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:

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
June 23, 2020 Earth-X Marks the Spot (not THAT Earth-X) (Jimmy Olsen #93)
Jimmy stumbles upon Professor Potter's dangeraously unattended dimensional transporter - literally stumbles, as in trips and activates it - and finds himself in a crazy mixed up world where Perry White loves Jimmy as a son! Clark Kent is the Joker! Matadors wear blue capes instead of red! Oh, and Jimmy has super powers and a costume that inexplicably has bat-ears. Perhaps on THIS Earth, you'll listen in!
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56min
June 13, 2020 Hard Travelin' Heroes (and hard-drinkin' hosts) (Green Lantern #76)
We interrupt our regularly-scheduled show to pay tribute to the late Denny O'Neil (1939-2020) wherein I give Dr. Husband his first taste of Denny, Neil Adams, and the glories of DC's Bronze Age. A balm for our troubled times.
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53min
June 13, 2020 Hard Travelin' Heroes (and hard-drinkin' hosts) (Green Lantern #76)
We interrupt our regularly-scheduled show to pay tribute to the late Denny O'Neil (1939-2020) wherein I give Dr. Husband his first taste of Denny, Neil Adams, and the glories of DC's Bronze Age. A balm for our troubled times.
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53min
June 04, 2020 She Gets a Husband and I Can't Even Get a Cab (Green Lantern #45)
Princess Ramia has a problem, but being queen ain't one of them. Like all well-bred young women of the 1960s, she's nothing til she gets herself a man! Never fear, it's working man stereotype Doiby Dickles to the rescue, along with a Green Lantern or two!
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55min
May 27, 2020 Vile Is As Vile Does (Challengers of the Unknown #50)
Say, who's that big green fella wreaking havoc throughout the city? Whoever it is, he's got a sporty sleeveless jumpsuit that fits to a tee! Too bad his dress sense didn't filter out to the rest of the criminal marauding community...catch all the action with Challengers of the Unknown #50!
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50min

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