Week 29 - Name Calling

52 Pickup

Dick Death Determined via Dan DiDio! The Dynamic Duo of Podcasting Gita and Alex feast on issue 29, cooking up opinions on Grant Morrison’s writing of women, the importance of Thanksgiving tables in DC history, and some unsubtle jabs at the idea of IP rights by the authors of 52.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent (08:45)
2. Let’s Talk About 52 #29 (11:48)
3. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (32:53)
4. The Blackboard (36:50)
5. Asking The Questions at [email protected] (45:49)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Countdown to Final Crisis
• Stephen Wacker
• Final Crisis
• Paul Dini
• Batman: the Animated Series
• Multiversity
• Shonen Jump
• Lex Luthor
• Komi Can’t Communicate
• Jamie McKelvie
• One For Sorrow
• Alan Moore
• Stargirl
• JSA
• The X-Files
• Barenaked Ladies - One Week
• Chris Batista
• Jack Jadson
• Reign of the Supermen
• Egg Fu
• Alan Scott
• Jay Garrick
• Wildcat
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• Jade
• Rann-Thanagar War
• Infinite Crisis
• Monkey D. Luffy
• Goku
• Infinity Inc.
• Nuklon
• Spider-Man
• Obsidian
• Batman
• Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
• Doctor Sivana
• T. O. Morrow
• Black Adam
• Will Magnus
• Veronica Cale
• Jenna Maroney
• Jezebel Jet
• Emma Frost
• New X-Men
• Megan Thee Stallion
• Talia al Ghul
• James Gunn
• League of Shadows
• Dennis O’Neal
• Batman: Birth of the Demon
• Intergang
• Jack Kirby
• Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979)
• John Henry Irons
• Beast Boy
• Nightwing
• Dan DiDio
• Tom Taylor
• Superman
• Robin
• The Batman (2022)
• Batman Begins (2005)
• Tim Burton
• Michelle Pfeiffer
• Catwoman
• Zoë Kravitz
• The Penguin
• Burgess Meredith
• Batman (60’s tv show)
• Adam West
• Elliot Kalan
• Harley Quinn
• Forbidden Planet
• Todd MacFarlane Platinum Collection The Question
• Starman
• Zatara
• Superman & Lois
• Greg Berlanti
• Arrow
• Smallville
• Crisis on Infinite Earths
• The CW
• Gossip Girl
• The Vampire Diaries
• Interview with the Vampire
• Criterion Channel
• Tyler Hoechlin
• Hellboy
• Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense
• Chase
• Sugar & Spike
• Green Lantern
• Mike Mignola
• Hellblazer
• John Constantine
• Garth Ennis
• L.A. Noire
• Superman Returns
• Batman: The Telltale Series

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.