Story and art: Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
Solicitation
The original Micro-Series is BACK, this time with all-new colors! Raphael struggles to control his inner rage until he finds the perfect outlet: Casey Jones! It's hot head vs. hot head and neither is going down without a fight! This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship!
Preview
Why I Bought It
Continuing the adventure into the colorized version of early TMNT action.
What I Liked
This was supposed to be a one-shot about Raphael, and it does have those highlights, but this issue is all about Casey Jones. In looking back at his original appearance, I gotta say that it is interesting to note how one-dimensional of a character he is. The new series gives him a little more of a back story and tears him apart from this "bash everyone criminal's brains in" mentality that he shows here.
The book continues to have an 80's nostalgia feel for me. And the art definitely shows an eye for story telling. Half of the comic is a fight scene, and there are some serious areas that it could use some improvement, but overall I like it.
What I Didn't Like
This felt like a rather quick read for me. I was debating to pick it up at the shop or wait for it to be up digitally, which I might do for the rest of these color classics, and this book is sorta making me lean towards waiting. That actually might be closer to the original cover price of the book as well.
Panel to Remember
I think the last panel really did it for me. Raph has some battle scars and Casey is owning the belly shirt look. Seriously, that belly shirt makes me wonder what people were thinking back then.
Quotable
"Feel the bat of doom, creeps!" - Casey Jones on his almost trademark weapon of choice for the issue.
Grades
Words: 7/10
Pictures: 7/10
Buy Next Issue: Me thinks maybe digitally, but it is still worth getting.
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