Harv Hickman is an obvious parody of Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner. Flash's comment that he reads his work for the articles mirrors many a man's excuse that they read Playboy for the interviews.
At Harv Hickman's costume party there are several guests dressed as DC Comics characters. Those include: Batman, Supergirl, Maxie Zeus, an old-style Aquaman, Dr. Bedlam, Black Racer, Vykin the Black, Goody Rickels (a parody of Don Rickles), OMAC faceless agents, Harley Quinn, and Devilance the Pursuer. Some of the other guests are in costumes of the Forever People, created by Marvel comics writer Jack Kirby.
The security guard that comes across Mordred and Morgaine is physically based on comedian Benny Hill.
Morgaine's militia bear a strong resemblance to the Neo-Men, a group of mindless soldiers which appeared in DC Comics' Camelot 3000, a 1983 miniseries unrelated to the mainstream DC Universe.
Just like his previous appearance in "The Demon Within" episode of The New Batman Adventures, Etrigan has abandoned the typical rhyming speech pattern he uses in the comics.