One Operation Joker

Did you know gasoline burns really well when used for evil? All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe lovingly raise Joker: One Operation Joker, also known as the manga where the Joker has to be the responsible parent for a baby Batman. Plus, the return of Crackship Crisis!

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Kodansha
• Attack on Titan
• That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
• Cells at Work!
• Your Body Is a Wonderland
• Joker (character)
• Joker: One Operation Joker
• Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
• Webtoon
• Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
• Joker (2019)
• Todd Phillips
• Batman
• Dorohedoro
• Dai Dark
• The Dark Knight (2008)
• The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
• Heath Ledger
• Buster Keaton
• Satoshi Miyagawa
• Brian Bolland
• Batman: The Killing Joke
• Brian Azzarello
• Jonny Frost
• Tatsuki Fujimoto
• Captain America by Fujimoto
• Kōhei Horikoshi
• Deadpool
• Yonkoma
• One Piece
• Yuki Chiba
• FLCL
• Andrew Marino
• The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
• Will Arnett
• Naruto
• Sasuke Uchiha
• Superman
• Superman Vs. Meshi
• Karaage
• Lois Lane
• Jimmy Olsen
• Shohei Ohtani
• Freddie Freeman
• Suicide Squad Isekai
• Kite Man: Hell Yeah!
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Shōgun
• Alan Moore
• My Hero Academia
• George Lucas
• Watchmen
• Warren Ellis
• Iron Man (2008)
• Ed Brubaker
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
• Kieron Gillen
• Jamie McKelvie
• America Chavez
• Young Avengers
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
• The Penguin
• Penguin: Pain and Prejudice
• Batman Hush DC GO! Edition
• American Vampire
• Batman: Black & White (1996)
• Batman: Black & White (2013)
• Batman: Black & White (2020)
• David Zaslav
• Harley Quinn
• Bruce Timm
• Suicide Squad
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Tim Drake
• Dick Grayson
• Riddler
• The Flash (2014 TV series)
• Superman & Lois
• Thinker
• Paul Dini
• Batman: Arkham
• The Batman (2022)
• Paul Dano
• Robert Pattinson
• Batman: Year One
• Batman: Ego
• Final Crisis
• Wonder Woman
• James Gunn
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• Creature Commandos
• Spy × Family
• Azumanga Daioh
• Nichijou
• Look Back (2024)
• Mark Hamill
• Tony Hale
• Alan Tudyk
• Sgt. Rock
• John Constantine
• Deadman
• Roy Harper
• Batwoman
• Guy Gardner
• Catwoman
• Deadshot
• Two-Face
• Maxima
• Cave Carson
• Mister Miracle
• Big Barda
• The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing
• Dana Gould
• Teen Titans

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.