Jon Reads Comics

Layne and Jon watch tensions build in IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 6 from 2008 and join in a Dinobot throwdown in Maximum Dinobots 2 from 2009!

Peter Parker’s diary, adapting material from Amazing Fantasy 15, 1962

Peter Parker’s diary, adapting content from Amazing Fantasy 15, 1962

Layne and Jon reach the final chapters of City Fall in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 28 and Micro-Series Villains: Shredder, both from 2013!

The Spider-Diaries: A Diary of Peter Parker. Coming weekly, from January 1, 2025.

Issue 6 of both books! Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 6 with Leatherhead and Mary Bones and Mirage’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with a bunch of Triceratons in an arena fight in space!

Layne and Jon meet up with some old friends in IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 5 and then launch into Simon Furman’s final act in Maximum Dinobots 1, both from 2008!

Jon and Blaine take a look at Babylon 5 marriages: current, former, unhappy, and…. no, they’re all unhappy.

Layne and Jon (finally!) see the arrival of their favorite chaotic henchmutants on the scene in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains: Bebop and Rocksteady! And then it’s the penultimate chapter of City Fall in issue 28! Both from IDW in 2013!

Layne, Clinton, and Jon join the Turtles in celebrating America Day and Christmas! First, Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 5 introduces us to Man Ray, who stops the Shredder from destroying the Statue of Liberty. And Mikey has a night out in the snow in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series: Michaelangelo from Mirage!

Jon and Blaine discuss secret Psi Corps projects and some impressive guest stars.

Layne and Jon finally get to catch up with the Autobots in The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 4 and Spotlight: Blurr from IDW in 2008!

Layne and Jon see the bold new direction for one of our characters that leads him to join the Shredder in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains: Hun and then it’s the antepenultimate chapter of City Fall in issue 26, both from 2013!

Layne, Clinton, and Jon discuss the final adaptation issue of Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures with issue 4 before original stories start next time! Then it’s space-hopping with the Fugitoid on the run from Triceratons in issue 5 of the Mirage series!

Jon and Blaine check out meal plans and mysteries in hyperspace when D.C. Fontana makes her final contribution to Babylon 5 .

Layne and Jon look at an isolated and devastated New York in IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 3 and then look at Simon Furman’s Expansion finale in Spotlight: Sideswipe (2008)!

Van Allen Plexico (of the White Rocket Entertainment Network ) joins Jon and Blaine to discuss this early season two episode. Perhaps it’s named the “White Rocket Network” because the green and purple rockets were already taken.

Layne and Jon look at Karai’s rise to power in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Micro-Series Villains: Karai and then her frustration with working for Leonardo in issue 25, both from 2013!

Clinton, Layne, and Jon look down on some incredible Shrinking Turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 3 from Archie and then get to know a robot on the run in Mirage’s Fugitoid one-shot!

Jon and Blaine discuss the fallout from the second season premiere.

Layne and Jon meet their first Witwicky as the Decepticon attack continues in IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 2 and then start to see some final Furman fallout in Spotlight: Doubledealer (2013)!

Epilogue. Final episode. Thank you for listening!

The hunt for Dracula concludes. Next episode: Seven years later! (but I’ll release it tomorrow 7 November)

At Castle Dracula. Next episode: 6 November