MattGrant
Friday, May 09, 2008, 05:12 AM
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Title: Tales of the TMNT #44
Publisher Name: Mirage Studios ("http://www.ninjaturtles.com" )
Plot: Jake Black & Murphy
Script: Jake Black
Art: Dario Brizuela
32 pages, Black & White, $3.25
Safety Content Label: A - Appropriate for age 9 and up.
Publishers Blurb:
Karai and other Foot initiates go on a quest to unearth an amulet of power. The newbie ninjas find what they seek through hard-fought battles with mythic creatures only to face the most deadly enemy of all - treachery from within!
Reviewer Comments:
Mixing it up here in issue #44, we have a different creative team, and story that focuses on Karai and the Foot Clan. A young Karai leads a bunch of other young/foolish foot soldiers to search out a cursed amulet that, while is known to be nothing but trouble, may also bring strength to the Foot. You know that old saying, "If you go looking for trouble, you'll find it"? Well, needless to say, they find the amulet and end up learning a lot about themselves and each other! There's also a fun back up story with Splinter and the Turtles.
I was initially put off by this issue, admittedly, because the art was a lot sleeker than what I'm used to for TMNT stories, but that isn't to say it was bad in any way (quite the contrary). By the end of the story, everything had come together pretty well, and I was so engaged in the story that my preconceived notions (shame on me) of what TMNT should be melted away. Good job, and fun story!
Title: Tales of the TMNT #44
Publisher Name: Mirage Studios ("http://www.ninjaturtles.com" )
Plot: Jake Black & Murphy
Script: Jake Black
Art: Dario Brizuela
32 pages, Black & White, $3.25
Safety Content Label: A - Appropriate for age 9 and up.
Publishers Blurb:
Karai and other Foot initiates go on a quest to unearth an amulet of power. The newbie ninjas find what they seek through hard-fought battles with mythic creatures only to face the most deadly enemy of all - treachery from within!
Reviewer Comments:
Mixing it up here in issue #44, we have a different creative team, and story that focuses on Karai and the Foot Clan. A young Karai leads a bunch of other young/foolish foot soldiers to search out a cursed amulet that, while is known to be nothing but trouble, may also bring strength to the Foot. You know that old saying, "If you go looking for trouble, you'll find it"? Well, needless to say, they find the amulet and end up learning a lot about themselves and each other! There's also a fun back up story with Splinter and the Turtles.
I was initially put off by this issue, admittedly, because the art was a lot sleeker than what I'm used to for TMNT stories, but that isn't to say it was bad in any way (quite the contrary). By the end of the story, everything had come together pretty well, and I was so engaged in the story that my preconceived notions (shame on me) of what TMNT should be melted away. Good job, and fun story!