Checkered Past

Dr. Bobb
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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!

  1. 1d ago

    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! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Detective Comics 362(00:04:04) - Butler the Vet's Birthday Bash(00:08:17) - Richard Gere in Pacific Princes(00:09:48) - The Little Mermaid(00:10:35) - The Batman Story in Detective Comics(00:11:51) - The Riddler's Conundrum Challenge(00:13:36) - Batmobiles Race for Free tuition(00:15:37) - The Riddler Returns to Gotham(00:18:28) - The Riddler: A Crossword Puzzle(00:20:21) - Batman and Robin: The Gotham City Map(00:23:17) - "It's none of our business"(00:24:08) - Dauphin's Ship(00:24:55) - Batman and Robin in The Dark Knight Returns(00:27:08) - The Home Used for the Batman's Wayne Manor(00:28:26) - Batman and Robin: The Riddle(00:31:48) - How to Sell a Baja Lounge(00:32:13) - Pebble Beach Amusement Park(00:33:30) - The Dark Knight vs The Riddler(00:37:58) - The Batman vs The Riddler(00:40:42) - What city can always feed its people? Well, the answer is(00:43:10) - The Dark Knight vs The Riddler(00:46:09) - The Riddler Discloses That Trap That Batman and Robin Esc(00:48:43) - The Stupid Part of The Batman Story(00:51:24) - Super Elongated Man(00:53:19) - In the Elevator With Rich Women(00:54:01) - Police Horse Detective(00:58:32) - Horse Detective(01:02:49) - Horse vs. Policeman(01:05:58) - Jimmy Olsen Travels Through Time To Krypton

  2. Jul 2

    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! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Adventure Comics 355: And The Six Legged Legionnaire(00:03:03) - How to Deal With A Heat Wave in the US(00:05:33) - A stray dog runs through the streets(00:08:06) - The War of the Legions(00:12:19) - Legion of Supervillains: Kidnapping Brainiac(00:14:58) - Cosmic Man: The Master of Sound(00:16:33) - Saturn Woman vs Hypnosee(00:20:29) - What To Do If Your Leg Falls Off On The Rollercoaster(00:21:03) - Lightning Man vs. Lightning Lord(00:21:54) - Polar Man vs. Beauty Blaze(00:24:05) - Legion of Supervillains vs The supervillains(00:29:21) - Lex Luthor vs The Legion of Supermen(00:32:39) - The New Members of the Legion of Superheroes(00:36:31) - The Forgotten Legion of Superheroes(00:40:05) - Supergirl Movie Review(00:41:44) - Are Green Suns Bad For Superman?(00:44:56) - Smallville(00:48:15) - In the Dark: Lana Lang Turns Into a Legionnaire(00:51:09) - Superboy and the Legionnaires(00:56:05) - Shrinking Violet vs Augur Khan(01:00:11) - The Legion of Superboy(01:03:36) - The Legion of Superheroes Story

  3. Jun 21

    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! Chapters (00:00:00) - This Week in Action Comics: Superman vs Supergirl(00:03:05) - Wonders of the World: Sunday(00:04:29) - Casper The Ghost: Spooky The Ghost?(00:08:41) - Wendy Williams on Harvey Comics(00:09:00) - It's All In the Love Boat Podcast(00:11:03) - The End of My Course(00:14:51) - Summer Plans: Action Comics(00:16:46) - Mummy on the COVID(00:18:41) - Superman vs Intercrime(00:23:53) - The Life of Dr. Kryptonite(00:26:38) - The Secret Life of Superdog Crypto(00:31:50) - The Mummy Defeats Superman(00:35:24) - Superman vs Kryptonite(00:36:42) - Superman vs Dr. Kryptonite(00:41:58) - Superman Is Not a Communist(00:44:04) - Superman Action 344(00:45:02) - The Secret to Supergirl at Stanhope College(00:47:15) - Linda Danvers' College English Theme(00:52:17) - Supergirl at the Community Chest Drive(00:52:55) - Home Economics in college(00:54:34) - The Top 10 French Recipes(00:55:40) - Eva Longoria's Tour of France(00:57:51) - The College Cheating Case(01:02:00) - A Little Helping the Criminals(01:04:43) - Supergirl changes to Linda for a special aquatic event(01:08:01) - Supergirl Expelled From Stanhope(01:11:02) - The Legion of Superheroes: The Adult Story(01:12:31) - Wondering Why

  4. Jun 12

    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! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Green Lantern 52(00:02:40) - Storms Coming In The Country(00:03:13) - What if A Tornado Came Through?(00:04:31) - Tree Falls Down In My Yard(00:07:53) - Sen. Obama Gets Compliment on His Shirt(00:08:18) - Jason Momoa in Aquaman(00:10:05) - The Green Lantern(00:11:19) - The Secret Life of Green Lanterns(00:16:14) - Is Your Future Safe From Cyclone?(00:16:29) - Green Lantern: A flashback read by Alan Scott(00:19:50) - Green Lantern 2: Sending Goitrude to Doybe(00:22:35) - The Gay Guy In The Car(00:24:59) - Ghost Car(00:28:44) - Goitrude the Ghostly Caddy(00:31:00) - The Green Lanterns vs Ghost Cars(00:32:40) - Green Lantern vs. Alan Scott(00:35:55) - Sinestro Returns to the Green Lanterns(00:39:18) - Green Lanterns(00:42:28) - The Secret to Recovering a Lost Battery(00:42:43) - Green Lanterns vs Sinestro(00:44:45) - Green Lanterns vs Sinestro(00:49:58) - Green Lantern: The Return of Goitrude(00:51:30) - Green Lantern: The Story So Far(00:54:06) - Looking for the World

  5. May 31

    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! Chapters (00:00:00) - Superboy 137(00:02:52) - Spring cleaning in the house(00:04:57) - In the world of managerial accounting(00:06:46) - Boring job costing class(00:09:59) - Flute Concert and Guitar(00:11:17) - Oh, My Love Boat!(00:12:06) - Ashes in the Carpet(00:14:18) - How to Create Go Go Check Comics Covers(00:16:21) - milo on The Comeback and For All Mankind(00:19:31) - The Montreal Canadiens(00:19:43) - Superboy in the New Home...(00:22:49) - Martin Gray on Biscuits Flavored Tea(00:24:04) - How Smallville Stands Up to Earthquakes(00:26:54) - When Superboy Needs To Travel Back In Time(00:30:25) - Superman and Clark Kent: The Alternate Lives(00:34:50) - The Boy Who Says He's Blind(00:35:23) - How To Pass as Superboy in Smallville(00:37:22) - How My Great Grandmother Met Her husband(00:38:34) - Superboy(00:41:14) - Chuck Kendall switches to Superboy after witnessing bank robbery(00:45:20) - Super baby from Krypton is featured in this week's podcast(00:47:02) - Baby Found in the Basement of Smallville(00:50:57) - Strawberry Scratches on a Television Set(00:53:52) - Superboy: Build a Children's Zoo(00:58:27) - Tarzan: A Super Genius(01:00:06) - Clark Kent: On Becoming Superboy(01:04:20) - Superboy meets Old Man on Geryon(01:07:01) - Superboy(01:11:06) - Superboy And The Kryptonian Fabric

  6. May 22

    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! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Sugar and Spike(00:04:09) - The Little Mermaid Music Director's Birthday(00:04:48) - The Best Day of My Life...(00:08:06) - Tiny Toy Ideas(00:13:01) - The Secret Life of Spies(00:17:43) - Charlie Brown and the Spy(00:20:45) - Mrs. White on Mother's Day(00:22:52) - The Secret Life of Spies(00:28:20) - Baby Giants Go to the Dollhouse(00:29:15) - Counterespionage Society(00:31:01) - Sheldon Mayer(00:33:10) - Magazines & Monsters(00:34:09) - Stanley And His Monster(00:38:33) - How Mean Was My Teacher In High School?(00:39:25) - Stanley's Sister Against A Bullie(00:43:07) - The Tale of Stanley the Gnome and Leprechaun(00:45:00) - The Monster Is Stanley's Dog(00:47:35) - The Ghost and the Monster(00:50:39) - Stanley And His Monster Story Review

  7. May 11

    Sockamagee! A Girl! (House of Mystery 166)

    Zook returns! Robby enters puberty! And Dr. Bobb gets a dream cat! It's all right here in House of Mystery #166! Chapters (00:00:00) - House of Mystery 166(00:01:30) - The Cougar Man(00:02:28) - Ghost Sakama G(00:03:48) - Continuation Commencement(00:05:34) - Julie Walters on Her Dream About Cats(00:06:58) - Celebrations of Commencement Day(00:09:04) - I'm Going Camping Tomorrow(00:10:41) - Robbie Reed Is Turning Puberty in Littleville(00:13:11) - The Revenge of the Cougar Man(00:16:33) - Yankee Doodle Kid vs. Cougar Man(00:21:32) - How to Become the King of the Curses(00:24:01) - The Curse of the Albatross(00:28:31) - The Southport Anchor Monument(00:29:26) - Super Chief vs The Albatross(00:34:31) - Robbie Reed in '(00:34:49) - Mailbag: Time Machine Mailbag(00:35:08) - Dear Dr. Bob(00:39:36) - The Time Machine Mail Bag(00:39:58) - The Manhunter(00:44:54) - Marco Xavier(00:46:02) - The Manhunter from Mars(00:47:23) - The Martian Manhunter vs Vulture(00:51:58) - Black Panther vs. Manhunter(00:52:26) - Mars Martian Manhunter vs Vulture(00:55:18) - How To Win A Full Size Gemini Spacecraft

  8. May 3

    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! Chapters (00:00:00) - Checkered Past(00:03:34) - Teens walking around in the cold(00:06:45) - The Secret to Traveling(00:07:01) - The Grades Are In(00:09:27) - The Real Life of Acting(00:12:50) - Scooter the Ghost in Hamlet(00:13:56) - Letteres Gets Called Out in "The New Yorker"(00:14:33) - The Secret Life of Scooter(00:18:36) - The Lighting in Hamlet(00:20:52) - The Hamlet Play(00:22:17) - The Kids in Hamlet(00:24:40) - In the Elevator With Ms. Bluff(00:25:18) - Kenny the Beatnik Bashes His Head Open(00:27:29) - The Comedy of Hamlet(00:32:53) - The Statue Made With Peanut Butter(00:33:16) - Scooter Comics: The Evolution(00:34:39) - Star Spangled War Stories: Private War in the Big House of(00:36:39) - Jerry Conway and Len Strazewski(00:38:22) - Jackie Blaine vs Nick Tardy(00:41:50) - Little Songs for Kids(00:45:54) - Jackie and Nick in Land of the Lost(00:50:28) - Nick Trapped In The Big House Of Monsters

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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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  • Creator
    Dr. Bobb
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2026
  • Episodes
    335
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    Copyright © Bobb Robinson
  • Show Website
    Checkered Past

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