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Turtles, Past and Future...


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This story takes place before the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, before they met April or Shredder, when they were just underground ninja teens.

We open with each turtle starting the day...
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Don builds machines.

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Leo's a boy scout, waking up early to meditate.

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Mike, like Don, has been working on his projects all through the night. At some point I'll have to post the tale of how he got into drawing comics.

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Awww...

Mikey's busy antagonizing Raph during the first half of this story. I had to cut the page where Raph wakes up and hides his bear. Here, Mike is pretending to be Splinter.
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The turtles train, break for lunch/storytime, train some more. During sparing, Raph unloads on Mike, and nearly kills him. After a scolding from Leo, they break for meditation. Raph sneaks out, gets caught, and sent to his room.
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I love this scene of the turtles at dinner, all trying to get Splinter's attention (especially Leo and his interrogation on every aspect of Hamato Yoshi). Such a normal carefree family kind of thing. (The movie of the night? Bruce Lee, of course!)

The day is done and it's time for bed.
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Flash forward...
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Same skyline as before.

A few quick thoughts. Nice how Robo-April is wearing what appears to be a standard reporting jumpsuit. I also think that this is the first time we've seen an eye-patched future Raph among Mirage's TMNT (that and the flooded NYC is a nice nod to the Archie comic). Didn't even notice that the remaining eye on the bear is the one Mikey sewed on OR that both Raph and bear are sans binocular vision. The family stuff in this issue is not to be overlooked. If you get a chance to pick up this issue, do it.

BONUS ROUND: Just to prove the near universal constant of future Raph's eye-patch, here's an episode of the 2003 series where Don visits a dystopic alternate future, all "Days of Future Past" style. The first part of the episode is here (part two, part three).

It's one of my favorite episodes, but as you can tell, I'm a sucker for the future.

Next time, I post the first (and chronologically farthest in the future) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles story! It's not even from a TNMT comic!

Re: BIG TURTLES NEWS!!!!

Date: 2009-07-18 06:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zechs27.insanejournal.com
Awesome. I just wonder which Shredder will be in this. Utrom Shred? 80s Shredder? Tengu Shredder? Mirage Shredder? Karai Shredder aka Lady Shredder? Raph Shredder? Cyber Shredder? As long as there's a Shredder I'll be happy.

But if he's voiced by Scottie Ray then tis a grand bonus indeed. :D

Re: BIG TURTLES NEWS!!!!

Date: 2009-07-18 06:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] zechs27.insanejournal.com
I cannot wait to see the 2k3 Turtles reaction to Bebop, Rocksteady, and the Foot Ninja Robots.

Re: BIG TURTLES NEWS!!!!

Date: 2009-07-18 02:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stretchdude.insanejournal.com
I can't wait to see how the two Raphs interact. The Angriest Turtle Alive meets the King of Sarcasm!

Re: BIG TURTLES NEWS!!!!

Date: 2009-07-22 07:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lbd_nytetrayn.insanejournal.com
I like the idea of the 2K3 TMNT chopping through the '87 Foot Soldiers like they're nothing.

Then again, it wasn't long before the '87 TMNT did pretty much the same thing.

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

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