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Jerry Lewis and his aggle of young charges spend the night in a haunted house. If only that brief synopsis could adequatelly describe what happens in the impropbable ONE HUNDREDTH issue of this comic. THEN! THe Superman and Batman of the 30th Century (or maybe the 25th) team up to strongly discourage evil! It's all right here in The Adventures of Jerry Lewis #100 and World's Finest #166! Chapters (00:00:00) - Cold Open and Issue Intro(00:03:18) - Personal Catch-up: Laundry, Schedules, and Busy Month(00:05:13) - Flute Lesson Detour and Missed Exit Story(00:07:27) - Robbie Dupree, Yacht Rock, and Michael McDonald(00:09:58) - Love Boat Season Two Gossip and Bob Cummings(00:13:49) - Adventures of Jerry Lewis 100 Intro(00:15:04) - Haunted Mansion Plot Begins(00:18:26) - Rival School and Clock Trickery(00:21:41) - Witchcraft, Magic Candle, and Giant Lizards(00:26:11) - Resolution and Renfrew's Revenge(00:28:23) - Jerry Lewis Wrap-up and Telethon Memories(00:31:59) - World's Finest Intro: Future Superman and Muto(00:36:13) - Muto's Robot Head Heist and Joker's Descendant(00:41:55) - Joker and Muto Team Up Against Superman(00:45:43) - Seawater Kryptonite Logic Rant(00:47:36) - Fortress of Solitude and All Star Superman Tangent(00:51:14) - Future Batman's Origin Story(00:55:14) - Carnival World Heist and Batman in Disguise(00:58:23) - Space Chase and Superman vs Muto Showdown(01:01:08) - Joker's Death and Story Finale(01:04:04) - Super Sons Tangent and Letters Page(01:06:21) - Sign-off and Next Week Preview

Monkey see, monkey do - no, wait, I'm getting my monkey metaphors mixed up! Flash suddenly loses the abilitiy to see, hear, or speak evil. We should all be so lucky! Will he be able to defeat Abra Kadabra's newest scheme? Not without the help of some SURPRISE guests stars he won't! It's all right here in Flash #170! Chapters (00:00:00) - Cold open and theme song(00:00:17) - Intro to Checkered Past and this week's issue(00:01:45) - Personal catch-up and small talk(00:04:38) - Setting up Abracadabra's backstory(00:05:38) - Flash 170 story begins: theater and John Cardine(00:09:15) - Ceramics Castle robbery and Archie Bray tangent(00:11:20) - Flash captures crooks, mysterious reward and watchers(00:13:33) - Flash oblivious to crimes all over Central City(00:16:55) - Reveal: Abracadabra's scheme explained(00:17:24) - Flashback: Abracadabra's prison escape(00:20:22) - Abracadabra's plan to become a star executed(00:23:26) - Home life: Barry, Iris, and the secret identity problem(00:24:25) - Justice Society arrives: Dr. Fate, Dr. Midnight, Jay Garrick(00:26:08) - Team explains the evil emanation and mission(00:28:59) - Battle against Abracadabra and the crooks(00:33:13) - Abracadabra defeated and sent back to his time(00:36:01) - Iris and Barry's late-night banter, wrap-up and next week

By POPULAR demand, with a grand total of (checks notes) TWO VOTES, we proudly present the conclusion to last episode's Doom Patrol story, and the very LAST go-go checked issue of same! Be sure to stick around for Dr. Bobb's RIVETING Wikipedia narration of the future fate of our heroes! It's all right here in Doom Patrol #112! Chapters (00:00:00) - Intro and Episode Setup(00:00:28) - Cover Info and Recap Preview(00:01:57) - Personal Life: Lawn Mowing Banter(00:03:20) - Travel Plans: France and Switzerland(00:03:54) - Soccer Talk: Columbus Trip and Fandom(00:05:48) - Current Comic Reading List(00:07:34) - Music and Upcoming Performances(00:08:17) - Final Doom Patrol Go Go Check Issue Intro(00:09:33) - Brotherhood of Evil Alliance Begins(00:12:02) - Madame Rouge as Hostage(00:13:09) - Chief and Madame Rouge Scene(00:14:38) - Spying on Xerox 13 and Gargwax(00:16:33) - Robotman's Fake Raid(00:18:31) - Madame Rouge's Origin Story Revealed(00:21:27) - The Brain's Twisted Experiment(00:22:42) - Plan to Destroy Earth Uncovered(00:23:27) - Battle in the Uranium Mine(00:25:59) - Bomb Defused and Xerox Escapes(00:27:22) - Alliance Ends and Letters Page(00:29:11) - Beast Boy Origin Story Note(00:29:56) - Doom Patrol's Original Cancellation and Deaths(00:32:35) - 1977 Revival with New Team(00:34:44) - Guest Appearances and Team Changes(00:36:33) - Kupperberg's New Series and Grant Morrison Era(00:39:30) - Crazy Jane and Morrison's Wild Villains(00:40:18) - Chief's Betrayal Revealed(00:41:01) - Post-Morrison Series and Reboots(00:43:58) - New 52 and Modern Doom Patrol Series(00:46:07) - Wrap Up and Outro

Zarox-13 has arrived to wreak havoc upon the Earth. The Doom Patrol is there to save the day, or course, but Garguax is having none of that! PLUS Negative Man tests whether his powers are mighty enough to beat the Girl Scouts at their own game! It's all right here in Doom Patrol #111! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Doom Patrol #111(00:02:15) - Teaching Contract Update(00:06:19) - Fig Newtons, the Old People Cookie(00:07:59) - The Doublemint Twins Get Married(00:11:45) - Junebug the Dog Has a Trainer(00:12:53) - Doom Patrol: Volume 1 Review(00:13:25) - Jon Stewart on The Lanterns Podcast(00:15:26) - Negative Man(00:20:28) - Robot Pilot 19B:(00:25:02) - An ape in the Brotherhood of Evil(00:26:51) - Doom Patrol #4(00:28:30) - Beast Boy vs Galtry(00:29:28) - Irene Varnhoff Letter(00:30:44) - No More Steve and the Boy(00:31:20) - Doom Patrol(00:34:10) - The Secret Agent vs. Xerox 13(00:38:21) - Xarox vs Gargwax(00:39:16) - The Brain in Brain vs. Xerox 13(00:41:09) - In the Elevator With a Housewife(00:44:15) - Doom Patrol vs Madame Rouge(00:46:22) - Robotman vs Monsieur Mala(00:47:21) - The Brain Offers a Truce To Negative Men(00:50:28) - The Secret Life of Larry Traynor(00:53:42) - What Gay People Wish They Knew About Marching Band(00:55:12) - A Pep Talk for the Old People(00:58:20) - Bionic Woman: Cleaning the Apartment(00:59:34) - Why Is He Going to an Old People Home Meeting?(01:00:13) - Best Cookie Ever Baked(01:01:29) - Negative Man vs Dr. Death(01:05:32) - Doom Patrol: The Origins Story

EVERYTHING MUST GO! Has Batman gone crazy, auctioning off his elite crime-fighting equipment to the highest bidder? Sure seems so - what he needs is a good home-cooked meal - but with Alfred missing, who's going to do the cooking?!? Find out right here in Batman #191! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Checkered Past: Batman(00:01:00) - What They Don't Know About An Auction(00:05:21) - Firemen on a mattress fire(00:06:03) - Part-Time Faculty on School Activities(00:06:55) - Lanterns(00:07:23) - The Manhunters Episode 3(00:09:34) - No More Naps For Me(00:10:46) - The Auction of Batman's Uniform(00:11:46) - Batman to Auction Off Everything(00:12:39) - The Batman vs Criminal Ira Radon(00:17:18) - Batman's Retirement Announcement(00:18:35) - Robin the Batman's Secret Retirement(00:20:11) - The Auction of Batman's Costume(00:21:48) - No More Batman(00:22:46) - Batman vs Ira Radon(00:28:11) - Batman vs Clay Giant(00:31:06) - Batman Admits To Confessing To Robin(00:34:13) - Alfred the Butler in Batman & Robin(00:35:03) - Batman vs. Alfred in Ormond Beach(00:38:24) - Alfred the Butler vs Batman(00:42:08) - The Dark Knight's Private Food Storage(00:47:13) - Batman: The Anatomy of An Appetizer(00:47:56) - The clues to Alfred's whereabouts(00:52:13) - Doom Patrol: Oysters Duchess

Tomahawk - TRAITOR?!? Say it ain't so! Colonial America had some pretty severe consequences for treason, but never fear, Miss Liberty is on the scene and is prepared to use her unrequited love for good! It's all right here in Tomahawk #110! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Tomahawk 110: A Checkered Past(00:05:29) - Brush Up Your French for Thanksgiving!(00:06:36) - Who Are The Rangers?(00:12:04) - The New Justice League #110(00:15:48) - The Battle of Fort Tomahawk(00:20:44) - Irish people talk about Guinness(00:21:20) - The True Story of Tomahawk(00:26:14) - How To Read A Woman's Mind(00:26:52) - The President's Secret Life(00:28:01) - In the Woods: The Ranger Ram(00:31:39) - The Hoods Attack The British Army(00:36:19) - Battle of the Dam(00:39:22) - Giant Shilling(00:42:44) - The Maid of Liberty(00:45:23) - The End of Tomahawk(00:48:38) - Big Anvil Helps The Rangers Catch An Indian(00:52:26) - The Hood vs. Ms. Liberty(00:53:37) - Batman With No Pupils(00:54:03) - Tomahawk #4(00:55:52) - Kicking Out The Hands of Christ

Don't be dissuaded by our rather dour Sgt. Rock first half - the time travel and robots at the end make up for it! It's right here in Our Army at  War #180 and Strange Adventures #199! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Our Army at War(00:02:54) - When You Can't Get a Song Out of Your Head(00:04:14) - The Little Mermaid Guest Star Jen George(00:04:59) - A Taste of the New River Gorge National Park(00:06:04) - Sergeant Rock on His Dog's Aging(00:11:12) - Sergeant Rock(00:14:23) - Sergeant Rock vs. General in the Desert(00:18:49) - Sergeant Rock vs a Nazi General(00:22:44) - We Can't Do This Any More(00:23:54) - Strange Adventures: Vacation Planning(00:26:06) - Knights of the Round Table(00:28:49) - When You're in a Time Machine(00:29:13) - Time Switch: The Story of King Arthur(00:32:59) - Sir Lancelot(00:37:30) - Giant Robot Colossus At King Arthur's Court(00:39:04) - The Robots in King Arthur's Castle(00:43:10) - The Return of King Arthur to DC Comics(00:48:18) - The Semi-Quicentennial of America

Aqualad's feeling blue (and also a little horny) but don't worry, Aqua-Girl's here to save the day on both counts! Unfortuantely Dr. Dorsal has other plans! The most sensational new character find of 1967 is right here, in Aquaman #33! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Aquaman(00:02:51) - Are You Ready to Camp?(00:05:06) - The Little Mermaid(00:06:55) - Aquaman and Aquagirl Go Berserk(00:09:33) - Aquaman The Little Mermaid(00:13:13) - Freddie in Street We Live(00:14:22) - Aquaman and Aqualid: The Movie(00:18:03) - Mermaids in the Ocean(00:21:42) - The Secret to Dancing Under the Sea(00:24:06) - Dr. Dorsal(00:28:57) - Heist Kids: Aqualid the Diving Horse(00:34:17) - Aquaman rescues frightened kids from the ocean(00:36:41) - The Scarecrow and the Shaggy Man(00:40:31) - Spy in the Sea: Writing on waterproof paper(00:42:10) - Amino vs Aquaman(00:46:43) - The Case of the Aqua Kids(00:47:59) - Dear Editor, I Think Aquagirl Should Be the Girlfriend(00:50:52) - Little House in the Prairie Reboot

Undaunted by the laws of physics, and after witnessing the highly unusual ways in which surviving Kryptonians commemorate the destruction of their homeworld, Jimmy takes it upon himself to travel back in time and avert the tragedy entirely, thus rendering his entire timeline obsolete! Confused? Us too! It's all right here in Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #101! Chapters (00:00:00) - Oh, My!(00:00:17) - Jimmy Olsen 101(00:05:09) - Food Line: Carry Your Gun Everywhere(00:05:48) - Will Butler's Surgery Is Complete(00:07:15) - Wonders of the World(00:09:18) - Jimmy Olsen In The Superman Story(00:11:13) - Jimmy Olsen on a Mission to Save Krypton(00:18:27) - Superman and Supergirl: The Duplicate Planet(00:19:46) - Superman On The Bottled City Of Kandor(00:24:33) - If You Could Go Back in Time and Prevent Krypton's Destruction(00:27:56) - What's the Scariest Movie You Saw at the Drive-(00:29:15) - Superman in the Phantom Zone(00:32:11) - Superboy vs Jaxer in the Phantom Zone(00:33:52) - Time Traveling With Jimmy(00:34:58) - Superman Returns to Kandor(00:38:01) - Jimmy on Krypton: The True Story(00:42:16) - The Phantom Zone villains in the present day(00:43:01) - Superman Returns to Krypton(00:47:52) - The Kryptonian Story(00:54:06) - Jimmy Olsen: Letter to the JO Club

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

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

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

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

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

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