52 Pickup
A show about the most important comic of the 21st century, and the greatest series you’ve never heard of. Each week Journalist Gita Jackson and DC Historian Alex Jaffe read and explore an issue of 52, a 2006 exploration of the DC universe by a legendary team of talent that shaped everything that came after it.
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Episodes (118)
Never Stop Reading Comics
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Week 52 - A Year in the Life
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Week 51 - Homecoming
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World War III #1-4
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Week 50 - World War III
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Week 49 - Eve of Destruction
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Week 48 - Asked and Answered
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Week 47 - Revelations
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Week 46 - Mad Science
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Week 45 - Every Hour Wounds, The Last Kills
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Week 44 - Deaths in the Family
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Week 43 - Family Matters
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Week 42 - Trigger Effect
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Week 41 - Miracles & Wonders
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Week 40 - Man Ain't Nothing But a Man, with Brad Gullickson
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Week 39 - Powers & Abilities, with Will Weldon
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Week 38 - Breathless
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Week 37 - Secret Identities, with Brian Clevinger
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Week 36 - How To Win a War In Space
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Week 35 - Rain of the Supermen
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Week 34 - Suicidal Tendencies, with Walt Lewellyn
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Week 33 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
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Week 32 - Seven Days in Nanda Parbat, with Paul Chin
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Week 31 - Human Resources
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Week 30 - Dark Knight Down, with Ash Parrish
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Week 29 - Name Calling
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Week 28 - Beyond the Black Stump, with Ted Brandt
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Week 27 - The Past Best Hope
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The 52 Pickup Halfway There Extravaganza!
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Week 26 - Halfway Home
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Week 25 - Liminal Times, with Josh Rivera
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Week 24 - Just Imagine, with Jordan Morris
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Week 23 - The Island of Professor Morrow
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Week 22 - Burial Ground
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Week 21 - Teambuilding Exercises
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Week 20 - God Is Fragged
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Week 19 - History Repeats
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Subscriber Feed Preview Clip: The Flash (2023) Review
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Week 18 - Dismantled, with Questionposting
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Week 17 - Last of the Czarnians
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Subscriber Feed Preview Clip: An Interview with Mark Waid
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Week 16 - Uhebbuki, with Charles Pulliam Moore
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Week 15 - Outshined, with Alex Sinclair
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Week 14 - Sand and Rust, with Reid Vanier
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Week 13 - Haystack, with Tim Marchman
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Week 12 - Mighty
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Week 11 - Batwoman Begins, with Jadzia Axelrod
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Week 10 - Stop The Press
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Week 9 - Dream of America
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Week 8 - Thief, with Dalton Deschain and Dylan Roth
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