The comic Batman, by DC Comics, is mentioned several times in Buffy.

In 2.02 Some Assembly Required, Buffy alludes to the ‘Bat-Signal’ in Gotham city which is used to alert Batman that …

In the comic and movie Blade, Blade is a half-vampire who kills other vampires and has a mentor named Whistler - which was clearly the influence for the Angel/Whistler relationship.

In 3.14 Bad Girls the Mayor, Mr. Trick and Deputy Mayor Allan Finch discussed their favourite comic strips. Finch liked Cathy, a cartoon which depicts the life of a young, single …

The Jonathan comic books in 4.17 Superstar were made by Dark Horse comics, the same company that makes the Buffy and Angel comics. In 4.05 Supersymmetry, Gunn slams the comic shop clerk …

In 3.14 Bad Girls, the Mayor says, “I just love the Family Circus! That P.J., he’s getting to be quite a handful.” Family Circus is a newspaper-syndicated cartoon by Bill Keane …

The Marvel comic Fantastic Four is referenced a few times in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. In 1.03 The Witch, Xander says about Amber’s burning hands:

“Like the Human Torch, …

There are a couple of references to the sci-fi comic Flash Gordon throughout Angel.
In Sense and Sensitivity, in reply to Kate’s question on the whereabouts of Little Tony, Spivey …

The scythe which Buffy finds in 7.20 Touched comes from the Slayer comic book called Fray, created by Joss Whedon. In the comic, future slayer Fray is using the scythe to …

In 7.09 Never Leave Me, Warren says to Andrew, “You can do this. You’re my Iron Fist.” Iron Fist is a Marvel Comics character.

In 7.13 The Killer In Me, Andrew mentions he’s getting a copy of comic The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Xander reveals his a fan too. The comic is published by …

The name of the episode 2.16 Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered may come from the Pogo comic books. The comics came out in the 1950’s and were created by Walt Kelly. Among …

In 4.21 Primeval, Joss Whedon got the idea of the Scoobies combining their powers to make a super-Slayer to defeat Adam from the Promethea series by Alan Moore.

Xander twice name checks “Sgt. Rock” in the episode 5.20 Spiral. He is referring to DC Comics’ all-action war hero created by Robert Kanigher & Joe Kubert.

There is a Silver Surfer comic near Andrew at the beginning of the episode 7.16 Storyteller. The Silver Surfer was a Marvel comic book character.

Spider-Man is a popular Marvel comic starring Peter Parker, who leads a double life as superhero Spider-Man. Made into two successful movies starring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. There are …

Comicbook hero Superman has been epitomised in many comics (by DC Comics), movies, TV shows (eg. Lois and Clarke, Smallville - in which James Marsters played Brainiac), cartoons (eg. The …

In 2.05 Reptile Boy, Tom says,

“Anyway, the Hulk is gone, so you don’t have to dance with me.”

This is a reference to Marvel Comics’ angry superhero the Incredible Hulk.

In 3.16 Doppelgangland, vampire Willow breaks the fingers of a vampire henchman, whilst asking, “who do you work for?” This scene is a direct reference to the 1980s comic book …

Joss Whedon was chosen to direct the 2007 movie version of Wonder Woman, but later stepped down due to disagreements over the script. Cordelia’s birthday cake in the episode 3.11 Birthday …

Buffy creator Joss Whedon is a huge comics fan, particularly the Marvel comic X-Men. His dream came true when, post-Buffy, Joss wrote the Astonishing X-Men comics. The comic has been …