Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

By Mark Rodriguez The Black, White and Green series has been an anthology mini-series as each issue has 4 stories all drawn by different artists and all taking place within the several TMNT continuities. The extra kicker is that all the stories are in black and white, with the only additional color being green. This is the fourth and final book in the series, so let's see what stories awaits us. "Legends" opens with the Turtles still being children as Splinter sends them to bed. The Turtles want a bedtime story and Splinter offers to read them the story of the four Kappa. Splinter says there was once a beautiful forest that had four Kappa named Kenji, Ko, Kei and Kento that lived in harmony with the rest of the wildlife. They were beloved for their wisdom, kindness and strength. The forest thrived under their watchful eyes. Things were fine until one day a ferocious wind hit the forest. This was the wind of Kamaitachi, an evil force that brings destruction and devastatio...

 By Mark Rodriguez We usually hit Third Eye Comics or any other comic store in the area once or twice a month. In doing so sometimes we miss a 'busy week' and so when we do finally hit the store we have quite a pile waiting for us. So I decided to show off what comics we got.  Now keep in mind even though we bought these comics it doesn't mean we will be reviewing them all. Even the ones we do review, there aren't any guarantees that we'll cover them right away. As you've seen on the blog, there are times I just get in the mood to cover several issues of the same series back to back, or I might also go back and cover something older like the Tomb Raider comics. We're always epic, random and unpredictable overall.    West Coast Avengers # 2- Can't wait to see what happens next as Firestar joins the team, bringing her personal baggage with her. Psylocke# 2 - Another one I can't wait to check out. Kwannon continues to deal with her murderous side. Black...

 By Mark Rodriguez Goku has decided to visit Zeno Sama to remind him of the Universal Tournament that was brought up at the end of the Universe 6 VS Universe 7 Tournament. The Zenos have agreed and things were put into motion. Before the actual tournament can begin, the Zeno from Trunks' future timeline wants to see a demonstration since he didn't see the previous tournament. The Gods of Destruction themselves will have to put on a display of their powers in a battle royale, which includes Beerus and Champa. While the fight is impressive so far, the Grand Priest says the battle just begun. Chapter 29- Toppo! Universe 11 God of Destruction Candidate!! The chapter opens as the God of Destruction from Universe 11, Belmod extends his arms, trapping everyone else in energy orbs. With Beerus and the others unable to move, Belmod unleashes playing cards from between his fingers. He tosses them at the rest of the combatants, forcing them to endure his attack. Of all the gods, Liquiir, ...

 By Mark Rodriguez Hawkeye is on the run since everybody thinks he killed the Russian Minister. After going from country to country, Black Widow, now with a symbiote, finally found him to offer some help. Hawkeye reveals that he wasn't framed, he actually did kill the Russian Minister. "Broken Arrow Part Two" opens with Madripoor a week ago, as Hawkeye is undercover. He tries to invite himself to a card game but is told it's a private game. Clint tells one of the players, Mister Koller, that he's been looking forward to talking to him about his K.R.V tech and weapon supply deals. The others tell Clint it's time for him to leave and prepare to drag him out, but Koller stops them. Koller says that Clint is just young and naive. He figures he's someone that spent his last penny on trying to meet him and pitch some new product idea for him to fund.  Koller asks Hawkeye's name, and he uses the alias 'Harry Barnes'. Koller suggests they play a round...

 By Mark Rodriguez Several of Batman's villains have had their own comic book series over the years, some even movies and TV shows. From what I know, the former District Attorney turned crime boss, Harvey Dent has never had his own comic, not counting that Batman and Robin # 23 from several years back where all the books were renamed to the villains the heroes are tied to that one month. I guess Harvey was of two minds regarding that, but here we are with the first issue of his new series. Let's check it out. "Face VS Face" opens from the perspective of Harvey's darker personality. He remembers the court case and when Salvatore Maroni took a flask of acid and spilled it onto Harvey's face. This led to the birth of Two-Face. From then one there were two minds in one body, trying to co-exist. Harvey always went for fairness and trying to control the chaos rather than enjoy it. Two-Face says it wasn't always Harvey's fault though. Batman was always there...

 By Mark Rodriguez I swear superhero teams are like sports line ups. Ever so often the teams get new lineups and a lot of times these line ups include characters that could really use some extra limelight. The West Coast Avengers return with Iron Man, War Machine, Spider-Woman and Firestar forming the team. This time they want to try rehabilitating former villains... and they're start off with Ultron. What could possibly go wrong? The story opens in Mid-Wilshire, LA California, as Tony narrates that he started a new Avengers team with his friend Rhodey. He says it's not the usual roster and if it works there will be fewer villains to fight. There were some fire bombs detonated across the city by terrorists. Two people couldn't evacuate in time so Iron Man sent in his new recruit. Ultron comes in to rescue the woman and her child.  Ultron flies out of the building, rescuing the two survivors. The woman says she thought this was Iron Man but she recognizes Ultron as 'that...