Week 4 - Dances With Monsters

All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe investigate the fourth issue of 52, and cover neoliberal black capitalism, Superboy’s greaser rival, and the prevalence of cults in comics.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent (02:40)
2. Let’s Talk About The Cover (03:49)
3. Let’s Talk About 52 #4
4. The Backup (45:10)
5. The Blackboard (56:30)
6. Asking The Questions (01:10:47)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Santana - Smooth ft. Rob Thomas
• Spider-Man (2002)
• Superman Returns (2006)
• X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
• 300 (2006)
• Zack Snyder
• Jack Jadson
• Joe Bennett
• Ruy José
• Rob Leigh
• Crime Bible: The Five Lessons of Blood
• Renee Montoya
• J. G. Jones
• Alex Sinclair
• 24
• Raymond Chandler
• Douglas Adams
• The Simple Art of Murder
• Vic Sage
• Dances with Wolves
• Pocahontas
• Halo
• Outsiders
• Suicide Squad
• Katana
• Black Lightning
• Metamorpho
• Mike W. Barr
• Delirium
• The Sandman
• Lex Luthor
• Barack Obama
• George W. Bush
• Gonzo the Mechanical Bastard
• “I WISH EVERYONE ELSE WAS DEAD.” PRETTY GOOD, EPISODE 7.
• Pete Ross
• Lana Lang
• John Henry Irons
• Booster Gold
• Fire
• Big Belly Burger
• Blue Beetle (2023)
• Justice League International
• Ice
• Checkmate
• Rip Hunter
• Natasha Irons
• Superman
• Steelworks
• Michael Dorn
• Superman: The Animated Series
• Jay-Z
• Louise Simonson
• Jon Bogdanove
• Power Pack
• Priest
• Superman: Lost
• Milestone Media
• Ralph Dibny
• Cassie Sansmark
• Black Adam
• The Prestige
• Dev-Em
• General Zod
• Stephen King
• Superboy
• James Gunn
• Krypton
• Caprica
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
• Adam Strange
• Gauntlet series
• Richard Dragon
• The Bizarre World of Fake Martial Arts
• Steven Seagal
• Count Dante
• Shai-Hulud
• Mutagen
• Shadowrun
• Jack Kirby
• Mal Duncan
• Bumblebee
• Firestorm
• Cyborg
• Hawkgirl
• Alan Scott
• The Fly (1986)
• Dan DiDio
• Dan Jurgens
• Art Thibert
• Steven Universe
• Crisis on Infinite Earths
• Earth-Three
• Alexander Luthor Jr.
• Anti-Monitor
• Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)
• Supergirl (Linda Danvers)
• Donna Troy
• Roy Lichtenstein
• Phil Jimenez
• Harbinger
• Monitor
• Pietà
• Batman
• Dick Grayson
• Bob Kane
• Ragnarök
• Marv Wolfman
• Hal Jordan
• Green Lantern Corps
• Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
• Captain Comet
• X-Men
• Spider-Man
• The Flash (2023)
• Wonder Woman
• Infinite Crisis
• Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths (2010)
• Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
• Ted Kord
• Countdown to Infinite Crisis
• Identity Crisis
• OMAC
• Maxwell Lord
• The OMAC Project
• Jaime Reyes
• Kendall Roy
• Dennis O’Neil
• Sam Spade
• Dirk Gently
• Zeta-Beam
• Rann
• Thanagarians
• Oans
• Young Justice
• Darkseid
• Sardath
• True Detective
• NXIVM
• Smallville
• Superman & Lois

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.