Betrayal! Public shaming! Pop-punk and toxic lesbians! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe infiltrate issue seven of 52, the most important comic book of the century and the best series you’ve never heard of. Use offer code SCOOTS for 20% off!
Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent (03:51)
Let’s Talk About the Cover (07:36)
Let’s Talk About 52 #7 (08:51)
The Backup (47:11)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (54:01)
The Blackboard (57:38)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:06:10)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


52


Geoff Johns


Grant Morrison


Greg Rucka


Mark Waid


Keith Giffen


Trade paperback


Rock Lee


Ken Lashley


Joe Bennett


Excalibur


Travis Lanham


Bruce Timm


Gotham Central


Booster Gold


Lex Luthor


J. G. Jones


From Under the Cork Tree


Fall Out Boy


The Simpsons - Three Men and a Comic Book


My Chemical Romance


Gerard Way


Doom Patrol


Starfire


Animal Man


Renee Montoya


Two-Face


Raymond Chandler


Vic Sage


Bob Kane


Kate Kane


Batwoman (TV series)


Ralph Dibny


J. M. DeMatteis


Fire


Cassie Sandsmark


Sue Dibny


Lost


Martha Wayne


Edmond Hamilton


Colt’s Manufacturing Company


Dennis O’Neil


The Question (1986 series)

Jonathan Hickman


Kieron Gillen


Joëlle Jones


Jessica Rabbit


Jack Kirby


Dan Jurgens


Blue and Gold


Joanne Starer


Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville


Tim Drake


Lois Lane


Rush


Jonathan Coulton


They Might Be Giants


Superman


The Question (2005 series)

Lois Lane (2019 series)

Ted Kord


Joe Jonas


Sophie Turner


Devilance


The Forever People


Galactus


Zero Hour


Extant


Armageddon 2001


Captain Atom


Westworld


Brian Michael Bendis


Hawk and Dove


Hal Jordan


Crisis on Infinite Earths


Hawkman


Knight Terrors


Barry Allen


Animal Man (1988 series)

JLA


DC One Million


Batman


Catwoman


Seduction of the Innocent


Fredric Wertham


Injustice 2


Dick Grayson


Damian Wayne


Tom King


Doctor Phosphorus


The Dark Knight Rises (2012)


Bane


Marion Cotillard


Talia al Ghul


Red vs. Blue


Christopher Nolan


The War of the Gods


Wonder Woman


Circe


Waverider


Jason Todd


Stephanie Brown


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.