Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez The next character to get their own Masters one-shot is our music-loving, spray-painting Bushinryu Ninja, Kimberly! One of the quicker and more energetic new characters in Street Fighter 6, let's see what adventures await Kimberly in this issue. The issue opens with Kimberly narrating to the reader about her current mission, as well as her love for 80's music. It was all her uncle used to play so she got hooked. Living in Metro City, the last remaining part of town that still looks like it did when she grew up in an area named Old Burgh. She says when Cody was mayor they remade West Side, Uptown and the Bay Area. Now they plan to fix up Old Burgh and Kimberly will not stand for this. Kimberly starts spray painting all over the side of a skyscraper. Later that day, Belger is in his limo telling one of his employees that he wasn't really building a community center and only told the media what they wanted to hear. He gets another call from Tower Security th...

 By Mark Rodriguez After what seemed like forever, Street Fighter 6 is finally here and has had several new comics covering the story and new characters. While the mini series dealt mostly with Ken's story, this one deals with Rashid, Cammy and newcomer AKI. Let's take a look. 'Rashid VS AKI' opens with Rashid going about his day in Cairo, Egypt, while being observed by someone hiding in the shadows. The woman says Rashid is her master's foe, and once she turns in his head, he will be proud of her.  Rashid has a fight with Dan, which is being filmed. Dan blocks one of Rashid's strikes, and Rashid ducks under his flying jumpkick. Both guys punch each other in the jaw at the same time, knocking each other back. Rashid laughs and says that was great. The woman wonders if Rashid was actually able to beat her master with those skills.  Rashid checks his 'Footube' numbers and figures they could be better. He wonders if Menat is in town, when suddenly he runs ...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Turtles finally defeated Shredder and Renet took the Forever Blades to a safe place. During these events, Mr. Ogg grabbed the Turtles and put them on trial for constantly breaking the fourth wall. Donatello tricked him into letting them go but he still wanted revenge. In this issue, Mr. Ogg returns and we get one of the biggest Ninja Turtles crossovers yet! "Told You I'd Be Back" (The Ogglympics Part 1) opens with Mr. Ogg blasting his TV to bits since he can't find anything good on. He says everything is just remakes, sequels or adaptations and he's sick of it. Then he realizes what series he's in and he reminds the readers that he doesn't include the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles since they haven't even have 10 movies yet. Mr. Ogg is still angry that the Turtles constantly get away with breaking the fourth wall which he says is not for lesser beings.  Mr. Ogg walks past a statue of the original Mirage Turtles and asks why the one...

 By Mark Rodriguez It's only fitting that we get a special devote to April O'Neil for the month of April. Similar to the Halloween Special, the story takes place after the events of TMNT Saturday Morning # 11, so it's not just a random story for the sake of it. Let's see what kind of mess our intrepid reporter gets into this time. The issue opens with April O'Neil covering the story of the recent dimensional anomalies happening over the last few weeks. There have been things like dinosaurs, cowboy dinosaurs and even presidential dinosaurs running around. April is on the scene interviewing Professor McGuffin on when he thinks these things will end. The professor explains these events have gone from lasting for days to hours over the last few weeks. He predicts they will stop altogether by the end of the week. April wraps up the report and McGuffin says hi to his mom on TV. The professor doesn't notice a portal appearing above him and April shoves him out of the w...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Shredder finally forged the Forever Blade, and during a fight with the Turtles, the blade was shattered and he was trapped in feudal Japan with Leonardo. With the original sword gone, Shredder was able to obtain the original Forever Blade that was forged by Eddiku Yuri and used it to return to present day. The Turtles were able bring Leonardo back with the help of Renet, but now Shredder is preparing to bring back the Technodrome!! 'The Two Swords Meet' (The Sword of Eddiku Part 3) opens up in Donatello's lab, where Donnie is using the shards of broken replica to track down the original sword. He was able to find a similar energy signature in Long Island, but he will need Shredder to use the sword for something big so they can track it down. Meanwhile in Long Island, Shredder, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady are ready to bring back the Technodrome. Shredder offers to bring a Technodrome from the future instead (the upgraded one seen in Turtles Forever) a...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Shredder finally succeeded in forging the Forever Blade which can cut through time and space. He decided to test it out with a bank robbery and the Turtles show up to stop him. During the fight, Leonardo uses a new technique that shatters the sword just as Shredder was about to create a portal. There's a big flash and Leonardo and Shredder are gone. While the rest of the Turtles wonder where they went, we see that Leonardo and Shredder ended up in ancient Japan, without a way back! 'This Circle Really Isn't That Flat' (The Sword of Eddiku Part 2) opens at TCRI, where Professor McGuffin is studying the shards of the Forever Blade that Donatello managed to find after their recent battle. McGuffin remembers the meteorite ore being pretty much indestructible and asks how it was forged into a sword and shattered. Donatello says the person that stole the ore used other-dimensional technology. The professor would want to meet him and Donatello says he re...