the car being smashed into a hill side with people still in it]] the way Superman was in that iconic cover.

* ComicBook/SupermanBatman #75 pays homage to ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' with [[http://forbiddenplanet.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/4jgxS.jpg their own version]], ''"Comicbook//TheJoker and ComicBook/LexLuthor."''