Checkered Past
By Bobb Robinson
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Description
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!
| Episode | Date |
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Kids Ruin Everything (Doom Patrol 108)
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Erasing the Past (Batman 188)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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I'm Sure Secrets Die on Other Islands, Too (Strange Adventures 195/Star-Spangled War Stories 130)
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Sizzle Me This (Metal Men 23)
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Take Your Stinking Paws Off Me, You Damned Dirty Jimmy! (Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen 98)
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Knocking on My Chamber Door (Hawkman 17)
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Give 'Em the Ole Razzle Dazzle (Green Lantern 49)
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Dubya Dubya One, the BIG One! (GI Combat 121/Tales of the Unexpected 98)
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Don't Be So Negative (Blackhawk 227)
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Throw Me a Bone (Superboy 134)
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Hashtag Twinning (House of Mystery 163)
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Never Never on a Sunday (Batman 187)
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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The Gloves are Coming Off (Our Army at War 174/ Strange Adventures 194)
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Howzabout Challenging the KNOWN For a Change (Challengers of the Unknown 53)
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Time, See What's Become of Me (Atom 28)
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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I Was a Teenage Beowulf (Bob Hope 102)
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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A Giant Among Supermen (Action Comics 343)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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I've Seen That Movie (Detective Comics 357)
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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Denver, James Denver (Our Fighting Forces 104)
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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The Devil, You Say (Superman 191)
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Valley of Derision (Metamorpho 9)
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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The Cat's Meow (Lois Lane 70/71)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Color Me Blue (Adventure 351)
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Devil's Half Dozen (Adventure Comics 350)
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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You Devil, You (Sea Devils 32)
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Bless the Beast Boys and the Children (Teen Titans 6)
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Don't Drop the Soap (Jerry Lewis 97)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Stretched Too Thin (Plastic Man 1)
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Absent Without Steve (Wonder Woman 166)
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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On an Island With You (Blackhawk 226)
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Double Double Toil & Trouble (JLA #49)
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Aug 15, 2023 |
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Monkey See, Monkey Do (Tomahawk 107)
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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Grease, Ahoy! (Capt. Storm 16)
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Brigadoom aka A Watery Grave (Aquaman 30)
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Jul 25, 2023 |
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Blights of the Round Table (World's Finest 162)
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Hard as a Rock! (Our Army at War 173)
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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The What Ship of Where, Now? (JLA 48)
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Goin' to the Chap-Hell (Flash 165)
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Jun 06, 2023 |
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Let's Get Small (Doom Patrol 107)
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May 18, 2023 |
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Faceless in the Crowd (Batman 186/Swing with Scooter 3)
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May 09, 2023 |
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Big Top-Less (Strange Adventures 193/ Fox and Crow 100)
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May 02, 2023 |
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Da Bomb Dot Com (Action Comics 342)
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Apr 25, 2023 |
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Fathers, M'Iright? (Adventure Comics 349)
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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The Summer Knows (Jimmy Olsen 97)
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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With a Wink and a Nod (Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?)
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Mar 28, 2023 |
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All That Glitters (Green Lantern 48)
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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The Brave and the Billy (Brave and Bold 68)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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C is for Cookie (Rhymes with KOOKY) (World's Finest 161)
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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I'm Only Human (Metal Men 22)
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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On the Outside Looking In (Detective Comics #356)
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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Superboy Sunday! (Superboy #133)
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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A Singular Smog (House of Mystery 162)
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Me No Like! (Tales of the Unexpected 97)
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Eye of the Tiger (G.I. Combat 120)
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Winging It (Hawkman 16)
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Jan 17, 2023 |
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Robin Whines at Dawn (Batman 185)
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Last Chance Lois (Lois Lane 69)
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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I Was a Pteenage Pterodactyl (Star Spangled War Stories 129/Our Fighting Forces 103)
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Red Dead Redemption (Challengers of the Unknown 52)
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Julie Taymor Called (Adventures of Jerry Lewis 96)
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Nov 22, 2022 |
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Surf and the World Surfs With You (Bob Hope 101)
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Happy Hallo-wheen! (Sugar and Spike 67)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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She's a Killah QUEEEEEN (Blackhawk 225)
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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A Sheep, A Duck, and a Rooster Walk Into a Bar (Atom 27)
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Will Wonders Never Crease (Wonder Woman 165)
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Teenage Angst (Superman 190)
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Sep 27, 2022 |
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Faith of Our Fathers (Our Army at War 172)
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Tub Erehw Saw Eht Dopirt? (Detective 355)
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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House of the Rising Sun Boy (Adventure Comics 348)
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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When I Think About You, I Punch Myself (Action Comics #341)
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Is Your Capricorn Rising or Are You Just Happy To See Me? (World's Finest #160)
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Aug 16, 2022 |
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It's pronounced Meht-uh-MOR-fo (Metamorpho #8)
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Man About Town (Flash #164)
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Fly, Robin, Fly (Batman 184)
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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Ants in Your Pants (Teen Titans #5)
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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A Whale of a Tale (Sea Devils #31)
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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The Devil Made Me Do It (Showcase #64)
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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All Press is Good Press! (Blackhawk 224)
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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But Didn't Mental Man Smell Like Fish? (Lois Lane #68)
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Mediocre Minds Think Alike (Jimmy Olsen 96)
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Cancelled Comic Cavalcade (All-American Men of War 117/ Mystery in Space 110)
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Jun 07, 2022 |
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Krypto-Currency (Superboy 132)
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May 30, 2022 |
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Walk Like the Egyptian Deity of Your Choice! (House of Mystery 161)
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May 23, 2022 |
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Eye for an Eye...errr, I mean, Arm for a Leg (Capt. Storm 15)
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May 18, 2022 |
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God Bless Anachro-merica! (Tomahawk 106)
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May 09, 2022 |
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The Red Beard of Courage (Our Army at War 171)
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May 01, 2022 |
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The End of the Road (House of Secrets 80)
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Apr 26, 2022 |
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O Brother Where Art Thou? (Aquaman 29)
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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Spring Break Special! (Sugar and Spike 66/ Scooter 2/ Strange Adventures 191)
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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Like Tarzan, but not! (Detective Comics 354)
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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Gnome-Body Knows The Trouble I Seen (Star-Spangled War Stories 128/Fox and Crow 99)
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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Queens for a Day! (Lois Lane 67)
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Green Berets and Green Globs (Our Fighting Forces 102/ Tales of the Unexpected 96)
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Feb 08, 2022 |
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The Big Lie (Adventures of Bob Hope 100)
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Sesqui-sensational! (Action Comics 340)
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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I Can Bring Home the Bacon AND Fight Off Sharks (Wonder Woman 164)
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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Run, Davey, Run! (Teen Titans 4)
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Nobody Likes a Fast Boy (Brave and the Bold 67)
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Do Androids Dream of Eclectic Creeps? (Superman 189)
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Plastic Schmastic, When Do We Eat? (Metal Men 21)
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Cub Means Something Very Different in My Circles (Jimmy Olsen 95)
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Nov 09, 2021 |
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Flaming Wings of Justice (Hawkman 15)
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Oct 26, 2021 |
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The Hardly-Haunted Tank (G.I.Combat 119)
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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Opposites Attract (World's Finest 159)
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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My Bonnie Lies Over the Sofa (Mystery in Space 109)
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Never Trust a Brunette (Challengers of the Unknown 51)
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Sep 14, 2021 |
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Caught With Your Pants Down (Blackhawk 223)
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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You Want Flies With That? (The Atom 26)
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Runnin' Up That Hill (Our Army at War 170)
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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For the Love of Ivy (Batman 183)
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Aug 17, 2021 |
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Best of Both Worlds (Justice League of America #46-47)
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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A My Name is Abra (Flash 163)
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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HoneyDOOM, m'iright? (Doom Patrol 105-106)
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Stormy Weather (Detective Comics 353)
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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"A" is for Afterlife (Strange Adventures 190)
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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They Shoot Tiger Beetles, Don't They? (Jimmy Olsen #94)
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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I Got Ssssssteam Heat (Metamorpho #7)
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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The Green Green Grass of Home (Green Lantern 46 & 47)
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May 31, 2021 |
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Here's Lookin' at You, Kids (Adventure Comics 346-347)
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May 17, 2021 |
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Is That a Missile in Your Pocket Or Are You Just Happy to See Me? (House of Mystery 160)
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May 09, 2021 |
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I'll Sail Upon the Dog Star (Superboy 131)
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May 03, 2021 |
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NOT brought to you by Little Caesar's ™ (Sea Devils 30)
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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Pride Goeth Before a Fall (Batman #182)
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Apr 13, 2021 |
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Those Balloons Ain't Gonna Bust Themselves (All-American Men of War 116/Jerry Lewis 95)
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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But...No One Ever Actually Calls Her The Cat (Lois Lane #66)
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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What's the Rent Like on a Theory of Relativity (Blackhawk #222)
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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Gorilla My Dreams (Wonder Woman 163)
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Ain't Love Grand? (Valentine's Day Special!)
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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'A' for Effort (Superman 188)
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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I'm a Leg Man (Capt. Storm 14/ Our Fighting Forces 101)
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Drain the Swamp! (Tomahawk #105)
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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The Unbearable Brightness Of Being [Evil] (House of Secrets #79)
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Boy King of the Seven Seas (Aquaman #28)
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Dec 26, 2020 |
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Up-skirt Ultra (Mystery in Space 108)
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Women's Intuition, only it's Batman (Detective Comics 352)
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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Water, Water, Everywhere (Action Comics 338 & 339)
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Is That a City in your Bottle or Are You Just Happy To See Me? (World's Finest 158)
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Technically, the Nazi's On Your Shoulder (G.I. Combat 118/Our Army At War 169)
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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You Get the Children You Deserve (The Fox and the Crow 98/Sugar and Spike 65)
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Oct 20, 2020 |
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If You Can't Beat 'Em.... (Justice League of America 45)
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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Meta-Metal Mania (Metal Men 20/Brave and the Bold 66)
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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Suicide is Painless (Star-Spangled War Stories 127/ Tales of the Unexpected 95)
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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Dark Rides of the Soul (Flash 162)
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Public Enemy Number 4! (Batman 181)
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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SCOOTER IS (Swing With Scooter #1)
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Aug 19, 2020 |
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A Mighty Fortress Is Our Zod (Superman 187)
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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I guess we're lucky there are only NINE unknowns (Hawkman #14)
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Earth-X Marks the Spot (not THAT Earth-X) (Jimmy Olsen #93)
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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Hard Travelin' Heroes (and hard-drinkin' hosts) (Green Lantern #76)
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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She Gets a Husband and I Can't Even Get a Cab (Green Lantern #45)
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Vile Is As Vile Does (Challengers of the Unknown #50)
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May 27, 2020 |
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A Method To My Moon-Madness (Blackhawk 221)
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May 10, 2020 |
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Up and Atom! (The Atom #25)
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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The Unbearable Hipness of Being (The Adventures of Bob Hope 99)
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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The Prince and the Paw-Purr (Superboy #130)
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye (Our Army At War 168/Heart Throbs 102)
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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I Don't Think Starfish Work the Way You Think They Do (House of Mystery 159)
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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A Pretty Girl is Like a *groan* Metal-ly (Metal Men 19)
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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You can't say oriental anymore, DAD (Our Fighting Forces #100)
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Holy Hot Rods! (Teen Titans #3)
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Feb 23, 2020 |
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Reach For Happiness (Because Happiness Doesn't Have Arms to Reach For You)
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Feb 18, 2020 |
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Goin' to the Chap-Hell (Doom Patrol 104)
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Feb 09, 2020 |
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Drag Queen, Gigolo Little Bo Peep (Action Comics #337)
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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I Got The Low-Down Sacre Blues (Metamorpho #6)
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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What Happens in Prison, Stays in Prison (Adventure Comics 344-345)
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Jan 05, 2020 |
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Jinkies! G-G-G-Ghosts! (Superman #186)
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Dec 29, 2019 |
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Clueless (Detective Comics #351)
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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Yes, Minister (Wonder Woman 162)
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Inferiority Complex (Showcase 62, 63, & 65)
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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Brotherly Love (Superboy #129)
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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Back to the Future! (New Frontier #1 and 2)
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Water, water everywhere, nor any drop to drink (Sea Devils #29)
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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Kids are the WURST, m'iright? (World's Finest #157)
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Oct 20, 2019 |
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Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (Mystery in Space 107/Strange Adventures 188)
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Just a Little Wet Behind the Ears (Aquaman 27)
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Oct 06, 2019 |
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My, What Big Heroes You Have! (Justice League of America #44)
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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Stormy Weather (Capt. Storm #13)
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Sep 22, 2019 |
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Satisfaction guaranteed, or double your mummy (Jerry Lewis #94)
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Hawk-aa! Blackhawks Assem...oh wait (Blackhawk #220)
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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Costume, Costume, On The Wall (Flash 161)
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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Meteor Men Make Lousy Travel Companions (Doom Patrol 103)
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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Death, Where Is Thy ZING (Batman 180/ Our Army At War 167)
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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The Chest Hair of our Forefathers (Tomahawk 104/All-American Men of War 115)
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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Is a Leopard the male equivalent of a Cougar? (House of Secrets 78)
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Jun 30, 2019 |
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Speedy Delivery! (Flash #160)
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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Luck Be A Lord-y Tonight (Adventure Comics #343)
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Jun 16, 2019 |
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Night of the Hunter(s) (Our Fighting Forces #99)
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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Beauty Is As Beauty Does (Action Comics #336)
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May 29, 2019 |
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But what happened to the dog?!? (Our Army at War #166/Fox and the Crow #97)
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May 18, 2019 |
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"I Am The Squid, Beware My Liquid!" (House of Mystery #158)
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May 13, 2019 |
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A Boy and His Morlak (Superboy #128)
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May 06, 2019 |
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I Like the Cut of His Jib! (Green Lantern #44)
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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Memory loss is no excuse for a wrinkled action costume (Detective Comics #350)
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Season of the Witch (The Enchantress and Automan!)
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Why do girls love cats and horses? (Action Comics #334!)
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Mar 20, 2019 |
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KLPLFTH RDSWQ DKWSHR! (Sugar and Spike #64)
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Secret Agent Boy! (Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #92)
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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L'amour, l'amour, toujours l'amour!
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Don't Be So Negative, Man (Brave and Bold #65)
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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Whatever Lola Wants, Lola GETS (Lois Lane #65!)
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Please, Somebody - LOVE ME! (Girls' Romances #115)
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Tank in an IceBox, Two Bits! (G.I. Combat #117!)
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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Los Blackhawkos! (Blackhawk #219)
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Tor Five Bitcha People (Wonder Woman #161!)
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Dec 29, 2018 |
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Never Trust a Robot with an 'X' in its Name!
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Dec 23, 2018 |
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Wings of Love: Hawkman (vol. 1) #13!
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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It's Not The Size That Matters!
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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Take that, UNKNOWN
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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Super-What, now?
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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Maybe you CAN pin a medal on a Gorilla!
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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BLOCKBUSTED (Detective Comics 349!)
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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Walt Has a Secret! (Young Love #54)
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Oct 21, 2018 |
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Our Army! AT WAR!
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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Hey Lady! It's the Adventures of Jerry Lewis #93!
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 30: Adventure Comics 342!
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 29: Action Comics 335!
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Sep 16, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 28: Capt. Storm 12!
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Sep 09, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 27: Justice League of America 43!
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Sep 02, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 26: Batman 179!
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Aug 26, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 25: Strange Adventures 186!
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Aug 19, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 24: Blackhawk 218!
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 23: Doom Patrol 102!
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 22: Showcase #61!
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Jul 22, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 21: World's Finest #156!
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 20: Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #91!
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 19: House of Secrets 77!
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 18: Superboy 127!
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Jun 24, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 17: Teen Titans #2!
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Jun 17, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 16: Heart Throbs #100!
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 15: Mystery in Space 106!
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 14: Tomahawk 103!
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May 28, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 13: House of Mystery 157!
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May 21, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 12: Under the Sea part 2!
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May 05, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 11: Under the Sea part 1!
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Apr 29, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Past Episode 10: Green Lantern 43!
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Apr 22, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 9: Flash 159!
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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Episode 8: Stange Adventures 185/ Fox & Crow 96!
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 7: Superman's Girlfriend Lois Lane!
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 6: Metamorpho 5/ All-American Men of War 114!
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 5: Detective Comics 348!
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 4
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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Checkered Past Episode 3: Adventure Comics #341
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Mar 03, 2018 |
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Me Too! Three, Even! (Brave and the Bold 64/Metal Men 18)
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Feb 24, 2018 |
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Life in Crapademia (Action Comics 333)
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Feb 17, 2018 |