Checkered Past

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 …

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…

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!

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!

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!

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…

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 …

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!

This episode brought to you by the letter C, and the words Caveman, Colonoscopy, Car Lighter, Classical Music, and Crabs! It's World's Finest #161, an 80-Page Giant!

WHO is the Sizzler? WHY did G.I. Joe defect to the VietCong? WHAT is the secret of Dr. Bobb's meatball soup? ALL WILL BE REVEALED ON THIS EPISODE! It's Metal Men #22!

Alfred is dead, and I don't feel so good myself. But don't worry, turns out Alfred's not REALLY dead, he's just an all-powerful super-villain! Author Jim Beard joins us to explore the craftiest telev…

An untold tale of Superbaby's arrival on Earth, and his first ADORABLE but-up of a crime syndicate! PLUS Robin mucks around and creates a new timeline! It's Superboy #133!

Gramps gets his moment to shine, but what benefit is civic pride when one is transformed into a monster? PLUS Marco Xavier gets his chance to meet Mr. V, AND the saga of Dr. Husband's missing wedding…

Roger Boyd has one month to live – unless the Green Glob can set things right! PLUS Auto-Man runs afoul of a super-advanced mutant genius who somehow skipped English class! It's the Green Glob and Au…

You can lead a Haunted Tank to the Patisserie but you cannot make him eat! Jeb Stuart's gotta capture a Nazi tank crew and he's gotta do it fast, good thing his pals Sgt. Rock and Johnny Cloud are ar…

You know it's a ghreat story when flying gorillas don't even make the top five list of - pardon my French - ape-sh*t things! Hidden civilizations! Evil priest-kings! Mosaic analogues! Lady scheintist…

It wouldn't be Christmas without an 80-Page Giant! Robin flies solo (when he can shake himself out of his teenage pity party) PLUS Dr. Husband discovers that there's a such thing as Bat-Hound!

Not one, not two, but THREE Insect Queens for the price of one! PLUS a roomful of Lois Lane mannequins, kitten problems, and my mother's irrational fear of gypsies!

Red Ryan - DEAD! Ace Morgan - DEAD! And I don't feel so great myself! PLUS is meanness really a villainous raison d'être? Join us for Challengers of the Unknown #52 and find out!