Week 15 - Outshined, with Alex Sinclair

Your Donations Keep Lexapedia Running! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe are joined by the legendary lead colorist of 52 Alex Sinclair. The towering trio takes on #15 (the Frank Grimes issue), Jason Todd’s death poll, and an unused yet fully illustrated and colored cover for 52.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent, Covers and Coloring with Alex Sinclair (03:15)
2. Let’s Talk About 52 #15 (24:15)
3. The Backup (42:23)
4. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (47:12)
5. The Blackboard (49:35)
6. Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (57:44)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Dragon Ball Z
• Vegeta
• Akira Toriyama
• Infinite Crisis
• Batman: Hush
• All-Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder
• Kurt Busiek
• Astro City
• Paul Levitz
• WildStorm
• Dan DiDio
• Martian Manhunter
• J. G. Jones
• Steel (John Henry Irons)
• Red Tornado
• Drew Struzan
• Batman
• Superman
• Wonder Woman
• Hawkman
• Krypto
• Jim Lee
• Just Imagine
• The Death and Rebirth of Superman
• Newstime
• Frank Grimes
• Berserk
• Alan Moore
• Booster Gold
• Bibbo Bibbowski
• Lex Luthor
• Shawn Moll
• Watchmen
• Tom Nguyen
• Doug Mahnke
• Renee Montoya
• Faith Lehane
• Vic Sage
• Darwyn Cooke
• Amanda Conner
• Aquaman
• Justice League Unlimited
• “The Greatest Story Never Told”
• Zack Snyder
• Jerry Siegel
• Joe Shuster
• Anakin Skywalker
• George Lucas
• Elongated Man
• Clayface
• Jon Bogdanove
• Christopher Priest
• Steel (1994 series)
• John Stewart
• Alex Ross
• Splatoon 3
• Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League
• The OMAC Project
• Dan Rather
• William Shatner
• Penn Jillette
• John Goodman
• Mister Mxyzptlk
• Roger Stern
• David Baron
• Michael Holt
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold
• Detective Chimp
• Fire
• Sunspot
• New Super-Man
• Gene Luen Yang
• Batwing
• Unknown Soldier
• Hellblazer
• The Sandman
• Neil Gaiman
• John Constantine
• Batman: the World
• Star Wars: Visions
• Blue Beetle (2006 series)
• Sabertooth War

This episode’s cover art was an unused cover for 52 by J. G. Jones and Alex Sinclair.

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.