Two reporters that Perry White sends out on a story are Jurgens and Swan. Those are the names of Dan Jurgens and Curt Swan. Jurgens is best known as the writer artist of 'Death of Superman' and Swan was a long time Superman artist who 'defined' the character.
The metaphor"Through a glass, darkly" comes from 1 Corinthians 13 in the Christian New Testament. Most scholars believe the 'glass' refers to a poor grade mirror in which we see a distorted, unclear image of ourselves.
At the end Dave Miller produces a gun, it is a PPG pistol prop from Babylon 5 which is also owned by WB.