Week 5 - Stars In Their Courses

All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe analyze the fifth issue of 52, and discover a multiversal Scotland where everyone is like Grant Morrison, the Dark Souls of comics, and giant penny stolen valor.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent (02:12)
2. Let’s Talk About The Cover (18:14)
3. Let’s Talk About 52 #5 (19:31)
4. The Backup (50:27)
5. The Blackboard (01:03:56)
6. Asking The Questions at [email protected] (01:15:53)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Superman
• Batman
• Wonder Woman
• Green Lantern
• Infinite Crisis
• Heavy Metal
• 2000 AD
• Zenith
• Karen Berger
• Vertigo Comics
• Neil Gaiman
• Alan Moore
• Dadaism
• Peter Milligan
• JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
• Hirohiko Araki
• Hideo Kojima
• Thrill-Power Overload
• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
• Watchmen
• Animal Man (1988 series)
• Animal Man
• Carmine Infantino
• Strange Adventures
• Deadman
• Adam Strange
• Peacemaker (TV series)
• Wile E. Coyote
• Lex Luthor
• Inferior Five
• Detective Chimp
• Cave Carson
• Krypto the Superdog
• Mr. Freeze
• Batman: The Animated Series
• Final Crisis
• Multiversity
• Hidetaka Miyazaki
• Dark Souls
• Darkseid
• Jack Kirby
• Highfather
• Apokolips
• New Genesis
• Joe Bennett
• Chris Batista
• Klaus Janson
• Frank Miller
• Daredevil: The Man Without Fear
• Steel (1994 series)
• Identity Crisis
• Booster Gold
• Dan Jurgens
• The Last Days of Animal Man
• Gerry Conway
• Jimmy Palmiotti
• Jonah Hex (2010 series)
• Justin Gray
• Harley Quinn (2013 series)
• Amanda Conner
• Phil Balsman
• Blue Beetle (2006 series)
• Swamp Thing (2004 series)
• The Outsiders (2003 series)
• Legion of Super-Heroes (2006 series)
• Guy Gardner: Collateral Damage
• Captain Atom: