"Flex" is intended as short for "flexibility". He is, in a way, similar to the Spider-Man villain, Chameleon. Anten Man is perhaps inspired by Silvio Berlusconi when he was simply a TV and publishing industry man. He tries to achieve a monopoly in broadcasting by obscurating the transmissions of other companies. "Anten" refers to "antenna". Other enemies, whose names are normally puns in Italian, are Katodik, Mr. Tromb, the mobster boss "Il Grande Cesare", Wurdalak the vampire (coming from the pages of Satanik), the scientist Aseptik, the quick-change Arsenico Lupon (pun of Arsène Lupin), the mobster families, the Mangia's masonry, ghost gangster Baby Kate, masked Conspirator, magnate mr. Fitzgerald and witch Witchcraft. Animation Alan Ford was also transposed in 1988 into a low-budget, straight-to-video 30 minutes animated short called "Alan Ford e il Gruppo TNT contro SuperCiuk" ("Alan Ford and the TNT Group vs. SuperCiuk"). It was produced by Max Bunker Press and was based on the SuperCiuk story already published in the comic series. In popular culture Emir Kusturica's 1998 movie Black Cat, White Cat features a character (one of Dadan Karambolo's gangster cronies) who reads an Alan Ford comicbook throughout the film. Furthermore, most of the transport contraptions used by another character in the movie are directly inspired by Grunf's inventions. Prljavo Kazalište, a Croatian rock band was named after the translated line in Alan Ford's issue called "Broadway". Pero Defformero, a Serbian heavy metal band, was named after one of the characters. Popcycle, a Serbian britpop band, was initially called Gervasius Twinkleminkleson after the name of The Boss. Superhiks, a Macedonian rock band, was named after one of the villains in Alan Ford, Superciuk. In the song "Za tebe" by Croatian punk rock band KUD Idijoti, one of the verses is "Kad srce radi bi-bam ba-bam" ("When a heart goes bi-bam ba-bam"), the title of the 32nd issue of Alan Ford in Vjesnik's translation. Another song by the same band is called "Daj, daj, daj", the title of 5th issue of Alan Ford in Vjesnik's translation. Pipi Kola, a Serbian experimental band, was named from one frame in which appears a character with sign "Pipi Kola" (number 87). Numerous lines and catchphrases from Alan Ford entered Croatian and Serbian slang. Number One, the name of an ageless terrible leader of TNT group, is sometimes used when jokingly referring to any old and crotchety person. Similarly, the name