Week 30 - Dark Knight Down, with Ash Parrish

All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with the Astonishing Ash Parrish to strike again at 52 #30, including the return of DC’s Most Toxic Yuri Couple, deciding the most fuckable Batman, and the true reason for the Dark Knight’s cape.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk About The Cover (12:11)


2. Let’s Talk About Grant Morrison’s Take on Batman and A Little of 52 #30 (12:47)


3. Let’s Talk Talent (20:22)


4. Let’s Continue Talking About 52 #30, and Marvel Movies (20:39)


5. The Backup (01:03:55)


6. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (01:06:30)


7. The Blackboard (01:10:43)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

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  52
  


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  Geoff Johns
  


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  Grant Morrison
  


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  Greg Rucka
  


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  Mark Waid
  


• 
  Keith Giffen
  


• 
  BATMAN: YEAR ONE Animated Film - “Ladies, gentlemen, you have eaten well.”
  


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  Ash Parrish
  


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  Dick Grayson
  


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  Ctrl + Alt + Delete
  


• 
  Megatokyo
  


• 
  Questionable Content
  


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  Penny Arcade
  


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  MC Frontalot
  


• 
  Batman: The Animated Series
  


• 
  Justice League Unlimited
  


• 
  The New 52
  


• 
  The Authority
  


• 
  Top 10
  


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  Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
  


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  Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again
  


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  Free Comic Book Day
  


• 
  Batman
  


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  Stephen Wacker
  


• 
  Identity Crisis
  


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  Infinite Crisis
  


• 
  Jason Todd
  


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  Barbara Gordon
  


• 
  Wonder Woman
  


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  Superman
  


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  Black Adam
  


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  Vic Sage
  


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  Saint Michael Vanquishing Satan
  


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  J. G. Jones
  


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  Killer Croc
  


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  Tim Drake
  


• 
  All-Star Superman
  


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  Bob Kane
  


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  Robin
  


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  Joker
  


• 
  Batman: A Death in the Family
  


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  Batman: The Killing Joke
  


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  Batman: Knightfall
  


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  Bane
  


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  Batman: No Man’s Land
  


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  Dennis O’Neil
  


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  Batman: Under the Hood
  


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  Captain Boomerang
  


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  Eat Pray Love
  


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  The Signature of All Things
  


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  Elizabeth Gilbert
  


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  Charles Darwin
  


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  Brother Eye
  


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  Justice League: Doom
  


• 
  Justice League Watchtower
  


• 
  Joe Bennett
  


• 
  Ruy Jose
  


• 
  Damian Wayne
  


• 
  Carrie Kelley
  


• 
  Frank Miller
  


• 
  John Byrne
  


• 
  Dark Knight III: The Master Race
  


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  Dark Knight Returns: The Golden Child
  


• 
  Rafael Grampá
  


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  Watchmen
  


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  Alan Moore
  


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  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  


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  From Hell
  


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  Black Lives Matter Corporation
  


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  When Death Came For Frank Miller
  


• 
  Dan DiDio
  


• 
  Holy Terror
  


• 
  Tom King
  


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  Black Adam (2022)
  


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  Leviathan
  


• 
  Talia al Ghul
  


• 
  New X-Men
  


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  Renee Montoya
  


• 
  Gotham Central
  


• 
  Kate Kane
  


• 
  Kieron Gillen
  


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  The Power Fantasy
  


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  Kraven the Hunter (2024)
  


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  Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
  


• 
  Anthony Mackie
  


• 
  Captain America
  


• 
  Falcon
  


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  Young Avengers
  


• 
  Eli Bradley
  


• 
  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
  


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  James Gunn Superman (2025)
  


• 
  James Gunn Superman Trailer
  


• 
  Blue Lantern Corps
  


• 
  The Dark Knight Trilogy
  


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  Black Panther (2018)
  


• 
  Chris Evans
  


• 
  Fantastic Four
  


• 
  Stilt-Man
  


• 
  Avengers
  


• 
  Nikola Scott
  


• 
  Gail Simone
  


• 
  Intergang
  


• 
  Macavity
  


• 
  Cats (2019)
  


• 
  Idris Elba
  


• 
  Ten-Eyed Man
  


• 
  Bruno Mannheim
  


• 
  Starfire
  


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  Metal Men
  


• 
  Duncan Rouleau
  


• 
  Will Magnus
  


• 
  Creature Commandos
  


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  The Suicide Squad (2021)
  


• 
  Bob Haney
  


• 
  Batman: The Brave and the Bold
  


• 
  Music Meister
  


• 
  Neil Patrick Harris
  


• 
  Wacky Races
  


• 
  Alex Ross
  


• 
  Kingdom Come
  


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  Batman: Wayne Family Adventures
  


• 
  CRC Payne
  


• 
  Rip Hunter
  


• 
  Vandal Savage
  


• 
  Darkseid
  


• 
  Final Crisis
  


• 
  Guy Gardner
  


• 
  Oliver Queen
  


• 
  Terry McGinnis
  


• 
  Batman Beyond
  


• 
  Inque
  


• 
  Maxine Gibson
  


• 
  Dana Tan
  


• 
  Robert Pattinson
  


• 
  Kevin Conroy
  


• 
  Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
  


• 
  George Clooney
  


• 
  Michael Keaton
  


• 
  Batman Returns (1992)
  


• 
  Michelle Pfeiffer
  


• 
  Adam West
  


• 
  Ben Affleck
  


• 
  Christian Bale
  


• 
  Kendall Roy
  


• 
  Ralph Fiennes
  


• 
  In Bruges (2008)
  


• 
  Tom Hardy
  


• 
  Peaky Blinders
  


• 
  Venom (2018)
  

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.