ttttttttt! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe consider issue number twelve of 52, and in the process share the best way to start reading comics, the best ideas for reintroducing Isis (the character! the character!) to comics, and the exact moment The Rock decided to change the hierarchy of power in the DC universe.
Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent, and How to Start Reading Comics (03:02)
Let’s Talk About The Cover (05:27)
Let’s Talk About 52 #12 (07:04)
The Backup (37:12)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (47:15)
The Blackboard (48:02)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (54:01)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


52


Geoff Johns


Grant Morrison


Greg Rucka


Mark Waid


Keith Giffen


Booster Gold


Eddy Barrows


Rob Stull


Travis Lanham


David Baron


The Sandman


Animal Man


Locke & Key


J. G. Jones


Isis


Aladdin - A Whole New World


Stephen Wacker


Kahndaq


Maggie Sawyer


Gotham Central


Renee Montoya


Vic Sage


Dennis O’Neil


The Question (1986 series)


Batman Returns (1992)


Black Adam


Superman


Shazam (wizard)


The Secrets of Isis


Chicago


Dark Nemesis


Teen Titans (1996 series)


Black Adam (2022)


Dwayne Johnson


Billy Batson


Bud Manstrong


Whiz Comics


Shazam! (2019)


Zachary Levi


Mark Millar


Bart Simpson


Steven Universe


Finn the Human


Legends of Tomorrow


Joanna Cameron


Jadzia Axelrod


Wonder Woman


Sabrina the Teenage Witch


Motorola Razr


Cassie Sandsmark


Ralph Dibny


Donna Troy


Zeus


Sue Dibny


Superboy


Fullmetal Alchemist


Kill la Kill


Twilight


Adam Hughes


Laura Martin


Mark Chiarello


Hippolyta


Percy Jackson


Wonder Woman (2017)


Maxwell Lord


Wonder Woman Archives


William Moulton Marston


Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals


George Pérez


Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon


Tom King


Philadelphia


Liberty Belle


Fawcett City


Creed (2015)


It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia


Abbott Elementary


Seven Deadly Enemies of Man


the photo Jaffe provided of the Seven Deadly Sins


X-Men


Avengers


Civil War


Quicksilver


Scarlet Witch


Ultimate X-Men


Old Man Logan


Mark Millar


Superman: The Death and Return of Superman


Batman: Knightfall


hoopla


DC Universe Infinite


Marvel Unlimited


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.