Jon Reads Comics

11 Turtle Power Hour — Wingnut, Screwloose, and Cerebus, oh my!

Clinton, Layne, and Jon take a look at issue 8 from both Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures and Mirage’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series!

73 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF AHM 7 and Dinobots 3

Layne and Jon start to get their questions answered in The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 7 and Maximum Dinobots 3 from IDW in 2009!

4 The Spider Diaries

Peter Parker’s diary, adapting material from Amazing Spider-Man 2, 1963

Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Feedback Special 4

Jon and Blaine respond to all feedback received by the end of 2024. Stay tuned past our sign off for additional information and corrections, as well as a surprise guest. Blaine would like to apologize for the small reduction in audio quality. We have a 150 MB limit on our podcast host, and the original […]

72 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT Deviations, 29

Layne and Jon take one last look back at City Fall with what might have been, in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Deviations and then move forward into the first part of Northampton in issue 29, both from 2013!

3 The Spider Diaries

Peter Parker’s diary, adapting material from Amazing Spider-Man 1, 1963

10 Turtle Power Hour — Crisis on Secret Turtle Wars

Layne, Clinton, and Jon talk about two Turtley trips through space. In Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 7, the boys are whisked off to a bout of intergalactic wrestling. In Mirage’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a story arc going for the last half dozen issues comes to a close as the Turtles return from […]

71 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF AHM 6, Dinobots 2

Layne and Jon watch tensions build in IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 6 from 2008 and join in a Dinobot throwdown in Maximum Dinobots 2 from 2009!

2 The Spider Diaries

Peter Parker’s diary, adapting material from Amazing Fantasy 15, 1962

1 The Spider Diaries

Peter Parker’s diary, adapting content from Amazing Fantasy 15, 1962

70 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT 28, Shredder

Layne and Jon reach the final chapters of City Fall in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 28 and Micro-Series Villains: Shredder, both from 2013!

Promo — The Spider Diaries

The Spider-Diaries: A Diary of Peter Parker. Coming weekly, from January 1, 2025.

9 Turtle Power Hour — Gators and Trikes

Issue 6 of both books! Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 6 with Leatherhead and Mary Bones and Mirage’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with a bunch of Triceratons in an arena fight in space!

69 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF AHM 5, Maximum Dinobots 1

Layne and Jon meet up with some old friends in IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 5 and then launch into Simon Furman’s final act in Maximum Dinobots 1, both from 2008!

2.07 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Soul Mates

Jon and Blaine take a look at Babylon 5 marriages: current, former, unhappy, and…. no, they’re all unhappy.

68 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT Bebop/Rocksteady, 28

Layne and Jon (finally!) see the arrival of their favorite chaotic henchmutants on the scene in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains: Bebop and Rocksteady! And then it’s the penultimate chapter of City Fall in issue 28! Both from IDW in 2013!

8 Turtle Power Hour — Happy Holidays

Layne, Clinton, and Jon join the Turtles in celebrating America Day and Christmas! First, Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 5 introduces us to Man Ray, who stops the Shredder from destroying the Statue of Liberty. And Mikey has a night out in the snow in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series: Michaelangelo from Mirage!

2.06 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Spider in the Web

Jon and Blaine discuss secret Psi Corps projects and some impressive guest stars.

67 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF AHM 4, Blurr

Layne and Jon finally get to catch up with the Autobots in The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 4 and Spotlight: Blurr from IDW in 2008!

2.05 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — The Long Dark

66 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT Hun, 26

Layne and Jon see the bold new direction for one of our characters that leads him to join the Shredder in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains: Hun and then it’s the antepenultimate chapter of City Fall in issue 26, both from 2013!

7 Turtle Power Hour — Turtles in Space

Layne, Clinton, and Jon discuss the final adaptation issue of Archie’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures with issue 4 before original stories start next time! Then it’s space-hopping with the Fugitoid on the run from Triceratons in issue 5 of the Mirage series!

2.04 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — A Distant Star

Jon and Blaine check out meal plans and mysteries in hyperspace when D.C. Fontana makes her final contribution to Babylon 5.

65 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF AHM 3, Sideswipe

Layne and Jon look at an isolated and devastated New York in IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 3 and then look at Simon Furman’s Expansion finale in Spotlight: Sideswipe (2008)!

2.03 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Geometry of Shadows

Van Allen Plexico (of the White Rocket Entertainment Network) joins Jon and Blaine to discuss this early season two episode. Perhaps it’s named the “White Rocket Network” because the green and purple rockets were already taken.

64 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TMNT Karai, 25

Layne and Jon look at Karai’s rise to power in IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Micro-Series Villains: Karai and then her frustration with working for Leonardo in issue 25, both from 2013!

6 Turtle Power Hour — Shrinking Turtles and Fugitoid

Clinton, Layne, and Jon look down on some incredible Shrinking Turtles in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures 3 from Archie and then get to know a robot on the run in Mirage’s Fugitoid one-shot!

2.02 Babylon 5: Thirty Years Later — Revelations

Jon and Blaine discuss the fallout from the second season premiere.

63 Ninjas ‘n’ Bots — TF AHM 2, Doubledealer

Layne and Jon meet their first Witwicky as the Decepticon attack continues in IDW’s The Transformers: All Hail Megatron 2 and then start to see some final Furman fallout in Spotlight: Doubledealer (2013)!

Dracula — Seven Years Later

Epilogue. Final episode. Thank you for listening!