Week 44 - Deaths in the Family from 52 Pickup

More like Adolf Shitler! All-Star Alex Jaffe0 and World’s Finest Gita Jackson go to war against issue #44, and figure out how Isis created Isis, DC invented trade paperbacks specifically to screw Alan Moore, and ebola barf.

Show Notes:

Geoff Johns

Grant Morrison

Greg Rucka

Mark Waid

Keith Giffen

The Multiversity

Infinite Crisis

Batman: The Killing Joke

Oracle

The Question

Cassie Sandsmark

Wonder Woman

Sobek

Osiris

Black Adam

1: Let’s Talk Talent (06:45)

Eddy Barrows

Superman

Stephen Wacker

J. G. Jones

Giallo

Suspiria (1977)

Isis

Doctor Fate

2: Let’s Talk About 52 #44 (10:51)

The Power of Shazam

Captain Marvel

Mary Marvel

Jonah Hex

Batman: A Death in the Family

Four Horsemen of Apokolips

Yurrd

Danny DeVito

The Penguin

Fan4stic (2015)

Transformers

Starscream

David Thewlis

Boogerman

Zohran Mamdani

Mira Nair

Intergang

Egg Fu

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Renee Montoya

Richard Dragon

Aristotle Rodor

Vic Sage

One Piece

Watchmen

Rorschach

Doomsday Clock

Neil Druckmann

Steve Ditko

Doctor Manhattan

Watchmen (TV)

David Lynch

Twin Peaks: The Return

Watchmen: Who Watches the Watchmen?

Absolute Martian Manhunter

Dan DiDio

Dave Gibbons

Silk Spectre

Minutemen

Puella Magi Madoka Magica

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Gundam

From Hell

3: What’s your favorite part of the issue? (46:41)

4: The Blackboard (47:52)

Carface

The Outsiders

Birds of Prey

Black Adam (2022)

The Flash (2023)

Superman (2025)

World War III

Final Crisis

Darkseid

5: Asking The Questions at [email protected] (52:11)

Pseudoderm

Lois Lane

Batman

Joker

Grand Theft Auto

Harley Quinn

Zatanna

Seven Soldiers of Victory

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