Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics #2Eastman and Laird
The Solicitation
This tale of the original TMNT expands the Turtles universe, detailing the origin of many familiar faces, such ass April O'Neil, Baxter Stockman, and of course the mechanized Mousers!
Preview
Why I Bought It
$4 you say? Well, I liked the first one, and I appreciate something that gives me some bang for my buck! And, of course, its the Turtles.
What I Liked
I like more and more seeing where the current series got the base of its story from. And now parts of the old movie make a little more sense for me. And by old movie, I am only talking about the first one.
This book just had a gritty, 80's style and feel to it. It is hard to describe the feeling of reading a comic from the 80's that had this independent feeling to it. I'm a big fan of Matt Wagner's Grendel and the early issues of that series seem to have a place alongside the comic racks of a 1980s comic shop.
After reading the second issue, I am really glad that these are more done in one type of stories that don't have arcs over several books. There is something really satisfying about being able to pick up a comic and it contain a full story.
What I Didn't Like
It was so weird to jump into this book in the middle of reading other, modern comics. So while it wasn't the comic itself that I didn't like, it was more my not being prepared to read this book. Its something I should have learned after reading the first issue.
Panel to Remember
April meeting the Turtles for the first time. They are just standing there holding some freshly broken mousers and acting totally nonchalant about it. She promptly passes out on the next page.
Quotable
"Sptang!" - The sound that is made when a mouser has it's neck sliced off by Leonardo's sword.
Grades
Words: 8/10
Pictures: 7/10
Buy Next Issue: These are more guilty pleasure than anything, but I'm enjoying them. Definitely worth the price of admission.
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