Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez Darkseid has set his sights on Sonic's world, going after the Chaos Emeralds. He has set forth an invasion of Parademons and destroyed the Master Emerald, causing Angel Island to fall to the ocean. Sonic and his friends team up with the Justice League to stop Darkseid. Sonic and the Flash run over to South Island and run into Darkseid himself who already has a Chaos Emerald in his possession. What will happen now? The issue opens in Green Hill Zone in South Island as Darkseid grabbing the blue Chaos Emerald. Sonic and Flash arrive to see this. Flash tells Sonic to consider Darkseid worse than anything he ever faced. Sonic smirks and says he likes a challenge. Sonic uses his Sonic Spin Dash and Flash rushes in to grab the emerald. Sonic zips all over Darkseid, which goes ignored, and the villain closes his fist, grabbing Flash. Darkseid tosses Flash into Sonic. Darkseid powers up his Omega Beam and Flash tells Sonic to run.   The Omega Beams chase Sonic and t...

By Mark Rodriguez  Among the regular comics, the Rippaverse also released the Rippazine which would feature previews of upcoming comics and such. I bought this one alongside Yaira #1 back in the day. The part that grabbed my interest is the 13-page all-new story with an all-new character with the potential of later appearing in their own comic. Let's check out the introduction to Salvage, P.I. While I mention what else is in the Rippazine, the main focus will be on Salvage, P.I. Salvage, P.I The story opens with a truck driver, driving through the night as he enjoys his coffee. Just then a man in armor leaps onto the dashboard and kicks the window in. The armored man leaps out of the way as the truck smashes into a telephone pole. With the truck stopped, the armored man and several others gather around to rob it. Salvage talks to the person hiring him, saying that he keeps his ear to the streets and promises results. He's a specialist and if theft is involved, then he came to t...

 By Mark Rodriguez We haven't gone to Third Eye is a good long time so I wasn't surprised to find a large haul when I finally found the time to get there. It was just my luck that we had crazy rain and a flash flood the moment I left the apartment, but I was determined. So let's see what we got. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles # 9 - The adventure continues as the Foot has turned the city of New York against the Turtles! TMNT X Naruto # 4- The crossover continues as ninjas from the East and West team up!  West Coast Avengers # 8- The team faces off against an army of Ultrons as his cult continues.  Batgirl # 8- I will eventually binge-read this one  Superior Avengers # 3- Here we go!!! The Superior Avengers of an alternate future face off against the Avengers of modern day!! All-New Venom # 7- Agent Anti-Venom has been sent to fight and defeat the All-New Venom. Flash and MJ have no personal beef with each other. Will this be a staged fight to appease SCAR or will th...

 By Mark Rodriguez One of the Rippaverse characters that people wanted to find out about was Yaira. She'd had a previous run in with Alpha Core. She grabbed Avery and dropped him onto a car as she was attacking a police station. She's also been seen working for Projexus in her civilian clothes, which is the same company that Avery's sister Altona works for. Who is Yaira and what is she up to? Let's find out.    The story opens with Yaira having dropped Avery Silman onto a car from a high distance in front of an amazed crowd (as seen in Isom # 1). She warns Avery not to follow her and she flies off.  Alpha Core is on the scene, and Bryan tells Braxwell to watch over Avery while he chases after Yaira with Ingrid. Bryan tells Ingrid that he will 'catch up to her', which confuses her. Bryan then tosses Ingrid towards Yaira (Ingrid can't fly) and she gets the hint. Ingrid lashes out her energy ropes, tying them around Yaira's neck. Bryan flies in and grabs Ya...

 By Mark Rodriguez Charlie has regained his memories and returned to Chun Li and Guile when they were ambushed by Bison. After an epic battle between Charlie and Bison, it seems both of them were lost. Elsewhere, Ryu and Ken make it to the sanctuary, unaware that Sakura and Kei were in the area, and find Akuma. Finally Ryu and Ken are face to face with the man that killed their sensei. This time around I have both the American and Mexican versions of the issue, so I can do some comparisons or point out any oddities in the Mexican one. We flashback to twelve years ago as Gouken is practicing his katas alongside a child Ryu. Gouken is proud of Ryu's progress and says he hopes to live to see the day he reaches his full potential and can surpass him. Currently, Akuma stands before Ryu and Ken. Akuma comments that Ryu was a 'mere pup' when he last saw him. Ryu notices that Akuma is wearing Gouken's beads. Ryu says that Akuma murdered his master, who is also Akuma's own b...