Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series: Villains: AlopexWritten by Brian Lynch
Art by Ross Campbell
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Review
Some stories can be a good by the numbers kind of book. The plot is expected, the character turns expected. This comic would have a rather generic feel to it, but it somehow rises above that. And it has to do with the character that is portrayed in Alopex.
Now here is the weird thing about having a mutant fox for your title character - I really can't tell if Alopex is supposed to be male or female. That seems to be one of the key factors and perspectives when I read this story that make it special for me. And it is in the middle of that ambivalence that the story and character really shine.
If you were to take the same story and apply it to characters in a random crime book, there just isn't as much uniqueness as when you are dealing with the back drop of this being a TMNT book. The fact that Alopex is a mutant fox gives that moment of personal reflection and sudden memory arousal that Alopex goes through when in the woods with what you can perceive to be a member of her former family. That is the unique moment that really makes this story.
You also have to praise the artwork for the book. the art really shines on showing the speed of the fox that Alopex can whip out at any moment. The colors also pop out and bring a depth to the story from the blue beginnings to the red ending, with all the white innocence of the forest in-between. The sad thing is that the artist who told Alopex's origin story in the Raphael one shot, Franco Urru, passed away when this book was still in the planning stages. While his art style would definitely show a different approach then what was taken in this issue, I'm sure he would still be proud of how this book turned out.
Grades
Words: 9/10
Pictures: 9/10
General Feeling After Reading: Satisfied.
Buy Next Issue: Karai will get a spotlight issue, and that will definitely be something worth checking out.
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