Originally posted by ODG
Websites, taglines & ads -- they do not compare to the actual on-panel comics. Particularly not when we've had 3+ years of DC's entire library of ongoing publishing record since Death Metal concluded.
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But the scan you posted, just didn't prove the scans Abhi posted
As for 3+ years of DC publishing record
Just for pre-crisis history, pretty sure it has already have many instances that refer to it
Originally posted by DarkSaint85Then the latest Superman Red/Blue comic showcased this, as Superman remembers (and the editor, Jamie Rich, directly confirms it) doing something in World's Finest 192-193, which was released in 1970 (i.e. pre Crisis):
Originally posted by DarkSaint85
Interesting that DC once more showcases that everything is canon - the Ultra Humanite directly references the Purple Plague (Action Comics #19, 1940) and the Atomic Disintegrator (plus multiple bodies, Action Comics #21, 1940):Superman and the Authority #4, 2021:
Action Comics #19, 1940:
Action Comics #21, 1940:
Originally posted by qwertyuiop1998
Black Adam's issue directly refers a story from Golden Age comics
In The New Golden Age refers to all All-Star Comics 61(1976)
https://ibb.co/gPbqypL
Originally posted by qwertyuiop1998
Yeah, I mean recently just in the Wonder Woman comic, Superman mentions his super-ventriloquism
https://ibb.co/k6qRBdxWhich only regularly seen in pre-crisis era
https://superman.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Ventriloquism
And Superman recently met pre-crisis Terra-Man, Terra-Man directly says he and superman has their fair share of run-ins
https://ibb.co/zPRRz95
https://ibb.co/54mttpHThis is Pre-Crisis Terra-Man, who is a space cowboy
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/7/76/Tobias_Manning_Earth-One_0001.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20240114140943
This is Post-Crisis Terra-man, who is a Poison Ivy rip-off
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/marvel_dc/images/b/b9/Terra-Man_002.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20091029030619And then you've The Abominable Snowman(Doctor Phoenix version)
https://ibb.co/cbxL4WV
Who is only has Pre-Crisis appearances before Infinite Frontier(I.E, after Death Metal he was brought back)
https://comicvine.gamespot.com/abominable-snowman/4005-36853/issues-cover/There are also not-direct related to Superman, but other characters made pre-crisis references examples.
Like Blue Beetle directly referred a pre-crisis comic(1967)
https://ibb.co/jv0YtBn
etcetc
I mean, how many references do you need to be satisfied for comics that are almost half century ago get referred in a 3+ years publications?