Here's my list of hundreds of songs that mention comic book and strip characters. This list doesn't include all the versions of the Batman TV show theme from the 60s (except for The Jam and The Who versions), the soundtrack to Superman or any of the other comic-inspired Broadway plays nor the various Power records of comic book dramatizations. The lyrics though for the Broadway musical It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's a Superman! have just been located and should be up one day!

There are a lot of comic characters with names like Rainbow, Storm, Beast, Lightning, etc., and those songs are not listed unless they're specifically about the character, so don't go looking for "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," "Riders on the Storm," "Beast of Burden" or "Lightning Strikes." Many mentions are not specifically about a comic character, but I include them because I don't think a generic Superman would be put into too many songs if there wasn't a specific Superman that became popular. Tarzan was listed in the first draft, but I took him out because he was originally a prose character, not a comic character. Some songs, like Black Sabbath's "Iron Man," are on the list because so many people think of the comic character and suggested the song for the list. Included are animated characters that have had a substantial run in either newspaper comics or comic books, whether or not they first appeared on film or television.

(Updated December 2007) Special thanks go to Eugene A, Fabio Balaguer, Chris Brown, Kasey Castleberry, Chris Companik, Des Devlin, Stephen Engelfried, Todd Enoch, Mike Forrester, Steve Freitag, Marc Glasser, Erich Heinemann, Patti Hemeleski, John Jayne, Mark Ameen Johnson, James Kelly, Pat Kelly, Mike Kuypers, Jules Langley, Arthur Lewandowski, Danny Lieberman, Tommy C. Lim, Jr., Ed Menje, James Mobius, Steve Molinari, Chip Nanco, Cole Odell, Paula O'Keefe, Toby James Petty, Frank Plowright, Vince Ripol, Rob Rudderham, Rob Rundle, James Spielberg, Howard Stangroom, Mercy Van Vlack, Steve Whitaker, Susan Winson and Hillel M. Zelman for help with the research.

The "rockin' chimp" is of course a tribute to the proliferation of simians in the DC Universe of the 60s. He himself was probably a member of the Teen Titans at some point. Any additions or corrections would be greatly welcomed and appreciated (especially if the lyric is missing)! Just drop Chris Companik (this page's designer) an e-mail.

A great number of folks ... who know their lyrics ... quickly jumped onto the bandwagon and their personal collections, thanks to Fred Bronson's CHART BEAT column on BILLBOARD Magazine's online site. Normally a plug here wouldn't go in, but Fred made a cool reference to "Metropolis Mailbag" so he's earned his place right here.

Either scroll on down, or click on any of the letters to jump-skip to your favorite character!

Characters are listed alphabetically, songs listed alphabetically then by artist (and you can argue the alphabetizing all you want, "Lois Lane" is alphabetized under "Lois" and not "Lane.") Album title in italics, then the lyric, all when available.

ADDAMS FAMILY

• "The Addams Family" from the TV series The Addams Family "We're going to take a call on the Addams Family."
• "Addams Groove" from Hammer (formerly M.C. Hammer) from the movie soundtrack The Addams Family
• The current reggae-pop version from the 1998-99 Fox Family Channel revival

ALLEY OOP

• "Alley Oop" by the Hollywood Argyles
• "Prologue (Little Shop of Horrors)" from Little Shop of Horrors "Alley Oop, haul it off the stoop."

ANGEL (Also see X-Men)

• "Comic Book Heroes" by the Tearjerkers' Through the Back Door . "Cyclops, Angel, and Dr. Strange, I wanna be like them."

ANIMANIACS llustration by Chip Nanco

• "Animaniacs" theme song from Animaniacs. "We're Animaniacs, we have pay-for-play contracts."

ARCHIE

• "Comic Books" from Blondie's Def, Dumb & Blonde "Superman, Batman and the Archie gang"

AQUAMAN llustration from the DC website

• "One Week" from Barenaked Ladies' Stunt "Makes you think you're looking at Aquaman"
• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "I am Aquaman and nobody better mess with me/ I may be nothing to you but I am a king beneath the sea/ Let's see you get by under water as well as I do on the ground/ I am Aquaman and you better not mess around"
• "The Ballad of Aquaman" by the Social Bedders. "Superman can fly up in the sky and Batman has a genius brain, Wonder Woman, the amazon, has got a invisible magic plane. The Flash runs quick as a comet, Green Lantern's got a glowing ring, they all bring great power, but what does Aquaman bring?"

ASTRO

• "Hound Dog" from Rockapella's Rockapella Two from NY "You're like Snoopy, you're like Goofy, you're like Astro, you're like Pluto"

ASTROBOY llustration by Mercy Van Vlack

• "Astroboy (and the Proles on Parade)" from The Buggles' The Age of Plastic. "Astroboy, I'm watching the proles on parade."

AVENGERS, The llustration by Chip Nanco

• "Comic Book Heroes" from The Tearjerkers Through the Back Door "X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, I wanna be like them."

BABY HUEY

• "Baby Huey" Harvey Comics single giveaway

BARBARELLA

• "Theme to Barbarella" from Bob Crewe's soundtrack to Barbarella (sung by Crewe and the Glitterhouse, written by Crewe and Charles Fox
• "Electric Barbarella" from Duran Duran (album possibly also called Electric Barbarella)
• "Tower One" from the Legendary Pink Dots' Tower "And Barbarella, Shelly, Napoleon..."
• "Gangster Glam" from Prince's Diamonds and Pearls "Godfather III meets Barbarella."

BARNEY GOOGLE

• "Barney Google" in versions by both Ernest Hare & Billy Jones, and by Georgia Price. "It's Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes."

BARNEY RUBBLE (see The Flintstones)

BART SIMPSON

• "Do the Bartman" by "Bart Simpson" (voiced by Nancy Cartwright)

BATMAN (also see Bruce Wayne) llustration by Neal Adams/Dick Giordano

• "Balbinattor Edzy" from Acid Drinker's Vile Vicious Drinkers. "Batman! Howya doin' brother, I can't stand smoking grass"
• "Coast II Coast" by the Alkoholics from the Friday soundtrack. Lyrics mention Batman (with samples from the 60s TV show)
• "Adam West" by the Cape Club (a parody of the Escape Club's "Wild Wild West"). "I comb the TV Guide for Batman fests." and "Gotta ask the Batman, gotta ask Adam West!"
• "Super-Gran" by Billy Connoly. "Stand back, Superman, Iceman and Spider-Man, Batman & Robin, too."
• "Comic Books" from Blondie's Def, Dumb & Blonde "Superman, Batman and the Archie gang"
• "Acid Batman" from Malachi Crunch's I Hate the Itching. "And Otto Preminger, who had played Mr. Freeze on that night's episode of Batman."
• "Flatland" from Drunken Boat's See Ruby Falls "Flatland. Batman. See now. Shut it down."
• "Blood on the Rooftops" from Genesis' Wind and Wuthering. "Hypnotized by Batman... still surprised."
• "Batman and His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman. "While Gotham City sleeps, Batman's grandmother is being kidnapped by the arch cirminal known as..." Commissioner Gordon, Robin and the Batmobile are also mentioned.
• "Ain't Go No" from Hair "LSD, 007s, Supermans, Batmans..."
• "Tarmac" from Hazeldine's How Bees Fly "Hold me close and kiss me now and fuck me like Batman"
• Batman" by Neal Hefti (TV theme song). Released also by the Marketts. Also covered on The Who's Rareties Vol. 1
• "Batman Theme" from the Jam's In the City
• Jan and Dean Meet Batman by Jan and Dean
• "Superman" from Mickey Jupp's Some People Can't Dance Batman is also mentioned in the lyrics.
• "Flossin' Season" from Immature's 400 Degreez "The bike I got come out in the year two thousand ten eleven fifty zoop with the Batman fin"
• "Four Eyes" from Lovin' Spoonful's Greatest Hits. "You're so blind they call you Batman."
• "Here Comes the Batman" by Scotty McKay. "Batman! Look in the sky! Batman! It's the Bat-Signal light! It's Batman!"
• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Batman's got an attitude everybody takes him seriously"
• "Talking Pop Art" from Tom Paxton's Outward Bound "So here I stand in a Superman suit... if I'd have a chance I'd rather be Batman."
• "Ramblin' On" from Procol Harum's Shine On Brightly "A local picture house was showing a Batman movie"
• "Batdance" from Prince's Batman. "I like Batman."
• "The Future" from Prince's Batman "What are you? I'm Batman!"
• "Good Bat Nightman" from the Scaffold. Satire of the Batman TV show.
• "Sarah Jockman" from Allen Sherman. "I'd rather be with Batman."
• "The Ballad of Aquaman" by the Social Bedders. "Superman can fly up in the sky and Batman has a genius brain, Wonder Woman, the amazon, has got a invisible magic plane. The Flash runs quick as a comet, Green Lantern's got a glowing ring, they all bring great power, but what does Aquaman bring?"
• "Batman and Robin" by the Spotlights
• "Danger is My Business" from Stetz' Bark! Bark! Bark! "I'll tell the Joker who Batman is."
• "Last Time" from Suicide's Why Be Blue "Batman's coming for the last time."
• "Galaxy" by War. "Superman, Batman, going all night, go one on one with a meteorite."
• "Do the Batman" by Fred Wesley and the JBs
• "Ex-Lion Tamer" from Wire's Wire Batman is mentioned as the Caped Crusader in the lyrics.
• "I Am Your Batman" from a Chinese group, sung half in Chinese and half in English. Artist unknown.

BATMOBILE, The

• "Kids WB" from the Barenaked Ladies' WB promo (their own parody of "One Week.") "Batmobile needs new wheels, watch it peels on its wheels and wash the window, and we check the ejection seat."
• "Adam West" by the Cape Cub (a parody of the Escape Club's "Wild Wild West"). "I always cheer, I always squeal, when he cries out, 'To the Batmobile!'"
• "Batman and His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman. "While Gotham City sleeps, Batman's grandmother is being kidnapped by the arch cirminal known as..." Commissioner Gordon, Robin and the Batmobile are also mentioned.
• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Batman's got the Batmobile"
• "Bango" from Todd Terry Project's To the Batmobile "Let's go to the Batmobile, let's go bango bango."
• "I'm a Rocker" from Bruce Sprinsgteen's The River "I got a Batmobile so I can reach ya' in a fast shake."
• "She Drives Like Crazy" from "Weird" Al Yankovic's UHF "Thinks she's driving the Batmobile."

BAT-SIGNAL, The

• "Batman" by Scotty McKay "It's the Bat-signal light! It's Batman!" 

BLACK CANARY

• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Green Arrow’s got his Black Canary"

BETTY BOOP

• "My Fist, Your Face" from Aersomith's Done with Mirrors "Betty Boop, you got me drooling."
• "Give a Little" from L.A. Guns' Cocked and Loaded "Betty Boop what u doing to me."
• "Drop Dead Legs" from Van Halen's 1984 "Nice white teeth, Betty Boop."

BRAINIAC llustration byCurt Swan/Murphy Anderson

• "The Intro and the Outro" from the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band's Gorilla. "And Brainiac on xylophone"
• "Brainiac's Daughter" from the Dukes of Stratosphear's Psionic Psunspots. Brainiac mentioned throughout the song, as well as the bottled city of Kandor
• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "I know that I'm no Brainiac but I'm no fool"
• "Spinderella is Not a Fella" from Salt N Pepa's A Salt with a Deadly Pepa "Mixes like a maniac, clever as a Brainiac."
• "Brainiac" from the Patti Smith Group.
• "Debra Kadabra" from Frank Zappa's Bongo Fury "Make me grow Brainiac fingers."
• "Soul-Crusher" from White Zombie's La Sexorcisto "Devil come a stepp'n, Brainiac a look'n below."

BRENDA STARR llustration by June Brigman

• "Rip Her to Shreds" from Blondie's Blondie. "She thinks she's Brenda Starr."

BRUCE WAYNE (also see Batman)

• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Even millionaire Bruce Wayne has that thing on the side with his ward Dick Grayson"
• "Can U Dig It?" from Pop Will Eat Itself's This is the Day... This is the Hour... This is This Mentions the Furry Freak Brothers, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Alan Moore, Bruce Wayne and V for Vendetta
• "Batdance" from Prince's Batman "Hi, Bruce Wayne, I've tried to avoid all this, but I can't."

BORIS BADANOV (see Rocky and Bullwinkle)

BULLWINKLE (also see Rocky and Bullwinkle)

• "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" from Gil Scott Heron's The Revolution Will Not Be Televised "And will not star Natalie Wood and Steve McQueen or Bullwinkle and Julia"
• Rocky Horror Picture Show Audience Participation Album "Bullwinkle!" is shouted after Frank shouts "Rocky!"

CAPTAIN AMERICA illustration by Mercy Van Vlack

• "Captain America" from Jimmy Buffett. "Can you tell me where I might find my friend and companion, he looks a little different from anything you see, He likes to be the base strong for justice and salvation....Captain America, we love you...."
• "Paradise City" from Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction. "Captain America is torn apart."
• "Happy Time" from Daniel Johnston's Fin "My favorite was Captain America."
• "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" from the Kinks' Low Budget "This is Captain America calling."
• "Captain America" by Moe
• "Captain America" from the mid60s *badly* animated series. While Thor, Hulk, and the other Marvel characters all had their distinctively trite theme songs, who can forget "When Captain America throws his mighty shield/ All those who chose to oppose his shield must yield/ If he's led to a fight and a duel is due/ Then the red and the white and the blue will come through/ When Captain America throws his mighty shield!"

CAPTAIN HURRICANE

• "War Stories" from Starjets' God Bless the Starjets "War stories, Captain Hurricane"

CAPTAIN MARVEL

• "Bungalo Bill" from The Beatles' The Beatles (commonly known as "The White Album") "So Captain Marvel zapped them right between the eyes."
• "Super Powers" by Ookla the Mok. Captain Marvel is not mentioned by name, but this lyric would likely be "sung" by him: "I got the wisdom of Solomon and the strenght from Hercules, I have memorized what SHAZAM was But I still fight evil in my red pajamas.""

CAROL FERRIS

• "Green Lantern" by J-Sin Starr "Carol Ferris, where are you now, trapped inside your Sapphire tower". (Carol Ferris was from time to time the Green Lantern foe Star Sapphire.)

CASPER the Friendly Ghost

• "Square Biz" from Teena Marie's It Must Be Magic "I've been called Casper."
• "Casper, Casper (Whatcha Doin' on the Moon)". Harvey Comics single giveaway

CATWOMAN

• "Adam West" by the Cape Cub (a parody of the Escape Club's "Wild Wild West"). "I'll find Catwoman, we'll get down."

CHARLIE BROWN

• "Not the Red Baron" from Tori Amos' Boys for Pele "Not the Red Baron, Not Charlie Brown"
• "Same Thing" from Barenaked Ladies' Born on a Pirate Ship. "Musta been the same thing Charlie Brown went through."
• "Hello" from Beloved's Happiness "Charlie Parker, Charlie Brown, Leslie Crowder, come on down."
• "Good Grief, Charlie Brown" from Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine's 101 Dalmations "Like the good old Charlie Brown"
• "My Rhyme Ain't Done" from L. L. Cool J.'s Bigger and Deffer. "Goes to comic strip land and meets He-Man, Donald Duck, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Tom & Jerry and Mickey Mouse."
• "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown" from the Broadway musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown

CHEECH WIZARD

• "Sure Shot" from the Beastie Boys' Ill Communication. "On rock the microphone, and then I'm gone, I'm Like Vaughn Bode, I'm a Cheech Wizard, Never quitting, so won't you listen."

CHEMICAL KING

• "Spine of God" from Monster Magnet. "Peace is what you get from the Chemical King"

CLARK KENT (also see SUPERMAN)

• "What's Next to the Moon?" by AC/DC's Powerage "Superman was out of town... Clark Kent was looking for a free ride."
• "The Superman Song" from the Crash Test Dummies' first album. "But Clark Kent, there was a real gent."
• "We Wanna Party" from Dana Dare's We Wanna Party "And my man Clark Kent on the DJ set"
• "Fire Escape" from Fastball's All the Pain That Money Can Buy. "I don't wanna be president, Superman or Clark Kent."
• "Here on Planet Krypton" from Norton & Rich. Clark and Lois are mentioned often, a later version by Kim Norton later included Superman.
• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Clark Kent wouldn’t be the same if he didn’t have his Lois Lane"
• "Mary Mary" from Run-DMC's Tougher than Leather. "Dee was Lois Lane and I was Clark Kent."
• "Lois Lane" from Uncle Bonsai's Boys Want Sex in the Morning The song is about Superman, Lois Lane and Clark Kent.
• The band Klark Kent (Andy Summers' side project)

COMIC BOOK HEROES

• a "concept" album by The Capes & Masks
• Comic Book Heroes from Rick Springfield. No one we seem knows much about this album, but VH1's Behind the Music claims it was Rick's first US album in 1974. A snippet of the song played had the line "I wanna fly like a comic book hero." The guess is "Comic Book Heroes" is also the name of the song.
• "Comic Book Heroes" from The Tearjerkers Through the Back Door mentions X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Dr. Von Doom and Magneto.

COMIC BOOKS themselves

• "Budda Budda" from Rick Rock's Mondo Montage "The enemy planes in comic books go budda budda"

COMMISSIONER GORDON

• "Adam West" by the Cape Cub (a parody of the Escape Club's "Wild Wild West"). "Commissioner's on the Bat-Phone, talking to the duo."
• "Batman and His Grandmother" by Dickie Goodman. "While Gotham City sleeps, Batman's grandmother is being kidnapped by the arch cirminal known as..." Commissioner Gordon, Robin and the Batmobile are also mentioned.

COSMIC BOY llustration by Mercy Van Vlack

• "Cosmic Boy" from Spock's Alien Worlds " Cosmic Boy, Cosmic Boy, looking for action, looking for joy."

CRIMSON DYNAMO

• "Magneto and Titanium Man" from Wings' Venus and Mars. "And the Crimson Dynamo came along."

CYCLOPS (Also see X-Men)

• "X-Men: A Little Prayer" by Modern Humorist. Professor X, Sabretooth, Senator Kelly and Cyclops are mentioned throughtout the song "sung" by Wolverine
• "Comic Book Heroes" by the Tearjerkers' Through the Back Door . "Cyclops, Angel, and Dr. Strange, I wanna be like them."

DAISY DUCK

• "A Jolly Holiday with Rudy" from the original cast album Forbidden Broadwat Cleans Up Its Act. "A Daisy Duck displaces ev'ry whore."

DAN DARE

• "D.J." from David Bowie's Lodger. "I feel like Dan Dare lies down."
• "Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future" from Elton John's Rock of the Westies

DAREDEVIL

• Not mentioned in a song, but the band As the Teardrop Explodes got its name from the title of a 60s Daredevil story.

DIANA PRINCE (Also see Wonder Woman)

• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Diana's got her invisible jet"

DICK GRAYSON (Also see Robin)

• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Even millionaire Bruce Wayne has that thing on the side with his ward Dick Grayson"

DICK TRACY

• "Now I'm Following You" by Madonna fromthe Dick Tracy soundtrack "Calling Dick Tracy, calling Dick Tracy"
• Theme to Dick Tracy from the Ventures"Pros Cons" from Roger Waters' Pros Cons "Do you remember Dick Tracy?"

DOCTOR OCTOPUS

• "Comic Book Heroes" from The Tearjerkers Through the Back Door. "Doc Ock, Von Doom, and Magneto, don't wanna be like them."

DOCTOR STRANGE llustration by Chris Companik

• "Dr. Strange" by the Afterburn. "Dr. Strange, what is happening to me? It was just one day ago, she put me under her control"
• "Dr. Strange" by Burning Rain. "Doctor Strange, coming through his dark hallway."
• "Superbird" from Country Joe and the Fish's Electric Music for Mind and Body "I've got the Fantastic Four and Doctor Strange to help him on his way."
• "Time for a Change" from Peter Hamill's PH7. "So tell Doctor Strange it's time for a change."
• "Please Don't Kill Doctor Strange" from the Pineapples
• "Cymbaline" from Pink Floyd's More "Doctor Strange is always changing size."
• "Master of the Mystic Arts" from 3-D Invisibles' Jump off the Screen The whole song is about him.
• "Mambo Sun" from T. Rex's Electric Warrior "I'm Dr. Strange for you."
• "Comic Book Heroes" by the Tearjerkers' Through the Back Door . "Cyclops, Angel, and Dr. Strange, I wanna be like them."

DOCTOR DOOM

• "Def.Con.One" from Pop Will Eat Itself's This Is the Day "Goodbye city, hello moon, Hands up, Doctor Doom!"
• "Comic Book Heroes" from The Tearjerkers Through the Back Door. "Doc Ock, Von Doom, and Magneto, don't wanna be like them."
• "Dear Dr. Doom..." by the 13th Floor Elevators.

DOCTOR FATE

• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "My comic book's been cancelled more than Dr. Fate"

DONALD DUCK

• "Hooray for Hollywood" by Johnny "Scat" Davis from Hollywood Hotel. "Come on and try your luck, you could be Donald Duck."
• "Donald Duck" from the Kinks' The Village Green Preservation Society. "God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville, and Variety."
• "My Rhyme Ain't Done" from L. L. Cool J.'s Bigger and Deffer. "Goes to comic strip land and meets He-Man, Donald Duck, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Tom & Jerry and Mickey Mouse."
• "You Can't Dance" from LL Cool J's You Can't Dance "You look like Ralph Kramden or a Donald Duck cartoon."
• "Who's the Leader of the Band?" by the Mousketeers. Donald is sung as the "retort."
• "Barbapappa & Ankan Kalle" from Raped Teenagers' Kalas Puffar. "Barbarapappa and Donald Duck have imaginations in each otheir heads." (translated from Swedish)
• "Piggy in the Middle" from the Rutles' The Rutles "Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse, even Pluto, too"
• "The Tide Is Turning" from Roger Waters' Radio Kaos "In the glow of their Donald Duck light."

DURAN DURAN

• The band got its name from a scientist in the Barbarella comic strip

EGO, THE LIVING PLANET

• "Ego, the Living Planet" from Monster Magnet's Dopes to Infinity

ELMIRA (character from Animaniacs)

• "Kids WB" from the Barenaked Ladies' WB promo (their own parody of "One Week." "We're gettin' squeezed by Elmira, she'll wash and dry ya, until your mouth is really squeaky clean."

FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS

• "Can U Dig It?" from Pop Will Eat Itself's This is the Day... This is the Hour... This is This Mentions the Furry Freak Brothers, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Alan Moore, Bruce Wayne and V for Vendetta

FANTASTIC FOUR

• "Same Thing" by Barenaked Ladies. "I'm in a comic store, someone has mistaken me a price comic I could make a fortune on, and walks the Fantastic Four, say don't go, that last issue is cool"
• "Superbird" from Country Joe and the Fish's Electric Music for Mind and Body "I've got the Fantastic Four and Dr. Strange to help him on his way."
• "Comic Book Heroes" from The Tearjerkers Through the Back Door "X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, I wanna be like them."

FLASH, The llustration by Carmine Infantino

• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "And all the second-rate heroes get their own TV shows even the Pre-Crisis Flash"
• "Stop Talking about Comics or I'll Kill You" by Ookla the Mok. Comic related lyrics mention Hulk, Man of Steel, Steve Rogers, Logan, Kraven, Spider-Man, Flash, Zero Hour, X-Men, Jack Kirby, Overstreet Price Guide, Comic Buyer's Guide, Wizard magazine and The Invisibles.
• "The Ballad of Aquaman" by the Social Bedders. "Superman can fly up in the sky and Batman has a genius brain, Wonder Woman, the amazon, has got a invisible magic plane. The Flash runs quick as a comet, Green Lantern's got a glowing ring, they all bring great power, but what does Aquaman bring?"

FLASH GORDON

• "Flash's Theme" from Queen's soundtrack to Flash Gordon. "Flash Gordon, savior of the universe!" (and of course the immortal line "Flash, Flash, I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the universe!")
• "Science Fiction Double Feature" from the soundtrack and cast albums of The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show. "Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear, Claude Rains was the Invisible Man."

FLINTSTONES llustration by Chris Companik

• "Meet the Flintstones" from the BC-52's (a.k.a. the B-52's). Remake of the TV theme song "Meet the Flintstones, they're the modern stone age family."
• "Rock with the Caveman" by Big Audio Dynamite "Wilma, I'm home!"
• "Bowling with Bedrock Barnie from the Dickies' We Aren't the World, The Roir Sessions (Live) "So I'm bowling with Bedrock Barney, Barney/ He is the life of the party, Barney/ He like's to party hardy, that Barney."
• "I Wanna Be a Film Star" from Screaming Blue Messiahs' Bikini Red The whole song is about them.
• "I Wanna Be a Flintstone" from the Screaming Blue Messiahs. A parody of their own song above on The Flintstones soundtrack
• "Prehistoric Daze" by Shakespear's Sister & the Holy Ghost "Barney Rubble, Fred Flinstone, trading places."
• "Footprints" from Squeeze's Babylon and On "I watched The Flintstones and I turned my dial."
• "I Showed a Caveman How to Rock" from US3 featuring Def Jam "I met this guy name Freddie, didn't wear no socks, he had a part time gig at the gravel pit slinging rocks."
• "Bedrock Anthem" from "Weird Al" Yankovic's Jurassic Park Song uses tune of both "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away" and mentions entire cast

GHOST RIDER the motorcycle-riding flaming headed super-hero

• "Ghost Rider" by the Rollins Band from the soundtrack of The Crow "Riding down the street with your head on FIRE ... Ghost Rider!"

GOOFY

• "Hound Dog" from Rockapella's Rockapella Two from NY "You're like Snoopy, you're like Goofy, you're like Astro, you're like Pluto"

GOTHAM CITY

• "Gotham City" by R. Kelly from the Batman and Robin soundtrack. "A city of justice, a city of love, a city of peace for every one of us, we all need it, can't live without it, Gotham City, yeah".

GREEN ARROW

• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Green Arrow's sharp but I couldn't be any duller"

GREEN LANTERN illustration by Gil Kane

HAGAR THE HORRIBLE and HELGA

• "I Ain't Workin' Anymore" from David Johansen's Sweet Revenge. "We could live like Hagar and Helga."

HALO JONES

• "Malaria" from Shriekback's Oil and Gold "I wanna live like Halo Jones."
• "Hanging Out with Halo Jones" from Transvision Vamp's Pop Art The whole song is about the character.

HE-MAN

• "My Rhyme Ain't Done" from L. L. Cool J.'s Bigger and Deffer. "Goes to comic strip land and meets He-Man, Donald Duck, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Tom & Jerry and Mickey Mouse."

HUCKLEBERRY HOUND

• "Easy Rider" from the first album by Big Brother and the Holding Company "He watches Huckleberry Hound on his TV."
• "The Nameless One" from Wendy James' Now Ain't the Time for Your Tears "Huckleberry Hound and Huckleberry Finn"
• "Hound Dog" from Rockapella's Rockapella Two from NY "You're like Lassie, Checkers and Huckleberry Hound."
• "Charlie M" from Space's Spiders "Over the hill comes Huckleberry Hound."

THE HULK

• "My Name Is" from Enimen's Slim Shady. "Clothes red like the Incredible Hulk"
• "My Rhyme Ain't Done" from L. L. Cool J.'s Bigger and Deffer. "Goes to comic strip land and meets He-Man, Donald Duck, Spider-Man, The Hulk, Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Tom & Jerry and Mickey Mouse."
• "Stop Talking about Comics or I'll Kill You" by Ookla the Mok. Comic related lyrics mention Hulk, Man of Steel, Steve Rogers, Logan, Kraven, Spider-Man, Flash, Zero Hour, X-Men, Jack Kirby, Overstreet Price Guide, Comic Buyer's Guide, Wizard magazine and The Invisibles.

THE HUMAN TORCH

• "If You Love Somebody, Set Them on Fire" from the Dead Milkmen's Metaphysical Graffiti "Your dad called me the Human Torch."
• "Earl of Roseland" from Styx' Styx II "Spider-Man and the Human Torch, they cover bodies to stand."

HOT STUFF

• "Hot Stuff" Harvey Comics single giveaway

HOWARD THE DUCK

• Thomas Dolby and the Cube's soundtrack to Howard the Duck
• "Precious" from the Pretenders' The Pretenders "Howard the Duck... trapped in a world he never made."

ICEMAN

• "Super-Gran" by Billy Connoly. "Stand back, Superman, Iceman and Spider-Man, Batman & Robin, too."
• "The Iceman Comes" fom Gary Numan's Warriors "The Iceman comes, someone is out there." (probably not about the X-Men's Iceman, but with Numan, who knows?)

INVISIBLES, The

• "Stop Talking about Comics or I'll Kill You" by Ookla the Mok. Comic related lyrics mention Hulk, Man of Steel, Steve Rogers, Logan, Kraven, Spider-Man, Flash, Zero Hour, X-Men, Jack Kirby, Overstreet Price Guide, Comic Buyer's Guide, Wizard magazine and The Invisibles.

IRON MAN

• "Iron Man" from Black Sabbath's Paranoid. Not about the character, but everyone reminds me of this one. Song was recetnly covered by Busta Rhymes on Extinction Level Event - The Final World Front
• "Over the Top" from Pete Townshend's Iron Man "I've no idea where my life began but I am a fearless Iron Man." (since the lyrics capitalize the name, it's included)
• "Who's the One" from Winger's Pull "When the Iron Man begins to rust." (same explanation as above)

JETSONS, GEORGE and JANE

• "X, Y, and Z" from Pop Will Eat Itself's Cure for Insanity. ""You be Jane, I'm George Jetson."

JIMMY OLSEN Technically, Jimmy first appeared on the Superman radio serial, not in the comic books

• "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" from the Spin Doctors' A Pocketful of Kryptonite "Oh Lois Lane, please put me in your plan, no, you don't need no Superman." Oddly enough, Jimmy is only mentioned in the song title!

JOHNNY THUNDER

• "Johnny Thunder" from The Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society

JOKER, The

• "Adam West" by the Cape Cub (a parody of the Escape Club's "Wild Wild West"). "Joker has escaped again, babe, just got to learn."
• Jan and Dean Meet Batman by Jan and Dean. The Joker is mentioned throughout this album.
• "Vicki Waiting" from Prince's Batman "People, people, whatever floats this Joker's boat or whatever this Joker will bang"
• "Good Bat Nightman" from the Scaffold. Satire of the Batman TV show. Mentions the Joker.
• "The Whole Wide World" from the Soup Dragons. "Do you know who the Joker is?"
• "Danger is My Business" from Stetz' Bark! Bark! Bark! "I'll tell the Joker who Batman is."

JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS

• "Josie and the Pussycats" originally sung by Cheryl Lynn Stoppelmoor (later changed her name to Cheryl Ladd) and then covered on Saturday Morning Classics by Tanya Donnelly and Juliana Hatfield

JUDGE DREDD

• "I am the Law" by Anthrax. (The whole song is about him.)
• "Judge Dredd on a BSA" from Martin Degville's World War Four
• "Mutants in Megacity One" from the Fink Brothers (single only)
• "I Am the Law" from the Human League's Dare (The whole song is about him.)

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA (Also see individual members.)

• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "All the other members of the Justice League/ Say I have useless super powers and make fun of me"
• "Melt the Guns" from XTC's English Settlement "I'm speaking to the Justice League of America."

KRAVEN THE HUNTER

• "Stop Talking about Comics or I'll Kill You" by Ookla the Mok. Comic related lyrics mention Hulk, Man of Steel, Steve Rogers, Logan, Kraven, Spider-Man, Flash, Zero Hour, X-Men, Jack Kirby, Overstreet Price Guide, Comic Buyer's Guide, Wizard magazine and The Invisibles.

KRYPTONITE

• "Superbird" from Country Joe and the Fish's Electric Music for Mind and Body "Lyndon Johnson chased by Kryptonite."
• "Party Up (Up in Here)" by DMX "I got the Kryptonite, should I smack him with my dick and the mic?"
• "The Carpet Crawlers" from Genesis' Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. "Mild-mannered Supermen are held in Kryptonite."
• "This Must Be Wrong" by Janis Ian. "I ain't no Lois Lane, before I get my Kryptonite."
• Spin Doctors' A Pocketful of Kryptonite
• "I'm Your Superman" from Rick Springfield's Comic Book Heroes Kryptonite is mentioned in the lyrics.
• "Kryptonite" from 3 Doors Down's 3 Doors Down "My love is Kryptonite... yeah, Kryptonite!"
• "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" by Travis Tritt "I start to feel like Superman when I pick a fight, only to find that my opponent's holding Kryptonite!"

LISA SIMPSON

• "Lisa, It's Your Birthday" by Michael Jackson from The Simpsons

LINUS

• "Good Grief, Charlie Brown" from Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine's 101 Dalmations "Like the good old Charlie Brown, you think Linus could be right."

LITTLE AUDREY

• "Here Comes Little Audrey" Harvey Comics single giveaway

LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE

• "Little Orphan Annie" by the Coon-Sanders Orchestra (used on the original radio serial). "Who's that little chatterbox / The one with pretty auburn locks / Who can it be? / It's Little Orphan Annie!"
• "Annie's Favorite Show Tune: from the original cast album Forbidden Briadway Original Cast
• "Annie II" from the original cast album Forbidden Broadway Volume 2, "Maybe Mister Charmin will bring Annie back again, tomorrow, tomorrow."
• "Annie's not an Orphan Anymore" from Rochell & the Candles' "Little Orphan Annie" (single) "
• "Officer Krupke" from West Side Story "Leapin' Lizards, what a thing to do!" (The phrase "Leapin' Lizards" was one of Annie's favorite exclamations.

• "Scenes from a Night's Dream" from Genesis' Wind and Wuthering (song about him)

LOIS LANE llustration byJoe Shuster

• "What's Next to the Moon" from AC/DC's Powerage "Think about Lois Lane."
• "Kids WB" from the Barenaked Ladies' WB promo (their own parody of "One Week.") "Lois Lane's got the fly right, kickin', drive you off a cliff and your heart starts tickin'."
• "This Must Be Wrong" by Janis Ian. "I ain't no Lois Lane, before I get my Kryptonite."
• "Hercules Unchained" from Steve Hackett's Extra Tracks "Guess we'd better move the scene to Superman and Lois Lane."
• "Donquixote" from Nik Kershaw's The Riddle "Here I am, Superman, Lois Lane, saved the world, back again."
• The Dutch duo of Suzanne and Monique Klemann perform as Lois Lane, though their released CD in the US was credited to Lois-L
• "Arthur Curry" by Ookla the Mok. "Clark Kent wouldn’t be the same if he didn’t have his Lois Lane"
• "Deeply Dippy" from Right Said Fred's Up "Deeply dippy, I'm your Superman. I'll explain, you're my Lois Lane."
• "My Mother's Clothes" from Romanovsky & Phillips' Emotional Rollercoaster (also appeared on their album Brave Boys and in the off-Broadway musical Jayson) "We can be Miss Lois Lane... oh Superman!!"
• "Mary Mary" from Run-DMC's Tougher than Leather. "Dee was Lois Lane and I was Clark Kent."
• "Jimmy Olsen's Blues" from the Spin Doctors' A Pocketful of Kryptonitte "Oh Lois Lane, please put me in your plan, no, you don't need no Superman."
• "Delilah Delilah" from Stewart Tony's Supersam "Why a Superman would give his strength to win his Lois Lane?
• "Rapper's Delight" from the Sugarhill Gang's Rapper's Delight "Said I go by the name of Lois Lane"
• "Impressed" from Tonio K's Romeo Unchained "Ken and Barbie, Dick and Jane, Superman and Lois Lane