Checkered Past

Batman and Robin face good ol' Cold War intrigue and Dr. Bobb lays out his crime-fighting requirements. PLUS Ralph Dibny returns to his roots! It's all right here in Detective Comics #361!

SuperMAN visis his old pals in the Legion, now all grown up! Dr. Bobb tries to extemporaneously regurgitate Legion trivia from his tired old brain! Plus plenty of the pet minutiae you've come to depend on! It's all right here in Adventure Comics #354! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Checkered Past(00:04:46) - What Have I Been Up To?(00:06:54) - TRAVEL TO NEW YORK(00:10:05) - A Cat Gets Out of His Home(00:13:04) - Legionnaires: The Future of Superman ((00:14:44) - Tales of the Legion of Superheroes(00:15:31) - Superman visits the Legion Headquarters in the Dark(00:17:08) - Superman Runs into Brainiac 5(00:20:41) - In the Elevator With Ultraman and Phantom Woman(00:22:23) - Mon El(00:24:38) - The Legion of Superboy(00:28:31) - Legionnaires Still in the Legion(00:32:07) - Superman and the Legion of Superman(00:35:49) - The Legion of Superheroes: Exploring the Cosmic Directorate(00:38:25) - The New Legion of Superman(00:41:47) - The Secret to Superman's Secret(00:43:24) - Superman vs. Element Man(00:46:

The FBI needs help, and there's only one person in America who can provide it - Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper! PLUS Supergirl has roomate problems. BEEN THERE, GIRL. It's all right here in Action Comics #348!

Batman and Superman, evil crime lords dividing the world between them? Immortal Man, fighting super-apes on the eve of his wedding? Dr. Bobb, still bitter over an imagined slight 40 years ago? It's all right here, in World's Finest #165 and Strange Adventures #198! Chapters (00:00:00) - Ready, Set, Go!(00:00:17) - Batman: The Crown of Crime(00:03:54) - How's your day been going?(00:04:36) - Winter Vomiting Disease(00:04:55) - No news for the week(00:06:51) - Batman vs Superman on the COVID(00:08:26) - Batman vs Superman(00:10:29) - In stately Wayne Manor, Batman and Robin prepare to fight King Wolf(00:11:28) - King Wolf Gets Put In the Electric Chair(00:16:10) - No Wonder Bread(00:17:06) - The King Wolf's Challenge(00:20:30) - King Wolf(00:21:55) - Caped Crime Busters(00:27:44) - If You Can Stop Batman(00:32:47) - The Adventures of Batman(00:36:32) - The Dark Knight vs Superman(00:39:24) - The First Man to Die On The Moon(00:41:24) - The Immortal Man(00:46:05) - Immortal Man rescues the dinosaurs(00:49:04) -

Without so much as a fare-thee-well, Capt. Hunter is shuffled off to (in our imaginations) a blissful retirement with his wife Lu Lin and barbecue parties with his twin brother, whiuloe we turn our focus to a brand-new feature, the hard-knuckled adventures of the good captain's father in WWII (the big one!) It's Our Fighting Forces #106 and the debut of Lt. Hunter's Hellcats! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Our Fighting Forces 106: Hunter's Hellcats(00:04:51) - Wicked the Musical(00:06:17) - Captain Hunter and His Hellcats: The End of an Era(00:10:59) - Twin Soldiers vs Viet Cong(00:16:32) - Is It Bad if You Are Identical Twins?(00:17:27) - The Elephant Whisperer(00:20:32) - How To Survive An Elephant Stomp(00:23:58) - In the Elevator With Scientologists(00:24:18) - Platoon of Twins vs Tiger(00:28:10) - Hunting Season Has Arrived in West Virginia(00:31:35) - Twins Against the Viet Cong(00:35:04) - Father's Story of Lieutenant Hunter's Hellcats(00:35:49) - Dad reads to the boys(00:37:22) - The Hellca

Element Girl - dead! Sapphire - jilted at the altar! And Earth - under attack by a fleet of UFOs! It's all right here in Metamorpho #11! Chapters (00:00:00) - Ready, Set, Go!(00:00:17) - Checkered Past: Metamorpho #11(00:02:21) - Teachers talk about the challenges of teaching(00:05:25) - Were We Dating When We Met?(00:05:44) - There was a lot going on this week in our house. So I'm sorry, listeners(00:07:24) - Who Is Metamorpho The Element Man?(00:10:59) - In Holland, state ein he(00:11:56) - Leave Element Girl's Body to Decompose(00:15:45) - Element Girl(00:17:07) - Simon Kisses Element Girl(00:19:47) - UFOs in the Skies(00:21:36) - Flying Saucer Targets Air Force Plane(00:24:02) - Ron's Car Pulls Out of His driveway(00:25:47) - The Life of Simon Stagg(00:30:10) - Metamorpho(00:31:30) - Coming soon to Earth: Stagg(00:31:54) - The Famous Five(00:34:33) - The Metamorpho(00:36:05) - In the Dark: The Life of Wonder Woman(00:40:22) - What If You Were Hired For a Non-Qualified Position(00:41:04) - The Secret to Fl

5 Justice Leaguers - missing in action! The Superman-Legend of Zelda crossover you've been clamoring for! PLUS an exciting review of the JLA by-laws! It's all right here in JLA #52! Chapters (00:00:00) - Ready, Set, Go!(00:00:17) - Checkered Past(00:01:55) - It's the Justice League(00:04:55) - Getting It Out of My System(00:06:34) - Favorite Things You Watched While You Were Away(00:07:48) - Justice League of America: Missing in Action #5(00:11:07) - The Winged Wonderful vs Martian Manhunter(00:15:01) - Kryptonite In The Elevator(00:15:16) - Symphony in the Dark(00:16:15) - Martian Manhunter(00:19:43) - Hawkman Tapping Dance To Stop Criminals(00:20:42) - Green Lantern vs The Justice League, Part 2(00:23:54) - Two Checkers At the Grocery Store(00:25:59) - Green Lantern vs Jeff the Dog(00:29:29) - The Atom(00:31:14) - Several Days Before I Received the Emergency Signal, I Was Unable to(00:32:35) - Batman vs Superman(00:34:31) - Superman vs Green-Star(00:37:18) - Superman vs The Cube Creatures(00:40:59) - The Da

I never imagined Plastic Man as the hero of the proletariat, but here we are. Catch all the excitement in Plastic Man #3! Chapters (00:00:00) - Plastic Man 3: A Checkered Past(00:04:14) - Shepherdston Choral Evensong(00:06:08) - How to Deal with Daylight Savings Time(00:07:40) - Plasticman(00:08:41) - The Basic Invention of Man(00:09:25) - Plastic Man Turns Gordon Gordon Into a Ski Plane(00:12:05) - The Secret Life of Rupert Kennedy(00:13:57) - The Duke of Wheelington Owes Money to His(00:16:45) - The Life of Duke of Wheelington(00:21:26) - The Secret to Shipping in Earth 12(00:23:01) - Inventing The Wheel On Earth 1(00:27:40) - Plastic Man(00:29:54) - Plastic Man(00:33:33) - In the Elevator With Plastic Man(00:37:36) - The Irresponsible Mother in the Umbrellas of Cherbourg(00:41:34) - Plastic Man vs. Dr. Dome(00:44:27) - Plastic Man Returns In The Justice League(00:49:11) - You gotta Turn On the Sunshine

It's the triumphant return not only of US, but also of the Inferior Five, in their own title that no one demanded! Secret Agents! Pulp Heroes! Funny Russian names! All right here in The Inferior Five #1! Chapters (00:00:00) - Ready, Set, Go!(00:00:17) - We'll Be Five for All Forever(00:03:53) - A Week in the Life(00:05:52) - The Inferior 5(00:09:29) - Inferior 5: The Inferior Five Comic(00:11:48) - The Inferior 5: Cousin Fred vs Batman(00:16:39) - The Creep Who Stole My Hair(00:17:56) - White Feather(00:19:17) - The Inner Comedy of Herman's Diner(00:21:49) - Mr. Mite's Origin Story(00:25:19) - Stupid Comic, Part 2(00:25:51) - Man From UNCLE Car caricatures(00:28:38) - How To Play The Cousin Fred Guy(00:30:22) - Hurricane Agents(00:31:00) - The Yellow Streak(00:31:54) - Thunder Agents: The Comic(00:36:15) - Inferior Five Escape in a Gold Bug(00:38:46) - Thunder Agents: Hurricane Headquarters(00:43:53) - The Raven And His Allergic Clothes(00:47:11) - Inferior 5: The Movie Parodies(00:52:04) - Turn On the Sunshi

Green Lantern - missing in action! (Well not action exactly...) Flash is called upon to find him - if only he can get past those pesky future bandits! It's all right here in Flash #168! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Checkered Past(00:02:18) - Bob Got Sick With COVID Vaccine(00:04:36) - Let's Go!(00:05:11) - Green Lantern: Flash #168(00:06:53) - Green Lantern #1 The Flash(00:07:48) - Beauty Quiz(00:11:29) - Barry Allen on His Auditions(00:13:32) - The Flash: Hal Jordan's Missing(00:17:30) - What Is That House With the Picket Fenced Outside?(00:18:26) - Twice In Time by Manley Wade Wellman(00:22:56) - How To Make a Cat Floating Gun(00:25:46) - The Flash vs. The Crooks(00:29:40) - The Flash rescues a forgotten Green Lantern from the river(00:33:28) - Green Lantern's Oath(00:37:40) - The Flash vs Green Lantern(00:41:02) - Disney's Toy Story Land(00:44:06) - Green Lantern vs Hjalmar Helms(00:46:32) - Why Barry Should Tell Iris He's The Flash(00:50:34) - The Flash and His Twins

No but seriously how does no one connect the green skinned boy that hangs out with the Doom Patrol to the green-faced animals that also hang out with the Doom Patrol? Find out in Doom Patrol #110!  Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Doom Patrol(00:01:28) - How to Make a Horse's Costume(00:06:09) - REMAIN the Jungle Girl(00:07:04) - Playing rhythm guitar for a few hours(00:11:19) - The Brain in 'Brainiac'(00:12:12) - Doom Patrol: Episode 110(00:15:02) - The Brotherhood of Evil(00:20:11) - Negative Man(00:21:46) - In the Elevator With Steve Dayton and Rita Farr(00:22:31) - The Doom Patrol vs The Brotherhood(00:26:42) - Negative Man vs Robotman in The Dark Knight(00:31:35) - Brain vs. Clown Face(00:35:16) - The Chief's Love Letter to Madame Rouge(00:38:31) - Brain in the Brotherhood Chambers(00:40:29) - The Brotherhood of Evil(00:41:21) - The Juvenile Court Verdict(00:45:15) - Beast Boy vs Galtry(00:48:42) - Beast Boy(00:50:59) - Beast Boy in the Court(00:56:13) - How To Win an Illegal Case(00:56:34) - Do

Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin' into the future, and the Penguin's right there on the cutting edge! But can Batman stop his pinioned purloining in time? Find out in Batman #190! Chapters (00:00:00) - Batman 190(00:02:03) - Umbrella Mail(00:03:32) - Back in the Voice Studio(00:04:04) - Mold on my motorcycle: what to Do?(00:06:27) - The Penguin 3D Printed Action Figure(00:10:39) - Jaws 2: Screaming Like A Girl(00:11:12) - The Penguin Waddles Out on a Crime Caper(00:14:23) - Penguin the Penguin's Dinner for His henchmen(00:18:12) - Batman and Robin: The New(00:19:19) - Batmobile Gives Robin a Break(00:20:18) - Batman and Robin(00:23:06) - Batman and Robin Fight Penguin(00:24:04) - Batman vs Robin: The Fight(00:28:43) - Robots in the DC Extended Universe(00:30:08) - Parapil(00:30:51) - Penguin vs Batman: Underwater Ullas(00:36:39) - The Cast of Hedwig and The Angry Inch(00:39:51) - Bat Rellas(00:40:54) - Batman vs The Penguin(00:45:50) - Brawly the Penguin In Prison

Giant robots! Beatlemania! Teen lingo! And some good ol' fashioned American xenophobia! It's all right here in Teen Titans #8! Chapters (00:00:00) - Checkered Past(00:02:05) - DC Comics The Silver Age Batwoman Figure(00:05:42) - A Farewell to a Friend(00:06:34) - Mold in the crawl space(00:10:34) - The Teen Titans: A Cult Classic(00:12:09) - Bob Haney on The Beatles(00:14:28) - The Teen Titans(00:15:32) - Amy's Letter About Exchange Student(00:16:05) - How Does Aquaman Go To the Bathroom?(00:20:00) - Let's Go to Landsford!(00:23:42) - Teen Titans vs.(00:27:01) - Dr. Fate vs. Fade(00:30:36) - The Teen Titans(00:31:55) - An Indian Family Moves In to My Parents' House(00:34:15) - Super Cats(00:36:38) - Honey Bun Takes to the Streets(00:39:15) - Teen Titans: Hans Wernick Deserves Shooting(00:39:46) - The Wonder Woman vs The Brown Shirts(00:44:27) - Teen Titans(00:47:40) - Bear Towed to Smedleyville(00:50:06) - Robin From The Teen Titans(00:50:44) - Honey Bun Gets Ready to Fly Out Of The USA(00:53:54) - Honey Bun

Kids these days! Always finding medeival sea creatures and hypnotising their gym teachers and whatnot. Find out all about it right here in The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #99 and Sea Devils #34! Chapters (00:00:00) - Ready, Set, Go!(00:00:17) - The Adventures of Jerry Lewis(00:03:22) - How do you like a classroom full of dullards?(00:04:49) - Jerry Lewis on The Adventures of Jerry Lewis(00:07:50) - Uncle Hal the Gym Teacher(00:09:17) - The Letter From Master Renfrew Lewis(00:13:54) - Jerry Lewis At A Girls School(00:17:50) - The Secret Life of Little House in the Prairie(00:21:23) - Jan Brady on The Brady Bunch(00:24:42) - Jerry the Bullying Child(00:28:26) - Jerry in Industrial Arts Gags(00:32:18) - Jerry Lewis In The Hazing(00:36:18) - The Sea Devils vs The Sea Angels(00:40:12) - Sea Devils(00:43:45) - The Sea Devils(00:45:51) - Sea Devils(00:49:06) - What Counts as a Concert?(00:51:32) - How to Get Engaged in a Class(00:53:47) - Sea Devils Against a Monster(00:57:48) - Sea Devils Against a Sea Monster(01:01:

NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM! NOT AN IMAGINARY STORY! (but we kinda wish it was.) Jimmy and Lucy tie the knot! But what terrible fate does their conubial happiness bring upon Jiimmy's pal Superman? Find out right here in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #100! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Superman: Jimmy Olsen's Weirdo Wedding(00:04:26) - The Craziest Jimmy Olsen Story(00:08:04) - Jimmy Olsen in the Comic(00:08:23) - Jimmy Olsen: On The Inside, Number 100(00:08:51) - Superman's Friend Jimmy Olsen: The Beatles Wedding(00:12:54) - How To Win A Girl's Love(00:15:32) - Jimmy the Superman Turns Giant(00:19:30) - Jimmy Olsen 76: No Future for Our Love(00:24:16) - The Legion of Superheroes(00:25:44) - Jimmy Olsen's $10,000 Home(00:29:30) - Superman Delivering Suits to Lucy's(00:33:12) - The Alternate Supergirl Wedding(00:37:11) - What Do You Remember From Reading As A Teen?(00:37:36) - Superman and Supergirl at the Wedding(00:38:51) - Wedding Dress(00:39:52) - Superman at a Wedding(00:42:37) - This Is Priceless(00:

It's an 80-Page Giant! A Crossover with our super-friend! AND our gala 300th episode! It's got Super-Horses! Bizarros! And Chuck! Join us for Action Comics #347! Chapters (00:00:00) - Checkered Past: Supergirl vs Bizarro(00:04:29) - Nerd Orchestra: Pick Up People Off The Street(00:05:19) - John Williams: The Quiz(00:09:04) - Jerry Goldsmith Dead at 75(00:11:14) - The Soundtrack of Supergirl(00:13:49) - Chuck: When did you first see this movie? I don't remember(00:16:57) - Supergirl Soundtrack(00:21:38) - Supergirl(00:24:02) - The Amazing Tale of Supergirl(00:27:47) - Phantom Girl Visits Supergirl(00:31:58) - The Secret Life of Supergirl(00:34:42) - The Secret Life of The Atlantis Shrine(00:36:17) - Supergirl KISSES DR. MICHAEL BENEDICT(00:40:21) - Supergirl vs. Jarrow(00:42:25) - How Do You Get a Pearl From an Oyster?(00:43:47) - In The Supergirl Episode 1(00:44:49) - Superman and Supergirl in The DC Comics(00:46:58) - Supergirl on Earth!(00:48:49) - The Supergirl Emergency Squad(00:55:24) - The Secret Origin

Now that he's a homeless vagabond, Hal FINALLY follows up on the strange baubles he's found stuck to his uniform and *gasp* they're from 3800 years in the future! He travels to the 58th century only to find a clone of himself which HE CREATED. Confused? Join the club, sister! It's all right here in Green Lantern #51! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Checkered Past(00:01:24) - Green Lantern(00:05:14) - Yellow Jackets and Hornets in the House(00:09:03) - Fantastic Four(00:09:58) - Green Lantern: The Traveler #51(00:13:20) - Green Lantern: The Legend of Gil Kane(00:14:42) - The Power Ring of Green Lantern(00:17:29) - A Crisis of the Solar Council(00:23:12) - Green Lantern: Traveling Through Time(00:24:11) - Green Lantern vs Paul Manning(00:28:35) - Paul Manning on Trial vs Green Lantern(00:34:25) - Green Lantern vs Paul Manning(00:39:31) - Green Lantern: The Legend of Paul Manning(00:42:09) - How The Guardians See the Future of Green Lantern(00:45:04) - The Green Lantern Returns to Earth(00:46:03) - Hap

Sugar and Spike get the best of Li'l Arthur AND a multi-national crime ring in one fell swoop! PLUS it's the *choke* LAST ISSUE *sob!* of everyone's favorite oeg-leg PT Boat Captain, Capt. Storm!  Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Captain Storm ()(00:04:47) - When You Have to Mow a Woman's Grass(00:06:22) - Have You Got a Lawn Mower?(00:06:37) - Sugar and Spike: The Comics of Sheldon Mayer(00:09:54) - Baby Comics(00:12:39) - Superman and Batman: Patrolling the Town(00:14:50) - The Crooks Who Kidnapped My Sister(00:19:41) - How To Steal a Million-Dollar Card(00:23:09) - The Lion Sent the Kids on a Fool's Errand(00:24:50) - Walton's Paper Dolls(00:26:46) - The Crooks Try to Capture the Children(00:27:40) - Baby Superhero Costume(00:31:43) - A Little Fingerprint for the Tornado Tot(00:35:03) - Animal Cruelty(00:36:58) - Captain Storm(00:40:14) - Pirates on a Wooden Leg(00:45:35) - PT Boat Against the Japanese(00:48:31) - Captain Storm Against Submarine, Plane and Submarine(00:51:46) - 300th Episode

The origin of Henry Winkler's signature Fonzie move! Dr. Bobb's heartwarming tales of the Ohio State Fair! And did we mention the HIP, NEW Blackhawk era? It's all right here in Blackhawk #230! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Blackhawk 230(00:04:09) - Jumping the Shark(00:07:23) - The New Blackhawk: Digging Their New Secret Identities(00:11:13) - Henry Winkler On The Fonz(00:12:36) - The Black Hawks in Crisis #(00:16:07) - Skyrim: The Swedish Slum(00:18:54) - Circus Island(00:21:18) - The Leaper(00:25:48) - Have You Already Befriended a Swedish Girl?(00:26:13) - The Emperor's Goons Training(00:28:16) - Gargantua In The Knights of Sea Crossover(00:29:07) - Monsieur Machine At The Ohio State Fair(00:32:47) - How To Ruin a Carousel(00:36:41) - Gargantua Gets a Plasma infusion(00:38:06) - Equipment and their use(00:40:01) - Working at the University of Maryland College Library, which had no books(00:41:46) - He Digs The Boat Bit The Most(00:42:44) - Chop Chop vs The Emperor(00:45:05) - Black Hawk vs Duck

Robby Reed, experiencing horrific body dysmorphia! Martian Manhunter, radioactive (and not in the Britney Spears way)! And Dr. Husband, in his full tangential glory! It's House of Mystery #165!