Checkered Past

Great grazing goats! When someone gets flown into the interior of the sun by page 3 of a 15-page story, you know it's going to be swell! Marvelous Martin Gray joins us to talk about Cliff Richard, Little House on the Prairie, and I guess a little about Lois Lane too.

Second time's a charm I guess because the first time we recorded this episode the audio disappeared, PROBABLY the result of a strange visitor from a place that is not actually a place one can be from! Not to worry, Blackhawk et al are on the job, bravely (checks notes) ditching their powerless armed jets over a populated area. Tune in, won't you?

The only thing this Woman should be Wondering is why all the gals in town go ga-ga over STEVE TREVOR of all people. Not one, but TWO love triangles this issue, as Steve fends off the advances of a Gorilla Girl AND a Nazi war criminal who MIGHT be a man in drag. All this PLUS plenty of neighborhood gossip from Mrs. Twitchycurtains aka Dr. Husband!

The real Saint Valentine came to a bloody end, but you can avoid all unpleasantness with our Valentine's Day Special! From Secret Hearts #113 comes Chapter 4 of "Reach for Happiness", dramatized for you by the Girls' Young Romance True Love Story Players! PLUS the return of Time Machine Mailbag, beauty tips from Liza Roundalot and Withers LaRue, and so much more!

Can it be? Superman choke DEAD?!? We may never know, because the super-scientific civilzation that killed him him neglected to back up their data. ROOKIE MISTAKE, SUPER-SCIENTIFIC CIVILIZATION. All this plus the super-dinnerware of Krypton, and even a shoutout to famed game-show panelist Dorothy Killgallen!

Capt. Storm is a reg'lar MacGuyver (if MacGuyver had an easily-detachible prosthetic leg and a thirst for vengeance) but the real news is the metaphysical sub-text of Capt. Hunter - could his entire Vietnam saga be happening inside his own head?

What could be more timely than a ragtag, Revolution-era band of "patriots" banding together to battle a hideous gargantuan creature whose permanent residence is in Florida? Even Captain America gets a shout-out!

BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT - Prince Ra-Man, Mind Master and Eclipso, Hero and Villain in one man - TOGETHER IN A BLAND ADVENTURE! Join us for House of Secrets #79!

Never turn your back on the heir to the throne, that's what I always say - and probably what Aquababy says, too, if anyone but Sugar and Spike could understand his confounded baby-talk language. Aquaman's in a seep-sea pickle, that's for sure, as we welcome "Hail Aquababy, New King of Atlantis!"

Ultra the Multi-Alien is in a pretty pickle (and that's NOT a euphemism for what's under the mini-skirt wearing giant from space!) Join us for a look at Mystery in Space #108!

I've got a HUNCH you'll love listening about Batman's strange new super-power of just GUESSING where crimes will occur. PLUS Elongated Man breaks the bank (and a few criminal jaws) in Monte Carlo!

Superman - no, not THAT Superman - fights the inter-dimensional criminal mastermind Muto in the far-flung future world of the 30th Century - no, not THAT 30th Century, apparently - all while avoiding his fatal weakness to (checks notes) um....WATER.

Robin and Jimmy discoevr three shrunken cities in a cave in the woods and that's not even the whackiest thing that happens in this issue! Brainiac has a secret brother! Superman is useless in a fight! And RObin doesn't even have sense enough to wear socks when he's hiking!

In which we discover that Haunted Tank stories would work just as well - better, perhaps - without the haunted part. Also, metaphorically speaking, SGT Rock talks more than a ...well, than something that talks a lot. Join us for tipsy war stories!

Stanley may have a monster, but the REAL story is Mr. Dover's tireless advocacy against ageism and for teachers' rights! PLUS Sugar and Spike are abandoned by their negligent parents and abducted by sentient crustaceans.

The JLA goes up against the Shaggy Man, and man, is he shaggy! Almost as shaggy as...well, the OTHER Shaggy Man. Plus a tentacled moon monster, and Dr. Husband's adventures with acetone!

Disgruntled scientist? Check. Racist sterotype robotic enemy? Check. Giant novelty birthday cake? Check. The Metal Men as paragons of patriotism? Now that one I didn't see coming. PLUS, Metamorpho ditches his powers for about ten minutes before thinking better of it!

The Suicide Squad - not THAT Suicide Squad - no, no, not THAT one, either - literally drive themselves insane trying to complete a mission while battling a Russian nesting-doll set of prehistoric creatures. Plus the podcast debut of The Green Glob!

Quick, which would you rather see - A mutated Walt Disney-esque creature destroying his own magical creation - - or videograpgic evidence of a heretofore unknown advanced civilization 100 Million years in Earth's past? YOU CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE. Plus! Classic movies we sort of didn't like! My tale of ambushed on public access tv! And so much more! Join us for Flash #162!

She's Poison! She's Ivy! But she doesn't seem especially evil or criminal, at least not in this first outing. Yes, listener, it's the very first appearance of Poison Ivy, and boy, does she get Batman revved up! PLUS - lots of chatter about obscure short-lived 70's sitcoms, echo-location, and a little more about our sex lives than you probably wanted to know.