Week 20 - God Is Fragged

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:

1. Let’s Talk Talent (05:14)
2. Let’s Talk About The Cover (09:19)
3. Let’s Talk About 52 #20 (10:53)
4. The Backup (28:09)
5. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (32:49)
6. The Blackboard (33:33)
7. Asking The Questions at [email protected] (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 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 [email protected]. Never stop reading comics.