Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez This time we got a few comics from Third Eye and Alpha Comics, but a lot of it was catching up on older and missed titles. It turns out I waited one week too long to grab the last two issues of the Carnage series, so I had to go to HipComics. Captain Marvel Dark Past # 1 - Carol Danvers realizes she never got all her memories back from her incident with Rogue several years prior. What do these new memories mean, and how will Carol figure things out when she can't tell the difference between new memories and visions from the future? Captain Marvel Dark Past # 1 Review   The New Ms. Marvel # 20- A reprint from a classic comic as Carol faces off against lizard men.  Venom # 254- It turns out even though the comic went from 'The All-New Venom' back to the regular title, the MJ Venom adventures continue. I'll be buying the missing issues in between All-New and the regular title since there aren't that many. The Amazing Spider-Man # 26- The Death Spi...

 By Mark Rodriguez Some time ago, the Udon comics introduced a group of original enemies called Vortex. So far Chun Li, Zangief, Guile and Elena have run into different members of this evil organization. Now it's Karin's turn. Let's see what happens. The story opens at the Kanzuki Corporation Mountaintop R&D Tech Facility in the Dufourspitze, Swiss Alps where Birdie is was told to stand outside because 'his face was ruining the vibe'. He's freezing and has half a mind to leave if the only way off the mountain wasn't be helicopter. Karin's butler, Ishizaki shows up with Birdie's lunch, a huge burger accompanied by a jar of horseradish. Just then, something is seen in the distance, flying his way and he wonders what it is. A young woman with green hair lands in front of Birdie, her parachute falling all over him. She says it would have been cooler if she smashed through the skylight. Birdie tells her the party is by invite only and unless she has o...

 By Mark Rodriguez Back in 2019, Dead or Alive 6 came out with mixed reactions due to how the girls were more covered up when compared to previous titles. For better or for worse, the Dead or Alive series has always been known for the alluring outfits and martial arts fighting women with bouncing boobs. Team Ninja tried to focus more on the fighting than the sex appeal for the sake of making it on EVO, which would kill its popularity and eventually never make it on EVO anyway. Personally I always figured they'd eventually release all the bikinis and maid outfits you'd expect from the game series through waves of DLC, but it looks like by the time we got there it was too little too late for a lot of the fanbase. Other problems were the hundred dollar season packs, having to re-purchase characters that were already DLC in DOA5 (Nyotengu, Phase 4, Rachael, Momiji and Mai), the free costumes being broken up into parts which take forever to collect, re-selling previous costumes and ...

 By Mark Rodriguez I didn't think I'd pick this one up but the premise grabbed me. Captain Marvel seems to have some locked memories from her days as Miss Marvel that are coming back to bite her in present day... but what can she do if she doesn't remember? Let's see what happens.    "Captain Marvel Dark Past" opens with Carol Danvers waiting outside a building. She monologues that she focuses too much in the future which is often easier then remembering the past. She explains that several years ago, her memories were stolen by Rogue. She thought most of them came back, but lately she's been getting flashes of new memories she doesn't remember. These new memories feel like they don't really belong to her. She snaps out of it as Tony Stark arrives. Carol says she doesn't want to go in the building alone. Tony, arm in a sling, asks if she's alright. Carol says she's had a guy and tells him to go in. Tony refuses and says he'll catch ...

 By Mark Rodriguez The Pantheon has finally made their move and started attacking the city with an army of robots. The Turtles fight them off with help of Master Splinter, Metalhead, Mondo Gecko, Mona Lisa, Dirk Savage and Bakari. The Pantheon have their own issues as Krang betrayed them and took control of the robot army. Donatello managed to sneak into the Pantheon base just as the Pantheon returned! What will happen now?   "Perils of the Pantheon Part 3- Whoosh There It was..." opens in the Pantheon's flying fortress which is currently hovering above Manhattan. Donatello says he wasn't expecting everyone to come back so soon and gets away with his smoke bombs. Scratch asks if the Turtles are going to use smoke bombs every time they show up. The Pantheon heads off to find Donatello and Hob heads towards the computer room to regain control of the robots. Donatello hides from sight and plans to follow Hob to the computer room. Back on Earth, Shredder te...

 By Mark Rodriguez This a pretty big haul, a mixture of new comics, catching up on older comics I missed and several classic comics thanks to live auctions on Hipcomic. I also completed the Final Fight run once again. Let's check out what we got.    Final Fight # 4 I finally got my hands on this one once again. I am still not sure how I lost these issues the first time around but I have completed the Final Fight 4-issue run once again. Wolverine # 76 Looks like Wolverine will be running into Lady Deathstrike! Wolverine # 128 This one features Sabretooth, Shadowcat and Viper! X-Men # 6 Sabertooth VS Psylocke? X-Men # 20 Looks like Magneto is back and the X-Men are not happy to see him! X-Men # 32 Psylocke VS Spiral!! X-Men # 93 Mesmero, Mastermind and Sabertooth are all after Mystique!!    Superman and Spider-Man # 1- The Marvel and DC crossover continues as Superman and Spider-Man team up, as well as other Marvel and DC heroes. The Amazing Spider-Man # 23 Death ...

 By Mark Rodriguez An ancient group of assassins called  The Unburied have returned in modern day seeking revenge upon Lady Shiva, the Al Ghul family and the League of Shadows. Lady Shiva was captured in a recent battle and Cassandra set out to rescue her. Cassie gets hit by sleeping mist and is captured as well. She wakes up in front of her mother, as they are both tied up and hanging from the ceiling. What will happen now?   "Mother Part 6 of 6" opens with Cassie and Shiva tied up and hanging from their ropes. Shiva tells Cassie they only have each other now and based on her failed rescue attempt, she really needs her help. Cass says she wouldn't be here if Kalden didn't knock her out with a single punch. Cassie finally asks the question we've all been asking... why are The Unburied are after her. She says the others make sense by why are they after her specifically. Kalden arrives and says it's because she woke them up. Kalden says she understands that Bat...

 By Mark Rodriguez An ancient group of ninja monks called The Unburied are out to kill Lady Shiva and her daughter, Cassandra Cain. Cassie finds out that Shiva has aligned herself with Nyssa Al Ghul and the League of Shadows, since they are being hunted as well. Before Cassie can dwell too much on this, they get attacked by The Unburied and Lady Shiva was captured. Cassie teams up with The High Priest of the Order of Shiva, Jayesh, and head off to rescue her. What will happen next?   "Mother Part 5 of 6" opens eighty miles North of Gotham as we find out that Cassandra planted a tracker on Lady Shiva shortly before she was captured. Cassandra checks on the homing device as she rides alongside Jayesh. She remembers her mother apologizing for how she treated her. They soon arrive at a cave, the nest of the Unburied, and Cassie steps inside. As Cassie goes deeper into the cave, she finds a ledge. She remembers when she leapt out of Shiva's high rise alongside her as she told...