All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe head off in pursuit of 52 issue #9, dealing with psychosexual eugenics factories, the LGBTQ+ nightlife scene in Gotham, and Big Mad Meltzer.
Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent (03:32)
Let’s Talk About the Cover (07:14)
Let’s Talk About 52 #9 (11:24)
The Backup (41:22)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (49:47)
The Blackboard (51:41)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:02:46)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


52


Geoff Johns


Grant Morrison


Greg Rucka


Mark Waid


Keith Giffen


Blastoise


Scoliosis


Shawn Moll


Team Zero


She-Hulk


NO SIGNAL


Tom Nguyen


Major Bummer


Doug Mahnke


The Switch


Alex Sinclair


David Baron


Mark Millar


Frank Quitely


The Authority


Wonder Woman


Old Man Logan


Hulk


Suicide Squad


Jared K Fletcher


Lost


Polar bears


Devilance


Eternals (2021)


Jack Kirby


New Gods


Galactus


Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)


Celestial


Lex Luthor


Elon Musk


Neuralink


Jesse Eisenberg


Henry Cavill


Superman


John Henry Irons


Natasha Irons


Emma Frost


Superman Red/Superman Blue


Barbara Gordon


Punchline


Gwenpool


Kewpie


Herakles


Booster Gold


This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won’t


Animal Man


Starfire


Adam Strange


Animal Man (1988)


Spider-Man


Sonic the Hedgehog


Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba


George Pérez


The New Teen Titans


Green Arrow


Victor Sage


James Tynion IV


Alysia Yeoh


Batman


Renee Montoya


The Question (1986)


Steve Ditko


Ted Kord


Huntress


Batman/Huntress: Cry For Blood


Intergang


Darkseid


Batwoman


Identity Crisis


Brad Meltzer


Jean Loring


Sue Dibny


Donna Troy


Doctor Light


Watchmen


Alan Moore


Atom


I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson


Star Trek


Entourage


The Wire


David Simon


The DC Book of Pride


Jadzia Axelrod


Magneto


Guy Gardner


Jason Todd


Scott Lobdell


Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)


Jensen Ackles


Mister Miracle


Big Barda


Orion


Lightray


Hermes


Kalibak


Roy family


Succession


Granny Goodness


Tom King


Stompa


Glorious Godfrey


Virman Vundabar


Arrowverse


Kevin Smith


Legends of Tomorrow


John Constantine


The Shadow


Stephanie Brown


Bill Willingham


Joker


Victor Zsasz


Cassandra Cain


Birds of Prey (2020)


DC Challenge


Kamandi


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.