Week 38 - Breathless

When the time comes, let go. World’s Finest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe come to terms with issue 38 of 52, and the long-coming death of Vic Sage. But along the way they’ll note the Watchmen parallels with Oolong Island, check in with Steelworks, and answer a listener question about Wonder Woman’s magic period.

Show Notes:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Le Morte d’Arthur
• Image Comics
• Spawn

1: Let’s Talk Talent (02:49)

• Joe Bennett
• Jack Jadson
• J. G. Jones
• Final Fantasy
• One Winged Angel
• Vic Sage
• Jizz

2: Let’s Talk About 52 #38 (05:54)

• Renee Montoya
• Nanda Parbat
• Kate Kane
• Chiller
• Warped Tour
• Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• Oolong Island
• The Pitt
• 24
• Mercury
• T. O. Morrow
• Will Magnus
• Egg Fu
• Apokolips
• Black Adam
• Black Adam (2022)
• Subscribe to Aftermath
• Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
• Veronica Kale
• The Question (1986 series)
• Zhuangzi
• Hermann Hesse
• John Henry Irons
• Superman
• Doctor Mid-Nite
• Lex Luthor
• Natasha Irons
• Beast Boy
• Ted Kord
• Steve Ditko
• Booster Gold
• Frank Grimes
• Ralph Dibny
• Sue Dibny
• Alfred Pennyworth
• Tom King
• Batman
• Dan DiDio
• Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
• Hal Jordan

3: The Backup (32:38)

• Red Tornado
• Phil Jiminez
• Andy Lanning
• Todd Nauck
• Young Justice
• Justice League of America by Brad Meltzer
• Jodi Picoult
• Wonder Woman
• The Real World
• Judd Winick
• Outsiders
• Percy Jackson
• Rick Riordan
• Sharp Objects
• Gillian Flynn
• Hades
• Absolute Wonder Woman
• Justice League International
• Ben Stein
• Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
• Benchwarmers (2006)
• Rob Schneider

4: What’s your favorite part of the issue? (39:49)

5: The Blackboard (41:20)

• Watchmen
• Thomas Szasz
• Gotham Central
• Ed Brubaker

6: Asking The Questions at [email protected] (48:25)

• Duke of Deception