For The Man Who Has Everything - Outside References

Outside References

As in such other Moore/Gibbons projects as Watchmen, "For the Man Who Has Everything" is rich in detail, showcasing many of the minor elements drawn from Kryptonian history. The final page, detailing Mongul's universal conquest fantasy, includes appearances by numerous extraterrestrial DC characters including Hawkman and Hawkwoman; Brainiac; Adam Strange; Hyathis (empress of Thanagar); Bolphunga the Unrelenting (from a story in Green Lantern #188, May 1985, also by Moore and Gibbons); an Oan Guardian; J'onn J'onnz (the Martian Manhunter); and a bearded long-haired human representing Alan Moore himself bowing, among others. The fantasy also incorporates "a resurrected Warworld", a copy of the planet-sized battle station used by Mongul but destroyed by Superman and Supergirl in DC Comics Presents #28 (Dec 1980).

The 2005 comic Infinite Crisis featured two references to "For The Man Who Has Everything". In Infinite Crisis #1, a panel showing Mongul Jr. confronting Batman and Wonder Woman at the remains of the Watchtower uses the same composition as Mongul's entrance in the earlier story. Later, in a tie-in story in Green Lantern (vol. 4) #7 and 8, Mongul Jr. uses a Black Mercy to capture Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and Green Arrow (Oliver Queen), although the two are trapped by the same Black Mercy rather than each being 'caught' by a separate plant. As a result, Queen is able to break free because Jordan's greater willpower allows his desires to override his fantasy and describe what he thinks Queen's perfect life would be, rather than what Queen himself would wish for.

Since then, the Black Mercy has been given an origin tale and Mother Mercy (which birthed the Black Mercy) is given a choice between joining the Sinestro Corps or the Green Lantern Corps and it chooses the latter, becoming the Green Lantern of Sector 2261.

In the JLA: Destiny Elseworlds mini-series, a mysterious figure named Khouriga Edjem has turned a fictional Middle Eastern country Kamburu into a modern day Eden. It is revealed through the course of the miniseries that Edjem is in fact Mongul who has come to Earth to conquer it. He used a Black Mercy on Green Lantern Guy Gardner to incapacitate him and use him as a power source for the entire country of Kamburu.

"For The Man Who Has Everything" was parodied in "Operation: U.T.O.P.I.A.", an episode of Codename: Kids Next Door.