Podcast
Checkered Past
Hosted by Dr. Bobb · EN
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!
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A Horse is a Horse of Course (Detective Comics 362)
6d ago01:07:59Tap to summarizeRobin's in a pickle, the Riddler is targeting him and him alone with his crime clues? But why?!? (Don't worry, Dr. Husband spoils it early in the episode). THEN The Elongated Man meets a sensational new addition to the Legion of Super-Pets! It's all right here in Detective Comics #362!
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A Bug in the System (Adventure Comics 355)
2w ago01:06:48Tap to summarizeCan you guess Dr. Bobb's very favorite Legion story ever? Well you won't have to guess if you just listen to this episode. Bonus points if you can hear Dr. Husband yawning through Dr. Bobb's extemporaneous spitting out of Legion lore! It's all right here in Adventure Comics #355!
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School Daze (Action Comics 349)
4w ago01:13:24Tap to summarizeKrypto reveals his heretofore unknown side gig as a PhD (Dog-ter of Philosophy). Superman werstles for charity! And Supergirl is caught (*gasp*) CHEATING! It's all right here in Action Comics #349!
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Car Talk (Green Lantern 52)
Jun 1200:54:53Tap to summarizeTwo Green Lanterns are better than one, I always say...but are even two GLs enough to withstand the onslaught of a sentient Model T serviec vehicle? Find out in Green Lantern #52!
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The Blind Leading the Blind (Superboy 137)
May 3101:14:03Tap to summarizeA gang of interstellar elites make it their business to elaborately prank the Boy of Steel, but nothing they do can top Superboy's own elaborate prank of (checks notes) flying 24 hours into the future to fake his entire family's death and also pretend to be blind. It's a laff riot, all right here in Superboy #137!
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Honey We Blew Up the Babies (Sugar & Spike 70/Fox and Crow 103)
May 2200:53:25Tap to summarizeSugar and Spike get big (and small!) and thwart a nefarious spy ring, AND Stanley's Monster gets some bonding time with dad while Stanley deals with the school bully! All right here in Sugar and Spike #70 and The Fox and the Crow #103!
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Sockamagee! A Girl! (House of Mystery 166)
May 1100:59:02Tap to summarizeZook returns! Robby enters puberty! And Dr. Bobb gets a dream cat! It's all right here in House of Mystery #166!
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The Play's the Thing (Scooter 6/ Star-Spangled War Stories 132)
May 300:55:02Tap to summarizeForsooth! Brave knights of the realm fight tremendous beasts most savage - but not nigh as savage as the idiot teens of Laurel High! It's all-out moronoc action in Swing with Scooter #6 and Star-Spangled War Stories #132!
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My Chemical Romance (Metal Men 25)
Apr 2200:42:42Tap to summarizeThe Metal Men, famously a team, inexplicable eschew teamwork in a battle with retruning foe Chemo! With Doc in a coma, can Gold get these rascally robots whipped into shape? Fine out in Metal Men #25!
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Indian Givers (Brave and Bold 71)
Apr 1500:55:27Tap to summarizeDr. Husband hosts high tea then drops some deep Love Boat lore! Dr. Bobb enthusiastically defends physical media! PLUS Bob Haney pens a story featuring Native Americans, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG? It's all right here in The Brave and the Bold #71!
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