IDW TMNT New Animated Adventures #6

 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! 

While driving back to the lair, the Kraang ship follows and we have a scene where two Kraangs have a discussion about the secret device that isn't secret anymore. Donnie is examining the item and not getting too far. While Raph and Mikey goof off, Raph pokes the cylinder and an alarm starts going, the color changes and a smell fills the air. It's uh...a tentacle monster! It has the turtles in it's clutches and it hacks into the Shellraiser taking control. The turtles eventually escape and Raph escape on a stealth bike. Raph attempts to rescue the other brothers, but was grabbed by tentacle man. The others check to see if their brother is okay.

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.

The guys return the lair. April asks what happened and Donnie explains. Eventually Donnie fangirls about the items he can install onto the Shellraiser. Mikey throws off stupid ideas, like a water balloon launcher. Leo mocks the lesson by saying "Patience, Donnie, wisdom comes with patience. Donnie loses his patience and chases after Mikey.

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.