O zephyr winds which blow on high, lift me now so I can fly! All-Star Comics Journalist Gita Jackson and World’s Finest Comics Expert Alex Jaffe team up with the Uncanny Charles Pulliam-Moore for the Two-Hour Wedding Album that is issue sixteen of DC’s 52. Hear whether Captain Marvel is an adult man or three kids in a trench coat, the wedding traditions of the Shazamish faith, and the debut of Cardi Bane.

Chapters:

1. Let’s Talk Talent, Covers and Pokemon with Charles Pulliam-Moore (03:15)
2. Let’s Talk About 52 #16 (23:49)
3. The Backup (01:17:20)
4. What’s your favorite part of the issue? (01:27:07)
5. The Blackboard (01:32:31)
6. Asking The Questions at 52mailbag@gmail.com (01:41:28)

A SMALL SELECTION OF THINGS REFERENCED:

• 52
• Geoff Johns
• Grant Morrison
• Greg Rucka
• Mark Waid
• Keith Giffen
• Pokémon
• Pikachu
• Eevee
• Sprigatito
• Squirtle
• Unova
• Samurott
• Civil War
• New X-Men (2004 series)
• Emma Frost
• Superboy
• Infinite Crisis
• Watchmen
• Renee Montoya
• Superman
• Lex Luthor
• Tim Drake
• Batwoman
• Isis
• The Secrets of Isis
• Shazam!
• Black Adam
• The Hurt Locker (2008)
• Vic Sage
• Jack Kirby
• Tommy Lee Edwards
• Barack Obama “Hope” poster
• Dwayne Johnson
• Black Adam (2022)
• Legends of Tomorrow
• J. G. Jones
• Alex Sinclair
• Joe Bennett
• Ruy Jose
• Kahndaq
• Aristotle Rodor
• Metamorpho
• Mary Marvel
• Captain Marvel
• Egg cream
• Josie Campbell
• My Adventures with Superman
• Vegeta
• Bulma
• Goku
• Justice League International
• Steven Universe
• Bart Simpson
• Shazam (wizard)
• Intergang
• 24
• Kiefer Sutherland
• Donald Sutherland
• Seven Soldiers of Victory
• Tawky Tawny
• Uncle Marvel
• The Muppet Movie (1979)
• Twilight (2008)
• The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)
• Gossip Girl
• Black Panther
• Storm
• Wakanda
• Fallout: New Vegas
• Speed Force
• Batman/Huntress: Cry for Blood
• Birds of Prey
• Huntress
• Punisher
• Aladdin (1992)
• Starfire
• Adam Strange
• Strange Adventures
• Animal Man
• Vixen
• Challengers (2024)
• Lobo
• The Maltese Falcon
• Theo Adam
• Sinestro
• Namor
• James Gunn
• Desperate Housewives
• Grey’s Anatomy
• Viola Davis
• Amanda Waller
• Firefly
• Krakoan Age
• Courtney Whitmore
• Ralph Dibny
• Opal City
• Guy Gardner
• Superman/Shazam!: First Thunder
• Just King Things
• The Dreaming
• Doctor DC Podcast
• Gotham Outsiders: A Batman Bookclub
• Newcomers
• Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
• Captain America
• Iron Man
• Wonder Woman
• Slender Man
• The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
• Smallville
• Booster Gold
• Ted Kord
• Lightray
• Orion
• Jimmy Olsen

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 52mailbag@gmail.com. Never stop reading comics.