By Mark Rodriguez
Originally written by Paige with opinions from Mark Rodriguez
One of the Kraang's bizzare creatures takes over the Shell Raiser! Let's see how the Turtles handle this one.
The Issue starts with April complaining about not being allowed to go out with
the turtles. She hits Splinter with the "I went on missions with the
turtles before" line. He counters with the "it always ends up with trouble"
excuse. One blow, below the belt! Ouch! He gives the lesson of the
issue, which is patience! Observation is the key to the current mission.
No action, just creep watch over the Kraang to see
what they're up to. And to only attack when the time is right. Lack of
patience equals disaster. They "agree" and the very next panel they're
breaking their promise. That was fast!
Donnie, the voice of reason, makes a comment about that's not what
splinter meant by "watch and learn". Leo just tells him plans can
change...Mikey impersonates Splinter, mocking Splinter's wise words and
only stops when the others yell at him. The Kraang are easily defeated
and the guys retrieve the secret device that the Kraang were working on.
Mikey wonders what the device is....asking if it's a coffee maker. Donnie looks infatuated
with the thing, also wondering what it was. Donnie takes the object and
they leave the Kraang lair. While leaving, Mikey has the feeling someone
is watching them, but decides it's just nothing. THEN a Kraang ship
appears!
The Shellraiser is tearing up the streets of New York. Eventually it
turns around and chases the turtles. They attempt to find a weak spot,
but that's also a failure. The Shellraiser is too tough. They regroup to
discuss a plan. They talk about being protected by their shells and
that makes Donnie realize something. The monster is in the Shellraiser
because it's using the car as protection. So the plan is to get the
thing out in the open. They're going to use the
impatience of the monster to defeat him. They use Mikey as bait to lure
the monster out of the Shellraiser. Which he does beautifully.
Mikey led the tentacle monster towards a wall, while the Kraang ship
watches over the action. Mikey uses his wall climbing tools to escape
the monster. Mikey taunts it, making the monster mad? Well, it
eventually works and it climbs out and chases after Mikey.
The turtles fight the thing and eventually notice who's creeping on them. They all hitch a ride on the ship, but the monster follows and jumps towards the ship. The turtles jump off. The ship is failing (since it is now attacking the Kraang) and it falls from the sky.
Paige's Opinion-
The Kraang return for this comic. They have a secret project that is not secret anymore because the turtles found the project. Now what is it? A tentacle monster? A Kraang on steroids? What is it? The cheesy part about these comics is the fact the lesson of the comic is always the answer to the turtle's problems. Where's Shredder? He only appeared for a few seconds in a previous issue. Bring him back! There is action to the story, first fighting the normal Kraang then the tentacle monster. A random adventure for the turtles. Another question I thought about is, how did they find out about the project by the Kraang. I really don't know what to say
The stories of these comic aren't too exciting. I still wish they would do a "to be continued issue". It will be more of an anxious reason to get a comic.
Mark's Opinion-
Decent story, but kinda simple and to the point. The odd part is we never got to see exactly what the monster was. It just seemed like a mess of random tentacles. It's odd how they mention this Kraang project and so forth seeing as it would never be on the actual show. Not too much to say. It had the moral about being patient and they were able to use it against the monster and make it actually turn against the Kraang. Again, a simple story, but it was cool to see the Turtles own vehicle turn against them and how they dealt with it.
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