What if you could turn into a random superhero just by dialing four letters?
And what if most of them sucked?
ORIGINAL RUN
House of Mystery #156
House of Mystery #157
House of Mystery #158
House of Mystery #159
House of Mystery #160
House of Mystery #161
House of Mystery #162
House of Mystery #163
House of Mystery #164
House of Mystery #165
House of Mystery #166
House of Mystery #167
House of Mystery #168
House of Mystery #169
House of Mystery #170
House of Mystery #171
House of Mystery #172
House of Mystery #173
DIAL A FOR A.W.A.R.D.S
FOLLOW-UPS
Plastic Man #13
Silver Age Secret Files and Origins
Silver Age: Dial H for Hero
Silver Age 80-Page Giant
80s RELAUNCH
Adventure Comics #479
Adventure Comics #480-485
Adventure Comics #486-490
Dial H preview – LSH #272
DC Comics Presents #44
New Adventures of Superboy #28-37
New Adventures of Superboy #38-44
New Adventures of Superboy #45-48
New Adventures of Superboy #49
New Adventures of Superboy #50 (part of the Legion retrospective)
Whatever happened to the Dial H kids?
Whatever happened to the Dial H kids? Part 2
2000s
H.E.R.O. #1-14
H.E.R.O. #15-22
Dial H in the 2000s (JSA Classified, The Brave And The Bold, Teen Titans Go!)
Dial H for Hero #1-4
Dial H for Hero #5-9
Dial H for Hero #10-12
Dial F for Finale (final thoughts on the retrospective)
Dial S for SOCKAMAGEE! : 121
Dial R for Robby Reed superhero identities: 61
Giant Boy, Cometeer, Mole, Human Bullet, Super-Charge, Radar-Sonar Man, Quake-Master, Squid, Human Starfish, Hypno-Man, Mighty Moppet, King Kandy, Plastic Man, Magneto, Hornet Man, Shadow Man, Mr. Echo, Future Man, Castor, Pollux, King Coil, Zip Tide, Super-Nova, Robby Robot, Whoozis, Whatsis, Howzis, Yankee Doodle Kid, Chief Mighty Arrow, Balloon Boy, Muscle Man, Hoopster, Mole-Cometeer, Velocity Kid, Astro Man, Baron Buzz-Saw, Don Jaun, Sphinx Man, King Viking, Go-Go, Whirl-I-Gig, Pendulum Man, Human Solar Mirror, Gill Man, Human Icicle, Strata Man, Tommy Tomorrow, Twilight, Pyronic Man, Giant, Quadruplets, Great Jupiter, Wizard, Circumference, Future Boy, Bruiser, Mental Man, Tea Rex, General Electric, Mister Thunderbolt, ThunderDoom
Dial O for other superhero identities: 444
-Vicki Grant: 78
-Chris King: 77
-Miscellaneous: 91 (across several people during the 2000s relaunches, including 19 from Miguel and 10 by Summer)
-100 by the Thunderbolt Club during the 2019 relaunch
-32 by Nelson Jent in the 2012 relaunch (not part of the reviews)
-16 by Manteau in the 2012 relaunch (not part of the reviews)
–Jerry: 17
–Hero Cruz: 15
-Nick Stevens: 4 (all in New Adventures of Superboy #48)
-Syzy Shoemaker: 2 (Gem Girl and Supergirl)
-Eight members of the JLA get one transformation each
-2 transformations in JSA Classified #25
-Tin in The Brave And The Bold #9
-The Star in The Brave And The Bold #27
Dial C for Robby’s superpowers count: 82
Size increase (#156)
Super-strength (#156 the first time)
Flight (#156 the first time)
Heat generation (#156)
Super-digging (#156)
Vibration sensing (#156)
Electricity generation (#157)
Radar sense (#157 the first time)
Sonar sense (#157 the first time)
Tracer vision (#157)
Sound generation (#157)
Seismic powers (#158)
Liquid matter manipulation (kinda, #158)
Suction cups (#159)
Hypnotism (#159)
Age decrease (#159)
Age increase (#159)
Super-speed (#160)
Shapeshifting (#160)
Candy bomb creation (#160)
Candy creation (#160)
Magnetism (#161)
Bio-stingers (#161)
Heat immunity(#161)
Power reflection (#162)
Illusion creation (#162)
Telekinesis (#162)
Super-memory (#162)
Stardust creation (#163)
Energy blast (#163 the first time)
Light generation (#163)
Microscopic vision (#163)
Twin precognition (#163)
Metal body (#163 the first time)
Water body (#164)
Water control (#164)
Radiation generation (#164)
Self-transmutation (#164)
Wood body (#164)
Wood creation (#164)
Super-smell (#164)
Bouncing (#165)
Acetylene ray (#165)
Shrinking ray (#165)
Gas generation (#165)
Concussion blast (#165)
Impact resistance (#165)
Heat vision (#166)
Holographic projection (#166)
Jet-propelled feathers (#166)
Growth ray (#166)
Kinetic energy transfer (#167)
Ring creation (#168)
Dizzyness induction (#168)
Jet creation (#168)
Boxing glove creation (#168)
Wind generation (#168)
Teleportation (#169)
Remote vision (#169)
Self-sleeping sound generation (#170)
Stone body (#170)
Dimensional banishment (#170)
Light manipulation (#172)
Water breathing (#173)
Super breath (#173)
Super vision (#173)
Carbon monoxide breathing (#173)
Ice creation (#173)
Darkness creation (Silver Age)
Pyrokinesis (Silver Age)
Body duplication (Silver Age)
H-Dial creation (New Adventures of Superboy #49)
Dragon conjuration (New Adventures of Superboy #49)
Ghost body (New Adventures of Superboy #49)
Invisibility bestowal (New Adventures of Superboy #49)
Clairvoyance (New Adventures of Superboy #49)
Energy constructs (New Adventures of Superboy #49)
Explosive blast (H.E.R.O. #9)
Memory manipulation (H.E.R.O. #13)
Time travel (H.E.R.O. #15)
Invisibility (H.E.R.O. #16)
Intangibility (Dial H For Hero #8)
Dial U for most used identity: Radar-Sonar Man (three times)
Dial K for most used name: Lo Lo Kick You (four times)
Dial D for dialing options: 14
H.E.R.O. (turns you into a superhero)
O.R.E.H. (turns you back from superhero to regular person. If you’re on drugs when dialing, it makes you crazy)
V.I.L.L.A.I.N. (turns you into a supervillain)
N.I.A.L.L.I.V. (turns you back from supervillain to regular person)
H.E.R.O.I.N.E. (turns girls into superheroines)
H.O.R.R.O.R. (turns you into a monster)
R.O.R.R.O.H. (turns you back from monster to regular person)
S.P.L.I.T. (splits you into two people, one good one bad)
H.I.D.E.Y.O.U.R.S.E.L.F. (teleports the H-Dial away and erases from the user all memories)
S.O.C.K.A.M.A.G.E.E. (reverses all other transformations and opens a portal to the Heroverse.)
M.E.T.R.O.P.O.L.I.S. (allows the H-Dial to connect to every single person with a phone in a city)
F.I.F.T.Y.T.W.O. (gives superpowers to the entire multiverse; can only be done with the Multiverse Dial)
C.M.Y.K. (traps you into a comic book; can only be done with the K-Dial)
H.O.P.E. (gives hope to the entire multiverse; can only be done with the Multiverse Dial)