Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez  The mystery continues to determine which one of the four suspects, Robbie Robertson, Rick Jones, Luke Cage or Madame Masque is the All-New Venom. When Doctor Fortissimo, his AIM soldiers and Chance gather at one of Madame Masque's known hideouts, Venom appears. Chance shoots Venom in the face, leaving a gaping hole. Dylan Brock is watching and says that rules out Luke Cage. What happens next? The story continues as Chance stares at Venom that has a huge bullet hole where his face should be. Chance says he made a bet with either Taskmaster or Black Ant on whether or not it was Luke Cage wearing the symbiote. They have a similar height and similar build and he figures Cage missed the hero life. If Venom was Cage, the bullet would have bounced off his head instead of going all the way through, so the human host must be shorter. Now he guesses it might really be Madame Masque under the symbiote.  Dylan watches through the window and says it might be Masque...

By Mark Rodriguez This time around the Turtles hit the ballpark, along with Casey Jones. Not only that but Tempestra returns to cause more trouble. Let's see what happens. "A Strike Most Foul" opens with April O'Neil reporting on the baseball championship game, this time being between both local teams, the Insomniacs and the Quints. As April covers this, Casey Jones is watching from his apartment (and we finally see him without his mask on) as he roots for the Quints. Likewise in the Turtle's Lair, Raphael is rooting for the Insomniacs as Michaelangelo watches on. April describes how the city is excited as both teams are playing for the championship rather than just clashing during the season. Just then the TV goes to static. Just then Tempestra cuts in and describes how important the game is for all the advertisers, tourism and casinos in Vegas that plan to show the game. She threatens to cancel the game with hurricanes unless the city 'makes it rain' in...

 By Mark Rodriguez Back in 2003, Dreamwave got the rights to make a comic based on the new Ninja Turtles cartoon at the time. The first few issues adapted the cartoon episodes until they started going with original stories. Rather than adapt them outright, Dreamwave chose to show the stories from the point of view of a certain character. In this one we take a look at things from Baxter Stockman's perspective. "Attack of the Mousers" starts with Baxter narrating about how in life there's always a woman trying to get to you and take what is most valuable. Baxter says he knows since he's 'been there, done that'. As he narrates, he oversees how his Mousers break into a bank vault and steal all the valuables.  Baxter remembers his high school days as he accidentally bumps into a large dude named Tom. He says hi to his girlfriend April and Tom shoves him against a locker. April says Tom is always cranky before a big game and Tom says humiliating a geek always c...

 By Mark Rodriguez Rintaro has a unique problem. Due to a weak heart, if he gets too worked out, he risks dying. Thinking he signed up for an all-boys school, instead he got stuck in an all-girl school! Other than having temptation everywhere, he also got stuck between a three-way rivalry between the Dragons, Ayane, Kyoka and Rino. After showing off his skills while being caught up in a fight between Ayane and Kyoka, Ayane wants to become Rintaro's pupil. What will happen now? Chapter 2- After the Rain comes Fair Weather Rintaro attends class, dealing with the fact that it's full of women and Ayane is sitting right next to him. The teacher, Okina comments that Ayane leads the Flashing Dragon Anchor and wishes her luck against the other two Dragons. Rintaro thinks he just has to survive the first day of school and then he'll apply for a transfer. He makes a break for it and zig zags his way out of the classroom at rapid speed. Ayane is impressed that he is so fast, no ...

By Mark Rodriguez Hakufu Sonsaku has unleashed her fighting spirit and the higher ups at Nanyo Academy are beginning to take notice. A deadly woman wearing an eyepatch has now crossed paths with her and wants to test her skills in battle. But before we get into that, let's go back in the past and learn more about the Magatama and Toushis. Chapter 0 This story goes back to China near the end of the Gen Era. A man calls out to Chou Shisei and tells him to give up the seal and the Magatama Gem under Imperial Order. Shisei taunts the man for calling himself Emperor and quickly loses his head to the Emperor's sword. Shisei's head continues to talk and tells the Emperor that he will never be able to contain the aggression within the gem. The Magatama was lost to China and discovered in Japan during the Sengoku Era.  We cut to a modern time where a guy with spiky hair and tanned girl beat up on everybody, both of them being Toushis. After the fight they realized they lost their fr...

 By Mark Rodriguez Madam Masque was on trial when members of AIM broke into the court room in battle suits with the intention of killing her. An All-New version of Venom came in and fought them off, making them retreat. It was noted that Luke Cage, Robbie Robertson and Rick Jones ran out during the fight and conveniently returned after Venom had left. Likewise, Madam Masque escaped during the commotion. Now Dylan Brock says Masque, Cage, Robertson or Jones has the Venom symbiote and he wants it back. Who is the All-New Venom? The issue opens at Times Square as Venom is standing in front of several huge ads, all conveniently showing Robertson advertising the Daily Bugle, Rick Jones promoting his book 'Sidekick', a wanted poster on Madame Masque and a poster showing how the mayor, Luke Cage keeps the city clean. A voice off-panel says that there are four possibilities here. The leader of the Death-Throws, Ringleader, says the first two options are they can beat him into paste, or...