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 By Mark Rodriguez Pieces of the world of Makai and Chicago have switched places causing chaos everywhere. Queen Morrigan ceded the throne to Lilith as they send teams of Street Fighters and Darkstalkers to protect the citizens from the demons and monster of the Makai. The spell to switch ownership of the throne to Lilith has made Morrigan feral. The Makai energies have also had odd effects on Charlie, Cammy, Menat and John Talbain. What will happen next? "Hunter Killers" opens in the palace's main room where all of the humans being kept safe from the madness happening outside of Castle Aensland. John Talbain transforms into his werewolf form but is completely feral this time. Maggio sees this and runs off to find Menat.   Menat is in an underground parking garage, thinking she made a wrong turn somewhere. As she heads to the surface she can sense several eyes on her. Upon reaching the surface she sees Morrigan sucking the souls out of the various demons and monsters. Ma...

 By Mark Rodriguez So I got quite a haul from Hipcomic, thanks to those live auctions. I was a bit nervous when one package came with 2 out of the 4 comics I ordered, but they came with another package. It was the same seller so maybe it was just way too comics to fit in one package. I found some cool stuff from the 90's. Let's take a look.   X-Force # 1- Cable leads the team of Shatterstar, Ferla, Boom-Boom and others. This was one was tough to find because there is a variant that comes with a free collectible card and sealed in plastic. Ironically I did NOT want to buy that one since I intend to actually read it someday which would involve breaking the plastic bag. I just can't do it, so I found the regular version. X-Force # 2- Deadpool is in this one, but this might be the earlier 90's version before he became the 4th wall-breaking madman we know today. X-Force # 3- The team takes on the Juggernaut. The hits keep on coming. And hey, is that Spider-Man? X-Force # 4...

 By Mark Rodriguez A chunk of Chicago has been warped to the Makai world and vice versa.  Queen Morrigan ceded the throne to Lilith as several Darkstalkers and Street Fighters set out to help the citizens. The energies of the Makai have started to affect people. Cammy and Charlie suddenly start kissing. Menat rebels against Rose and sets out to help in the fight, despite her mentor's warnings. Menat is soon overwhelmed by all the demons and monsters. What will happen next? "Rogues" opens with BB Hood facing off against Victor. BB Hood backflips as she opens fire but she is grabbed by the huge Frankenstein-inspired monster.  Victor is angry that she hurt him. BB Hood aims her gun to his face and says the hurt has just begun. Victor is about to punch BB Hood but Gill grabs his fist. He says doing so would be unwise. Victor drops BB Hood and angrily takes several swings at Gill, who easily dodges them all. Gill freezes his feet to the ground and says they have better things...

 By Mark Rodriguez Portals have opened up in the world of the Makai and in Chicago in our world. While the Makai get a Taste of Chicago, Chicago also gets a chunk of the demon world. Queen Morrigan has enlisted the aid of several fighters including Felicia, John Talbain, Cammy, Charlie and Gill to help out. Morrigan cedes the throne to Lilith, since one is needed to rule while the other is needed in battle. However, Morrigan turns feral, and while the new Queen Lilith seems just, she hears whispers from some sort of shadow creature only she can see. What will happen next?    "Dark Love" opens with Felicia and Talbain leading several children to Lilith's castle where they'll be safe. Talbain is seen nursing a wound. Talbain is seated by Felicia and he is currently in a half-human/half-wolf form. A kid is surprised, and Talbain assures him that Felicia is safe. The castle has become a large sanctuary for the displaced humans. Talbain apologizes for his current appearan...

 By Mark Rodriguez This time around we swung by Third Eye to grab what's been building up in the pull box. I also got lucky and found some retro comics that the store so I could save the shipping costs had I bought them online.  I also got that missing MegaMan X issue straight from Udon's own website.  Captain Marvel- Dark Past # 5- The final issue to wrap this up. Will Carol find out the truth, and will she able to survive it? Venom # 261- Venom faces Hela, the new Queen of Black. Black Cat # 13- Black Cat and the Punisher team up! Batman # 13- Batman deals with Poison Ivy as the new mayor of Gotham, alongside Vandal Savage who is already the police commissioner as well. Batgirl# 23- Her story continues. It seems the 'Bad Seeds' story in Batman will affect her as well. X-Men 97 Season 2 # 4- Prelude to the second season as the X-Men take the fight to Apocalypse.   MegaMan X # 3- Finally got the issue I somehow missed before. Now I got all 5 issue...

 By Mark Rodriguez There has been a series of Darkstalkers X Street Fighter comics as of last year, and while they look like one-shots, they're all under the 'Lords of the Makai' banner.  "Blood Throne" opens with Morrigan explaining that Earth realm and the world of Makai have traded parts of land. A huge chunk between Castle Aensland and Castle Dohma has been warped over to Earth, and likewise a big part of Chicago was sent to the Makai world. Portals continue to open as more denizens from Earth and other places invade the Makai world. Humans are getting killed left and right as they're not prepared to fight against the Makai creatures. Morrigan says they must stop it since it's such a waste of perfectly good flesh. Morrigan further explains that the energy required to open such a large rift between realms have started to influence the dark desires of the regular humans, and in some cases turned them into monsters as well. We see a huge fight as Charlie...

 By Mark Rodriguez This has been a long-time coming. I got this one way back in May but I've been to busy to get to this one until now. Looks like we'll be seeing a fight between ProtoMan and Bass. There's also a back-up story related to MegaMan Battle Network. "Rival Robots" opens with a news reporter that looks a lot like Chun Li, covering the story that Dr. Wily has broken out of the Mega City Prison and had been running free for a week. His robots have run rampant all over the world and they can only hope that Mega Man can put a stop to this. Dr. Light is working on a robot that MegaMan found. As he fixes him, he wonders who created it. As he opens the arm cannon, he's surprised to see a chip with Dr. Wily's symbol on it. The robot snaps awake showing that he was pretending to be knocked out. He swats Dr. Light away and says he's is Bass, Dr. Wily's strongest creation. Bass checks the computer to see what Light has been up to (we see the Rush ...