By Mark Rodriguez
Rocksteady bashed Donnie's shell open with a sledgehammer. Don wakes up to find out that his mind/soul/consciousness/whatever is now in Metalhead's body!!! Meanwhile, with Baxter watching over Shredder, the Foot is without their leader and Karai is quick to take control. What happens now?
The issue opens with Metalhead-Donnie watching over himself and giving the others instructions on how to watch his body, including transporting him back to the lair. The others feel Don is adjusting to the situation rather quickly, but he tells them that all of this is actually freaking him out.
Raph is sulking and Apolex comforts him, telling him that there's nothing they could have done since they were busy taking down the Technodrome and basically saving the world. Leo tells him they have to hit the streets to get ready for whatever consequences the city will now face after their actions. Angel teases Apolex for being friendly with Raph and they both decide to head out on their own patrol, starting with the Second Time Around store.
Casey arrived to find Hun with April's parents and he's pretty drunk. Hun is happy because as far as he knows the Foot is done and Shredder's dead, so he no longer has reason to kill Casey anymore and they can be a family again. Casey doesn't believe it and says he still has a drinking problem. April's dad tells him to leave and Angel and Alopex also arrive, so Hun steps out, smashing a bottle of *ahem* Zack Daniels in his hand in anger.
Casey tells the girls that they're ok, and Angel tells him that Hun was right about the major defeat of the Foot at the hands of the Turtles. She then tells him about the bad news.
Elsewhere, Karai announces she will take over the Foot and lead them to be even stronger than before. They will seek out their enemies and kill them.
Metal-Donnie and Fugitoid discuss the how the turtle will adjust in his robot body. As Metalhead, his mind can now process information a lot faster than before. Donnie feels weird since he feels like he's supposed to be hungry and tired, and his back should be racked with pain, but its not. Harold tells him it's just phantom pains and his own biological clock ticking as his body adjusts to being a robot.
Mikey hangs with Woody and feels kinda bummed that he just helped defeat Krang and Shredder, and already Splinter has them out and about looking for more trouble. Woody reminds him that at least he saved the world.
Meanwhile, a guy named Miller sneaks out of the New York Tech building asking himself what he's gotten himself into. Moments earlier, he was telling April about what he knows about the Pantheon (which is composed of Kitsune, the Rat King and Chi-You, the villain the Turtles faced in the Ghostbusters crossover) and their deadly contest to see who will eventually rule the world. April takes the book to investigate. Back to the present, Miller is suddenly killed by one of the Foot Elite.
Baxter shows Shredder the TCRI building, one of his many fronts for his plans. Shredder wants to return to the Foot, but Baxter wishes to show him inside the building before doing so. Baxter mentions how important it is to stay several steps ahead of the game, like chess, and shows him a manufacturing plant, creating hundreds of flyborgs and mousers.
Back at April's house, the O'Neils decide it's time to head to bed and
Angel and Alopex decided to leave too. Casey decides to give April a
call and see how she's doing. Just then, they're called out by Hun, who
has returned with another bottle of Zack, and the Purple Dragons with
him, to remind them of who own the streets.
My Opinions-
As predicted, Karai was quick to take lead of the Foot and I guess whatever business venture Baxter and Shredder have will give him time to heal up and recover. I am still not clear on what exactly Baxter wants with Shredder or why he needs him, so far it just feels like a reason to keep him away from the Foot.
Hun is still the tragic character with some twisted form of good intentions. He wants his son back and be a better father, but that will never work as long as he's still running around with the Purple Dragons.
April suddenly has a big interest with the Pantheon and I guess, decides now is the time to deal with it. One odd theme the IDW series has are all these major threats kinda/sorta looming in the distance, just far away enough give the heroes enough time to decide when they want to deal with it. It took Krang enough time to build the Technodrome to give the Turtles enough time to get to it, and the Pantheon isn't in any particular hurry to rule the world super right now, so April can now dedicate some time to it. It's just an interesting coincidence I noticed.
Sadly I missed out on 'Secret History of the Foot Clan' mini-series, so I missed out on how April knew Miller. The Pantheon however has already made some of its members known, such as The Rat King who was messing with April and Casey in their mini-series, and Chi-You. I liked how even though the characters don't directly mention the Ghostbusters, their crossover still counts as continuity here. Too bad they couldn't have done the same with Batman, but I guess that would have been too much of a mess.
The last thing I like to comment on is Shredder in regular clothes. It's subtle, but it reminds us that Shredder is literally a man out of time, also being from 16th century Japan and being in stasis until awakening in modern day. You rarely see IDW Shredder act normal, and moments like this does make it look like he just walks around his headquarters in ninja armor all day. So far, only the 2K3 Shredder was the only one to make an effort to appear like a legit businessman in broad daylight and actually leave the evil lair once in a while.
Rocksteady bashed Donnie's shell open with a sledgehammer. Don wakes up to find out that his mind/soul/consciousness/whatever is now in Metalhead's body!!! Meanwhile, with Baxter watching over Shredder, the Foot is without their leader and Karai is quick to take control. What happens now?
The issue opens with Metalhead-Donnie watching over himself and giving the others instructions on how to watch his body, including transporting him back to the lair. The others feel Don is adjusting to the situation rather quickly, but he tells them that all of this is actually freaking him out.
Raph is sulking and Apolex comforts him, telling him that there's nothing they could have done since they were busy taking down the Technodrome and basically saving the world. Leo tells him they have to hit the streets to get ready for whatever consequences the city will now face after their actions. Angel teases Apolex for being friendly with Raph and they both decide to head out on their own patrol, starting with the Second Time Around store.
Casey arrived to find Hun with April's parents and he's pretty drunk. Hun is happy because as far as he knows the Foot is done and Shredder's dead, so he no longer has reason to kill Casey anymore and they can be a family again. Casey doesn't believe it and says he still has a drinking problem. April's dad tells him to leave and Angel and Alopex also arrive, so Hun steps out, smashing a bottle of *ahem* Zack Daniels in his hand in anger.
Casey tells the girls that they're ok, and Angel tells him that Hun was right about the major defeat of the Foot at the hands of the Turtles. She then tells him about the bad news.
Elsewhere, Karai announces she will take over the Foot and lead them to be even stronger than before. They will seek out their enemies and kill them.
Metal-Donnie and Fugitoid discuss the how the turtle will adjust in his robot body. As Metalhead, his mind can now process information a lot faster than before. Donnie feels weird since he feels like he's supposed to be hungry and tired, and his back should be racked with pain, but its not. Harold tells him it's just phantom pains and his own biological clock ticking as his body adjusts to being a robot.
Mikey hangs with Woody and feels kinda bummed that he just helped defeat Krang and Shredder, and already Splinter has them out and about looking for more trouble. Woody reminds him that at least he saved the world.
Meanwhile, a guy named Miller sneaks out of the New York Tech building asking himself what he's gotten himself into. Moments earlier, he was telling April about what he knows about the Pantheon (which is composed of Kitsune, the Rat King and Chi-You, the villain the Turtles faced in the Ghostbusters crossover) and their deadly contest to see who will eventually rule the world. April takes the book to investigate. Back to the present, Miller is suddenly killed by one of the Foot Elite.
Baxter shows Shredder the TCRI building, one of his many fronts for his plans. Shredder wants to return to the Foot, but Baxter wishes to show him inside the building before doing so. Baxter mentions how important it is to stay several steps ahead of the game, like chess, and shows him a manufacturing plant, creating hundreds of flyborgs and mousers.
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| It's cool seeing Shredder in normal clothes for once. He does look a bit like the Saki design from the 2K3 cartoon |
My Opinions-
As predicted, Karai was quick to take lead of the Foot and I guess whatever business venture Baxter and Shredder have will give him time to heal up and recover. I am still not clear on what exactly Baxter wants with Shredder or why he needs him, so far it just feels like a reason to keep him away from the Foot.
Hun is still the tragic character with some twisted form of good intentions. He wants his son back and be a better father, but that will never work as long as he's still running around with the Purple Dragons.
April suddenly has a big interest with the Pantheon and I guess, decides now is the time to deal with it. One odd theme the IDW series has are all these major threats kinda/sorta looming in the distance, just far away enough give the heroes enough time to decide when they want to deal with it. It took Krang enough time to build the Technodrome to give the Turtles enough time to get to it, and the Pantheon isn't in any particular hurry to rule the world super right now, so April can now dedicate some time to it. It's just an interesting coincidence I noticed.
Sadly I missed out on 'Secret History of the Foot Clan' mini-series, so I missed out on how April knew Miller. The Pantheon however has already made some of its members known, such as The Rat King who was messing with April and Casey in their mini-series, and Chi-You. I liked how even though the characters don't directly mention the Ghostbusters, their crossover still counts as continuity here. Too bad they couldn't have done the same with Batman, but I guess that would have been too much of a mess.
The last thing I like to comment on is Shredder in regular clothes. It's subtle, but it reminds us that Shredder is literally a man out of time, also being from 16th century Japan and being in stasis until awakening in modern day. You rarely see IDW Shredder act normal, and moments like this does make it look like he just walks around his headquarters in ninja armor all day. So far, only the 2K3 Shredder was the only one to make an effort to appear like a legit businessman in broad daylight and actually leave the evil lair once in a while.
Oddly enough though, Donnie himself didn't get as much focus, other than a few panels detailing how he has to adjust to being in a non-living non-feeling body. I know we have several characters to focus on, but I would have liked more of this issue to be about Donatello, especially after last issue's cliffhanger.
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