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