Week 20 - God Is Fragged

I Died And Was Reincarnated As The World’s Greatest Monster! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe breeze through the Morrison-heavy and story-light issue twenty of 52, making space for Tim King’s public apology for being a CIA asset, Steel’s exposed penis, Superboy Prime as isekai, and Jaffe’s biggest DC blind spot. Chapters: Let’s Talk Talent (05:14) Let’s Talk About The Cover (09:19) Let’s Talk About 52 #20 (10:53) The Backup (28:09) What’s your favorite part of the issue? (32:49) The Blackboard (33:33) Asking The Questions at [email protected] (43:19) A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED: 52 Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Greg Rucka Mark Waid Keith Giffen Shohei Ohtani Los Angeles Dodgers Detroit Tigers Miami Marlins Bat Boys Magic: The Gathering Dreamcatcher Marvel Snap Chris Batista Superman Lobo Vic Sage Star Trek: Voyager Battlestar Galactica Lost in Space Cylons Game of Thrones Bear McCreary Constantine The Crawling Hand (1963) Animal Man Adam Strange Starfire It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia Calendar Man Batman Batwoman Jason Todd Countdown to Final Crisis Thanos The Infinity Gauntlet Jeph Loeb Lex Luthor Superman/Batman: Public Enemies Steel Kala Avasti Death Note Tsugumi Ohba Friedrich Nietzsche Nine Inch Nails Nine Inch Nails - Heresy Eye of Ekron Big Barda Little Barda Zachary Zatara Zatanna The Green Lantern Kevin Nowlan Batman: The Animated Series Stephen Wacker Jonny Quest Barry Allen The Jetsons Tom King Vision Mister Terrific Emerald Empress Fatal Five Legion of Super-Heroes Superboy Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds George Pérez Arrowverse Supergirl Lar Gand Brainiac 5 Bruce Timm Triplicate Girl Paul Dini Justin Gray Jimmy Palmiotti Alan Burnett Dwayne McDuffie My Hero Academia Sentai Power Rangers Green Lantern: New Guardians Kyle Rayner Marvel Family A DC Guide to Isekai by Alex Jaffe Warlord Land of the Lost Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld Suicide Squad Isekai Suicide Squad ISEKAI | Opening and Closing Theme Amanda Waller Viola Davis CCH Pounder The Suicide Squad (2021) Suicide Squad (2016) James Gunn David Ayer Gene Luen Yang 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.