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 376 episodes available.

Checkered Past episodes:

October 05, 2020 If You Can't Beat 'Em.... (Justice League of America 45)
The JLA goes up against the Shaggy Man, and man, is he shaggy! Almost as shaggy as...well, the OTHER Shaggy Man. Plus a tentacled moon monster, and Dr. Husband's adventures with acetone!
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48min
September 28, 2020 Meta-Metal Mania (Metal Men 20/Brave and the Bold 66)
Disgruntled scientist? Check. Racist sterotype robotic enemy? Check. Giant novelty birthday cake? Check. The Metal Men as paragons of patriotism? Now that one I didn't see coming. PLUS, Metamorpho ditches his powers for about ten minutes before thinking better of it!
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1h 12min
September 21, 2020 Suicide is Painless (Star-Spangled War Stories 127/ Tales of the Unexpected 95)
The Suicide Squad - not THAT Suicide Squad - no, no, not THAT one, either - literally drive themselves insane trying to complete a mission while battling a Russian nesting-doll set of prehistoric creatures. Plus the podcast debut of The Green Glob!
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59min
September 21, 2020 Suicide is Painless (Star-Spangled War Stories 127/ Tales of the Unexpected 95)
The Suicide Squad - not THAT Suicide Squad - no, no, not THAT one, either - literally drive themselves insane trying to complete a mission while battling a Russian nesting-doll set of prehistoric creatures. Plus the podcast debut of The Green Glob!
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59min
September 13, 2020 Dark Rides of the Soul (Flash 162)
Quick, which would you rather see - A mutated Walt Disney-esque creature destroying his own magical creation - - or videograpgic evidence of a heretofore unknown advanced civilization 100 Million years in Earth's past? YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE. Plus! Classic movies we sort of didn't like! My tale of ambushed on public access tv! And so much more! Join us for Flash #162!
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1h 5min
August 31, 2020 Public Enemy Number 4! (Batman 181)
She's Poison! She's Ivy! But she doesn't seem especially evil or criminal, at least not in this first outing. Yes, listener, it's the very first appearance of Poison Ivy, and boy, does she get Batman revved up! PLUS - lots of chatter about obscure short-lived 70's sitcoms, echo-location, and a little more about our sex lives than you probably wanted to know.
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1h 2min
August 31, 2020 Public Enemy Number 4! (Batman 181)
She's Poison! She's Ivy! But she doesn't seem especially evil or criminal, at least not in this first outing. Yes, listener, it's the very first appearance of Poison Ivy, and boy, does she get Batman revved up! PLUS - lots of chatter about obscure short-lived 70's sitcoms, echo-location, and a little more about our sex lives than you probably wanted to know.
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1h 2min
August 19, 2020 SCOOTER IS (Swing With Scooter #1)
Scooter Sings! Scooter Swings! Scooter and his creepy friends spend 26 pages chasing each other around town and not respecting boundaries! All this plus some brief visits from old friends on our gala ONE HUNDREDTH EPISODE!
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53min
August 02, 2020 A Mighty Fortress Is Our Zod (Superman 187)
An 80-Page Giant all about Superman's Fortress of Solitude! Plus - the eternal sunshine of Jimmy Olsen's freckled mind! Superman's army of misogynistic robots! Lois Lane's backfiring husband trap! Superman kills - TWICE! Also, sorry to trick you into reading this far, but there's no General Zod!
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1h 30min
July 19, 2020 I guess we're lucky there are only NINE unknowns (Hawkman #14)
The Winged Wonder and the Pinioned Princess are back at it, battling through their exhaustion and ennui to (checks notes) absorb the accumulated knowledge of humanity and keep some sacred relics out of the hands of C.A.W. (Criminal Alliance of the World). Just another day in the life of America's hardest-workingv dual-career (or is it quadruple-career) couple!
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1h 37min

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FAQs about Checkered Past:

How many episodes does Checkered Past have?

More shows like Checkered Past

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Comic Geek Speak Podcast - The Best Comic Book Podcast

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