Did you know mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with Doctor DC himself Reid Vanier to wear jeans while building robots, ponder articulated cheeks, and determine which triple-A studio should be making a Vic and Renee video game.
Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent and the Cover (08:57)
Let’s Talk About 52 #14 (12:46)
The Backup (50:18)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (56:04)
The Blackboard (58:03)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:06:47)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:


52


Geoff Johns


Grant Morrison


Greg Rucka


Mark Waid


Keith Giffen


Firestorm


Doctor DC Podcast


Vic Sage


Countdown to Infinite Crisis


Day of Vengeance


Justice League Unlimited


Villains United


Young Justice


Kon-El


Nightwing


Swamp Thing


Spectre


Gail Simone


Secret Six


Dale Eaglesham


Jim Lee


Kyle Rayner


Art Thibert


J. G. Jones


Steel


Natasha Irons


Renee Montoya


Apollo


Midnighter


Green Arrow and Black Canary’s Wedding


Kahndaq


Shaggy Rogers


The Question (2005 series)


Daredevil


Kate Kane


Ramones


Isis (DC Comics)


Black Adam


Captain Marvel


Dune


Dan DiDio


Kala Avasti


The Martian (2015)


Will Magnus


Metal Men


Mercury


Responsometer


Robert Kanigher


Wonder Woman


Prozac


Platinum


Strong Sad


Malice


T. O. Morrow


The Prisoner


Arkham Asylum


Elongated Man


Megan Thee Stallion


Aristotle Rodor


Love Lies Bleeding (2024)


Batman


Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis


Diana, Princess of Wales


Intergang


Tom King


Whisper A’Daire


Max Payne


Remedy Entertainment


Control


Alan Wake


Sam Lake


Bromine


Steven Universe


Metamorpho


Eric Powell


The Goon


Machamp


Patricia Mulvihill


Superman: Legacy Casts Anthony Carrigan as Metamorpho


Gotham Central


Birds of Prey


Vixen


Showcase


Omega (Last Knight on Earth)


Nightwing (2016) #87


The Terrifics


Damian Wayne


Dragon Ball Z


Akira Toriyama


Wolf Fang Fist


Alan Scott


Mister Terrific


Harley Quinn


Gotham City Sirens


Gotham Girls


Galaxy: the Prettiest Star


Shade, the Changing Girl


Shade, the Changing Man


Blackest Night


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.