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Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5
Authors: Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars
Genre: Comics
Pages: 42
Words: 2.5K
| Synopsis: |
The Boys materialize on a different planet right in the middle of a firefight between some security goons and a robot named Honeycutt. They escape with Honeycutt as he has the knowledge of creating another Transmat. Unfortunately, Honeycutt is kidnapped by the Triceratons (triceratop aliens in space suits) and there is a running battle between the Federal Troops (the security goons) and the gun wielding triceratops. The boys manage to sneak aboard the spaceship of the Triceratons and the issue ends with the ship docking at a mobile weaponized asteroid and the cargo bay they are in being depressurized (hence they’re running out of air).
| My Thoughts: |
Having a color cover is really nice. I hadn’t realized how much of a difference it made until I compared this one to the previous one. The insides are still Number 2 pencil in black and white though.
The story is great and while I’d normally rant or complain about the extreme ramp in the action (I mean, we’re only in the 5th issue and we’re already on another world?), it just worked. The pacing carried on from the previous issue and it felt good.
Then you have Triceratops in spacesuits that are some kind of commando warriors. Reminded me of the Judoon from the tv series Dr Who. I’ve included a page here because I think they just look cool.
I feel like I’ve made that “connection” to this comic that is needed for a long term commitment to it. I’m happy about that as without it this series would have gone down the same path as Silver Sable or even Spawn. No need to do that to myself again! I’m looking forward to the next issue already 🙂
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Got it in one!
You can tell Eastman and Laird were creative geniuses
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I’m looking forward to it too. How many sleeps to go until we see it?
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Well, it all depends on if you take naps or not. So 30 to 60? Just make sure you’re a good little movie watcher or Santa Bookstooge won’t bring you the next volume AND he’ll revoke your riot and looting privileges!
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Will Santa share the secret of the oooze?
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He will. But only with really, Really, REALLY good children who give him 4k tv’s….
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I’ve seen the movie but this sounds nothing like it.
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Yeah, I’m beginning to think the animated show and the movie/s only had the characters in common with the comics and nothing else.
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Have you seen the movies?
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All of them, the 90’s ones and the reboots 😀
But never the tv show.
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I only saw the very first one, with the rat boss.
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I bet you were totally thrilled, weren’t you? 😀
Well, I’m off to bed now. One more day of work I have to get through…
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Me too, though I’m not working tomorrow. Night night Booky, don’t let the bed bugs bite! 😀
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All together now, “Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles.” I really like the indie style art you showed. Good to hear you are enjoying it.
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I still cannot believe that got changed. I guess that was the 80/90’s version of woke’ism 😀
I am happy to be enjoying these too. I was worried for an issue or two that it would turn out to be like Spawn and lead me down a path of no where but with all of this action I think I’m going to be ok 😀
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I have never read TMNT but you are making me curious to give the early issues a try. I was more of a Usagi Yojimbo fan.
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Was UY running at the same time in the 80’s, or later?
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I think so. I was buying it from around 1988. It’s been going since 1984.🙂
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And turtles started in ’84 as well. Interesting…
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Glad you found your Turtle mojo Stooge. Hope this series works out for you. Been a little busy last couple of weeks so my blogging took quite a hit. Sorry for that.
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No need to apologize. And you’re not the only one. My numbers for this whole month have dropped like a rock and since I know I haven’t written some patently offensive post, I think people were just not blogging/reading as much. Its how it goes, you know?
I hope I continue to enjoy this series too. There are like 80 issues in this particular run, so that’s years of reading, hurray 😀
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Glad to hear that this is working out for you. I never really thought the turtles would have to deal with so many things from other worlds/universes but it’s a fun element to their story.
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Yeah, I’m liking the galactic aspect of this after all. I didn’t think I would but my goodness, it’s really working for me 😀
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Great to see you found one that works for you. I hope that continues. Sometimes it seems we can more easily find that in back issues than with current ones, perhaps just because there are so many more back issues to choose from.
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I think story telling was different. Modern world views have destroyed the very idea of good story telling and replaced it with either Message Preaching or Thrill-A-Minute meant to relentlessly push you on.
Even my regular reading is going back as much as it is going forward 🙂
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