Editing Comic Book Guy (section)

===Name===
A long-running gag on the show was never to reveal the character's name, with other characters referring to him as "Comic Book Guy". The writers had intended to name the character as early as his first episode, but they could not think of a name for him, and they called him "Comic Book Guy", with the intention of naming the character the next time they used him.<ref name= ReissTMAACB>Reiss, Mike (2002). Commentary for "[[Three Men and a Comic Book]]", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Second Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> However, they continually procrastinated.<ref name=ReissTMAACB/> Finally, in the February 6, 2005 episode, "[[Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass]]", Comic Book Guy nonchalantly tells [[Ned Flanders]]: "My name is Jeff Albertson, but everyone calls me 'Comic Book Guy'".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Abughazaleh|first=Zeid|date=2020-11-10|title=The Simpsons: Yes, Comic Book Guy's Real Name Has Been Revealed|url=https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-comic-book-guy-real-name-revealed|access-date=2024-02-11|website=[[Comic Book Resources|CBR]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Peeke|first=Dan|date=2020-05-25|title=The Simpsons: 10 Things You Didn't Know About Comic Book Guy|url=https://screenrant.com/simpsons-comic-book-guy-facts-trivia-information|access-date=2024-02-11|website=[[Screen Rant]]|language=en}}</ref> [[Showrunner]] [[Al Jean]] remarked: "That was specifically done to make people really mad. We just tried to pick a generic name. It was also the [[Super Bowl]] show. We did it so the most people possible would see it." Groening stated that he had originally intended him to be called Louis Lane and be "obsessed and tormented by" [[Lois Lane]], but Groening was not present when the writers chose the name.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218115716/http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1565538/20070725/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 18, 2007|title="Simpsons" Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To "Burns-Sexual" Smithers|access-date=July 29, 2007|date=July 26, 2007|first=Larry|last=Carroll|publisher=MTV}}</ref> His name is also mentioned in ''[[The Simpsons Game]]''.