All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe analyze the fifth issue of 52, and discover a multiversal Scotland where everyone is like Grant Morrison, the Dark Souls of comics, and giant penny stolen valor.

Chapters:

Let’s Talk Talent (02:12)
Let’s Talk About The Cover (18:14)
Let’s Talk About 52 #5 (19:31)
The Backup (50:27)
The Blackboard (01:03:56)
Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:15:53)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

52
Geoff Johns
Grant Morrison
Greg Rucka
Mark Waid
Keith Giffen
Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Green Lantern
Infinite Crisis
Heavy Metal
2000 AD
Zenith
Karen Berger
Vertigo Comics
Neil Gaiman
Alan Moore
Dadaism
Peter Milligan
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure
Hirohiko Araki
Hideo Kojima
Thrill-Power Overload
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Watchmen
Animal Man (1988 series)
Animal Man
Carmine Infantino
Strange Adventures
Deadman
Adam Strange
Peacemaker (TV series)
Wile E. Coyote
Lex Luthor
Inferior Five
Detective Chimp
Cave Carson
Krypto the Superdog
Mr. Freeze
Batman: The Animated Series
Final Crisis
Multiversity
Hidetaka Miyazaki
Dark Souls
Darkseid
Jack Kirby
Highfather
Apokolips
New Genesis
Joe Bennett
Chris Batista
Klaus Janson
Frank Miller
Daredevil: The Man Without Fear
Steel (1994 series)
Identity Crisis
Booster Gold
Dan Jurgens
The Last Days of Animal Man
Gerry Conway
Jimmy Palmiotti
Jonah Hex (2010 series)
Justin Gray
Harley Quinn (2013 series)
Amanda Conner
Phil Balsman
Blue Beetle (2006 series)
Swamp Thing (2004 series)
The Outsiders (2003 series)
Legion of Super-Heroes (2006 series)
Guy Gardner: Collateral Damage
Captain Atom: Armageddon
WildStorm
Jim Lee
Deathblow
Midnighter
Apollo
Grifter
J. G. Jones
Hawkgirl
The Fly (1986)
Rann-Thanagar War
Alan Scott
blink-182 - All The Small Things
Final Crisis: Requiem #1
Martian Manhunter
Libra
Secret Society of Super Villains
Judges 5:20
Steel
Human Genome Project
Metagene
Doctor Mid-Nite
Hootie & the Blowfish