Ninjas 'n' Bots

For their sesquicentury episode, Layne and Jon come to the end of this delightful Batman crossover with Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5 and 6 from DC Comics from 2016! But it’s not yet the end of this little side quest, so listen for an announcement at the end of the episode!

Layne and Jon learn about Megatron’s and Optimus’s pre-war relationship as they discuss Chaos Theory in IDW’s The Transformers 22 from 2011. Then John Henry and Bumblebee have a little meet-cute in Transformers: Hearts of Steel 2 from 2006!

Layne and Jon watch the stakes rise as Batman and the Turtles team up to stop the Shredder and try to get the Turtles back home! It’s all in Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3 and 4 from DC and IDW from 2016!

Layne and Jon put a wrap on Space Opera and get a glimpse of the upcoming Police Action with IDW’s The Transformers 21 from 2011. Then they roll back the clock to the 19th century and pick up 2006’s Transformers: Hearts of Steel 1.

Layne and Jon are excited to embark at long last upon the first two issues of DC’s and IDW’s Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, from 2015 and 2016!

Clinton is back with Layne and Jon to have a look at the third live-action film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon from 2011!

Layne and Jon come to another end of an arc as Michelangelo returns forlornly to his family’s old home and tries to pick up the pieces of a former life. It’s IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 55 from 2016!

It’s a week of endings as Layne and Jon join Rodimus and Wheelie for the last chapter of Space Opera in The Transformers 20. Then they breathe a deep sigh of wtf at Transformers: Heart of Darkness 4, bringing that series to a close. All from IDW from 2011!

Layne and Jon go after Mikey with the Mutanimals and say good-bye to a friend in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 54 from IDW from 2015!

Layne and Jon go into deep space to catch up with Rodimus in The Transformers 19 and then watch Galvatron form an army to attack D-Void in Heart of Darkness 3, both from IDW from 2011!

Layne and Jon have been seeing all these attempts to pull order from chaos, and they just have one question: How’s Mikey doing? And they find out in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 53 from 2015!

Layne and Jon see Megatron’s final ploy in the Revenge of the Decepticons in The Transformers 18 before catching up with Galvatron’s investigation of the Dead Universe in Heart of Darkness 2, both from IDW from 2011!

Layne and Jon are wondering what is up with Casey Jones in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 52 from 2015!

Layne and Jon recoil from Jazz’s choices in The Transformers 17 and then catch up with good old Galvatron in Transformers: Heart of Darkness 1, both from IDW from 2011!

Layne and Jon are back to the main series to find about how we get Order From Chaos in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 51 from IDW in 2015!

Layne and Jon follow Megatron’s plan, and Autobots are about to fall, in The Transformers 16! And then they have to deal with Galvatron and zombies in Transformers: Infestation 2! Both from IDW from 2011!

Layne and Jon lose most of the humanity of the story as they get caught up in elder gods and lore drops in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April 3 and 4 (2015)!

Layne and Jon get to know the new and improve (and HUGE) Megatron in the second part of “Revenge of the Decepticons” in The Transformers 15 and then help Galvatron fight some zombies in The Transformers: Infestation 1, both from IDW in 2011!

Layne and Jon take a trip to the Southwest to work on their friendship while looking for some elder gods in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April 1 and 2 from IDW in 2015!

Layne and Jon see the fallout to Bumblebee’s near assassination in The Transformers 14 and get hints of crossover things to come in the Transformers portion of Classified Secrets to Infestation, both from IDW in 2010!

Layne and Jon see the final shocking conclusion to Vengeance in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 50 from 2015!

Layne and Jon see the final chapter of Drift’s origin story in Transformers: Drift 4 and then take a little ride into space with Rodimus in The Transformers 13, both from IDW in 2010!

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!

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!

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