Week 22 - Burial Ground

52 Pickup

ou’re ownin’ for a zonin’! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe smother issue 22, and in the process explain convoluted celebrity antics, examine the history of Native Americans in DC, and venture into The Nute Gunray Hole.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent (03:16)
2. Let’s Talk About The Cover (07:09)
3. Let’s Talk About 52 #22 (10:29)
4. The Backup (52:52)
5. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (56:04)
6. The Blackboard (58:06)
7. The Nute Gunray Hole at [e-mail] (01:09:14)
8. A Brief Post-Script (01:27:13)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Brat
• Swifties
• Vic Sage
• r/GaylorSwift
• Harry Styles
• Liam Payne
• Alanis Morissette
• Jagged Little Pill
• Dave Coulier
• Eddy Barrows
• Rob Stull
• Stephen Wacker
• The Witcher
• Magnus, Robot Fighter
• The Man with the Golden Arm
• Sailor Moon
• Sailor Mercury
• Booster Gold
• North by Northwest (1959)
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold
• Will Magnus
• Robert Kanigher
• Lex Luthor
• Elon Musk
• Wonder Girl
• Superboy (Kon-El)
• Superman
• Paul Westfield
• Flashpoint
• Reverse-Flash
• Young Justice
• Teen Titans
• Jonathan Hickman
• East of West
• John Byrne
• Superman: The Animated Series
• Justice League Unlimited
• “Question Authority”
• Clancy Brown
• Steel (John Henry Irons)
• Neuralink
• Imane Khelif
• Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!
• Joss Whedon
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Angel
• Jon Standing Bear
• Nicholas Hoult
• Skins
• Super-Chief
• Damian Wayne
• Christopher Priest
• Julius Schwartz
• Justice League
• Gardner Fox
• Carmine Infantino
• J. K. Rowling
• Black Adam
• True Detective season 4
• Stephen Graham Jones
• Renee Montoya
• Grimes
• Azealia Banks
• Vivian Wilson
• Metal Men
• Frankenstein
• Jeff Lemire
• Justice Society of America
• Dan DiDio
• Sentinel
• Celebrity Dentist Got Kanye Hooked on Laughing Gas, Milo Yiannopoulos Claims
• Red Tornado
• Hal Jordan
• Ivan Reis
• Green Lantern (2011)
• Atlantis
• Captain Marvel
• Joker
• Nute Gunray
• Bugs Bunny
• Ralph Dibny
• Pippin Took
• Pow Wow Smith
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1960)
• Batman
• Robin
• Man-of-Bats
• Raven Red
• Captain Planet and the Planeteers
• T. Hawk
• Roy Harper
• Johnny Cloud
• Little Sure Shot
• Apache Chief
• Black Vulcan
• Samurai
• Owlwoman
• Dawnstar
• Hawkman
• Equinox
• Between Earth and Sky
• Rebecca Roanhorse
• A Murder at the End of the World
• Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Black Panther
• DC Milestone
• Static
• Nikolas Draper-Ivey
• Cyborg (2023 series)
• Bulleteer
• Star Wars
• Tales of the Jedi
• Conan the Barbarian
• Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• Brotherhood
• Star Wars: Darth Vader
• Star Wars: Doctor Aphra
• Star Wars: Poe Dameron
• Mitth’raw’nuruodo
• Yuuzhan Vong
• The Acolyte
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (comic series)
• Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• George Lucas
• THX 1138 (1971)

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 [e-mail]. Never stop reading comics.