Dial H for Hero: Difference between revisions

In May 2012 a new version of ''Dial H For Hero'', titled simply ''Dial H'', and written by [[China Mieville]], was introduced as one of the second wave of [[New 52]] titles, rebooting the canon. It introduced a new dial, this one identical to an actual rotary phone dial, and a new wielder, Nelson Jent, who had lost his job, let himself go to seed, and was on the path to self-destruction.

 

 

 

* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: The serial killer in ''H-E-R-O'' used one of these through his [[Superpower Lottery|power to use any superpower he could think of]].

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Robby Reed.

* [[Big Applesauce]]: Averted, the series were set in small towns up until ''H-E-R-O'', and even then only ''some'' of the dial's users lived in big cities.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: The creators of Ben 10 used to work in comics, so the similarities are likely ''not'' a coincidence.

* [[Fifth Week Event]]: DC's "[[Silver Age]]" comics crossover involved Robby and the Dial (transforming the [[Justice League]] into NEW heroes!)

* [[Gender Bender]]: Turns up less often than you might think:

** In ''Plastic Man'' Vol. 2 #13, Plastic Man faces off against Robby, who uses the dial to turn into his previous forms, including Plastic Man himself (much to the real Plas's confusion).

* [[The Joy of X]]: The idea probably came from the title of the movie "Dial M for Murder".

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: [[The Other Wiki]]'s page lists every transformation the dials were ever used for, totaling over 200!

* [[Metafictional Device]]: The Dials allowed comic fans to see their creations in a comic, if only once.

* [[Super Empowering]]

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Adding Vicky to the series.

* [[Technology Marches On]]: Is there any device today that uses rotary disks? Other than combination locks.

* [[Weaksauce Weakness]]: In his second adventure as Giant Boy, the first hero he ever turned into, Robby was poisoned. He turned back into himself, but if he ever turned into Giant Boy again (and remember the dial is completely random), he'd die.

* [[Wild Mass Guessing]]: Is the Omnitrix an [[Alternate Continuity]] Hero Dial?

 

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