Checkered Past

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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Update frequency: every 7 days
Average duration: 59 minutes
Episodes: 305
Years Active: 2018 - 2025

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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!

00:47:27 | Mon 05 Oct 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 …

01:11:20 | Mon 28 Sep 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 cre…

00:58:26 | Mon 21 Sep 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 yea…

01:04:24 | Sun 13 Sep 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 Batm…

01:01:15 | Mon 31 Aug 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 gal…

00:52:13 | Wed 19 Aug 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! Su…

01:29:27 | Sun 02 Aug 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 …

01:36:32 | Sun 19 Jul 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 Whi…

00:55:15 | Tue 23 Jun 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 ba…

00:52:34 | Sat 13 Jun 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 D…

00:54:17 | Thu 04 Jun 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 …

00:49:11 | Wed 27 May 2020

A Method To My Moon-Madness (Blackhawk 221)

Hendrickson isn't the only one with a secret life...today we disclose not only our least favorite Looney Tunes characters but also my fetishization of people with planets for heads. Not masks, mind …

00:52:20 | Sun 10 May 2020

Up and Atom! (The Atom #25)

The Atom's in a pickle, a Playboy Bunny on one arm and an ionized super-villain on the other! Not to mention his important work against the adversaries of America who are planning to use the very fo…

01:00:27 | Mon 27 Apr 2020

The Unbearable Hipness of Being (The Adventures of Bob Hope 99)

If you're here for a thorough exploration of Bob Hope's comic persona, or perhaps the stifling conformity of mid-century America as represented by the uptight Tadwallader Frutejuce, I'm sorry to disa…

00:54:08 | Sat 18 Apr 2020

The Prince and the Paw-Purr (Superboy #130)

Superbaby am look for him a pet like him had on Krypton! Am Superbaby from Bizarro World? Nope, Superbaby am just a mewling idiot and him get too much freedom to fly around space and cause trouble! …

01:15:47 | Sun 05 Apr 2020

Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye (Our Army At War 168/Heart Throbs 102)

Hey there, you battle-weary Joes, didja ever wonder who's buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier? Well wonder no longer cause Big Daddy Rock has the answer. Just steal yourself for some good ol' …

00:44:45 | Fri 27 Mar 2020

I Don't Think Starfish Work the Way You Think They Do (House of Mystery 159)

A human Starfish! A man-baby! Fingerhut catalogues! PLUS the world premiere of my original composition, The Dial H For Hero song! Join us for House of Mystery #159!

00:44:05 | Wed 18 Mar 2020

A Pretty Girl is Like a groan Metal-ly (Metal Men 19)

Sissy, who wouldn't know a comic book from a giant robotic Centaur, joins us to discuss Metal Men #19, one of the craziest comics we've ever seen (and that's saying something for mid-60s Robert Kanig…

00:50:30 | Tue 10 Mar 2020

You can't say oriental anymore, DAD (Our Fighting Forces #100)

Ron from my work drops by to talk about Army stuff, and get a taste of the podcasting life, COMPLETE with squeaky chairs, dog noises, and an amateurish low sound level for Dr. Husband. PLUS a story t…

01:04:14 | Sun 01 Mar 2020

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