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Dial H for Hero is a comic book feature published by DC Comics about a magical dial that enables an ordinary person to become a superhero for a short time, such as an hour, by selecting the letters H E R O in order. Each time it is used, the dial causes its possessor to become a superhero with a different name, costume, and powers. These superheroes are usually new, but on one occasion the dial caused its user to become a duplicate of Plastic Man. Some versions of the dial, like the original, contain additional letters, allowing other kinds of transformations. The title of the series is a play on the title of the 1954 American crime mystery film directed by Alfred Hitchcock titled Dial M for Murder.

The original series debuted in House of Mystery #156 (January 1966), and continued until issue #173 (March–April 1968). The art was by Jim Mooney (though he did not finish the run), with scripts by Dave Wood. The original owner of the dial is Robert "Robby" Reed, a highly intelligent teenager with a penchant for exclaiming "Sockamagee!" He lives in the fictional town of Littleville, Colorado with his grandfather "Gramps" Reed and their housekeeper Miss Millie. While playing with his friends, Robby accidentally falls into a cavern and discovers the dial in one of its alcoves. The origins of the dial and how it came to be in the cavern are never revealed. Resembling a rotary telephone dial, the device is hand held with unknown symbols inside the dial's finger openings and along its outer rim, which Robby deciphers into modern English letters. In Mark Waid's "Silver Age" mini series, it is revealed that the symbols on the dial are Interlac. Each time he dials the letters H E R O, Robby transforms into a different super powered being; dialing O R E H reverts him to his normal form. Robby soon uses the dial to protect Littleville under the guises of numerous superheroes. The wide array of Robby's superhero identities included the Squid, Quake Master, King Coil, Hornet Man, Shadow Man, Mighty Moppet, King Kandy, Future Man, Human Bullet, Super Charge, the Mole, Mr. Echo, Hypno Man, the Cometeer and the Human Starfish, among others.

The second Dial H for Hero series debuted in the 1980s, in a special insert in Legion of Super Heroes #272 (February 1981), then ran in Adventure Comics #479–490 and continued in New Adventures of Superboy #28–49; the duo also appeared alongside Superman in DC Comics Presents #44. A new feature of this series was that the readers could submit new hero and villain characters, which were then used in the stories. The submitters were given credit for their creations (and a T shirt with the series logo), but the characters became DC Comics' property. Some, however, only made cameo one panel appearances. The original writer and artist in the series were Marv Wolfman and Carmine Infantino. In this series, two other dials are discovered years later by teenagers Christopher "Chris" King and Victoria "Vicki" Grant of the New England town of Fairfax in a "haunted house". Originally intended for a six issue run, Dial H For Hero was extended to a total of 12 issues along with its fellow Wonder Comics limited series Wonder Twins. The final issue was released on February 26, 2020. Miguel and Summer are teenagers living in the small town of Devil's Canyon, California. Miguel is an orphan who works in his uncle Brant's mayonnaise themed food truck, and has engaged in daredevil stunts ever since he was saved by Superman from a near death experience at age 10. Summer is a frequent runaway with a troubled home life. The H Dial manifests itself in front of Miguel during a bicycle stunt gone wrong as he is plummeting into Devil's Canyon – dialling "H" for "Hero", Miguel is turned into a superhero called Monster Truck. When Miguel comes to and finds that he has trashed a car dealership, Summer arrives in Uncle Brant's stolen food truck and the two flee town together along with the H Dial. Via the H Dial, Miguel and Summer are in contact with a mysterious elderly man known as the Operator, who is soon revealed to be Robby Reed. Meanwhile, it also transpires that there are thousands of former users of the H Dial across the country, many of whom are desperate for another chance to get superpowers – the mysterious villain Mister Thunderbolt has recruited many into his Thunderbolt Club and sent them to take the H Dial. After being targeted by two Thunderbolt Club members, Miguel and Summer resolve to travel across the country to Metropolis and give the H Dial to Superman as the only person they trust not to misuse it. It is later revealed that the Thunderbolt Club are in pursuit of four hero dials, named in reference to the CMYK color model for printing: in addition to the magenta M Dial that appeared before Miguel, there is the cyan C Dial, the yellow Y Dial and the black K Dial, each with different functions. While the M Dial transforms the user into a random superhero, the C Dial transforms the user into their inner superhero, the Y Dial was responsible for splitting Robby Reed into the Operator and Mister Thunderbolt, and the K Dial sends its user into the K Hole. Snapper Carr appears in the series as a recurring supporting character, being identified as a past user of the H Dial. Issue #10 shows Miguel and Summer traveling through various realities in the DC multiverse, including an extended sequence on Earth 32 where every superhero is an amalgam of two main universe heroes (e. g. Super Martian, Bat Lantern, Wonder Hawk). Issue #11 is primarily set on the planet Apokolips where the K Dial is located, and features extended homages to the Reign of the Supermen and Superman Red/Superman Blue storylines. Granny Goodness stated that the scientists working for her that dialed the K Dial never returned alive as it is "a gateway to anguish, a pit of oblivion". In issue #12 when Miguel and Summer defeat Mister Thunderbolt, they dial up H O P E on the Multiverse Dial and travel the Multiverse until they are brought back to the Heroverse through the Chromium H Dial. The series contains many other homages to significant works in comic books and manga, through shifting art style and the identities of various heroes summoned by the H Dial. These include Dragon Ball, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, various Vertigo Comics titles, and the works of Mike Allred, Rob Liefeld, Moebius, Frank Miller, Chris Ware and others. The series also examines the concept of a superhero's "secret origin", identifying it not as the moment where they acquired superpowers but instead as the moment of their decision to use their powers to do good.

As an epilogue to the Chris King/Vicki Grant Dial H series, The New Adventures of Superboy #50 features a story in which Chris King's watch is stolen from the Space Museum of the Legion of Super Heroes' time period by a thief named Nylor Truggs, who flees with the dial to the ambiguous late 1960s/early 1970s era Smallville of the original (Earth One) Superboy by altering the dial's functions in some unexplained manner, allowing him to travel in time. Truggs further alters the H dial to break the restriction that users can only transform into heroic identities, changing the "H" in the center of the dial to "V" for "villain". Truggs also makes the dial capable of changing individuals other than himself into villains if he desires; those transformed would then be under Truggs' control. Truggs transforms several of Clark Kent's high school friends, and forms a temporary alliance with a teenaged Lex Luthor, in a scheme to plant seismic devices in their time period so that Truggs can use those devices against the people of his own future time upon his return. Truggs' plan is foiled by Superboy, several members of the Legion, and Krypto the Superdog, the latter of which destroys the stolen H Dial by crushing it in his jaws. Vicki Grant's H Dial is also shown to have survived to the Legion's time—it is slated to replace King's dial in the museum display. As this story was published before the events of the Crisis on Infinite Earths (which erased the Earth One Superboy from continuity) and the subsequent rebootings of the Legion of Super Heroes' history, it is unlikely that any elements of this story exist in current continuity. In Legionnaires #69, Lori Morning uses an H dial that was given to her by the Time Trapper to gain superpowers, and becomes a member of Workforce. Lori gives the H dial to Brainiac 5.1 to use against the Rift; the device is destroyed in the process. This timeline was also erased in the Legion reboot. In a One Year Later storyline, the H Dial comes into the possession of Father Time, who hopes to clone the device and create an entire army of "one man Justice Leagues". However the device is stolen, and Johnny Mimic (the reformed Green Lantern villain called to act as a profiler) dupes Alan Scott into killing him while holding the device, destroying it for good. In The Brave and the Bold #9 (February 2008), Robby Reed teamed up with the Metal Men, even lending the dial to Tin to allow him to transform into a more resilient superhero to defeat the monster conjured by the deranged alchemist Megistus. The dial, due to its transformative abilities, bore an optional part in Megistus' plans to draw the storm that brought about the genesis of Red Kryptonite upon Earth, warping it as to protect it from the events of the Final Crisis. Dial H appeared again in issue #27 of the same series, this time in a team up with Batman. While staying at a hotel in Gotham City, Robby uses the dial to see the future but realizing that something will kill him while using the dial he decided to let the dial be stolen by a down on his luck young man named Travers Milton. After using the Dial to transform into a Superman esque flying hero named the Star, Travers assists Batman in defending Gotham after the Joker arranges a series of violent crimes to be committed throughout the city in order to break Batman. After discovering that the final challenge for Batman is a remote controlled bomb placed over a group of bound and gagged men and women, Travers heroically sacrifices his life by flying out into the night sky while clutching the bomb, saving Batman and the hostages seconds before it detonates. Afterwards, Batman returns the H Dial to Robby who refused it because even though it prevents his eventual fate he didn't want to let it affect to anyone else but Batman tells him that it gave Travers what he had always wanted; the chance to be a hero that Robby will do the same thing. There is no indication given as to where either of the "Brave & the Bold" stories fit into Robby Reed's personal timeline however. In JLA: Another Nail, the H Dial made a brief appearance when all time periods meld together. A hand can be seen barely clutching it. In the "Watchmen" sequel "Doomsday Clock", Robby Reed's Human Starfish form is among the superheroes that confront Doctor Manhattan on Mars. Miguel Montez and Summer Pickens appear in the Wonder Comics series Young Justice issues #12 15 (March–August 2020). They also make a non speaking appearance on the final page of the series, in issue #20 (January 2021). Miguel Montez is a recurring background character in the 2021–22 series Teen Titans Academy, where he shares a dorm room with Billy Batson.

The Shifter a superhero who could turn into any superhero he wanted to. The Purple Haze a superhero who can become a mist and form solid objects from himself, like a boxing glove. Freeze Demon a superhero who has cryokinesis. Napalm a superhero who has pyrokinesis.

Fireball – a flying pyrokinetic super heroine who could animate & control "living fireballs". Slipstream – a flying super heroine with super speed. Dyna Soar – a dinosaur like super heroine with flight capabilities. Chiller – a female superhero with cryokinesis (ice controlling power). Ink – a female superhero who fired sticky "ink" to ensnare enemies. Galaxy Girl – a super child with high end cosmic powers, including a "cosmic hammer". Blip – a teleporting super heroine. Plasma – a super heroine with energy based powers. Helios – a hero alien whose power was never shown. Star Spangled Lass a hero that has power of light and stars. Blobetta a germ like blob hero whose power was never shown.

Star – a superhero with powers similar to Superman.

Afterburner – a superhero who could fly and had super strength, but not invulnerability. The Bouncer – a superhero who could jump very high.

The Protector – a superhero with flight and super strength.

Nocturna – a superheroine with "the power of darkness". Illusia – a superheroine capable of creating illusions. Tidal Wave – the superhero form of Galen.

The Slider – a superhuman who can pass through walls. The Stretcher – a superhuman who can stretch.

Monster Truck a truck themed superhero who was given his powers by a trinity of sentient trucks. He is the elected eternal champion of trucking. Iron Deadhead a robot superhero that was designed to, when activated, merge with a human soul. Lil' Miguelito a parody of Calvin and Hobbs, Captain Caveman, Charlie Brown, and several others. Supermiguel Miguel Montez version of Superman. The Early Adopter a superhero with a metaphysical tunnel between his brain and technology and a wielder of next gen devices. Reign of the Supermiguels Supermiguel versions of Steel, Superboy, Cyborg Superman, and the Eradicator. Thunder Montez a counterpart of Supermiguel.

Lo Lo Kick You a hyper, punk rockstar themed, rocket pack wearing superhero, whose origin has elements similar to that of the Joker's. Chimp Change a noir themed woman who can turn into a humanoid chimpanzee during the blood moon. She wields a gun.

Alien Ice Cream Man an ice cream themed alien from another planet who performs ice cream based attacks.

Ex Nihilo – a criminal who is the head of a gang that experiments on coma victims. Her true identity is Dr. Kate Wald who worked as Darren Hirsch's neurologist. Vernon Boyne – a drug lord that works for Ex Nihilo. Squid – a former opponent of Chris King and Vicki Grant. He is able to create a wide assortment of chemical "inks" from his fingertips. Abyss – a living gateway between worlds and a former opponent of Chris King and Vicki Grant. Centipede Floyd Berson is a Canadian government operative that can unstick time to the extent that he can move at unusual speeds, enter past versions of himself, and get several versions of himself to help him complete specific tasks. He gained his powers when he was testing an experimental time machine for the Canadian military. General Choder later gave Centipede a centipede like mask which also has visual filters for enhanced reconnaissance.

Thunderbolt Club is an organization that consists of people who claimed to have used the H Dial at some point in their life. They crave the H Dial as if it was some type of drug. Mister Thunderbolt is the mysterious head of the Thunderbolt Club. He has recruited hundreds to thousands of people to work for him, all of whom claim to have somehow used the H Dial before and are so desperate to use it, every one of them, and some more reluctantly then others, will do anything just to use it only once. Mister Thunderbolt was the result of Robby Reed using the Y Dial which split him into the Operator and Mister Thunderbolt. Barnaby a member of the Thunderbolt Club, Barnaby once used the H Dial to become Jobu the Zonkey King, a humanoid zebroid trained with mystical elements of powerful Zonkey Magic. Officer Corrine Benson a Central City police officer and member of the Thunderbolt Club who once used the H Dial to become The Blue Bird of Happiness, who can distort the area she is in, and while doing so, hypnotizing people into reliving happy memories. She was also mentioned to have become the Unknown Babysitter when she talked to the Operator. Tweenage Irritable Various Geckos the gecko themed superheroes used by four members of the Thunderbolt Club. The Tweenage Irritable Geckos each used the names of either Librarian, Gangster, Pirate, Butcher. They are a parody of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Joe a librarian themed gecko. Gil a gangster themed gecko. Ramona a pirate themed gecko. Carmine a butcher themed gecko.

An alternate take on Robby Reed and Dial H For Hero was used in Teen Titans Go! #52. This version of the character unknowingly drew his powers from other heroes who were close by. As a result of discovering his power source, Robby gave up his dial and signed up for Cyborg's new Teen Titans Training program. His identities in the issue were Changeling (the powers came from Beast Boy), Lagoon Boy (the powers came from Aqualad), Jesse Quick (the powers came from Kid Flash), Power Boy (the powers came from Wonder Girl), and Protector (the powers came from Robin). In issue #55, Robby Reed returned in a nightmare sequence of Cyborg's (caused by the villainous Phobia). In the dream after having had his H Dial taken away, he joined the "New Teen Titans" program under the guise of Protector. Marv Wolfman had pitched a Dial "H" for Hero TV show to Hanna Barbera alongside the Teen Titans back in the 1980s.

Machinima Inc. and DC Entertainment were producing a live action web series based on an updated version of the original concept as of May 2015. Titled #4Hero, the VFX heavy comedy was to be about a young woman named Nellie Tribble who discovers a smartphone app that allows her to temporarily gain semi useful superpowers dictated by whatever is trending at the moment. The series status is unknown since their project wasn't released yet.

Dial B for Blog is an extensive, popular comics blog run by Kirk Kimball, who blogs under the name "Robby Reed". "Dial M for Monkey" was a segment on Dexter's Laboratory in which Dexter's lab monkey would become the superhero Monkey whenever there was trouble, with Dexter unaware of this. In the Yu Gi Oh! Trading Card Game, there is a set of cards that pay homage to this comic: H Heated Heart, E Emergency Call, R Righteous Justice, O Oversoul. The card HERO Flash uses these four cards to allow Elemental Hero normal Monsters to attack the opponent directly. In Simpsons Super Spectacular #12, there is a story called "Dial M for Milhouse" that parodies Dial H for Hero. In the story, Houseboy gets a phone that allows him to transform into various superheroes, but he goes power mad and Bartman ends up trying to stop him. The identities he assumes include Flasherdasher, Electroshock, Capybara Man, the Falconator, Campfire Kid, Batboy, Rubber Lad and Forkupine Radioactive Boy, Bug Boy, Plasmo, Lure Lad, Purple Badge of Courage, Weasel Boy and Captain Squad.