Week 10 - Stop The Press

Live, laugh, love! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe jump out of a window into 52’s tenth issue, where they find out what the Middle East is even like in the DC universe, spend Tuesdays with Morrow, and take a quick quiz on super-vegetarians.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent (02:29)
2. Let’s Talk About the Cover (03:41)
3. Let’s Talk About 52 #10 (04:41)
4. The Backup (43:56)
5. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (55:14)
6. The Blackboard (55:59)
7. Asking/Answering The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:02:57)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• But Doctor, I Am Pagliacci
• Chris Batista
• Jimmy Palmiotti
• Starfire
• Clark Kent
• Lois Lane
• Nick and Nora Charles
• Superman (1978)
• Supernova
• Kahndaq
• Black Adam
• Axis of evil
• Doomsday Clock
• Green Lantern
• Simon Baz
• Overwatch
• Luke Cage
• Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
• Guantánamo Bay
• Trayvon Martin
• Billy Batson
• Cascade
• Ibis the Invincible
• August General in Iron
• Adrianna Tomaz
• Andrea Thomas
• Shazam!
• Michael Gray
• The Secrets of Isis
• Metamorpho
• Hawkman
• Charlton Comics
• Blue Beetle
• Green Hornet
• Legends of Tomorrow
• Archer
• David Byrne
• Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
• Stardust the Super Wizard
• Perry White
• Adventures of Superman
• Kurt Busiek
• Booster Gold
• Black Adam/JSA: Black Reign
• Doctor Doom
• Badhnisia
• Johnny Thunder
• Vic Sage
• Lost
• Arrowverse Wiki
• Ra’s al Ghul
• Fu Manchu
• Talia al Ghul
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• Deathstroke really sports a Halo emblem in Zack Snyder’s Justice League
• Ralph Dibny
• T. O. Morrow
• My Dinner with Andre (1981)
• Hard Target (1993)
• On Cinema
• Brave New World
• Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Frankenstein
• RoboCop (1987)
• Torment Nexus
• Will Magnus
• Doctor Sivana
• Mister Mind
• Countdown to Infinite Crisis
• Dan Jurgens
• Hank Henshaw
• Identity Crisis
• Infinite Crisis
• The Secret Society of Super Villains
• Flash: Rogue War
• Captain Boomerang
• Wally West
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
• John Ostrander
• Speedy
• Kevin Smith
• Wonder Woman
• Brian Azzarello
• Jim Lee
• Batman: Hush
• Hal Jordan
• Ethan Van Sciver
• Spectre
• Day of Vengeance
• Batman
• Brother Eye
• Rann-Thanagar War
• Maxwell Lord
• General Zod
• Man of Steel (2013)
• Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
• Jason Todd
• Donna Troy
• OMAC
• Justice League Unlimited
• John Stewart
• Kyle Rayner
• Bialya
• Kuraq
• Cheshire
• Marv Wolfman
• Cullen Bunn
• Sinestro
• Dex-Starr
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
• Babu Frik
• Kobra
• The Joker
• Man-Bat
• Rocket Red
• Sonar
• Eurovision Song Contest
• Lady Zand
• Zandia
• Young Justice
• Kangas
• Jumpa
• Ferdinand
• Jay Garrick
• Stephanie Brown
• Mister Terrific
• Mary Marvel
• Aquaman
• Barbara Gordon
• Beast Boy
• Poison Ivy
• Harley Quinn (TV series)
• Raven
• Damian Wayne
• Bat-Cow
• Zatanna
• Martian Manhunter
• Jimmy Olsen
• Astro City
• Matt Wagner
• Sandman Mystery Theater
• Animal Man
• Renee Montoya
• Sand
• Wesley Dodds
• Evan Narcisse
• Gerard Way
• Frank Quitely
• Aftermath

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.