Hero TV show to Hanna-Barbera alongside the Teen Titans back in the 1980s. Web series Machinima Inc. and DC Entertainment were producing a live-action web series based on an updated version of the original concept as of May 2015. Titled #4Hero, the VFX-heavy comedy was to be about a young woman named Nellie Tribble who discovers a smartphone app that allows her to temporarily gain semi-useful superpowers dictated by whatever is trending at the moment. The series status is unknown since their project wasn't released yet. In popular culture Dial B for Blog is an extensive, popular comics blog run by Kirk Kimball, who blogs under the name "Robby Reed". "Dial M for Monkey" was a segment on Dexter's Laboratory in which Dexter's lab monkey would become the superhero Monkey whenever there was trouble, with Dexter unaware of this. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game, there is a set of cards that pay homage to this comic: H-Heated Heart, E-Emergency Call, R-Righteous Justice, O-Oversoul. The card HERO Flash uses these four cards to allow Elemental Hero normal Monsters to attack the opponent directly. In Simpsons Super Spectacular #12, there is a story called "Dial M for Milhouse" that parodies Dial H for Hero. In the story, Houseboy gets a phone that allows him to transform into various superheroes, but he goes power-mad and Bartman ends up trying to stop him. The identities he assumes include Flasherdasher, Electroshock, Capybara Man, the Falconator, Campfire Kid, Batboy, Rubber Lad and Forkupine Radioactive Boy, Bug Boy, Plasmo, Lure Lad, Purple Badge of Courage, Weasel Boy and Captain Squad. See also Ben 10 – Features an alien watch-like device called the "Omnitrix" which allows the wearer to transform into different alien heroes, inspired by the Hero Dials. Kamen Rider Decade – Features a protagonist who, by inserting cards into a rotating belt, can turn into other heroes from the franchise. Kid Chameleon – Features a protagonist that transforms into different heroes by wearing different masks. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger – Features a team of protagonists who, by selecting various "Ranger Keys", can become any member of the previous 34 Super Sentai series. References External links Dial H for Hero at Comic Vine Robby Reed at Comic Vine Chris King at Comic Vine Vicki Grant at Comic Vine Nelson Jent at Comic Vine Manteau at Comic Vine Mason Jones at Comic Vine Dial 'H' for HERO (1997