Live, laugh, love! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe jump out of a window into 52’s tenth issue, where they find out what the Middle East is even like in the DC universe, spend Tuesdays with Morrow, and take a quick quiz on super-vegetarians.
Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent (02:29)
Let’s Talk About the Cover (03:41)
Let’s Talk About 52 #10 (04:41)
The Backup (43:56)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (55:14)
The Blackboard (55:59)
Asking/Answering The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:02:57)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


52


Geoff Johns


Grant Morrison


Greg Rucka


Mark Waid


Keith Giffen


But Doctor, I Am Pagliacci


Chris Batista


Jimmy Palmiotti


Starfire


Clark Kent


Lois Lane


Nick and Nora Charles


Superman (1978)


Supernova


Kahndaq


Black Adam


Axis of evil


Doomsday Clock


Green Lantern


Simon Baz


Overwatch


Luke Cage


Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse


Guantánamo Bay


Trayvon Martin


Billy Batson


Cascade


Ibis the Invincible


August General in Iron


Adrianna Tomaz


Andrea Thomas


Shazam!


Michael Gray


The Secrets of Isis


Metamorpho


Hawkman


Charlton Comics


Blue Beetle


Green Hornet


Legends of Tomorrow


Archer


David Byrne


Everything That Happens Will Happen Today


Stardust the Super Wizard


Perry White


Adventures of Superman


Kurt Busiek


Booster Gold


Black Adam/JSA: Black Reign


Doctor Doom


Badhnisia


Johnny Thunder


Vic Sage


Lost


Arrowverse Wiki


Ra’s al Ghul


Fu Manchu


Talia al Ghul


The Dark Knight Rises (2012)


Deathstroke really sports a Halo emblem in Zack Snyder’s Justice League


Ralph Dibny


T. O. Morrow


My Dinner with Andre (1981)


Hard Target (1993)


On Cinema


Brave New World


Nineteen Eighty-Four


Frankenstein


RoboCop (1987)


Torment Nexus


Will Magnus


Doctor Sivana


Mister Mind


Countdown to Infinite Crisis


Dan Jurgens


Hank Henshaw


Identity Crisis


Infinite Crisis


The Secret Society of Super Villains


Flash: Rogue War


Captain Boomerang


Wally West


Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League


John Ostrander


Speedy


Kevin Smith


Wonder Woman


Brian Azzarello


Jim Lee


Batman: Hush


Hal Jordan


Ethan Van Sciver


Spectre


Day of Vengeance


Batman


Brother Eye


Rann-Thanagar War


Maxwell Lord


General Zod


Man of Steel (2013)


Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)


Jason Todd


Donna Troy


OMAC


Justice League Unlimited


John Stewart


Kyle Rayner


Bialya


Kuraq


Cheshire


Marv Wolfman


Cullen Bunn


Sinestro


Dex-Starr


Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)


Babu Frik


Kobra


The Joker


Man-Bat


Rocket Red


Sonar


Eurovision Song Contest


Lady Zand


Zandia


Young Justice


Kangas


Jumpa


Ferdinand


Jay Garrick


Stephanie Brown


Mister Terrific


Mary Marvel


Aquaman


Barbara Gordon


Beast Boy


Poison Ivy


Harley Quinn (TV series)


Raven


Damian Wayne


Bat-Cow


Zatanna


Martian Manhunter


Jimmy Olsen


Astro City


Matt Wagner


Sandman Mystery Theater


Animal Man


Renee Montoya


Sand


Wesley Dodds


Evan Narcisse


Gerard Way


Frank Quitely


Aftermath


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.