the TV series Buffy The Vampire Slayer. During the end credits of the 1987 film Predator, Lt. Hawkins (Shane Black) is shown reading Sgt. Rock #408 (February 1986). One issue of the underground comic Dopin' Dan had a Sgt. Rock parody called Sgt. Jock. It featured the main character leading a dispirited platoon in the Vietnam War and taking out two deliberately anachronistic foes by impossible means, namely destroying a Tiger Tank with nothing but a brass knuckles assisted punch, then downing a Stuka dive bomber by throwing a bayonet through the windshield, killing the pilot. On the TV series Trucks!, host Stacey David built an off-road truck out of a 1941 Dodge WC-14 and named it Sgt. Rock. A 1996 episode of The Simpsons, "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish', is considered a homage to both Sgt. Rock and Joe Kubert's art design. American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith mentions him in the song "Color Bars", on the album Figure 8: "Sgt. Rock broke the key off in the lock to where I come from". The back cover art of the Beach Boys' 1974 album Endless Summer depicts Carl Wilson reading a Sgt. Rock comic. In the film The Package, the character played by Tommy Lee Jones is compared to Sgt. Rock. Reception Sgt. Rock was ranked as the 183rd-greatest comic book character of all time by Wizard magazine. IGN also listed Sgt. Rock as the 78th-greatest comic book hero of all time stating that Sgt. Rock represents the epitome of DC's often overlooked World War II comics. Collected editions The series has been collected into a number of trade paperbacks: See also Sergeant York Nick Fury References External links Sgt. Rock at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Frank Rock Chronology at the DCU Guide Fred Hembeck: Sgt. Rock and Easy Company Sgt. Rock at Mike's Amazing World of Comics Characters created by Joe Kubert Characters created by Robert Kanigher Comics by Robert Kanigher Comics characters introduced in 1959 Comics magazines published in the United States DC Comics set during World War II DC Comics military personnel DC Comics superheroes Defunct American comics Fictional characters from Pittsburgh Fictional generals Fictional military sergeants Fictional United States Army non-commissioned officers Fictional World War II veterans Vertigo Comics titles