Week 42 - Trigger Effect
Update: 2025-07-02
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Too 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 Dibny arc, Lobo as a butch space lesbian, favorites from the Absolute DC line, and why the X-Men are more like DC characters than Marvel ones.
Show Notes:
52
Geoff Johns
Grant Morrison
Greg Rucka
Mark Waid
Keith Giffen
Talmud
Autism
Shavuot
Counting of the Omer
Aftermath
Hasan Piker
Young Heroes in Love
Muppet Babies
Alan Grant
Lobo
Bob the Galactic Bum
Crush
Teen Titans
Damian Wayne
Absolute Wonder Woman
Circe
The Odyssey
Wishbone
Absolute Batman
Absolute Superman
Absolute Flash
Sweet Tooth
Mountainhead (2025)
Succession
Absolute Green Lantern
Stephen King
Absolute Martian Manhunter
Fantagraphics
Emil Ferris
Martian Manhunter
Javier Rodríguez
Shade, the Changing Man
“Absolute Martian Manhunter” Embraces the Challenge
1: Let’s Talk Talent (16:55 )
Steel
Ralph Dibny
Renee Montoya
Wonder Woman
Darick Robertson
Transmetropolitan
The Boys
Garth Ennis
Doctor Fate
Zatanna
Seven Soldiers of Victory
Zatanna (2010 series)
Doctor Fate (1988 series)
Doctor Fate (2015 series)
Batman
Batman: Hush
2: Let’s Talk About 52 #42 (25:00 )
Allegory of the cave
Sue Dibny
Felix Faust
Saw series
Monk
Columbo
Final Destination series
Dan DiDio
Dev-Em
Tim Trench
Croatoan Society
Detective Chimp
Gingold
Hellblazer: Rise and Fall
Rorschach
Neron
Underworld Unleashed
Identity Crisis
Fire
3: The Backup (39:34 )
Green Arrow
Green Arrow: Quiver
Onomatopoeia
Joss Whedon
Democratic Socialists of America
Green Arrow (2023 series)
New Gods (2024 series)
Hal Jordan
4: What’s your favorite part of the issue? (46:04 )
5: The Blackboard (47:59 )
Neil Gaiman
The Books of Magic
John Constantine
Alan Moore
Angel Investigations
The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic
Justice League Dark
6: Let’s design a new Absolute run (56:59 )
Catwoman
One Hand And The Six Fingers
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