Week 44 - Deaths in the Family

More 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 specifically to screw Alan Moore, and ebola barf.

Show Notes:

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  52
  


• 
  Geoff Johns
  


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  Grant Morrison
  


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  Greg Rucka
  


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  Mark Waid
  


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  Keith Giffen
  


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  The Multiversity
  


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  Infinite Crisis
  


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  Batman: The Killing Joke
  


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  Oracle
  


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  The Question
  


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  Cassie Sandsmark
  


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  Wonder Woman
  


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  Sobek
  


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  Osiris
  


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  Black Adam
  

1: Let’s Talk Talent (06:45)

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  Eddy Barrows
  


• 
  Superman
  


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  Stephen Wacker
  


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  J. G. Jones
  


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  Giallo
  


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  Suspiria (1977)
  


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  Isis
  


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  Doctor Fate
  

2: Let’s Talk About 52 #44 (10:51)

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  The Power of Shazam
  


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  Captain Marvel
  


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  Mary Marvel
  


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  Jonah Hex
  


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  Batman: A Death in the Family
  


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  Four Horsemen of Apokolips
  


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  Yurrd
  


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  Danny DeVito
  


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  The Penguin
  


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  Fan4stic (2015)
  


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  Transformers
  


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  Starscream
  


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  David Thewlis
  


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  Boogerman
  


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  Zohran Mamdani
  


• 
  Mira Nair
  


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  Intergang
  


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  Egg Fu
  


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  Iron Man 3 (2013)
  


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  Renee Montoya
  


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  Richard Dragon
  


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  Aristotle Rodor
  


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  Vic Sage
  


• 
  One Piece
  


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  Watchmen
  


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  Rorschach
  


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  Doomsday Clock
  


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  Neil Druckmann
  


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  Steve Ditko
  


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  Doctor Manhattan
  


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  Watchmen (TV)
  


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  David Lynch
  


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  Twin Peaks: The Return
  


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  Watchmen: Who Watches the Watchmen?
  


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  Absolute Martian Manhunter
  


• 
  Dan DiDio
  


• 
  Dave Gibbons
  


• 
  Silk Spectre
  


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  Minutemen
  


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  Puella Magi Madoka Magica
  


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  Neon Genesis Evangelion
  


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  Gundam
  


• 
  From Hell
  

3: What’s your favorite part of the issue? (46:41)

4: The Blackboard (47:52)

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  Carface
  


• 
  The Outsiders
  


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  Birds of Prey
  


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  Black Adam (2022)
  


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  The Flash (2023)
  


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  Superman (2025)
  


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  World War III
  


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  Final Crisis
  


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  Darkseid
  

5: Asking The Questions at [email protected] (52:11)

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  Pseudoderm
  


• 
  Lois Lane
  


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  Batman
  


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  Joker
  


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  Grand Theft Auto
  


• 
  Harley Quinn
  


• 
  Zatanna
  


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  Seven Soldiers of Victory
  

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