The 52 Pickup Halfway There Extravaganza!

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: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid Keith Giffen Bon Jovi - Livin’ On A Prayer Saturday Night (2024) Jason Reitman Juno (2005) Diablo Cody Young Adult (2011) Zack Snyder Sucker Punch (2011) Kendall Roy “Weird Al” Yankovic Dragon Ball Z Goku Vegeta 1. Let’s Talk About What Led Up to 52 (06:31) Sue Dibny Identity Crisis Batman Justice League Brother Eye Maxwell Lord Justice League International Superman Blue Beetle Wonder Woman Infinite Crisis Crisis on Infinite Earths Robin Themyscira Justice League Unlimited Bruce Timm Paul Dini Lost Star Trek: Deep Space Nine The Sopranos The Shield 24 Doctor DC Podcast 2. What’s going on with Ralph Dibny? (16:30) Ralph Dibny Cassie Sandsmark Young Justice Teen Titans Superboy Lex Luthor Smallville Green Arrow Black Canary Dev-Em Booster Gold Starman Detective Chimp Doctor Fate Eclipso Spectre Day of Vengeance Jean Loring Tatsuki Fujimoto Denji Chainsaw Man Tom Taylor Injustice: Gods Among Us Nightwing Bocchi the Rock! Batman: Wayne Family Adventures Damian Wayne Tim Drake Naruto: Shippuden Jason Todd Dick Grayson Joker 3. What’s going on with the space heroes? (24:21) Animal Man Starfire Adam Strange Devilance Lobo New Teen Titans Terra Green Lantern Corps New Gods Omega Men 4. What’s going on with Black Adam? (27:44) The Rock Black Adam Captain Marvel Kahndaq Terra-Man Great Ten Doctor Manhattan Intergang Zachary Levi Shazam! (2019) Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) Harold and the Purple Crayon (2024) Chris Pratt Mel Gibson Isis Victor Sage Renee Montoya Osiris Doctor Sivana 5. What’s going on with all those disappearing mad scientists? (36:25) Will Magnus Metal Men Dan DiDio T. O. Morrow Oolong Island Egg Fu ReBoot Beast Wars: Transformers 6. What’s going on with Steel? (43:46) Steel (John Henry Irons) Natasha Irons Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Superman: The Death and Return of Superman Infinity, Inc. Jack Ryder 7. What’s going on with Booster Gold? (49:44) Booster Gold Blue Beetle Fire Rip Hunter Booster Gold (1986 series) 8. What’s going on with Vic and Renee? (59:07) Victor Sage Renee Montoya Gotham Central Bugsy Malone (1976) The Penguin Cristin Milioti Batwoman Richard Dragon Aristotle Rodor Taylor Swift Avril Lavigne replacement conspiracy theory 9. Let’s Play: You Know The Guy (01:07:52) Steve Ditko The Suicide Squad (2021) 10. Let’s Play: Crackship Combat (01:10:08) Nightwing Jiro Osamu Gravitation Wonder Woman Green Arrow Batman Big Barda Mister Miracle Wally West Captain Carrot Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Multiversus: Collision Detected Bugs Bunny Starfire Donna Troy Martian Manhunter Firestorm Rogue Gambit Barbara Gordon Chapo Trap House 11. Asking (and Congratulating!) The Questions at [email protected] (17:51) Seven Soldiers of Victory Shade, the Changing Man Shade, the Changing Girl Cave Carson Has a Cybernetic Eye Jonah Hex Beyoncé One Piece Andy Cohen Glorious Godfrey The Multiversity Brian Michael Bendis Ragman Heroes in Crisis 30 Rock Queen of Jordan Girls5eva Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Legion of Super-Heroes Tom King Zack 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.