SECRET ORIGINS MILHOUSE as ROBBY REED! As regular readers of Dial B for Blog are aware, Robby Reed is a DC comics character who can change into different superheroes by using a special dial to "Dial H for Hero." Since Robby was one of the more obscure and short-lived DC heroes, he has never been satirized -- until recently! Matt Groening's Bongo Comic Group recently published a story starring
Bart Simpson's best friend, Milhouse, in the first-ever parody of the "Dial H" series! In this story, which ran in Simpsons Super Spectacular #12, Milhouse uses his cell phone to RE-dial H for Hero, and becomes...
THE GOLDEN AGE FLASH!
BLACK LIGHTNING!
HAWKMAN!
HUMAN TORCH! -- BATMAN! -- MR. FANTASTIC!
And last but not least... THE FORKUPINE!
Sadly, Super Milhouse retired after just one issue...
Simpsons Super Spectacular #12 - original, real cover made to look old!
Here's the cover of Superboy #49 by Curt Swan...
And a Robby-recreation by Michael T. Gilbert...
,,,and here's Gilbert's cover made to look old by me, the "other" Robby!
"ONE TO THRILL YOU" returns, with a subject chosen
by Kelly Green, the Claw Contest winner!
It's the spookiest issue of Dial B ever...