Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #44
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #44
Written by Tom Waltz
Art by Cory Smith
Colors by Ronda Pattison
My review of issue #43 revolved around its lack of focus and juggling of too many threads. I take it all back! Issue 44 shows us the benefit of cramming too many characters into your ensemble book. Without getting too into the spoilers, there’s an event in the first half of this issue that’s going to have readers desperately turning pages hoping for a resolution. Of course, it never comes, and we’re left with yet another cliffhanger. Sequential storytelling, everybody. TMNT has meandered its way towards this Attack on Technodrome story, but the dense plotting of these past few issues have shown us just how carefully the creative team have laid their tale out. It’s impressive work for sure, and each issue leaves me saddened that the end is near for this incarnation of TMNT. I’m not ready! There’s still so potential for future stories and characters. The character growth in these few issues has impressed me, especially among the villains, who all seemingly have an under-the-table contest to see who’s the baddest of the bad guys. It’s tremendously entertaining as long as they’re not murdering Ninja Turtles, and when they are murdering Ninja turtles, it’s also harrowing!
Unlike the previous issues of Attack on Technodrome, The TMNT themselves get plenty of page space for bantering, and ass-kicking. The Turtles team up with Baxter Stockman and the Fugitoid to tackle Kraang for good this issue, and what a fight it is. I don’t know if anything will match the gleeful mayhem of the fight in issue #40 I love so much, but the main battle of this issue might be one of the more cathartic moments the series has produced. TMNT likes to earn its violence, and this bit is extremely deserving.
With the threats of Kraang and Shredder firmly established, smaller characters have been vying for our attention as TMNT races to the finish line. Bebop and Rocksteady have gone from one-note jokes to the scariest, most threatening guys in the series, and over the past three issues, Baxter Stockman has become the coolest customer in the TMNT universe. If TMNT is to end at issue 50, I’d like to order a spinoff about the villains, please. I’m not ready for the end! I demand more! And not because there’s so many more stories to tell, but because I want there to be. If that’s not the mark of a good series, I don’t know what is.
Written by Tom Waltz
Art by Cory Smith
Colors by Ronda Pattison
My review of issue #43 revolved around its lack of focus and juggling of too many threads. I take it all back! Issue 44 shows us the benefit of cramming too many characters into your ensemble book. Without getting too into the spoilers, there’s an event in the first half of this issue that’s going to have readers desperately turning pages hoping for a resolution. Of course, it never comes, and we’re left with yet another cliffhanger. Sequential storytelling, everybody. TMNT has meandered its way towards this Attack on Technodrome story, but the dense plotting of these past few issues have shown us just how carefully the creative team have laid their tale out. It’s impressive work for sure, and each issue leaves me saddened that the end is near for this incarnation of TMNT. I’m not ready! There’s still so potential for future stories and characters. The character growth in these few issues has impressed me, especially among the villains, who all seemingly have an under-the-table contest to see who’s the baddest of the bad guys. It’s tremendously entertaining as long as they’re not murdering Ninja Turtles, and when they are murdering Ninja turtles, it’s also harrowing!
Unlike the previous issues of Attack on Technodrome, The TMNT themselves get plenty of page space for bantering, and ass-kicking. The Turtles team up with Baxter Stockman and the Fugitoid to tackle Kraang for good this issue, and what a fight it is. I don’t know if anything will match the gleeful mayhem of the fight in issue #40 I love so much, but the main battle of this issue might be one of the more cathartic moments the series has produced. TMNT likes to earn its violence, and this bit is extremely deserving.
With the threats of Kraang and Shredder firmly established, smaller characters have been vying for our attention as TMNT races to the finish line. Bebop and Rocksteady have gone from one-note jokes to the scariest, most threatening guys in the series, and over the past three issues, Baxter Stockman has become the coolest customer in the TMNT universe. If TMNT is to end at issue 50, I’d like to order a spinoff about the villains, please. I’m not ready for the end! I demand more! And not because there’s so many more stories to tell, but because I want there to be. If that’s not the mark of a good series, I don’t know what is.
A Look Inside
