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52 Pickup

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Frequency: 1 episode/13d. Total Eps: 32

A show about the most important comic of the 21st century, and the greatest series you’ve never heard of. Each week Journalist Gita Jackson and DC Historian Alex Jaffe read and explore an issue of 52, a 2006 exploration of the DC universe by a legendary team of talent that shaped everything that came after it.

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🇨🇦 Canada - books
06/12/2024
#91

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Score global : 73%

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Week 27 - The Past Best Hope

Season 1 · Episode 27

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 • Duration 01:09:34

Merry Crispmus! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe find acceptance of the self in #27 of 52, as well as vengeance for Identity Crisis, good reasons to quit smoking, and why Dan DiDio may actually be Lex Luthor.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent, Industry Machinations, and Poaching Steve Wacker (02:58)
Let’s Talk About 52 #27 (14:16)
The Backup (41:50)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (47:53)
The Blackboard (52:46)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (57:05)

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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 52mailbag@gmail.com. Never stop reading comics.

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The 52 Pickup Halfway There Extravaganza!

Season 1

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 • Duration 01:40:12

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!

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Subscriber Feed Preview Clip: The Flash (2023) Review

Wednesday, July 24, 2024 • Duration 01:55

Here’s a preview for the subscriber only bonus feed episode featuring a review of The Flash (2023), the capstone film in the grand Snyderverse experiment. Hear all about the many writers and directors who passed through this film’s history, Ezra Miller’s strange crime rampage, and what the future holds for DC movies in the full episode. Check it out by subscribing to Aftermath today!

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Week 18 - Dismantled, with Questionposting

Season 1 · Episode 18

Wednesday, July 17, 2024 • Duration 01:18:27

Emancipate the JLA! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe cross over with Questionposting to tackle issue 18, featuring BREAKING NEWS REGARDING DC CANON and the existence of Tracy Thirteen, Dr. Doom arguing with a drunk person, microdosing Fear Toxin, and the secret unpublished origins of Honest Abe, the Super-Hero Protector of Cincinnati.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent, Helmets and what the hell Shadowpact is doing here with Questionposting (04:50)
Let’s Talk About 52 #18 (09:16)
The Backup (53:17)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (59:37)
The Blackboard (01:04:32)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:10:00)

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Week 17 - Last of the Czarnians

Season 1 · Episode 17

Wednesday, July 3, 2024 • Duration 01:01:39

Only thirty-five more ta go! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe blast off into issue seventeen of 52, where they witness The Time Hands, weird editorial grudges that end up on the page, and Starfire as Leia Thee Stallion.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent (02:25)
Let’s Talk About the Cover, and Lobo (03:06)
Let’s Talk About 52 #17 (09:57)
The Backup (36:09)
The Blackboard (39:19)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (41:09)
Asking/Answering The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (46:16)

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Subscriber Feed Preview Clip: An Interview with Mark Waid

Wednesday, June 26, 2024 • Duration 04:35

Here’s a preview for the subscriber only bonus feed episode featuring an interview with legendary co-writer of 52 and countless other formative comic book classics, Mark Waid. While this preview focuses on a few controversial Superman questions, the full episode goes in-depth on writing for huge company-wide events, what the Speed Force actually is, and so much more. Check it out by subscribing to Aftermath today!

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Week 16 - Uhebbuki, with Charles Pulliam Moore

Season 1 · Episode 16

Wednesday, June 19, 2024 • Duration 02:07:13

O zephyr winds which blow on high, lift me now so I can fly! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with the Uncanny Charles Pulliam-Moore for the Two-Hour Wedding Album that is issue sixteen of DC’s 52. Hear whether Captain Marvel is an adult man or three kids in a trench coat, the wedding traditions of the Shazamish faith, and the debut of Cardi Bane.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent, Covers and Pokemon with Charles Pulliam-Moore (03:15)
Let’s Talk About 52 #16 (23:49)
The Backup (01:17:20)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (01:27:07)
The Blackboard (01:32:31)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:41:28)

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Week 15 - Outshined, with Alex Sinclair

Season 1 · Episode 15

Wednesday, June 5, 2024 • Duration 01:08:27

Your Donations Keep Lexapedia Running! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe are joined by the legendary lead colorist of 52 Alex Sinclair. The towering trio takes on #15 (the Frank Grimes issue), Jason Todd’s death poll, and an unused yet fully illustrated and colored cover for 52.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent, Covers and Coloring with Alex Sinclair (03:15)
Let’s Talk About 52 #15 (24:15)
The Backup (42:23)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (47:12)
The Blackboard (49:35)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (57:44)

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Week 14 - Sand and Rust, with Reid Vanier

Season 1 · Episode 14

Wednesday, May 22, 2024 • Duration 01:13:07

Did you know mercury is the only metal that is liquid at room temperature?! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with Doctor DC himself Reid Vanier to wear jeans while building robots, ponder articulated cheeks, and determine which triple-A studio should be making a Vic and Renee video game.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent and the Cover (08:57)
Let’s Talk About 52 #14 (12:46)
The Backup (50:18)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (56:04)
The Blackboard (58:03)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:06:47)

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Week 13 - Haystack, with Tim Marchman

Season 1 · Episode 13

Wednesday, May 8, 2024 • Duration 01:24:12

This is what happens when they let me into a church! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe are joined by Substitute Legionnaire Tim Marchman to sift through Ralph Dibny’s descent into sadness, the X-Men for virgins, Gen-X leftists, and Saltburn Funko Pops.

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