Week 7 - Going Down from 52 Pickup | Podcast Episode on Podbay

Betrayal! Public shaming! Pop-punk and toxic lesbians! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe infiltrate issue seven of 52, the most important comic book of the century and the best series you’ve never heard of. Use offer code SCOOTS for 20% off!

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent (03:51)

Let’s Talk About the Cover (07:36)

Let’s Talk About 52 #7 (08:51)

The Backup (47:11)

What’s your favorite part of the issue? (54:01)

The Blackboard (57:38)

Asking The Questions at [email protected] (01:06:10)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Geoff Johns

Grant Morrison

Greg Rucka

Mark Waid

Keith Giffen

Trade paperback

Rock Lee

Ken Lashley

Joe Bennett

Excalibur

Travis Lanham

Bruce Timm

Gotham Central

Booster Gold

Lex Luthor

J. G. Jones

From Under the Cork Tree

Fall Out Boy

The Simpsons - Three Men and a Comic Book

My Chemical Romance

Gerard Way

Doom Patrol

Starfire

Animal Man

Renee Montoya

Two-Face

Raymond Chandler

Vic Sage

Bob Kane

Kate Kane

Batwoman (TV series)

Ralph Dibny

J. M. DeMatteis

Fire

Cassie Sandsmark

Sue Dibny

Lost

Martha Wayne

Edmond Hamilton

Colt’s Manufacturing Company

Dennis O’Neil

The Question (1986 series)

Jonathan Hickman

Kieron Gillen

Joëlle Jones

Jessica Rabbit

Jack Kirby

Dan Jurgens

Blue and Gold

Joanne Starer

Fire & Ice: Welcome to Smallville

Tim Drake

Lois Lane

Rush

Jonathan Coulton

They Might Be Giants

Superman

The Question (2005 series)

Lois Lane (2019 series)

Ted Kord

Joe Jonas

Sophie Turner

Devilance

The Forever People

Galactus

Zero Hour

Extant

Armageddon 2001

Captain Atom

Westworld

Brian Michael Bendis

Hawk and Dove

Hal Jordan

Crisis on Infinite Earths

Hawkman

Knight Terrors

Barry Allen

Animal Man (1988 series)

JLA

DC One Million

Batman

Catwoman

Seduction of the Innocent

Fredric Wertham

Injustice 2

Dick Grayson

Damian Wayne

Tom King

Doctor Phosphorus

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

Bane

Marion Cotillard

Talia al Ghul

Red vs. Blue

Christopher Nolan

The War of the Gods

Wonder Woman

Circe

Waverider

Jason Todd

Stephanie Brown

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 [email protected]. Never stop reading comics.

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