It’s not so unlikely that Batman and the Turtles would team up one day. Williams II, and colorist Jeremy Colwell clearly had a blast creating this first issue of a miniseries that simply required the heroes name in the title to make an impact.
Writer James Tynion IV, artist Freddie E. Get ready for excitement as heroes and villains from both worlds clash and team up in an epic battle that threatens the very fabric of reality! But they haven’t come alone: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo are hot on their trail.
TMNT TURTLES IN TIME COMIC BOOK PALETTE SERIES
DC Comics and IDW team up for the crossover you never saw coming as two of the greatest entertainment icons meet for the first time! In Gotham City, a series of deadly raids leads Batman to believe he’s up against a group of highly trained ninjas known as the Foot Clan! Somehow, they’ve crossed over to another dimension and are determined to take advantage of the situation while looking to get back home. For that and All the other Turtles comics on the horizon, check out Newsarama's constantly-updated list of new TMNT comics, graphic novels, and collections in 2021 and beyond. TMNT: The Last Ronin #3 (of 5) goes on sale May 12. Not everyone's whereabouts are known, and as we see on the last page, there's still more to come before we reach the series finale.Īt the end of the day, readers who tuned in for the first issue will not want to miss the follow-up, nor will anyone walk away from this issue asking anything but "When's the next issue out?" But that doesn't mean the creative team behind The Last Ronin is without a few tricks up their sleeve. Overall, 'The First to Fall' doesn't quite land in the same way as the first issue does, but much of that is a function of our now knowing who died and who survived the onslaught of the Foot Clan. So, too, do we see this part of the story move away from the thin line and inks from the regular team and instead, Kevin Eastman brings forward his distinct lines and heavy-duty inks to bring Mikey back to basics through rendering his new origin as the Last Ronin in the same style that first introduced him to readers back in 1984. I found this reminiscent of the 'Gang Wars' era where we get the story told from Mikey's perspective, but we also see the art was adjusted to reflect his personality. Nonetheless, how Esau Escorza, Isaac Escorza, Ben Bishop, Luis Antonio Delgado, and Samuel Plata send these two characters off feels fitting even if it's a sad sight to behold.įinally, we have to look at the third timeframe that follows Mikey in the wake of his brothers' and master's deaths.
Otherwise, it risks lessening the emotional impact of the moment. While there isn't a need for excessive gore, this story is all about providing a definitive ending to the TMNT, and there shouldn't be any question about when a character dies at this point. The only quibble I had while reading this comic - from an artistic viewpoint - is that we only see one of two kill shots clearly. In terms of the layouts, things are pretty straightforward and keep the reader's eye always moving forward. In the present, we see a sharper color palette compared to the past where the backgrounds tend to be more muted - a nice technique to illustrate the shift in time. Artistically, the team does a great job moving back and forth between the timelines. Given that the turtles have never been dealt a loss like this before, it would have helped add more gravity to the moment and deliver a strong emotional payoff to the loss had we seen its impact on them before moving back to the present.Īnd to be clear, not everyone leaves The Last Ronin #2 alive. At least the first issue held the question of which turtle lived, and now that we know this, it's simply a matter of playing out the hand to see when and how the others die.Īdditionally, we don't really get to see the fallout from the first to fall as we simply jump back to the future following the death. This creates a real challenge for The Last Ronin emotionally as the fall of the brothers is inevitable. We know Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello are dead in the present and we also recognize that we will see how they died over the course of the limited series.
And given we know that The Last Ronin is the story of how all of the turtles die leaving Michaelangelo to avenge them, the predictable nature of the brothers' behaviors to certain situations proves fatal this time around.
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