TV Show Titles and Comic Collections

Realizing that Image’s Invincible is using TV show names as the titles of its trade paperbacks (Family Matters, Eight is Enough and the upcoming Perfect Strangers), I started pondering what other TV show names would make good titles for comic trade collections.

Here’s the names I came up with. Some are serious, most are less so (I only used sit-com titles):

  • The 70’s Show – Marvel’s new Phoenix Returns mini-series.
  • Everybody Loves Raymond – perfect for a collection of the new Firestorm series.
  • Taxi - Moonknight .
  • Cheers - a good title for the final issues of Invincible (suggested by Chris Galdieri).
  • Bosom Buddies - Emma Frost , particularly if you include those Greg Horn covers.
  • The Honeymooners - The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix .
  • Growing Pains - The Atom .
  • According to Jim - Any book published by Marvel when Jim Shooter was Editor-in-Chief.
  • Family Affair - Strangers in Paradise .
  • Just Shoot Me - What better name could there be for the Cable/Deadpool collection?
  • My Wife and Kids - Animal Man (the Grant Morrison run).
  • Whose Line Is It Anyway? – Any book with dialogue by Bendis.
  • Amen - A perfect title for the last collection of Preacher .
  • Boy Meets World - The Ray mini-series.
  • Gene Rodenberry’s Andromeda – That’s not a comedy? Never mind then…

2 Responses to “ TV Show Titles and Comic Collections ”

  1. My So Called Life- Identity Crisis
    Bourbon Street Beat- Fallen Angel
    Burns and Allen- Hal Jordan and Barry Allen?
    Avengers-Avengers
    Defenders-Defenders
    Checkmate-Checkmate
    Dragnet-Aquaman
    Ding Dong School- New X-men:Academy X
    Father Knows Best-Invincible where he fought his father
    Tom Terrific-Mr.Terrific
    This is Your Life- Identity Crisis
    Howdy Doody-Byrne’s Doom Patrol
    Hawaiian Eye- Hawaiian Dick
    Sky King-Superman
    See It Now-Daredevil
    Queen for a Day-Emma Frost
    Mod Squad-Invisibles
    Meet the Press-Phantom Jack
    Mission Impossible-Suicide Squad
    Leave It To Beaver- Shanna the She Devil
    Man From U.N.C.L.E.- Martian Manhunter
    It Takes a Thief-Black Cat
    I Spy- Black Widow
    Invaders- Invaders
    I Dream of Jeannie- Cyclops miniseries
    Trackdown- Manhunter
    Lawman-District X
    Man Without a Gun- Batman
    Swamp Fox- Swamp Thing
    Tall Man- A Stilt Man miniseries?
    Whiplash- Flash
    Loner- Wolverine
    Here Come the Brides- 22 Brides
    People Are Funny-She Hulk

    I’m out of ‘em. That enough?

  2. Good, very good. Better than mine…
    I’ll have to come up with more!

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