Week 27 - The Past Best Hope from 52 Pickup

Merry Crispmus! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe find acceptance of the self in #27 of 52, as well as vengeance for Identity Crisis, good reasons to quit smoking, and why Dan DiDio may actually be Lex Luthor.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent, Industry Machinations, and Poaching Steve Wacker (02:58)

Let’s Talk About 52 #27 (14:16)

The Backup (41:50)

What’s your favorite part of the issue? (47:53)

The Blackboard (52:46)

Asking The Questions at [email protected] (57:05)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Geoff Johns

Grant Morrison

Greg Rucka

Mark Waid

Keith Giffen

Absolute Wonder Woman

Rashomon (1950)

Stephen Wacker

Marvel Comics

Slugfest by Reed Tucker

Alan Moore

Dan DiDio

Lex Luthor

Dick Grayson

Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters

Shawn Moll

Booster Gold

Frank Grimes

Ruy Jose

Nelson DeCastro

Mariah Benes

Rodney Ramos

Prentis Rollins

Michael Siglain

Gokurakugai

Shonen Jump

Joker: One Operation Joker

James Tynion IV

Ralph Dibny

Identity Crisis

The Spectre

Gotham Central

James Corrigan

Crispus Allen

Day of Vengeance

Infinite Crisis

Doctor Fate

Green Arrow

Kevin Smith

Hal Jordan

Jerry Siegel

Joe Shuster

Superman

Hashem

Book of Job

Sue Dibny

Atom

Jean Loring

Eclipso

Oracle

Batman: The Killing Joke

John Ostrander

Jason Todd

Robin

Batman

Waverider

Heroes

Skeets

Renee Montoya

Richard Dragon

Aristotle Rodor

Intergang

Vic Sage

Kurt Busiek

JLA/Avengers

Kate Kane

Pete Pantazis

Final Crisis

Black Mirror

Red Tornado

Black Canary

Howard Chaykin

American Flagg!

Babs Tarr

Greg Land

Birds of Prey (1998 series)

Ultimate Fantastic Four

Tyra Banks

Tom King

Wonder Woman

Lois Lane

John Byrne

Birds of Prey (2023 series)

Big Barda

Mister Miracle

Deathstroke

Joker

Greg Cox

Black Adam

Will Magnus

One Piece

Watchmen

V for Vendetta

From Hell

Frank Miller

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

Batman: Year One

Cormac McCarthy

Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child

Rafael Grampá

Dennis O’Neil

David Mazzucchelli

Asterios Polyp

Seven Soldiers of Victory

New X-Men

Neil Gaiman

insert credit

Aftermath.site

404 Media

Defector

Hearing Things

Armageddon 2001

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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