Week 40 - Man Ain't Nothing But a Man, with Brad Gullickson

Me want comic now! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe team up with Comic Counselor Brad Gullickson to punch through the many floors of issue 40, and discuss the Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding special as stealth 52 sequel, the many many many Luthor/Musk parallels, and Offspring’s whole deal.

Show Notes:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic
• Aleister Crowley
• Alan Moore
• Comic Book Couples Counseling
• Brad Gullickson
• Grateful Dead
• Superman
• All-Star Superman
• John Henry Irons
• Natasha Irons
• Lex Luthor
• Blackest Night
• Chainsaw Man

1: Let’s Talk Talent (11:48)

• Chris Batista
• Rodney Ramos
• Dan Green
• Lady Styx
• Final Crisis
• Elon Musk
• Seinfeld
• Booster Gold
• Elongated Man
• Barack Obama
• Bill Gates
• J. G. Jones
• James Gunn
• Tom Taylor
• Superman: Son of Kal-El

2: Let’s Talk About 52 #40 (22:44)

• Power Rangers
• Batman
• Sailor Moon
• The Venture Bros.
• John Henry
• Teen Titans
• Raven
• Beast Boy
• Offspring
• Aquagirl
• Plastic Man
• The Offspring
• Star Trek
• Kingdom Come
• The Kingdom
• Damian Wayne
• Everyman
• The Raid (2011)
• Green Arrow
• Green Arrow/Black Canary Wedding Special
• Black Canary
• Justice League Unlimited
• Lexor
• Osiris
• Sobek
• 2000 AD
• Captain Marvel

3: What’s your favorite part of the issue? (42:30)

4: The Blackboard (45:55)

• Jeff Bezos
• Mark Zuckerberg
• Lex Luthor/Porky Pig
• The Social Network (2010)
• Jesse Eisenberg
• Zack Snyder
• XXX (2002)
• Absolute Martian Manhunter
• Chew
• Suicide Squad
• Barry Keoghan
• John Malkovich
• Garret Dillahunt
• The Sarah Connor Chronicles

5: Asking The Questions at [email protected] (54:13)

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