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 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 ...

By Mark Rodriguez Like we mentioned before, our Youtube channel has the Video Game Masters show as the cornerstone, but we also do things like movie and comic reviews as well as occasionally mention news and updates related to gaming and other nerd-related hobbies. Here are the top ten most viewed videos as of 2026, excluding the VGM episodes since we already did a top ten on that. This gets pretty random, so let's check it out. 1- Mark Plays TMNT Legends- Out of the Shadows Mission  uploaded on Aug 31, 2016- 6,297 views   Mark tries to take on the Bay movie versions of Karai, Bebop and Rocksteady. Let's hope there aren't a lot of explosions. So this is the most viewed video on the entire channel, a playthrough of the BayTurtles movie sequel-themed stages on a phone app game. The most surprising thing is, a decade later the game is STILL alive. It stopped getting updates years ago, since it was based on the 2012 show which ended 2017, but it's still there. You can still...

 By Mark Rodriguez While our long-running Youtube channel has done several things including movie reviews, let's plays, comic book reviews and other stuff, the main theme was our Video Game Masters show where Johnny and I cover old and new videogames. Now we'll go over the top 10 most watched VGM episodes ever. I've did a top five back in 2018 so I'll compare how many views were added since then. Also keep in mind, we are still a relatively small channel doing this more for the fun than for 'trying to make it big' on Youtube. 1-  VGM Episode 38- The King of Fighters 2001, 2002 and 2003 In 2018-  1,646 views  In 2026-  2,330 views   uploaded on  Dec 12, 2012   While Mark and Paige are away, Angel will play as Johnny and Rakiarmas try to review KOF 2001, 2002 and 2003. Still one of my favorite episode, and I liked Johnny carrying an episode mostly by himself. Rakiarmas was a guest star and Angel was a voice-over, so Johnny was the main host this tim...

 By Mark Rodriguez In a previous adventure, April ended up in another dimension where she ran into Ace Duck and faced Indiana Jones-themed villains. Likewise we also found out that Mondo Gecko and Metalhead live together as roommates in the sewers. This issue brings up both threads as we check out what's up with Mondo Gecko and Metalhead as well as see that these villains are now on Earth and looking for April. Let's check it out.    "A Mondo Metal Time" opens in NYC's abandoned warehouse district where Major Ganz tells his geese underlings that they have been in this dimension for two months and have still not found the Heart of K'Avila. The heart can reveal how to accomplish any goal one desires, and Ganz is losing his patience. He asks his men on any updates for the week. Schwan says he has checked April's apartment again and has only found take out containers and a growing collection of yellow jumpsuits. Storch says April reports to work and visits th...