Okay guys, give me songs that comic book characters are name-checked in! The more obscure the better!
Ideally the title, artist and character + lyric (if you can be bothered) and YouTube link (if you can be bothered).
I'll start with:
Cult Boyfriend by Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard
Cerebus
"Cerebus is a cult comic book series
It's got fans but it's never found in movies or in theories"
Does anyone know if The Power Of Love by Frankie Goes to Hollywood deliberately references The Human Torch? It could almost be written from his point of view and it quotes his catch phrase “Flame On”.
There’s verse 6 (often cut) from Rapper’s Delight by Sugarhill Gang which is hilarious
“I said by the way baby what's your name
Said "I go by the name of Lois Lane
And you could be my boyfriend you surely can
Just let me quit my boyfriend called Superman“
Oh and just in case you’re not hip like me, all of those mentions of Mary Jane in songs from the 70s are not referencing the delightful Miss Watson, Tiger.
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