Checkered Past

Don't panic, the Doom Patrol isn't dead after all (yet) but they do have to put a beat down on a giant plastic barbarian. Plus Beast Boy's adorable boy-sized space suit, Miss Young America, and Thtan…

Mento gets small and rescues Elasti-Girl from a bizzare microscopic world - and that's just the first three pages! The Brotherhood of Evil reveal themselves at last, and Beast Boy cheats at sprinting…

Batman faces a dappily-dressed menace from his past - apparently not dapper enough to be on Gotham's Ten Best-Dressed List, but that's another story! (Literally. It's another story right in this very…

Animal-Man moves his super-hero career into high gear and gets the jump (pun intended) on a gang of nogoodniks! PLUS a little bit of WWII espionge plays out on Dinosaur Island! It's Strange Adventure…

Jimmy's got trouble AND HOW, betrothed to a lady gorilla and even his signal watch is no help! Luckily his inability to calculate time zones has saved the earth from an explosive destruction. Catch u…

Hawkman goes opinion to pinion with The Raven, a nogoodnik from the back alleys of Midway City! Plus the Hawks reveal their dirty secret, that they're just out here destroying ancient relics and repl…

Green Lantern faces the Dazzler! (not that Dazzler). Carol Ferris marries the man of her dreams! (not that man). And Hal Jordan makes a fateful decision! All right here in Green Lantern #49!

Jeb and the Haunted Tank Crew (minus General Stuart, who I guess couldn't be bothered) travel through a time warp to World War I, where they meet none other than Sgt. Rock! (no, not THAT Sgt. Rock, b…

Sacre Bleu! The Blackhawks are up against it, not only fighting a mad scientist but also a form of matter that can (checks notes) DESTROY THE ENTIRE UNIVERSE. Don't worry, they've got a 'copter and f…

Superboy - or Super-Brat?!? Superboy launches a career as a super menace in a story that MIGHT have happened but DIDN'T unless it DID. PLUS Krypto's doomed love! Time Machine Mail Bag! And a new word…

Robby Reed's beside himself - literally AND figuratively! PLUS - the psychology of insect-themed villains! Mars vs. Mercury! And everything you ever wanted to know about heteropaternal superfecundati…

It's an 80-Page Giant! All about Batman! It's got a newspaper strip! An amusement park! AND a Batman from the future (spoiler alert: he's an idiot!) It's all here so dive right in, Batman #187 (did I…

Sgt. Rock is crackin' up, man, he's headed straight for Section 8! But not before wiping out a squad of Ratzis! PLUS the sensational character find of 1966, Super-Glove! It's all here with Our Army a…

The Challs face the sensational character finds of 1966, D-Man and the Iron Dictator who are (checks notes) never to be seen again! But that won't stop our stalwart writer from dumping every idea he'…

Chronos returns, and that CAN'T be good news for tenured professor of physics Ray Palmer, can it? Not when his fiancée, lovely lady lawyer Jean Loring, has become his own personal Barbie doll, along …

It's finally happened - Bob discoveres that Tadwallader and Super-Hip are one and the same! Too bad Tad has taken off with his teenage hooligan pals to wreak havoc across small-town America! Join us …

Our favorite Christmas albums! Chucking mannequins through windows! Jimmy Olsen is an idiot! Plus Superman fights a creation of the Niphilim. All part of the fun here on Checkered Past, come on in!

Red and yellow, kill a fellow, but don't tell that to the golden-clad Elongated Man! PLUS - Batman and Robin, being impersonated by a couple of college pranksters? Say it ain't so! PLUS PLUS - The se…

Capt. Hunter and Lu Lin help out fallen flying ace Jimmy Denver who in turn helps them infiltrate a VC prison camp in search of Hunter's psychic twin, but the real story is that Lu Lin finally gets l…