Jon M. Wilson

Jon Reads Comics

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Jon M. Wilson

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3.07 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Exogenesis 12.02.2026

Jon and Blaine look at a new kind of alien presence on the station.

128 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 49 07.02.2026 39:47

Layne and Jon have doubled their episode count for the seventh time! But today, Karai has something to say to Splinter about the whole conflict between the Hamato and Oroku families. It’s time for IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 49 from 2015!

3.06 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Dust to Dust 05.02.2026 38:48

Jon and Blaine discuss G’Kar’s drug use and Bester’s involvement.

31 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 22 and TMNT 14 01.02.2026 1:12:23

Layne and Jon get trapped by the Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 22 from Archie Comics! Then it’s cow-hunting gangsta time in “The Unmentionables” in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 14 from Mirage Comics!

127 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 12, Drift 3 31.01.2026 58:22

Layne and Jon go with Drift to meet Decepticons in Transformers: Drift 3 and then see the traumatic end to the International Incident in The Transformers 12, both from IDW in 2010!

3.05 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Voices of Authority 29.01.2026 52:34

Jon and Blaine look at what happens when President Clark sends someone to the station to ensure all things conform to the messages sent from home.

126 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 48 24.01.2026 30:43

Layne and Jon are attacked by Mouser drones and Flyborgs in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 48 from 2015!

30 Turtle Power Hour — Mutanimals 3, Short Stories 18.01.2026

Layne, Clinton, and Jon finish up Mighty Mutanimals, the miniseries from Archie Comics before turning their eyes toward five short stories from Mirage: Word Warriors, The Road Trip, Ghouls Night Out, Fun with Guns, and 49th Street Stompers!

125 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 11, Drift 2 17.01.2026 58:37

Layne and Jon see a new side to Thundercracker in part 3 of International Incident in The Transformers 11 and then find out what the new Crystal City is all about in Transformers: Drift 2, both from IDW in 2010!

124 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 47 10.01.2026 36:00

Layne and Jon bemoan Casey’s familial plight as Hun continues to make himself annoyingly known in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 47 from 2015!

Novel 3 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Blood Oath 08.01.2026 45:12

Jon and Blaine take a look at John Vornholt’s second Babylon 5 tie-in novel, which feels like a direct sequel to season one’s “Parliament of Dreams”.

29 Turtle Power Hour — TMNT II Adaptation 04.01.2026

Layne, Clinton, and Jon take a detour from the comics to look at the film du jour in the Archie side of Turtle history, the comics adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze!

123 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF Last Stand of the Wreckers TPB 03.01.2026 1:31:27

Layne and Jon revisit The Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers via the TPB collection from IDW, which includes a new prose story “Bullets” and the Mosaic comic “Dead Mean’s Boots” from 2010!

Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Feedback Special #7 30.12.2025 1:43:09

Jon and Blaine respond to feedback! There’s a lot of it this time around, so it will be split into multiple feedback episodes.

122 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 46, FCBD 2015 27.12.2025

Layne and Jon are still reeling from last issue’s Metalhead reveal, but to be fair so are the Turtles. So it’s time to see what this new life is like in two issues that more or less happen simultaneously: IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 46 and the TMNT Free Comic Book Day issue, both from 2015!

28 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 21, Tales 4 21.12.2025

Clinton, Layne, and Jon are confused by an odd threat who calls himself Vid Vicious in Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 21. Then they are confronted a Monster who has a thing for rats in Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4 from Mirage Comics!

121 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 10, Drift 1 20.12.2025

Layne and Jon watch a growing international incident in The Transformers 10 and then delve into the Decepticon backstory of an Autobot in The Transformers: Drift 1, both from IDW in 2010!

120 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 45 13.12.2025 37:23

Layne and Jon return to follow up on the death of Donatello with the first part of Vengeance in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 45 from IDW in 2015!

27 Turtle Power Hour — Mutanimals 2, TMNT 13 07.12.2025

Layne, Clinton, and Jon face an alien invasion in Mighty Mutanimals 2 from Archie Comics. Then it’s time to help an alien queen fight for her throne in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 13 from Mirage!

119 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 9, Ironhide 4 06.12.2025

Layne and Jon have to respond to an international incident in The Transformers 9. Then they go to rescue an old friend in Transformers: Ironhide 4! Both from IDW in 2010!

118 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT Mutanimals 3,4 29.11.2025

Layne and Jon wrap their coverage of the momentous miniseries from IDW with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals issues 3 and 4 from 2015!

3.04 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Passing Through Gethsemane 27.11.2025 46:46

Jon and Blaine look at a mystery focused on Brother Edward, who is being tortured by persons unknown. On the one hand, this could be completely random targeting, but on the other hand, he’s played by Brad Dourif.

26 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 20, Turtle Soup 23.11.2025

Clinton, Layne, and Jon go to Chinatown and meet a kaiju-sized dragon in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 20 from Archie Comics and then explore several artists’ alternative takes on the Turtles in Turtle Soup from Mirage Comics!

117 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 8, Ironhide 3 22.11.2025

Layne and Jon are shocked and appalled at the deeds of Spike Witwicky in The Transformers 8! Then they meet an old and unexpected face in Transformers: Ironhide 3! Both from IDW in 2010!

3.03 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — A Day in the Strife 20.11.2025 39:24

Jon and Blaine have a challenge for our readers: develop a proof for the Riemann Hypothesis. If you succeed, we will share untold secrets. You don’t want to fail.