Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9Story: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz
Script: Tom Waltz
Art: Dan Duncan
The Solicitation
You'd think that General Krang's arrival in New York City would be bad enough news, right? Oh no, there's still plenty more misery to go around! The Turtle's home in the sewers is destroyed thanks to a sinister team-up between Baxter Stockman and Old Hob. Now that the Turtles are homeless, with one of their own captured, things have never looked bleaker for our heroes. The key to their salvation may lie with... April O'Neil??
Preview
The Comic
April, Turtles. Turtles, April.
This book hits a small snag for me this issue. The first being that you need to read all the micro-series before this issue in order to really get a lot of what they are talking about. I've read them, so its no problem for me. But for others, you may wonder what the hell Donatello is talking about, and what happened to Leonardo. There are little side notes in the issue to catch the full story and directs you to those issues. If you are like my shop though, they are probably gone.
Basically the Turtles and Casey Jones decide to attack Stockgen in order to get Splinter back. Its a nice action filled issue does feel rushed at times. It just seems like there are a lot of things to get through to get to a certain point at the end of the issue.
And the end point is interesting. Its the introduction to a character that I thought was done in the Leonardo micro-series issue. Now it is just a matter of time before the face behind the character is revealed. And then it makes me wonder who is the character in the Leonardo issue. All in all, still has me intrigued.
The Art
It is weird. Leonardo looked BAD at the end of his issue of the micro-series. Here, he just looks a little dirty. Weird consistency issue here with the transition to this issue. Overall, the art remains consistent on its own terms issue to issue, and I can't complain about that.
The Cover
I got the cover with Splinter chained in the cell. I like that the reflection has eyes in the shadow. One of the things that was weird to see was the heart rate monitor on the computer screen. I didn't see any electrodes attached to Splinter, did you?
Grades
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 10/10
Recommend: The first page is reason enough for a first timer to get into the comic. It is essentially a recap page done well with characters meeting for the first time.
Buy Next Issue: Once you see the cliffhanger, you will know why I want to get it.
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