Week 14 - Sand and Rust, with Reid Vanier

Did you know mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with Doctor DC himself Reid Vanier to wear jeans while building robots, ponder articulated cheeks, and determine which triple-A studio should be making a Vic and Renee video game.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent and the Cover (08:57)
2. Let’s Talk About 52 #14 (12:46)
3. The Backup (50:18)
4. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (56:04)
5. The Blackboard (58:03)
6. Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:06:47)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Firestorm
• Doctor DC Podcast
• Vic Sage
• Countdown to Infinite Crisis
• Day of Vengeance
• Justice League Unlimited
• Villains United
• Young Justice
• Kon-El
• Nightwing
• Swamp Thing
• Spectre
• Gail Simone
• Secret Six
• Dale Eaglesham
• Jim Lee
• Kyle Rayner
• Art Thibert
• J. G. Jones
• Steel
• Natasha Irons
• Renee Montoya
• Apollo
• Midnighter
• Green Arrow and Black Canary’s Wedding
• Kahndaq
• Shaggy Rogers
• The Question (2005 series)
• Daredevil
• Kate Kane
• Ramones
• Isis (DC Comics)
• Black Adam
• Captain Marvel
• Dune
• Dan DiDio
• Kala Avasti
• The Martian (2015)
• Will Magnus
• Metal Men
• Mercury
• Responsometer
• Robert Kanigher
• Wonder Woman
• Prozac
• Platinum
• Strong Sad
• Malice
• T. O. Morrow
• The Prisoner
• Arkham Asylum
• Elongated Man
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Aristotle Rodor
• Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
• Batman
• Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
• Diana, Princess of Wales
• Intergang
• Tom King
• Whisper A’Daire
• Max Payne
• Remedy Entertainment
• Control
• Alan Wake
• Sam Lake
• Bromine
• Steven Universe
• Metamorpho
• Eric Powell
• The Goon
• Machamp
• Patricia Mulvihill
• Superman: Legacy Casts Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho
• Gotham Central
• Birds of Prey
• Vixen
• Showcase
• Omega (Last Knight on Earth)
• Nightwing (2016) #87
• The Terrifics
• Damian Wayne
• Dragon Ball Z
• Akira Toriyama
• Wolf Fang Fist
• Alan Scott
• Mister Terrific
• Harley Quinn
• Gotham City Sirens
• Gotham Girls
• Galaxy: the Prettiest Star
• Shade, the Changing Girl
• Shade, the Changing Man
• Blackest Night

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.