Mark's Epic Blog of Randomness

 By Mark Rodriguez Yelena Belova moved to the small town of Idylhaven to get away from her life as a spy. However the town is under attack by a company called Armament that seems to be buying out properties and also hiring people in the area. The problem is, the people that refuse to sell are forced to do so with intimidation and actually sending out assassins after the owners. After Black Mamba and Diamondback were sent after Yelena to retrieve a cybernetic eye she found during an earlier altercation, Yelena decided she's had enough. She reveals to her friends and neighbors that she is the White Widow and she will go after Armament directly. Not long ago, the White Widow is dealing with She-Hulk, who is angry that she was sent to kill her. Yelena says she was sent to assassinate her, which sounds more impressive and only happens to important people. Jen's assistant Marguerite steps in to see her lifting up a bookcase with Yelena on top of it. Jen tells her that Yelena is tryin...

By Mark Rodriguez Originally written on Sunday, April 28, 2013. Keep in mind, these were our thoughts as they were back in 2013 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 episode bring up what I was afraid of since they started training April. An April VS Karai fight. However, it was done rather well and I'm glad with how they handled it. Several things went down the way I expect them to. Anyways, let's start the review. We start the episode with Shredder and Karai interrogating the captured Kraang. Seeing how the Kraang only let out screeches and such, Karai tells Shredder they can only talk once they're in their robot suits. They jam the little bugger into the robot suit Karai stole in an earlier episode, and Shredder demands to know why they're hunting the Turtles. The Kraang says they are protecting April O'Neil, the key to all their plans. Shr...

By Mark Rodriguez Originally written on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Keep in mind, these were our thoughts as they were back in 2013 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 begins with the Turtles staking out the TCRI building. Don found out that the Kraang plan to bring a scouter ship from their portal, and they have to stop it. Suddenly Karai comes in and the Turtles start to fight her. Raph tells her they don't have to time to waste with her since they're trying to stop an alien invasion. Just then the scouter ship comes in and it starts blasting at the Turtles and Karai. The Turtles escape into the sewers and they find out that the ship can cloak itself. At Shredder's hideout, Karai tells her master about the alien invasion, but all he cares about is finding and destroying Splinter. He tells her about a new shipment of weapons coming in that wil...

 By Mark Rodriguez Gotham is finally getting on the right track thanks to Bruce Wayne cleaning up the city with affordable housing and other projects. Edward Nygma is now legit and selling online security technology but Mayor Nakano keeps blocking him due to his past as the Riddler. A new hero arrives in Gotham named Commander Star but his methods seem a bit extreme as he's not above using guns. Later that night, Mayor Nakano was murdered. Also someone claiming to be Bruce's brother is trying to file a claim for his shares of Wayne Enterprises. What will happen next? "The Dying City Part Two" opens with Harvey Bullock and other officers investigating the crime scene. Bullock says they found no prints or video footage so far. There was so sign of forced entry and the neighbors questions so far were woken up by the gunshots. As the rest of the officers check around the building, Batman and Gordon show up. Jim asks if they found anything. Bullock wants to be careful to ...

 By Mark Rodriguez After the fight with Failsafe, Bruce set up a new house called the Pennyworth Estate, where all members of the Bat-Family are welcome to stay whenever they need to. Now that the Absolute Power tie-in is over, we start the first new adventure with this new status quo. "The Dying City Part One" opens with a family trying to find their way home on a late night. The father didn't want to use the parking lot because it was fifty bucks. Suddenly a stranger steps out from behind an alley telling them that they look lost. The man says they won't be finding their way home this way, which looks threatening... but then he gives the family proper directions to get to their destination. Batman watches this and sees the man means no harm. Jim Gordon is with him on the rooftop and says he can't remember the last time the city felt so calm. Batman warns what usually happens when there's calm, and Jim tells him to take the win for once. Jim says since Wayne...

 By Mark Rodriguez I've always been a fan of Power Girl during her 2009 run. It took me a while, but I first started collecting it near the end of its run before the New 52 started. after finding back issues at Bent Wookee, Comic World, and Stories, and then filling in the gaps with Hipcomic, I finally have the full set of Power Girl's 2009 run. This was all before the New 52 came in and reset her story with the World Finest Huntress and Power Girl series. Let's check out how this series got started. The story opens recapping the classic story of Krypton about to explode, and two parents send their child off into space. A refuge that will become the savior of a new alien world. That isn't exactly how the story played out as we see an adult Kara awaken in her space pod. "A New Beginning" opens in New York City as Power Girl soars through the skies, wanting a fresh new start. She was born on a Krypton from an alternate Earth and was a former member of the Justic...