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Checkered Past

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 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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  • S1 · E343
    October 5 · 1 hr 7 min

    Future Proof (Jerry Lewis 100/ World's Finest 166)

    Jerry Lewis and his aggle of young charges spend the night in a haunted house. If only that brief synopsis could adequatelly describe what happens in the impropbable ONE HUNDREDTH issue of this comic. THEN! THe Superman and Batman of the 30th Century (or maybe the 25th) team up to strongly discourage evil! It's all right here in The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #100 and World's Finest #166!

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  • S1 · E342
    September 24 · 39 min

    Now You See Evil, Now You Don't (Flash 170)

    Monkey see, monkey do - no, wait, I'm getting my monkey metaphors mixed up! Flash suddenly loses the abilitiy to see, hear, or speak evil. We should all be so lucky! Will he be able to defeat Abra Kadabra's newest scheme? Not without the help of some SURPRISE guests stars he won't! It's all right here in Flash #170!

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  • S1 · E341
    September 15 · 48 min

    Strange Bedfellas (Doom Patrol 112)

    By POPULAR demand, with a grand total of (checks notes) TWO VOTES, we proudly present the conclusion to last episode's Doom Patrol story, and the very LAST go-go checked issue of same! Be sure to stick around for Dr. Bobb's RIVETING Wikipedia narration of the future fate of our heroes! It's all right here in Doom Patrol #112!

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  • S1 · E340
    September 3 · 1 hr 8 min

    Cookies of Destruction (Doom Patrol 111)

    Zarox-13 has arrived to wreak havoc upon the Earth. The Doom Patrol is there to save the day, or course, but Garguax is having none of that! PLUS Negative Man tests whether his powers are mighty enough to beat the Girl Scouts at their own game! It's all right here in Doom Patrol #111!

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  • S1 · E339
    August 23 · 56 min

    Buy One Get One (Batman 191)

    EVERYTHING MUST GO! Has Batman gone crazy, auctioning off his elite crime-fighting equipment to the highest bidder? Sure seems so - what he needs is a good home-cooked meal - but with Alfred missing, who's going to do the cooking?!? Find out right here in Batman #191!

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  • S1 · E338
    August 14 · 56 min

    A Shilling for Your Thoughts (Tomahawk 110)

    Tomahawk - TRAITOR?!? Say it ain't so! Colonial America had some pretty severe consequences for treason, but never fear, Miss Liberty is on the scene and is prepared to use her unrequited love for good! It's all right here in Tomahawk #110!

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  • S1 · E336
    July 27 · 53 min

    Aqua-riffic! (Aquaman 33)

    Aqualad's feeling blue (and also a little horny) but don't worry, Aqua-Girl's here to save the day on both counts! Unfortuantely Dr. Dorsal has other plans! The most sensational new character find of 1967 is right here, in Aquaman #33!

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  • S1 · E335
    July 21 · 59 min

    Join the JO Club! (Jimmy Olsen 101)

    Undaunted by the laws of physics, and after witnessing the highly unusual ways in which surviving Kryptonians commemorate the destruction of their homeworld, Jimmy takes it upon himself to travel back in time and avert the tragedy entirely, thus rendering his entire timeline obsolete! Confused? Us too! It's all right here in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #101!

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  • S1 · E334
    July 13 · 1 hr 7 min

    A Horse is a Horse of Course (Detective Comics 362)

    Robin'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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  • S1 · E333
    July 2 · 1 hr 6 min

    A Bug in the System (Adventure Comics 355)

    Can 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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  • S1 · E332
    June 21 · 1 hr 13 min

    School Daze (Action Comics 349)

    Krypto 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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  • S1 · E331
    June 12 · 54 min

    Car Talk (Green Lantern 52)

    Two 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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  • S1 · E330
    May 31 · 1 hr 14 min

    The Blind Leading the Blind (Superboy 137)

    A 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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  • S1 · E329
    May 22 · 53 min

    Honey We Blew Up the Babies (Sugar & Spike 70/Fox and Crow 103)

    Sugar 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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  • S1 · E327
    May 3 · 55 min

    The Play's the Thing (Scooter 6/ Star-Spangled War Stories 132)

    Forsooth! 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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  • S1 · E326
    April 22 · 42 min

    My Chemical Romance (Metal Men 25)

    The 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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  • S1 · E325
    April 15 · 55 min

    Indian Givers (Brave and Bold 71)

    Dr. 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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  • S1 · E324
    April 8 · 1 hr 14 min

    Fairy Tale Endings (Lois Lane 73)

    Space exploration! Nuclear annihilation! And the greatest season of broadcast television in history! It's all right here in Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane #73!

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