‘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.
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‘TMNT Adventures’ shows ambition in Issues 58-66 (1994-95)
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.
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.
Old friends, new enemies enhance ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (2004-05)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Smartly interlaced storytelling puts “TMNT” at its highest ebb of craftsmanship outside of early Mirage and the first movie.
What are they doing with Turtles in space?! A look at ‘TMNT’ Season 2 (2003-04)
‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The second season of the Laird-overseen series faithfully adapts the Triceraton-Fugitoid arc, and gives surprising backstories to Shredder and Splinter.
‘TMNT Adventures’ spins off into ‘Mighty Mutanimals’ (1991)
‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book review): One title is not enough to contain Clarrain’s action and environmental themes, but the plots remain quite basic.
‘TMNT Adventures’ branches off from the cartoon in Issues 5-11 (1989-90)
‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): The first batch of original Archie stories marks the action figure era – great for kids, not so much for adults.
‘Tales of the TMNT’ comes to bittersweet end in Issues 54-70 (2009-10)
‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 goes out with sweet and bittersweet, finished and unfinished, tales in Issues 54-70.
Lawson joins team for ‘Tales of the TMNT’ Issues 42-53 (2008)
‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Jim Lawson regularly contributes art to “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 in Issues 42-53. Here are my reviews.