Checkered Past

By Dr. Bobb

From February, 1966 through August, 1967, DC Comics branded all their publications with a checkerboard masthead, lovingly known as "Go-Go Checks". Because, you know, the 60s. With the help of his husb... more

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The podcast currently has 381 episodes available.

Checkered Past episodes:

February 07, 2021 'A' for Effort (Superman 188)
Can it be? Superman *choke* DEAD?!? We may never know, because the super-scientific civilzation that killed him him neglected to back up their data. ROOKIE MISTAKE, SUPER-SCIENTIFIC CIVILIZATION. All this plus the super-dinnerware of Krypton, and even a shoutout to famed game-show panelist Dorothy Killgallen!
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1h 10min
February 07, 2021 'A' for Effort (Superman 188)
Can it be? Superman choke DEAD?!? We may never know, because the super-scientific civilzation that killed him him neglected to back up their data. ROOKIE MISTAKE, SUPER-SCIENTIFIC CIVILIZATION. All this plus the super-dinnerware of Krypton, and even a shoutout to famed game-show panelist Dorothy Killgallen!
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1h 10min
January 25, 2021 I'm a Leg Man (Capt. Storm 14/ Our Fighting Forces 101)
Capt. Storm is a reg'lar MacGuyver (if MacGuyver had an easily-detachible prosthetic leg and a thirst for vengeance) but the real news is the metaphysical sub-text of Capt. Hunter - could his entire Vietnam saga be happening inside his own head?
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53min
January 13, 2021 Drain the Swamp! (Tomahawk #105)
What could be more timely than a ragtag, Revolution-era band of "patriots" banding together to battle a hideous gargantuan creature whose permanent residence is in Florida? Even Captain America gets a shout-out!
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45min
January 03, 2021 The Unbearable Brightness Of Being [Evil] (House of Secrets #79)
BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT - Prince Ra-Man, Mind Master and Eclipso, Hero and Villain in one man - TOGETHER IN A BLAND ADVENTURE! Join us for House of Secrets #79!
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54min
December 26, 2020 Boy King of the Seven Seas (Aquaman #28)
Never turn your back on the heir to the throne, that's what I always say - and probably what Aquababy says, too, if anyone but Sugar and Spike could understand his confounded baby-talk language. Aquaman's in a seep-sea pickle, that's for sure, as we welcome "Hail Aquababy, New King of Atlantis!"
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1h 1min
December 13, 2020 Up-skirt Ultra (Mystery in Space 108)
Ultra the Multi-Alien is in a pretty pickle (and that's NOT a euphemism for what's under the mini-skirt wearing giant from space!) Join us for a look at Mystery in Space #108!
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42min
December 02, 2020 Women's Intuition, only it's Batman (Detective Comics 352)
I've got a HUNCH you'll love listening about Batman's strange new super-power of just GUESSING where crimes will occur. PLUS Elongated Man breaks the bank (and a few criminal jaws) in Monte Carlo!
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1h 1min
November 16, 2020 Water, Water, Everywhere (Action Comics 338 & 339)
Superman - no, not THAT Superman - fights the inter-dimensional criminal mastermind Muto in the far-flung future world of the 30th Century - no, not THAT 30th Century, apparently - all while avoiding his fatal weakness to (checks notes) um....WATER.
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56min
November 01, 2020 Is That a City in your Bottle or Are You Just Happy To See Me? (World's Finest 158)
Robin and Jimmy discoevr three shrunken cities in a cave in the woods and that's not even the whackiest thing that happens in this issue! Brainiac has a secret brother! Superman is useless in a fight! And RObin doesn't even have sense enough to wear socks when he's hiking!
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46min

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How many episodes does Checkered Past have?

More shows like Checkered Past

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