Checkered Past

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 292:51:33
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Synopsis

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 husband and intrepid friends, Dr. Bobb will examine each of these issues in depth and tell you what you need to know!

Episodes

  • Stretched Too Thin (Plastic Man 1)

    07/09/2023 Duration: 01h23s

    At last! The DC Universe debut (almost) of the ORIGINAL (but not really) Plastic Man! Also the DC debut of Professor X (not that Professor X). But Professor Dr. Husband does give a RIVETING lecture on the history of napping! It's all right here, don't delay!

  • Absent Without Steve (Wonder Woman 166)

    30/08/2023 Duration: 58min

    I think we can all agree on three things that we all hate: Misogyny, Racial Stereotypes, and Steve Trevor. Find out why in this double-barrelled look at Wonder Woman 166!

  • On an Island With You (Blackhawk 226)

    23/08/2023 Duration: 52min

    Blackhawk Island has a big secret - and no, it's not the fact that 7 grown men are sleeping in the same room! Witness the terrifying plans of The Planner! PLUS! Time Machine Mailbag! It's Blackhawk #226!

  • Double Double Toil & Trouble (JLA #49)

    15/08/2023 Duration: 44min

    The Justice League has double trouble when Felix Faust starts multiplying just like a renegade Carggite! Luckily it's the sixties when everyone knows that powerful magical creatures can be defeated by a mouse running loose. PLUS - think Flash Facts are neat? Wait til you hear all the FAUST FACTS we have for you! Let's go-go, it's Justice League of America #49!

  • Monkey See, Monkey Do (Tomahawk 107)

    08/08/2023 Duration: 44min

    A gorilla, 100 years before they were discovered by western science? Sure! Viking fortresses dotting the New England landscape? Absolutely! An electric-powered villain a century before electricity was fully understood? Bring it on! PLUS! Lots and lots of chest hair! It's Tomahawk #107!

  • Grease, Ahoy! (Capt. Storm 16)

    02/08/2023 Duration: 51min

    The Admiral's daughter has her sights set on Captain Storm and that can only mean GREAT things for his career. PLUS a lot of missed opportunities for "your mom" jokes! It's Capt. Storm #16!

  • Brigadoom aka A Watery Grave (Aquaman 30)

    25/07/2023 Duration: 49min

    Aquaman - dead?!? Say it ain't so! Never fear, our hydrated hero will soon deduce the mystery of the DIMENSIONAL TIME REFLEX (?) and put an end to Mongo and his ghostly black city. It's Aquaman #30!

  • Blights of the Round Table (World's Finest 162)

    18/07/2023 Duration: 53min

    King Arthur and his knights! Smoke blowing tigers! Balloons in space! It's not easy tying all those things together BUT WE DID IT. Join us for World's Finest Comics #162!

  • Hard as a Rock! (Our Army at War 173)

    11/07/2023 Duration: 45min

    So much war and sports talk we had to bring in a heterosexual consultant. Join us and Jake and Our Army at War #173!

  • The What Ship of Where, Now? (JLA 48)

    14/06/2023 Duration: 01h14min

    It's an 80-Page Giant! The JLA fight a foe from the far future who is suprisingly up to speed on WWII-era popular culture! PLUS you'll thrill in awe as our heroes navigate the spaceways in an open rowboat!

  • Goin' to the Chap-Hell (Flash 165)

    06/06/2023 Duration: 49min

    The bells are ringing for Flash and his gal! But who will be fastest down the aisle - Flash, or Professor Zoom?!? It's Flash #165!

  • Let's Get Small (Doom Patrol 107)

    18/05/2023 Duration: 40min

    Ultimax, terrorizing the city! Mento, crashing the global economy! Elasti-Girl, under arrest for subatomic espionage! Beast Boy, suffering the cruel misfortune of drinking milk RIGHT FROM THE CARTON. I'm exhausted just reading about it! Join us for Doom Patrol #107!

  • Faceless in the Crowd (Batman 186/Swing with Scooter 3)

    09/05/2023 Duration: 01h08min

    Childhood local television! John Byrne's creepy children! Political commentary on the Supreme Court! 500 teenagers that all look the same (except for the fat one). OH YES, and The Joker gets a kicky new sidekick! It's Batman #186 and Swing with Scooter #3!

  • Big Top-Less (Strange Adventures 193/ Fox and Crow 100)

    02/05/2023 Duration: 49min

    What's more fun - a trip to the circus or an hour of talk therapy? Only Stanley and his Monster know for sure! PLUS a mad scientist finally does something useful for humanity - collects shirtless men in cages! It's Strange Adventures #193 and The Fox and the Crow #100!

  • Da Bomb Dot Com (Action Comics 342)

    25/04/2023 Duration: 53min

    Superman, a living bomb! Supergirl, a mighty Amazon! Dr. Bobb and Dr. Husband, delirious from pet-interrupted sleep! Never fear, that just makes us EXTRA chatty! It's Action Comics #342!

  • Fathers, M'Iright? (Adventure Comics 349)

    18/04/2023 Duration: 58min

    Napoleon! Kublai Khan! kd lang! That's only a FEW of the significant historical figures you'll meet this episode! Join us for Adventure Comics #349!

  • The Summer Knows (Jimmy Olsen 97)

    12/04/2023 Duration: 01h22min

    British television! Invaders from other dimensions! Eastern European royalty! Our pal Martin Gray joins us to discuss Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen, and we didn't even have to use our signal watches!

  • With a Wink and a Nod (Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?)

    28/03/2023 Duration: 01h13min

    If I'm being honest, I didn't think we'd make it to 2 episode, much less TWO HUNDRED, but here we are! A new theme song! A new(er) comic to read! And lots of heavy emotions as Dr. Husbands reads, for the first time, "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow"! Come on in, the water's fine!

  • All That Glitters (Green Lantern 48)

    22/03/2023 Duration: 44min

    Know who's got a birthday? Johann Sebastian Bach, that's who! Also Dr. Husband, but let's get right to business - how's Green Lantern going to fight a foe made entirely of the color yellow? WITH HIS FISTS, THAT'S HOW! Tune in now for Green Lantern #48!

  • The Brave and the Billy (Brave and Bold 68)

    13/03/2023 Duration: 59min

    Billy from The Brave and the Bob Pod joins us to discuss the curious case of the Bat-Hulk! PLUS other nonsense, as usual. It's Batman, Metamorpho, and The Brave and the Bold #68!

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