52 Pickup

Week 12 - Mighty

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ttttttttt! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe consider issue number twelve of 52, and in the process share the best way to start reading comics, the best ideas for reintroducing Isis (the character! the character!) to comics, and the exact moment The Rock decided to change the hierarchy of power in the DC universe.

Chapters:

  1. Let’s Talk Talent, and How to Start Reading Comics (03:02)
  2. Let’s Talk About The Cover (05:27)
  3. Let’s Talk About 52 #12 (07:04)
  4. The Backup (37:12)
  5. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (47:15)
  6. The Blackboard (48:02)
  7. Asking The Questions at [email protected] (54:01)

    8. A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

    • 52
    • Geoff Johns
    • Grant Morrison
    • Greg Rucka
    • Mark Waid
    • Keith Giffen
    • Booster Gold
    • Eddy Barrows
    • Rob Stull
    • Travis Lanham
    • David Baron
    • The Sandman
    • Animal Man
    • Locke & Key
    • J. G. Jones
    • Isis
    • Aladdin - A Whole New World
    • Stephen Wacker
    • Kahndaq
    • Maggie Sawyer
    • Gotham Central
    • Renee Montoya
    • Vic Sage
    • Dennis O’Neil
    • The Question (1986 series)
    • Batman Returns (1992)
    • Black Adam
    • Superman
    • Shazam (wizard)
    • The Secrets of Isis
    • Chicago
    • Dark Nemesis
    • Teen Titans (1996 series)
    • Black Adam (2022)
    • Dwayne Johnson
    • Billy Batson
    • Bud Manstrong
    • Whiz Comics
    • Shazam! (2019)
    • Zachary Levi
    • Mark Millar
    • Bart Simpson
    • Steven Universe
    • Finn the Human
    • Legends of Tomorrow
    • Joanna Cameron
    • Jadzia Axelrod
    • Wonder Woman
    • Sabrina the Teenage Witch
    • Motorola Razr
    • Cassie Sandsmark
    • Ralph Dibny
    • Donna Troy
    • Zeus
    • Sue Dibny
    • Superboy
    • Fullmetal Alchemist
    • Kill la Kill
    • Twilight
    • Adam Hughes
    • Laura Martin
    • Mark Chiarello
    • Hippolyta
    • Percy Jackson
    • Wonder Woman (2017)
    • Maxwell Lord
    • Wonder Woman Archives
    • William Moulton Marston
    • Wonder Woman: Gods and Mortals
    • George Pérez
    • Wonder Woman: Eyes of the Gorgon
    • Tom King
    • Philadelphia
    • Liberty Belle
    • Fawcett City
    • Creed (2015)
    • It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
    • Abbott Elementary
    • Seven Deadly Enemies of Man
    • the photo Jaffe provided of the Seven Deadly Sins
    • X-Men
    • Avengers
    • Civil War
    • Quicksilver
    • Scarlet Witch
    • Ultimate X-Men
    • Old Man Logan
    • Mark Millar
    • Superman: The Death and Return of Superman
    • Batman: Knightfall
    • hoopla
    • DC Universe Infinite
    • Marvel Unlimited

      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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