Powersitting! All-Star Alex Jaffe and World’s Finest Gita Jackson rage for days against issue 45, including the Justice Society as Chuck Schumer, drafting the official 52 Pickup Suicide Squad, and exactly how this comic cover broke The Rock’s brain.

Show Notes:

1: Let’s Talk Talent and the Cover (02:57)

2: Let’s Talk About 52 #45 (10:50)

3: Let’s talk about the rest of 52 and some other comics and how comic creators get treated (26:05)

4: What’s your favorite part of the issue? (38:44)

5: The Blackboard (41:20)

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