Week 3 - New World Order

All-Star Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe dissect issue #3 of 52, covering Jaffe’s favorite villain, the Creeper-Freakazoid connection, and why characters have to die.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk About The Cover (09:14)
2. Let’s Talk Talent (11:47)
3. Let’s Talk 52 #3 (13:43)
4. The Backup (52:10)
5. Favorite Scenes (58:26)
6. The Blackboard (and Celebrity Gossip Corner) (01:05:33)
7. Asking The Questions (01:26:32)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
• Lost
• Mike’s Mic
• Vic Sage
• Uatu
• The Venture Bros.
• The Sandman
• Elongated Man
• The Sopranos
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
• Homicide: Life on the Street
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• 24
• J. G. Jones
• Alex Sinclair
• Lex Luthor
• Superman Red/Superman Blue
• Superman (1978)
• John Byrne
• Jerry Siegel
• Joe Bennett
• Ruy José
• Pat Brosseau
• Pat’s logo design
• Infinite Crisis
• Alexander Luthor Jr.
• Joker
• Gotham Central
• Josephine MacDonald
• Marcus Driver
• Crispus Allen
• Power Girl
• Terra-Man
• StarCraft
• Black Adam
• Amanda Conner
• Jimmy Palmiotti
• Power Girl
• JSA: Black Reign
• Superman
• Jack Bauer
• Doctor Psycho
• Deathstroke
• Warren Ellis
• The Authority
• Civil War
• John Henry Irons
• Natasha Irons
• Apokolips
• The New Gods
• Intergang
• Darkseid
• Superman: The Animated Series
• Bruce Timm
• Booster Gold
• Ted Kord
• Señor Gyro’s Gyro Recipe
• Daniel Cassidy
• Blue Devil
• Hayao Miyazaki
• Project Cadmus
• Mister Terrific
• Chris Conroy
• S.T.A.R. Labs
• Doctor Sivana
• Lois Lane
• Harley Quinn
• Bludhaven
• Dan Jurgens
• Art Thibert
• Earth-One
• Earth-Two
• Donna Troy
• Superboy
• Justice Society of America
• Jay Garrick
• Alan Scott
• Justice League
• Teen Titans
• Legion of Super-Heroes
• Legion of Super-Heroes (Mark Waid)
• Brainiac 5
• Matter-Eater Lad
• Anti-Monitor
• Steel (1997)
• Marshawn Lynch
• Ex Machina
• The Chicks
• Patriot Act
• Master of None
• Harris Wittels
• Creeper
• Steve Ditko
• Spider-Man
• Question
• Blue Beetle
• Batman: The Animated Series
• Outsiders
• Shade, the Changing Man
• The New Batman Adventures
• Freakazoid!
• Friends
• Singles (1992)
• Paul Dini
• Mr. Freeze
• Mike Allred
• Madman
• Robin Williams
• Olivia Rodrigo
• Taylor Swift
• Jack Antonoff
• Paramore
• Sabrina Carpenter
• Tom King
• Mitch Gerads
• Adam Strange
• All-Star Squadron
• Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
• Arion
• Leah Williams
• General Zod
• Jax-Ur
• Batman: No Man’s Land
• Black Lightning
• Talia al Ghul
• Jimmy Carter
• Superman: Red Son
• Superman: Red Son (film)
• Blue Beetle (2023)
• Trinity
• Cassandra Cain
• Robin
• Kurt Busiek
• Heroes
• Final Fantasy 16 review
• Cidolfus Telamon
• Cosmo Kramer
• Jerry Seinfeld
• Renee Montoya
• Obi-Wan Kenobi

52 Pickup is an Aftermath production, created by Gita Jackson and Alex Jaffe, and edited by Esper Quinn, with original music by Jon Ehrens. If you’d like to follow along, you can check out 52 at your local comic book store or library, or the DC Universe Infinite subscription service. The views and opinions expressed on this show are solely those of the show’s personalities, and do not reflect those of DC Entertainment or Warner Bros. Please rate and review our show wherever you can, and send your questions and comments to 52mailbag@gmail.com. Never stop reading comics.