‘Forever War’ (2019-23) a fitting Clarrain-Modeen mashup to end ‘TMNT Adventures’
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book review): Artist Chris Allan and serious fans get together to complete the long-anticipated final arc.
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‘Forever War’ (2019-23) a fitting Clarrain-Modeen mashup to end ‘TMNT Adventures’
‘TMNT Adventures’ reaches respectable end in Issues 67-72 (1995), ‘Year of the Turtle’ (1996)
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book reviews): Clarrain wins in quantity, but Dan Slott matches him in quality in Archie’s final batch of issues.
‘TMNT Adventures’ shows ambition in Issues 58-66 (1994-95)
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book reviews): Clarrain takes the story to the past and future, and delivers one of the series’ most solid issues.
Amid Mutanimals’ end, ‘TMNT Adventures’ 46-57 (1993-94) finds spark of life
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book reviews): The quality slightly increases thanks in part to callbacks to past characters, including Chameleon, Scumbug and Wyrm.
‘Donatello and Leatherhead’ and ‘Merdude’ take the spotlight in 1993
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book reviews): Archie throws characters into volcanoes and oceans to see who sticks. No one particularly does, but Dan Berger’s “Merdude” series is fun.
‘April O’Neil’ (1993) takes spotlight in one good, one bad miniseries
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book reviews): The first series is a strong look at April’s development in martial arts, but “The May East Saga” is dreck.
It’s shark week in the panels of ‘TMNT Adventures,’ ‘Mighty Mutanimals’ (1992-93)
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book reviews): The introduction of Armaggon, a land shark from the future, spices up titles that had been lagging. I review “Adventures” 38-45 and “Mutanimals” 6-9.
‘Empire’ (1978) showcases Delany and Chaykin in graphic form
Throwback Thursday (Comic book review): In an early graphic novel, a writer and an illustrator (the latter from Marvel’s “Star Wars”) deliver their “Star Wars” riff.
‘TMNT Adventures’ 32-37 and ‘Mighty Mutanimals’ 1-5 (1992) become ‘the banned issues’
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book review): Under Archie in the 1990s, Clarrain was allowed to tie foreign cultures into his mythology. Viacom isn’t so keen on that.
‘Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight’ (2006) wins the battle of Turtle-focused miniseries
Turtle Tuesday (Comic book review): Jim Lawson combines striking silhouette art with a thoughtful meditation on the leader of the group.