Jon Reads Comics

Jon and Blaine continue to work through our past feedback, catching up to feedback received up to and including Feedback Special #8. The John Oliver segment about sponsored content in news programs that Blaine mentions can be seen on YouTube here .

Layne and Jon check in with the Mutanimals in issue 4 and are reunited with the Shredder and meet a new threat for the future in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 36 from Archie Comics! Then they learn a new side of Complete Carnage and Radical in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 27 from Mirage!

Layne and Jon continue to barrel toward the end of Phase One of IDW’s The Transformers! In issue 27, Prowl, Streetwise, Ultra Magnus, and Bumblebee interrogate various captured parties; in issue 28, the Primes head down toward Vector Sigma to stop Galvatron from doing the unthinkable as Megatron powers up to confront D-Void the Deceptigod! (Yes, that name is utterly ridiculous, and we should...

Jon reads Superman 134 (1959) and talks about it!

Layne and Jon investigate the mystery of who is killing the newly revived Utroms in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 57 from 2016!

Jon reads Action Comics 259 (1959) and talks about it!

Layne from “Ninjas and Bots” joins Jon and Blaine to discuss He-Man’s twin sister.

Clinton, Layne, and Jon check in with Mighty Mutanimals 3 and then learn about the Black Stone of Mecca, and also why Cryin’ Hound is so obsessed with his name, in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 35 from Archie Comics! Then they go back in time for a final confrontation with the Bloodsucker and the Old Man of the River in the last part of “The River” in Teenage Mutant Nin...

Layne and Jon welcome Maggie and Jon back to the show to begin our look at the beginning of the end of Phase One! In IDW’s The Transformers 25, Police Action gets underway as Prowl begins investigating Spike Witwicky and the death of Scrapper. Then in The Transformers 26, the fit hits the shan as the Autobots deal with Galvatron’s attack on Cybertron!

Jon reads Action Comics 258 (1959) and talks about it!

Layne and Jon are back in the main Turtles comics and it’s time to finally meet Leatherhead in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 56 from 2016!

Jon reads Action Comics 257 (1959) and talks about it!

Jon and Blaine respond to more feedback, but certainly not all of it. (We finish with feedback to 3.08: Messages From Earth.)

Layne, Clinton, and Jon search for the Charlie Llama in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 34 from Archie Comics! Then they visit Booder Falls to stop the Bloodsucker and save Raphael in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 25 from Mirage!

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.