Created on June 5, 2012 and written by TaliAdina
Category: Comic Book Reviews

Rating: 4/5
Publisher Name: IDW
Publisher Website: http://www.idwpublishing.com/

Writer: Tom Waltz & Kevin Eastman
Pencils: Dan Duncan & Kevin Eastman
Number of Pages: 32
Price: 3.99
Color: Color
Safety Content Label: T+ TEENS AND UP – Appropriate for most readers 13 and up, parents are advised that they might want to read before or with younger children.

Publisher’s Blurb:
This May, enter… THE SHREDDER!

(What else need be said?!)

Reviewer’s Comments:
The new tale of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continues. In this new issue our heroes in a half shell along with their friends Casey Jones and April O’Neil continue to search for Master Splinter. Last issue they arrived at Stockman’s lab to rescue their father only to find him gone again, this time taken by the Foot clan.

Telling by this issue’s cover, the Shredder was indeed revealed this issue as Karai introduce him to Splinter. Splinter is faced with a challenge and in his awesome ninja style he defeats his opponent only to be told by Karai that he must kill them. Of course Splinter refuses citing that he would dishonor himself and then we get what we’ve all been waiting for: Shredder removes his helmet and reveals himself to be Oroku Saki, Hamato Yoshi’s longtime enemy! Somehow he has overcome death and remembers his past life. But the reunion is cut short as the Shredder orders his minions to destroy Splinter, leaving readers with a cliffhanger at the end of the book.

Meanwhile, the boys in green are bickering like brothers sometimes do and it’s Mikey who is the voice of common sense. April drops the turtles off at her father’s antique shop where they are to stay for awhile. As April and Casey drive off in her van, we see a mysterious woman whose watched all of the comings and goings of the group. The question is, who is the woman? In order to find out of course you gotta pick up next month’s issue.

I’m enjoying this new series and I’m loving the mixture of old and new in the story. As always, Eastman, Waltz, Duncan, and the rest of the crew are doing an amazing job. Go Green Machine!

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Tags: April O'Neil, Casey Jones, Hamato Yoshi, IDW Publishing, Karai, ninjas, Oroku Saki, shredder, Splinter, teenage mutant ninja turtles, the foot clan, TMNT

About the Writer: TaliAdina (71 Posts) Tali Adina is the creator of the blog Comicmaniacs. Tali also posts her thoughts and comic scripts on her blog The Diary of a Novice Comic Book Writer. She's also a contributor on WhyNotIndie.com. Her first comic book script "Defect Light to Combat the Darkness" was accepted to the women-created comic book anthology Womanthology, created by Renae De Liz. She was paired with artist Kelly Turnbull. She also wrote a one page story for the Womanthology Holiday PDF & Valentine's Day special with artist Brenda Kirk entitled "Don't Let the Light Go Out" and "June".

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