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Blessed Be the Hoochmaker! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe have reached the halfway point of 52, and take a moment to recap every major storyline in the series so far, as well as inventing new games to test each other based on both obscure trivia and romantic shipping possibilities. If you’d like to start listening, this is a great place to jump in!SHOW NOTES:52Geoff JohnsGrant MorrisonGreg RuckaMark WaidKeith GiffenBon Jovi - Livin’ On A PrayerSaturday Night (2024)Jason ReitmanJuno (2005)Diablo CodyYoung Adult (2011)Zack SnyderSucker Punch (2011)Kendall Roy“Weird Al” YankovicDragon Ball ZGokuVegeta1. Let’s Talk About What Led Up to 52 (06:31)Sue DibnyIdentity CrisisBatmanJustice LeagueBrother EyeMaxwell LordJustice League InternationalSupermanBlue BeetleWonder WomanInfinite CrisisCrisis on Infinite EarthsRobinThemysciraJustice League UnlimitedBruce TimmPaul DiniLostStar Trek: Deep Space NineThe SopranosThe Shield24Doctor DC Podcast2. What’s going on with Ralph Dibny? (16:30)Ralph DibnyCassie SandsmarkYoung JusticeTeen TitansSuperboyLex LuthorSmallvilleGreen ArrowBlack CanaryDev-EmBooster GoldStarmanDetective ChimpDoctor FateEclipsoSpectreDay of VengeanceJean LoringTatsuki FujimotoDenjiChainsaw ManTom TaylorInjustice: Gods Among UsNightwingBocchi the Rock!Batman: Wayne Family AdventuresDamian WayneTim DrakeNaruto: ShippudenJason ToddDick GraysonJoker3. What’s going on with the space heroes? (24:21)Animal ManStarfireAdam StrangeDevilanceLoboNew Teen TitansTerraGreen Lantern CorpsNew GodsOmega Men4. What’s going on with Black Adam? (27:44)The RockBlack AdamCaptain MarvelKahndaqTerra-ManGreat TenDoctor ManhattanIntergangZachary LeviShazam! (2019)Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023)Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024)Chris PrattMel GibsonIsisVictor SageRenee MontoyaOsirisDoctor Sivana5. What’s going on with all those disappearing mad scientists? (36:25)Will MagnusMetal MenDan DiDioT. O. MorrowOolong IslandEgg FuReBootBeast Wars: Transformers6. What’s going on with Steel? (43:46)Steel (John Henry Irons)Natasha IronsSuperman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?Superman: The Death and Return of SupermanInfinity, Inc.Jack Ryder7. What’s going on with Booster Gold? (49:44)Booster GoldBlue BeetleFireRip HunterBooster Gold (1986 series)8. What’s going on with Vic and Renee? (59:07)Victor SageRenee MontoyaGotham CentralBugsy Malone (1976)The PenguinCristin MiliotiBatwomanRichard DragonAristotle RodorTaylor SwiftAvril Lavigne replacement conspiracy theory9. Let’s Play: You Know The Guy (01:07:52)Steve DitkoThe Suicide Squad (2021)10. Let’s Play: Crackship Combat (01:10:08)NightwingJiro OsamuGravitationWonder WomanGreen ArrowBatmanBig BardaMister MiracleWally WestCaptain CarrotWho Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)Multiversus: Collision DetectedBugs BunnyStarfireDonna TroyMartian ManhunterFirestormRogueGambitBarbara GordonChapo Trap House11. Asking (and Congratulating!) The Questions at [email protected] (17:51)Seven Soldiers of VictoryShade, the Changing ManShade, the Changing GirlCave Carson Has a Cybernetic EyeJonah HexBeyoncéOne PieceAndy CohenGlorious GodfreyThe MultiversityBrian Michael BendisRagmanHeroes in Crisis30 RockQueen of JordanGirls5evaUnbreakable Kimmy SchmidtLegion of Super-HeroesTom KingZack Snyder’s Justice League (2021)Superman (1978)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.
