Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

By Mark Rodriguez Originally written on Saturday, April 6, 2013. Keep in mind, these were our thoughts as they were back in 2012 when the show was new and was written shortly after seeing the episodes after their initial broadcast. At the time we had zero way of knowing what to expect. This is an awesome episode that accomplishes so many things at once. Some focus on Xever, some focus on April, and Baxter breaking out of being Shredder's lackey to becoming his own villain again. Let's begin. This episode starts with the Turtles staking out The Kraang stealing an Endo-Particle Disruptor that could cause some serious damage. However, Baxter, Dogpound and Fishface are also planning to steal it for themselves. Baxter tries to lead them, but the mutants insult him and say he's lucky they let him live. The Turtles and the mutants jump in at the same time to attack the Kraang... and as you can tell, all shell breaks loose. Considering that this is the short scene played before the

By Mark Rodriguez Originally written on Saturday, March 16, 2013. Keep in mind, these were our thoughts as they were back in 2012 when the show was new and was written shortly after seeing the episodes after their initial broadcast. At the time we had zero way of knowing what to expect. The episode opens, oddly enough, with Leo cooking ramen for his bros. Not only are the Turtles NOT eating pizza, but it's the first time we see someone other than Mikey or Splinter making food. I guess they take turns and whenever it's Mikey's turn it's always pizza related. As the Turtles enjoy their ramen, a roach crawls around the table and Raph freaks the hell out. He chases it and tries to smash it with his sai, but Don runs in and stops him. He has actually outfitted the roach with a mini-surveillance camera and plans to use it to sneak inside the Kraang's base to find out their plans. Using the spy roach, the Turtles discover that the Kraang are ready to move onto 'phase 2

 By Mark Rodriguez This mini-series seems to be a bit of an anthology series as Black Widow encounters different Marvel women at various stages of her life. In the first issue she encountered Enchantress when she was still a young girl training in the Red Room. Last issue she worked alongside the Wasp when she was still new to being an Avenger. This time she'll cross paths with Miss Marvel, so let's see what happens. The story opens with the Black Widow checking out the Great Sky Hotel, in Ashood Israel, where apparently Miss Marvel stayed. There are no traces of her, and Widow realizes that Marvel is a professional like her. She monologues to the reader that Nick Fury assigned her to investigate Miss Marvel, which makes her a little uncomfortable. Black Widow has no super powers, and has always used the fact that an enemy will underestimate her as an advantage. Fury understands her full potential, which Widow sees as losing that advantage. Just then a truck speeds down the str

 By Mark Rodriguez Batman and Catwoman work together to try to steal a Mother Box under Amanda Waller's possession. Their adventure takes them to the planet Czarnia when they're suddenly face to face with Gunsmith, Deadeye, Black Alice and worst of all, Bizzaro. 'Happy Endings' opens with the villains heading towards Batman and Catwoman, as Deadeye comments that neither of them have super powers. Catwoman says the timer is still ticking, and Batman tells her to get the box and he will clear the way. Batman tosses a smoke bomb and uses it as cover to fight with Deadeye. Black Alice walks through the smoke looking for Catwoman.  Gunsmith shoots at Batman from a rooftop. Batman dodges the gunfire and fires off his grappling hook. It latches onto Gunsmith and Batman yanks the bad guy off the roof. Deadeye lands a kick across Batman's face. Catwoman is trying to crack the security around the Mother Box as Black Alice approaches her. Catwoman says she knows she uses magi

 By Mark Rodriguez Peter and Miles agreed to meet once a week at a coffee shop. When some of the regulars started going missing, their search leads them to The Arcadium, a virtual reality created by Arcade and Mentallo while being funded by Hammerhead. Meanwhile we find out that the Jackal has somehow cloned himself into the body of his brother, and he also gets involved when he finds out that Peter has gone missing. The Arcadium's AI has taken a mind and body of its own and is now going after the Spider-Men. "Arachnobatics Chapter 7- The Kitchen Sink" opens in multiple places at once. Turk starts to get away since the spider-webbing is starting to dissolve. Detective Sebbens and Sha Shan are getting closer to the Arcadium, while Sebbens gets a call from Jane Foster. Arcade and Mentallo see that the AI is preventing them from using Contingency Zed and should get away while they still can. One of the Coffee Bean patrons is wondering where everyone has gone, as the cafe is

 By Mark Rodriguez Now that the Turtles have defeated most of their villains as well as new ones, like the Pantheon, what other adventures await them? Let's see what happens when Mona Lisa returns once again. "Mystery at the Museum Part One- The Box of Ptah" opens with April doing a report on a new Egyptian exhibit that was gifted to the New York Museum of Science and History. The artifact was found in an ancient Egyptian tomb, but the mystery lies in the long time it's taken for it to be revealed to the public. April interviews the head of Egyptology, Dr. Aida Hosny if the item is cursed. Dr. Aida says the only thing cursed in the museum is the coffee machine in the break room. She says reconstructing the piece will take time and sometimes science is slower than they'd like it to be. Later on, Dr. Aida is on the phone telling someone to keep the donors off her back, since she knows that one of them got Channel 6 interested. She thinks something weird is going on

 By Mark Rodriguez The Pantheon has been made aware of the Turtles existence and have decided to take care of them before attempting to attack Earth. They convinced the Turtles that they were fellow mutant good guys that needed their help. Suddenly Michaelangelo found himself in the party of all parties alongside all his friends and enemies. He figured out this was a simulation which ruins the Pantheon's plans to brainwash the Turtles into working with them. Now Michaelangelo faces off against all the members of the Pantheon by himself. "Enter The Pantheon Part 2" opens as Michaleangelo asks the villains if they'll give up due to being so impressed that he was able to escape their simulation. Old Hob sends the members of The Pantheon after him. Michaelangelo dodges a tail whip from Drako and a bull charge from Manmoth. The Rat Queen jumps at him, saying she can take him down even without her legion of rats. Michaelangelo grabs her tail and swings her into Golgotha.  H