About this podcast
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.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 59 episodes
- Never Stop Reading Comics · 1 h 51 min · Season 1 Episode 53All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe finish our show after two years of exploring the greatest comic book series you’ve ever heard of. Along the way they clean up…
- Week 52 - A Year in the Life · 1 h 10 min · Season 1 Episode 52Are you ready? All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe finish issue 52 of 52, and share the thesis statement of this entire podcast, the still-unknown secret of “52,”…
- Week 51 - Homecoming · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 51Forget it baby, it’s Rann! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe cast an emerald eye on issue 51, as well as an improved Court of Owls poem, the relative strength…
- World War III #1-4 · 1 h 40 min · Season 1World’s FInest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe dare to read World War III, the widely despised 52 sub-event that actually has some great John Ostrander work. Also featuring…
- Week 50 - World War III · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 50Tcatnoc! All-Star Alex Jaffe and World’s Finest Gita Jackson declare war on issue 50 of 52, featuring Black Adam against the world, the acronym F. I. B., and all the answers…
- Week 49 - Eve of Destruction · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 49I choose you, hollow point! World’s Finest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe clinically examine issue #49, as well as diagnosing the Oolong Island scientists, assigning…
- Week 48 - Asked and Answered · 1 h 6 min · Season 1 Episode 48Get me a McChicken from the Value Menu for a dollah! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe hunt down #48 of 52, and share Superman comic recommendations, final…
- Week 47 - Revelations · 58 min · Season 1 Episode 47Waiting for Bruce and thinkin’ bout goose! All-Star Alex Jaffe and World’s Finest Gita Jackson scramble around issue 47, tying up loose ends around the universe, finding early…
- Week 46 - Mad Science · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 461A, 1A, 1A! World’s Finest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe cackle hysterically at issue 46, featuring high intensity eBay bidding, dealing with loving work by horrible…
- Week 45 - Every Hour Wounds, The Last Kills · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 45Powersitting! All-Star Alex Jaffe and World’s Finest Gita Jackson rage for days against issue 45, including the Justice Society as Chuck Schumer, drafting the official 52 Pickup…
- Week 44 - Deaths in the Family · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 44More like Adolf Shitler! All-Star Alex Jaffe0 and World’s Finest Gita Jackson go to war against issue #44, and figure out how Isis created Isis, DC invented trade paperbacks…
- Week 43 - Family Matters · 49 min · Season 1 Episode 43Oh, Sobek! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe bite into #43 of 53, and discuss why space feels so small in the DC universe, the definition of “hype and aura,”…
- Week 42 - Trigger Effect · 1 h 13 min · Season 1 Episode 42Too good to be Warner Brothers IP! All-Star Alex Jaffe and World’s Finest Gita Jackson pull the trigger on issue #42, exposing the mysteries (and alternate ending) of the Ralph…
- Week 41 - Miracles & Wonders · 51 min · Season 1 Episode 41My God, have you any decency at all?! World’s Finest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe come to terms with issue 41, and process the Silver Wheel of Nyorlath, Starfire’s whole…
- Week 40 - Man Ain't Nothing But a Man, with Brad Gullickson · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 40Me 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…
- Week 39 - Powers & Abilities, with Will Weldon · 1 h 37 min · Season 1 Episode 39Forgot about Bates! Old Man Will Weldon of I Hate Bill Maher joins All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe for issue 39, and in the process confront DC’s Aquaman…
- Week 38 - Breathless · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 38When the time comes, let go. World’s Finest Gita Jackson and All-Star Alex Jaffe come to terms with issue 38 of 52, and the long-coming death of Vic Sage. But along the way…
- Week 37 - Secret Identities, with Brian Clevinger · 1 h 33 min · Season 1 Episode 37You gotta take advantage of these shiny characters! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe team up with Atomic Brian Clevinger to reflect on the surfaces of 52 #37…
- Week 36 - How To Win a War In Space · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 36You can always trust me! All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe cling desperately to issue 36, featuring an update on our beloved space heroes, neckless Trent…
- Week 35 - Rain of the Supermen · 53 min · Season 1 Episode 35All-Star Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Alex Jaffe plummet into 52 #35, featuring bad puns for gruesome events, Kirkland Signature Superman, and shocking new developments for…
