By Mark Rodriguez
The Turtles and the Shredder are stuck in Gotham City, and the Foot Clan is stealing the needed equipment to find a way back home, hoping to leave the Turtles behind. The Turtles run into Batman, who thinks they're involved in the robberies, and after a brief fight ends up with one of Raph's sais. After examining the sai, Luscious Fox tells Bruce Wayne that it's from another world, and the steel from that world is adapting into the steel of this world. However, he found strains of a mutagen in the blood on the sai that doesn't exist in this world so it will soon become inert. This means if the Turtles and Splinter don't find a way home soon they'll eventually turn back into regular pets. Needing help, Splinter leads the Turtles to the Batcave....
The Shredder is with the Penguin at the Iceberg Lounge, and Cobblepot has his technicians have the portal machine ready to go back home. Shredder decides he wants to rule both his New York and Gotham City and will leave the portal open to bring more of his men over. The Penguin is surprised but Shredder reminds him that he belongs to the Foot Clan now and he will kill him if he disagrees. He tells the Foot to fetch the scientist.
Dr. Naveen Khan has been starved for days and he begs the Foot not to do this since this will destroy Gotham. Smoke appears and the Foot are defeated. Batman arrives and tells Khan to escape in a boat nearby with a man he can trust. The doctor says he can't stop them alone. Batman says he is not alone.
Shredder says this will be the dawn of a new era and the portal is ready to be activated. One of the Foot says they are still waiting for Khan. Shredder senses that something is wrong. The Penguin thinks it's Batman, but Shredder says there's too many, so it must be the Turtles and Splinter. Leo corrects 'Shred Head' and tells him it's a 'totally awesome team-up' between them and Batman. (Not sure why Leo just talked like Mikey).
Two hours earlier, Bruce Wayne tells Alfred that the Foot has gotten more active while the Turtles haven't been seen at all. The Foot have already stolen the last piece of equipment needed and it just went online, and it seems all the power is being used at the Iceberg Lounge. Bruce has to act now and heads for the Batcave. Alfred says it seems someone is down there already.
Mikey is playing around with the giant dinosaur statue and Splinter says they should not be disrespecting the belongings to someone that they're trying to get help from. Mikey points out that Don is geeking out at all of the scientific gear in the Batcave. Raph thinks the cave is something that would belong to a crazy person that runs around beating people up with a mask. Leo says he's also wearing a mask, but Raph says they're following tradition. He worries about Casey and April might die back home without their help and this man probably has no sense of family.
Batman arrives and sends Raph flying into the Batmobile, soon followed by Leo. Batman demands answers to everything, and Splinter says he knows he is Bruce Wayne and that he knows a lot more than he is letting on, hoping to get more information out of them. Batman knows they're ninjas but wants to know how they found his secret identity. Splinter says he is quite capable of following someone in a batsuit back to his lab unnoticed.
Splinter explains that they were fighting with the Foot when another enemy to them both, Krang appeared and sent them all the Gotham, so that he can rule the city without either of them in it. He knows that Shredder and the Foot hope to find a way home and leave them stranded in Gotham, which would mean that eventually they will turn back into normal animals. Just then the alarms go off and Alfred arrives with a shotgun. Mikey thinks he's a robot and Batman tells Alfred to stand down. Batman says the machine has already been activated and he will help them get home tonight. Mikey says he's awesome and Raph says that remains to be seen.
Back to the present, the Turtles and Batman are fighting the Foot. Leo tells Shredder to face them and Mikey says he has already lost. Shredder pulls out a detonator and blows up the portal machine. The Turtles panic but Batman says it can be rebuilt. Alfred informs Batman that Khan's head just blew up since it must have had a hidden bomb inside it. Shredder tells Batman that he expected more from him based on how the city fears him. Splinter arrives as Shredder says he was hoping he will, so he would get the pleasure of killing before he loses all sentience and becomes a normal rat.
Raph goes berserk and goes after Shredder, but the ninja master slices him across the shoulder. Shredder escapes in a helicopter while the others tend to Raph, who needed immediate medical attention. Mikey asks if they're going to die now that the machine was destroyed.
As Shredder climbs into the helicopter, he says he has lost men, and there is no going home now, but he can rebuild and form his empire in Gotham now. Someone tells him that they have taken over the helicopter and slit the original owners' throats, and were planning to do the same to him, but Shredder has captured their interest. As Shredder steps inside he sees that the man speaking to him is Rah's Al Ghul, who considers him his new partner.
My Opinions-
Man, those crazy villains, Shredder would rather strand himself in a world he doesn't know just as long as the Turtles and Splinter are doomed. In a sense, you can say Shredder wouldn't miss his world that much, since his original world in 16th century Japan is already gone anyway. I guess you can say Oroku Saki is a survivor and is able to adapt to whatever the situation is, whether it's modern day IDW New York to a whole new world in the DC Universe, just as long as he can spread his evil. And now Shredder has run into one of Batman's most deadliest foes, Rah's Al Ghul who is not someone he can push around as easily as the Penguin.
Also for them saying this is not the IDW TMNT, the story still seems to take place right in the middle of their battles against Krang and Shredder in the main series. Another kind of 'deviation', if you will, where Krang decided to just rid himself of the problem by sending the Turtles and the Foot out of his reality so he can conquer the world unopposed. I assume Karai, Bebop, and Rocksteady can only do so much without Shredder in command, and the rest of the Turtles' friends are toast.
The only other thing that stands out in the comic is Leo's line of 'this being a totally awesome crossover' and calling Shredder 'Shred Head'. That's totally a Mikey line and no idea why they gave it to Leo.
I wonder if any of the Robins have ever tried riding the dinosaur statue that Batman keeps in the Batcave for whatever reason.
The Turtles and the Shredder are stuck in Gotham City, and the Foot Clan is stealing the needed equipment to find a way back home, hoping to leave the Turtles behind. The Turtles run into Batman, who thinks they're involved in the robberies, and after a brief fight ends up with one of Raph's sais. After examining the sai, Luscious Fox tells Bruce Wayne that it's from another world, and the steel from that world is adapting into the steel of this world. However, he found strains of a mutagen in the blood on the sai that doesn't exist in this world so it will soon become inert. This means if the Turtles and Splinter don't find a way home soon they'll eventually turn back into regular pets. Needing help, Splinter leads the Turtles to the Batcave....
The Shredder is with the Penguin at the Iceberg Lounge, and Cobblepot has his technicians have the portal machine ready to go back home. Shredder decides he wants to rule both his New York and Gotham City and will leave the portal open to bring more of his men over. The Penguin is surprised but Shredder reminds him that he belongs to the Foot Clan now and he will kill him if he disagrees. He tells the Foot to fetch the scientist.
Dr. Naveen Khan has been starved for days and he begs the Foot not to do this since this will destroy Gotham. Smoke appears and the Foot are defeated. Batman arrives and tells Khan to escape in a boat nearby with a man he can trust. The doctor says he can't stop them alone. Batman says he is not alone.
Shredder says this will be the dawn of a new era and the portal is ready to be activated. One of the Foot says they are still waiting for Khan. Shredder senses that something is wrong. The Penguin thinks it's Batman, but Shredder says there's too many, so it must be the Turtles and Splinter. Leo corrects 'Shred Head' and tells him it's a 'totally awesome team-up' between them and Batman. (Not sure why Leo just talked like Mikey).
Two hours earlier, Bruce Wayne tells Alfred that the Foot has gotten more active while the Turtles haven't been seen at all. The Foot have already stolen the last piece of equipment needed and it just went online, and it seems all the power is being used at the Iceberg Lounge. Bruce has to act now and heads for the Batcave. Alfred says it seems someone is down there already.
Mikey is playing around with the giant dinosaur statue and Splinter says they should not be disrespecting the belongings to someone that they're trying to get help from. Mikey points out that Don is geeking out at all of the scientific gear in the Batcave. Raph thinks the cave is something that would belong to a crazy person that runs around beating people up with a mask. Leo says he's also wearing a mask, but Raph says they're following tradition. He worries about Casey and April might die back home without their help and this man probably has no sense of family.
Batman arrives and sends Raph flying into the Batmobile, soon followed by Leo. Batman demands answers to everything, and Splinter says he knows he is Bruce Wayne and that he knows a lot more than he is letting on, hoping to get more information out of them. Batman knows they're ninjas but wants to know how they found his secret identity. Splinter says he is quite capable of following someone in a batsuit back to his lab unnoticed.
Splinter explains that they were fighting with the Foot when another enemy to them both, Krang appeared and sent them all the Gotham, so that he can rule the city without either of them in it. He knows that Shredder and the Foot hope to find a way home and leave them stranded in Gotham, which would mean that eventually they will turn back into normal animals. Just then the alarms go off and Alfred arrives with a shotgun. Mikey thinks he's a robot and Batman tells Alfred to stand down. Batman says the machine has already been activated and he will help them get home tonight. Mikey says he's awesome and Raph says that remains to be seen.
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| Love how the Turtles are in the classic Mirage pose |
Back to the present, the Turtles and Batman are fighting the Foot. Leo tells Shredder to face them and Mikey says he has already lost. Shredder pulls out a detonator and blows up the portal machine. The Turtles panic but Batman says it can be rebuilt. Alfred informs Batman that Khan's head just blew up since it must have had a hidden bomb inside it. Shredder tells Batman that he expected more from him based on how the city fears him. Splinter arrives as Shredder says he was hoping he will, so he would get the pleasure of killing before he loses all sentience and becomes a normal rat.
Raph goes berserk and goes after Shredder, but the ninja master slices him across the shoulder. Shredder escapes in a helicopter while the others tend to Raph, who needed immediate medical attention. Mikey asks if they're going to die now that the machine was destroyed.
As Shredder climbs into the helicopter, he says he has lost men, and there is no going home now, but he can rebuild and form his empire in Gotham now. Someone tells him that they have taken over the helicopter and slit the original owners' throats, and were planning to do the same to him, but Shredder has captured their interest. As Shredder steps inside he sees that the man speaking to him is Rah's Al Ghul, who considers him his new partner.
My Opinions-
Man, those crazy villains, Shredder would rather strand himself in a world he doesn't know just as long as the Turtles and Splinter are doomed. In a sense, you can say Shredder wouldn't miss his world that much, since his original world in 16th century Japan is already gone anyway. I guess you can say Oroku Saki is a survivor and is able to adapt to whatever the situation is, whether it's modern day IDW New York to a whole new world in the DC Universe, just as long as he can spread his evil. And now Shredder has run into one of Batman's most deadliest foes, Rah's Al Ghul who is not someone he can push around as easily as the Penguin.
Also for them saying this is not the IDW TMNT, the story still seems to take place right in the middle of their battles against Krang and Shredder in the main series. Another kind of 'deviation', if you will, where Krang decided to just rid himself of the problem by sending the Turtles and the Foot out of his reality so he can conquer the world unopposed. I assume Karai, Bebop, and Rocksteady can only do so much without Shredder in command, and the rest of the Turtles' friends are toast.
The only other thing that stands out in the comic is Leo's line of 'this being a totally awesome crossover' and calling Shredder 'Shred Head'. That's totally a Mikey line and no idea why they gave it to Leo.
I wonder if any of the Robins have ever tried riding the dinosaur statue that Batman keeps in the Batcave for whatever reason.
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