Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and DC Lore Expert Alex Jaffe set the stage for full analysis of 52, the most important comic book of the century and the best series you’ve never heard of.

Chapters:

How did Gita and Alex get into comics? (09:48)
What is 52? (22:33)
Which characters are in 52? (48:33)
The Blackboard (01:27:55)
Favorite Characters (01:33:15)
The Mailbag (01:38:25)
Sign-Off (01:47:07)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

Black Adam
Batman/Superman: World’s Finest
52
Avengers: Endgame (2019)
Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
When Joss Whedon Was Our Master
Animal-Vegetable-Mineral Man
Kite Man
Egghead
Stan Lee
Dan DiDio
Captain Marvel
Doctor Sivana
Batman: The Animated Series
Justice League Unlimited
Steel
Booster Gold
The Question
The Trial of Superman
Batman Returns (1992)
Teen Titans
Shade, the Changing Man
Sandman
Neil Gaiman
Tim Drake
Superboy
Young Justice
Spoiler
Cassandra Cain
Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
The Batman (2022)
DC Universe Infinite
The Brave And The Bold
DC Comics Presents
Geoff Johns
Seven Soldiers of Victory
Grant Morrison
Infinite Crisis
Crisis on Infinite Earths
Marv Wolfman
George Pérez
Doomsday Clock
Superboy-Prime
Wonder Woman
Villains United
Keith Giffen
JSA
Greg Rucka
Gotham Central
Mark Waid
Kingdom Come
Alex Ross
Superman: Birthright
2000 AD
New X-Men
Doom Patrol
Lost
24
The Flash (2023)
Identity Crisis
Armageddon 2001
Brad Meltzer
Jerry Seinfeld
Legends of Tomorrow
John Constantine
Donald Faison
Scrubs
Clueless (1995)
Ted Kord
Justice League Europe
Elongated Man
Dan Jurgens
Dennis O’Neil
The Question
Batman/Huntress: Cry For Blood
Renee Montoya
Batwoman
War on terror
Abbie Hoffman
Dwayne Johnson
Black Adam (2022)
Plastic Man
The Thin Man (1934)
Natasha Irons
Traci Thirteen
Superman: Reign of the Supermen
Lex Luthor
All-Star Superman
The Ray