Jon Reads Comics
145 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF Dark of the Moon
Clinton is back with Layne and Jon to have a look at the third live-action film, Transformers: Dark of the Moon from 2011!
144 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 55
Layne and Jon come to another end of an arc as Michelangelo returns forlornly to his family’s old home and tries to pick up the pieces of a former life. It’s IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 55 from 2016!
39 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 29 and TMNT 19
Clinton, Layne, and Jon are attacked by Ninjara and go after the Warrior Dragon in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 29 from Archie Comics! Then it’s time to Return to New York in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 19 from Mirage!
143 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 20, Heart of Darkness 4
It’s a week of endings as Layne and Jon join Rodimus and Wheelie for the last chapter of Space Opera in The Transformers 20. Then they breathe a deep sigh of wtf at Transformers: Heart of Darkness 4, bringing that series to a close. All from IDW from 2011!
3.17 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — War Without End, Part 2
Jon and Blaine discuss the game-changing end of The War Without End, because, you know, it ends.
142 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 54
Layne and Jon go after Mikey with the Mutanimals and say good-bye to a friend in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 54 from IDW from 2015!
3.16 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — War Without End, Part 1
Jon and Blaine start the second two part story, which has a surprising guest star.
Note: Blaine says that Babylon 5 was filming on a six day schedule. At this point in production, it was on a seven day schedule, and would remain that way until the end of season four.
38 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 28 and Short Stories
Clinton, Layne, and Jon set out for Japan in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 28 from Archie Comics! Then they look at four short stories, mostly published by Mirage: “The Crossing” from Usagi Yojimbo 10, “Choices” from Puma Blues 20, “Complete Carnage an’ Radical” from the second printing of TMNT 3, and “Not One Word” from the fifth printing of TMNT 1.
141 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 19 and Heart of Darkness 3
Layne and Jon go into deep space to catch up with Rodimus in The Transformers 19 and then watch Galvatron form an army to attack D-Void in Heart of Darkness 3, both from IDW from 2011!
3.15 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Interludes and Examinations
Jon and Blaine look at one of those episodes that definitely marks a “before” and “after” for most of the characters involved.
140 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 53
Layne and Jon have been seeing all these attempts to pull order from chaos, and they just have one question: How’s Mikey doing? And they find out in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 53 from 2015!
3.14 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Ship of Tears
Bester returns, and G’Kar learns some very troubling truths about the past.
37 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 27 and TMNT 18
Layne, Clinton, and Jon find themselves in the dark of a bizarre zombie-ish story in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 27 from Archie Comics! Then they look at a story from Kevin Eastman, Mark Bodé, Bruce Lee, and Chuck Norris in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 18 from Mirage!
139 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 18, Heart of Darkness 2
Layne and Jon see Megatron’s final ploy in the Revenge of the Decepticons in The Transformers 18 before catching up with Galvatron’s investigation of the Dead Universe in Heart of Darkness 2, both from IDW from 2011!
3.13 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — A Late Delivery from Avalon
Jon and Blaine are joined by Jan Schroeder to discuss the arrival of… Arthur Pendragon?
138 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 52
Layne and Jon are wondering what is up with Casey Jones in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 52 from 2015!
3.12 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Sic Transit Vir
Jon and Blaine tune in for Vir’s arranged marriage. Will the apparent deaths of 2,000 Narns complicate the ceremony?
36 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 26 and TMNT 17
Layne, Clinton, and Jon are captured by the Keeper in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 26 from Archie Comics before visiting feudal Japan for the delightful Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 17 from Mirage!
Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Feedback Special #8
Jon and Blaine address more listener feedback! Feedback special #9 has been recorded as well, and is in the editing process.
137 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 17, Heart of Darkness 1
Layne and Jon recoil from Jazz’s choices in The Transformers 17 and then catch up with good old Galvatron in Transformers: Heart of Darkness 1, both from IDW from 2011!
3.11 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Ceremonies of Light and Dark
Jon and Blaine look at the fallout of last week’s events, and that is not referring to our April Fool’s Day prank.
136 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 51
Layne and Jon are back to the main series to find about how we get Order From Chaos in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 51 from IDW in 2015!
3.10 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Severed Dreams
Bethany comes back, joining Jon and Blaine to discuss a landmark episode of the series.
3.10 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Rules of Engagement
Jon and Blaine are back! Worf is on trial for the deaths of several Klingon civilians.
35 Turtle Power Hour — Coming Out of Their Shells!
Layne, Clinton, and Jon go where few Turtles fans have gone before, the live tour from 1990-91, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Coming Out of Their Shells Tour!
135 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 16, Infestation 2
Layne and Jon follow Megatron’s plan, and Autobots are about to fall, in The Transformers 16! And then they have to deal with Galvatron and zombies in Transformers: Infestation 2! Both from IDW from 2011!
Novel 4 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Clark’s Law
Jon and Blaine take a look at Jim Mortimore’s 1995 novel Clark’s Law.
134 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT Casey & April 3 and 4
Layne and Jon lose most of the humanity of the story as they get caught up in elder gods and lore drops in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April 3 and 4 (2015)!
34 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 25 and Tales 6
Layne, Clinton, and Jon have another showdown with Krang, the Shredder, Bebop, and Rocksteady, and all the rest in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 25 from Archie Comics! Then it’s time to meet Leatherhead in Mirage’s Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 6, I garontee!
133 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 15, Infestation 1
Layne and Jon get to know the new and improve (and HUGE) Megatron in the second part of “Revenge of the Decepticons” in The Transformers 15 and then help Galvatron fight some zombies in The Transformers: Infestation 1, both from IDW in 2011!
132 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT Casey & April 1 and 2
Layne and Jon take a trip to the Southwest to work on their friendship while looking for some elder gods in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April 1 and 2 from IDW in 2015!
33 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 24 and TMNT 15
Layne, Clinton, and Jon run across a couple of very naked friends and take them to Earth in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 24 from Archie Comics! Then it’s over to the Mirage side to meet some old retired comics heroes, together for one last adventure in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 15, with brief thoughts on a time-traveling little girl in issue 16!
131 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 14, Infestation Secrets
Layne and Jon see the fallout to Bumblebee’s near assassination in The Transformers 14 and get hints of crossover things to come in the Transformers portion of Classified Secrets to Infestation, both from IDW in 2010!
3.09 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Point of No Return
Trey Hooks returns to help Jon and Blaine discuss a non-military coup right on Babylon 5.
130 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 50
Layne and Jon see the final shocking conclusion to Vengeance in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 50 from 2015!
3.08 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Letters from Home
32 Turtle Power Hour — Adventures 23 and Tales 15
Layne, Clinton, and Jon are reunited with an old nemesis and meet a couple of new ones in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 23 from Archie Comics. Then it’s time to meet a fighting pair of supers, Complete Carnage and Radical, in Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 5 from Mirage Comics!
129 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF 13, Drift 4
Layne and Jon see the final chapter of Drift’s origin story in Transformers: Drift 4 and then take a little ride into space with Rodimus in The Transformers 13, both from IDW in 2010!
3.07 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Exogenesis
Jon and Blaine look at a new kind of alien presence on the station.
128 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 49
Layne and Jon have doubled their episode count for the seventh time! But today, Karai has something to say to Splinter about the whole conflict between the Hamato and Oroku families. It’s time for IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 49 from 2015!
