Jon Reads Comics

Layne and Jon head for a Cybertron they’ve not seen before in the first chapter of Chaos in IDW’s The Transformers 24 from 2011 before wrapping up the somewhat lackluster ending to Transformers: Hearts of Steel with issue 4 from 2006!

Jon reads Action Comics 256 (1959) and talks about it!

Clinton once again deigns to join Jon and Layne to talk Turtle movies! This time we are giving a full in-film commentary for the animated film Batman vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 2019! We’ve talked the comics! Now let’s talk the movie! So cue up your DVD or streaming device, and come give a listen!

Jon reads Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen 40 from 1959 and talks about it!

Jon and Blaine discuss the novel, which is so far (and hopefully forever) the weakest piece of writing branded with the Babylon 5 name.

Clinton, Layne, and Jon check in briefly with the Mighty Mutanimals for their issue 2 before running into Katmandu in Tibet in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 33 from Archie Comics! Then they judge the three Turtles for all ganging up on Raph and watching him pay the consequences in the first part of “The River” in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 24 from Mirage Comics!

Layne and Jon have had a delightful visit to the ancient history of Optimus’s and Megatron’s bromance/frienemiship, but it’s time to wrap it up with IDW’s The Transformers 23 from 2011! Then it’s time to push the Decepticon train down the track in Transformers: Hearts of Steel 3 from 2006!

Jon reads Action Comics 255 (1959) and talks about it!

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!

Jon reads Action Comics 254 and an excerpt from Superman 130 (1959) and talks about them!

Blaine has finally had time to finish editing the feedback episode we recorded on March 1. Sorry about the delay! We’ll have more bonus content and more feedback out for you over the course of the summer.

Clinton, Layne, and Jon all go out for tattoos and sumo wrestling in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 32 from Archie Comics! Then it’s time traveling time back to the dinosaurs in the final issue 7 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Mirage Comics! And since we are now in the guest era, we give brief discussion of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 22 and 23!

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!

Jon reads “The Secret of the Super-Orphan” from Action Comics 253 (1959) and talks about it!

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!

Jon reads “The Supergirl from Krypton” from Action Comics 252 (1959) and talks about it!

Layne, Clinton, Jon start turning Japanese as they discuss Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 31 from Archie Comics! Then it’s the final chapter of Return to New York, the final chapter of Eastman’s and Laird’s joint work on the Turtles, and the final chapter for the Shredder in Mirage’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 21!

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, Layne, and Jon complete their mission to Japan and meet some kaiju and gods along the way in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 30 from Archie Comics! Then it’s time to team up with a Triceraton and fight, punch, kick, and kill their way through the Foot Clan’s fortress on hunt for the Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 20 from Mirage!

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!

Clinton, Layne, and Jon are attacked by Ninjara and go after the Warrior Dragon in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 29 from Archie Comics! Then it’s time to Return to New York in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 19 from Mirage!

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!

Jon and Blaine discuss the game-changing end of The War Without End, because, you know, it ends.