Story: Kevin Eastman & Tom Waltz
Script: Tom Waltz
Art: Dan Duncan
The Solicitation
The Turtles bring in a surprising new ally to storm the Foot Clan lair! Meanwhile, will Splinter escape the Foot? He'll have to get through the Shredder first! It's a rematch centuries in the making, don't miss it!
Preview
Why I Bought It
Turtle power. Duh.
What I Liked
More human characters! seriously, I like the addition of non-mutant characters. It brings a more grounded kind of approach, and it is nice to see someone else acknowledge that there are mutants crawling out of the wood works these days.
The art continues on the same level as previous issues. the non Splinter side of the story takes some advancement towards a confrontation.
What I Didn't Like
I really don't know if its because I don't like Splinter, or if things are intentionally slow, but come on with the Splinter story. Including the Micro-Series issue, it seems like Splinter has been fighting the Foot for freaking months. Didn't last issue start and stop with him being surrounded by Foot? Granted, he went from being in chains, to not being in chains, to kicking the Foot's butt, to kicking the sidekick's butt, to now about to cross weapons with Shredder.
It just seems like either padding the story for a couple of extra issues, or trying to make Splinter a bigger bad ass then people give him credit for. If it is the latter, then it isn't working for me. This part of the story needs to be done and over with by now.
Panel to Remember
Even though I don't like him, the one page panel with Splinter surrounded by fallen Foot. It has a moment of Kill Bill to it. if this issue was supposed to be a shout out to that scene where the Bride takes on and kills all the ninjas, then this comic was near it.
Quotable
"Don't tell these estupidos nothin' Angel!" - said by the gang member I assume is Latino. That translates into "Don't tell these stupids nothin" which just sounds weird. "Idiotas" would have been better.
Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 9/10
Buy Next Issue: Assuming that this will run in four parts, next issue will hopefully be the last of Splinter vs. the Foot. Then we can get over this hump and on to something else.
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