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 By Mark Rodriguez Krang has teamed up with Old Hob and has been given control of the Pantheon. Despite this, Krang announced a contest to see which member of the Pantheon can take out the Turtles first in exchange of leadership. After several run-ins with the Pantheon members, the time has come for the Turtles to take on all of them. "Perils of The Pantheon Part 1- What's the Frequency, Mikey?" opens with April O'Neil on location at Washington Square Park, as the Turtles are fighting against a giant robot ape that escaped from TCRI. The robot throws Michaelangelo towards the camera which cuts the TV signal. We see that Mikey crashed into Vernon, which caused him to drop and break his camera. He complains about this ruining his chances to get a Pulitzer. April reminds him that they have a back up camera in the van. Donatello and Leonardo are fighting the robot ape without much luck, their weapons not even making a scratch. Raphael says he missed when robots easily fe...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Turtles have been captured by Savanti Romero as he had taken over the Battle Nexus tournament so he could take his revenge upon them. The Turtles met a mysterious figure that explains that Savanti chooses opponents based on people they have a connection with. Leonardo was defeated by the Mirage version of the Shredder. Raphael and Alopex fought to a draw. Donatello defeated the 2012 Metalhead but Savanti banished him to where he sent Leo and Raph anyway. There they met other versions of themselves. Now the final match begins as Michaelangelo faces off his one-dead friend Slash!   The issue opens with Michaelangelo, who had refused to fight his friend, being bloody and battered. He jokingly asks if Slash has been working out. Slash tells Mikey to fight back or get destroyed. Mikey says he knows someday he'll get to the end of the road, but he doesn't want to get there by fighting a friend. He says he missed Slash and asks if he remembers anything abo...

 By Mark Rodriguez We hit Alpha Comics today and caught up on some of the TMNT comics we missed out on. I also got the missed issue of Logan Black, White and Blood thanks to Hipcomic.   Logan Black, White & Blood # 1- I somehow missed the first issue of this mini-series. I was able to find a copy thanks to Hipcomic. MegaMan X # 1- MegaMan X starts off with an on-going series!! Darkstalkers X Street Fighter- Hunter Killers # 1- The Lords of the Makai story continues!! Tomb Raider Sacred Artifacts # 2- Lara's adventure continues as she is challenged by a cult to recover a stolen artifact. TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures # 33- It's finally time for the showdown against the Pantheon! The Turtles are ready and the Neutrinoes get involved.  TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures # 33 Review   TMNT Saturday Morning Adventures # 34- The adventure continues as the Turtles take the fight to the Pantheon!   TMNT Battle Nexus # 4-  It's Donatello VS the 2012 versi...

By Mark Rodriguez The Turtles have been captured by Savanti Romero as he had taken over the Battle Nexus tournament so he could take his revenge upon them. The Turtles met a mysterious figure that explains that Savanti chooses opponents based on people they have a connection with. Leonardo was defeated by the Mirage version of the Shredder. Raphael and Alopex fought to a draw. Now Donatello faces the 2012 version of Metalhead. The story opens with a flashback as Savanti Romero arrives in the 2012 dimension, Donatello's lab, and finds Metalhead. He is impressed by the robot, but he finds there is ample room for improvement since he's a god. He touched Metalhead with his staff, using his magic to activate him. Savanti has improved Metalhead making him stronger, meaner and faster. He is sent after several TMNT characters from across the multiverse such as Super Rocksteady (Rocksteady's robot clone from the 80's cartoon), the Evil Turtlebot (from the 2003 show), Half Co...

 By Mark Rodriguez Some time ago, the Udon series introduced a new series of villains working for an evil organization called Vortex. So far Chun Li, Zangief and Guile have run into several members of this group. After months of delays, we finally get the Elena solo comic based on her current Street Fighter 6 iteration. Let's see how she deals with these new Vortex villains.    The story opens with Elena sending an invite for Ibuki and Makoto to visit her in Africa between semesters. Her family has offered a place for them to stay. Currently Ibuki and Makoto are rushing through the airport as the plane is about to leave without them. The girls make it on time and sleep through most of the multi-hour flight to Africa. Once they arrive, Elena greets them and welcomes them to Kenya. Elena has Ojwang drive them home. Ojwang calls Elena 'princess' and she explains to Makoto that her father is the tribal leader. Elena says she was planning on staying at Kenya University during ...

 By Mark Rodriguez Back when Udon had a better comic-release schedule, they released a comic called Street Fighter Prime which introduced new all-villains from the evil organization named Vortex. There would be following Masters issues in which several Street Fighters would run into the different Vortex members, like Guile, Elena, Zangief and Karin. While the Guile issue was supposed to be first, it was delayed and delayed and eventually Zangief beat Guile and Elena to the punch. Now after several months we'll get to see how Guile deals with these Vortex guys. Let's check it out.   The story opens aboard a huge ship on the Pacific Ocean, just off Tetpare Island. Guile is debriefed on the Skylancer X-1 and all its features. Guile tells Gibson that the pilot is the important thing, not the plane. He asks about the new pilot coming from South Africa. Gibson tells him that Air Force General Olufemi Lamech Gbajabiamila Gumede has an impressive flight record, 24 confirmed kills and ...