All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe are joined by Dalton Deschain and Dylan Roth of Are You Afraid of the Dark Universe, covering issue eight of 52. Infectious serums are distributed, welding is performed in anger, Haunted Tankie is conceptualized, and Dumb Bitch Juice is drank in copious amounts.
Chapters:

Let’s Talk About The 2011 Green Lantern Film Starring Ryan Reynolds (06:45)
Let’s Talk About The Guest’s Comic Book Backgrounds (14:42)
Let’s Talk About 52 #8 (23:37)
The Backup (01:15:52)
The Blackboard (01:23:37)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (01:34:43)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:39:00)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


52


Geoff Johns


Grant Morrison


Greg Rucka


Mark Waid


Keith Giffen


Vincent Price


Bobby Pickett


Dark Universe


Monster Mash


Green Lantern (2011)


Green Lantern


Ryan Reynolds


Justice League: Mortal


Flash


Jay Garrick


The Mummy (2017)


Angela Bassett


Amanda Waller


Viola Davis


Judi Dench


Aquaman (2018)


Shazam! (2019)


Zack Snyder’s Justice League


Joss Whedon


Cyborg


Ray Fisher


Deadpool (2019)


Madame Web (2024)


Adam Scott


Parks and Recreation


El Muerto


Spider-Man


Bad Bunny


Daredevil (2003)


Elektra (2005)


Jon Favreau


Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)


Superman (1940s animated film series)


Super Mario Bros. (1993)


Metroid Prime


James Gunn


Superman


Creature Commandos


David Harbour


Frankenstein


Bride of Frankenstein (1935)


X-Men: The Animated Series


Batman: The Animated Series


Ultimate Marvel


Thor: The Dark World (2013)


Saga


Sex Criminals


Image Comics


Batman


Tom King


Brian Michael Bendis


Batwoman: Elegy


Gotham Central


Renee Montoya


Vic Sage


Superman Adventures


Batman: No Man’s Land


Batman: Hush


Sasha Bordeaux


Countdown to Infinite Crisis


Infinite Crisis


Kyle Rayner


Hal Jordan


Dawn of X


House of X and Powers of X


Jim Gordon


The Sandman


Neil Gaiman


George R. R. Martin


J. G. Jones


Eddy Barrows


Birds of Prey


Gail Simone


Rob Stull


Sequential Art: The Next Step


Joe Bennett


John Henry Irons


Natasha Irons


Scrooge McDuck


Ebenezer Scrooge


Michael Caine


The Muppets


Social realism


Lex Luthor


The Boys


Ayn Rand


Teen Titans


Jim Shooter


Iceman


Cyborg Superman


Eradicator


Booster Gold


Bryan Hitch


Howard Porter


Jack Kirby


Green Arrow


Elongated Man


Dennis O’Neil


Green Lantern and Green Arrow


Conner Kent


Sue Dibny


Man of Steel


John Byrne


Elon Musk


New Universe


Clark Kent


Gossip Girl


One Tree Hill


Starfire


Adam Strange


Animal Man


Return of the Jedi (1983)


Marilyn Manson


Marilyn Monroe


Dita Von Teese


Greg Land


Biff Tannen


Donald Trump


Mark Russell


Batman Incorporated


Westworld


Dan Jurgens


Zero Hour


The Final Night


Connor Hawke


Atom


Argent


Superman Red/Superman Blue


Jessica Cruz


Tim Drake


Damian Wayne


Jason Todd


Dick Grayson


Jon Kent


Young Justice


Spectre


Supergirl


Stephanie Brown


Batman: War Games


Billy Joel - We Didn’t Start the Fire


R.E.M. - It’s The End Of The World As We Know It


Bob Dylan - Subterranean Homesick Blues


Bo Burnham - That Funny Feeling


Fall Out Boy - We Didn’t Start the Fire


Identity Crisis


Jodi Picoult


Sub Diego


Aquaman


San Diego Comic-Con


Blackest Night


Bernie Sanders


Bob Haney


The Brave and the Bold


Hawkman


The Dark Knight Strikes Again


Rocket Red


Haunted Tank


Justice League Unlimited


Rednex - Cotton Eye Joe


Problem Clown


Jeffrey Combs


J. M. DeMatteis


Etrigan the Demon


Donald Faison


Kingdom Come


Christopher Priest


Secret Six


Catman


Ed Brubaker


Catwoman


Trickster


Pied Piper


Judd Winick


Outsiders


Shift


Marvel Unlimited


DC UNIVERSE INFINITE


The Wicked + The Divine


Kieron Gillen


Die


52 Pickup is an Aftermath production, created by Gita Jackson and Alex Jaffe, and edited b