I Died And Was Reincarnated As The World’s Greatest Monster! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe breeze through the Morrison-heavy and story-light issue twenty of 52, making space for Tim King’s public apology for being a CIA asset, Steel’s exposed penis, Superboy Prime as isekai, and Jaffe’s biggest DC blind spot.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent (05:14)
Let’s Talk About The Cover (09:19)
Let’s Talk About 52 #20 (10:53)
The Backup (28:09)
What’s your favorite part of the issue? (32:49)
The Blackboard (33:33)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (43:19)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

52
Geoff Johns
Grant Morrison
Greg Rucka
Mark Waid
Keith Giffen
Shohei Ohtani
Los Angeles Dodgers
Detroit Tigers
Miami Marlins
Bat Boys
Magic: The Gathering
Dreamcatcher
Marvel Snap
Chris Batista
Superman
Lobo
Vic Sage
Star Trek: Voyager
Battlestar Galactica
Lost in Space
Cylons
Game of Thrones
Bear McCreary
Constantine
The Crawling Hand (1963)
Animal Man
Adam Strange
Starfire
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Calendar Man
Batman
Batwoman
Jason Todd
Countdown to Final Crisis
Thanos
The Infinity Gauntlet
Jeph Loeb
Lex Luthor
Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Steel
Kala Avasti
Death Note
Tsugumi Ohba
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails - Heresy
Eye of Ekron
Big Barda
Little Barda
Zachary Zatara
Zatanna
The Green Lantern
Kevin Nowlan
Batman: The Animated Series
Stephen Wacker
Jonny Quest
Barry Allen
The Jetsons
Tom King
Vision
Mister Terrific
Emerald Empress
Fatal Five
Legion of Super-Heroes
Superboy
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds
George Pérez
Arrowverse
Supergirl
Lar Gand
Brainiac 5
Bruce Timm
Triplicate Girl
Paul Dini
Justin Gray
Jimmy Palmiotti
Alan Burnett
Dwayne McDuffie
My Hero Academia
Sentai
Power Rangers
Green Lantern: New Guardians
Kyle Rayner
Marvel Family
A DC Guide to Isekai by Alex Jaffe
Warlord
Land of the Lost
Amethyst: Princess of Gemworld
Suicide Squad Isekai
Suicide Squad ISEKAI | Opening and Closing Theme
Amanda Waller
Viola Davis
CCH Pounder
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Suicide Squad (2016)
James Gunn
David Ayer
Gene Luen Yang

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 subscr...