Week 33 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

Giddyup, Jinglehorse! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe sleighride into Week 33, the Christmas Issue! Celebrate Lex Luthor’s memecoin launch, Batman’s canonical Judaism, and lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent: Don’t Have Heroes (04:42)
2. Let’s Talk About 52 #33 (19:14)
3. The Backup (57:59)
4. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (01:05:57)
5. The Blackboard (01:08:06)
6. Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:15:25)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Brat
• Taylor Swift
• Kate Kane
• Joe Bennett
• Brad Neely
• You, Me, and Ulysses S. Grant
• Severance
• Parks and Recreation
• Adam Scott
• Barack Obama
• Joe Biden
• Michael Schur
• Hillary Clinton
• The Good Place
• Grant Morrison’s Substack
• Chris Person
• WeWork
• Collective Action Comics
• George W. Bush
• Ultimate Avengers
• Death & Return of Superman
• Bill Clinton
• Justice League International
• The Comics Journal
• José Antonio Muñoz
• Alack Sinner
• Sin City
• Ambush Bug
• Legion of Super-Heroes
• J. M. DeMatteis
• Greg Land
• Doomsday Clock
• Tom Derenick
• Joe Prado
• Star Trek
• Blackest Night
• Generations Shattered
• Dark Knights: Death Metal
• Rodney Ramos
• Jay Leisten
• Birds of Prey
• Hawkgirl
• Mike Baron
• Dick Grayson
• 30 Rockefeller Plaza
• 30 Rock
• Ralph Dibny
• Doctor Fate
• The Flash
• Barry Allen
• Edgar Allan Poe
• Jack the Ripper
• It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
• All I Want For Christmas Is You
• Jingle Bell Rock
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Batman
• Jeanine Schaefer
• Dan DiDio
• Final Crisis
• Battle for the Cowl
• Jon Snow
• Knightfall
• Jean-Paul Valley
• LexCorp
• Lex Luthor
• Lorem Ipsum
• Mercy Graves
• Harley Quinn: the Animated Series
• Poison Ivy
• Talladega Nights (2006)
• Superman
• Neuralink monkey deaths
• Planet of the Apes
• Tom King
• Vic Sage
• Renee Montoya
• Dennis O’Neil
• Myra Fermin
• Aristotle Roder
• Twin Peaks
• David Lynch
• Brian Michael Bendis
• Buddy Baker
• Lois Lane
• Firestorm
• Cyborg
• Selena Kyle
• Green Arrow
• Black Canary
• Cassie Sandsmark
• Hawkgirl
• Hal Jordan
• Guy Gardner
• Nathan Fielder
• Nathan Fillion
• Red Tornado
• Jim Gordon
• John Henry Irons
• Christmukkah
• Hanukkah
• Black Adam
• Isis
• Osiris
• Amanda Waller
• Suicide Squad
• Atom Smasher
• Captain Boomerang
• Count Vertigo
• Plastique
• Electrocutioner
• The Persuader
• J’onn J’onzz
• Justice League Unlimited
• DC One Million
• Tom Mandrake
• DC Universe Infinite
• GlobalComix
• Shonen Jump
• Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure
• Tokyo Ghoul
• Infinite Crisis
• Mori Calliope
• ComicBookReligion.com
• Helena Bertinelli
• Cry For Blood
• Cassandra Cain
• Doom Patrol
• Rachel Pollack
• Shade, the Changing Man

52 Pickup is an Aftermath production, created by Gita Jackson and Alex Jaffe, and edited by Esper Quinn, with original music by Jon Ehrens. Hosting for 52 Pickup is provided by Insert Credit. 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.