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Let's not forget we're still two years away from #100, and between the main ongoing, Universe and whatever else pops up, there's still quite a lot of ground that can be covered in regards to other essential characters and storylines in that time.
So the Battle Nexus, Maligna, Ch'rell, Null, Hun and other dangling threads could still be explored; "new" villains like Tokka & Rahzar, Dregg and Armaggon* could still be introduced; and other classic beats like Splinter's death and the return of the Shredder could still happen. Heck, I bet Splinter's death will happen for sure. The thing that would thrill me the most if this comic is to continue past #100 would be a Shredder War between Raph, Karai and Ch'rell, and eventually a resurrected Saki, all vying for the mantle of the Shredder with the Turtles caught in the middle. I feel that would pay tribute to several of the iterations that came before while leaving enough room for IDW to make it their own story. That seems to be the winning formula anyway. * - Why not kill two birds with one stone, and have another time travel story with Renet taking the Turtles to a different future from the one in Turtles in Time #4 now that they've averted Shredder and Krang's rule, and have Armaggon pop up as the big bad of that arc? Among all the possible shout-outs to Archie, one could even bring up the fact that we're not quite in the clear of a global rise in sea level just yet... |
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08-23-2017, 05:09 PM | #46 | |
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There's countless unexplored story opportunities. I do hope we get more slice-of-life stories with the IDW Turtles, to me they're often at their most entertaining when they're relaxed and just hanging out. But of course I still want to see the IDW team come up with new characters for them to interact with, both friends and foes. Old Hob and the Pantheon have been great additions to the TMNT mythos, I think they can come up with other worthwhile contributions. And I still want a Spider-Man crossover, dammit
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08-23-2017, 06:27 PM | #48 |
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08-23-2017, 08:39 PM | #49 |
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08-23-2017, 09:30 PM | #51 |
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We usually get more old characters re-imagined than new ones.
In the Dimension X arc so far we've gotten two new characters, the guy from the second issue, (who generally feels like Belly Bomb and Joe eyeball merged into one character) and the ball thingies from the first one if you count them, but besides that we've gotten Crying Hound, Stump/Sling, Antrax, Ace Duck, and we know Malinga is coming. In the upcoming Ghostbusters mini we know the ghost of Darius and the Dark Turtles will be used. Prior to that we had Bishop and Darkwater both from the cartoons. Of the Mutanimals not counting Hob himself, the only other new characters are Sally and Herman the crab. I do love that we have Koya and Bludgeon with Karai though rather than old familiar mutants. The good thing is the Pantheon has a nice mix of new and old characters, with more emphasis on new ones. Gothano, Toad Baron, Kitsune and Aka are new, while Rat King, Jagwar and Manmoth are old. One of the reasons the Pantheon genuine feels exciting is it's not based on any old material and the new characters they can do anything with. A lot of the new characters we do get from IDW tend to be secondary human characters, like Harold and his wife, Jennika, Woody, etc. But a lot of the major villains or recurring characters tend to be from TMNT history, and we already have Ch'rell teased too to possibly be the next big villain after Shredder/Krang. |
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Come to think of it since #51 began the new story arc, the only new IDW characters we've gotten besides the reveal of the last few Pantheon members are Jennika, Harold's wife and Hakk-R.
- The first story arc opened with Jennika, Darius and Jammerhead/Street Phantoms, the latter two from Fast Forward. - Then we had the Old Hob/Mutanimals and Hun arc, nobody new introduced. - Utroms wake up on Burnow Island, Ch'rell is teased, then we just had Traag and Granitor return for another fight - Leatherhead finally debuted in IDW as well - Then just Kitsune using Alopex to attack the Turtles and them going after her in Alaska - Then the finale of the Darius/Street Phantom story, this did introduce Harold's wife. So that's the only other new character so far. - Bishop debuted and he originated in 2k3, as well as Dark Water with Agent Winter and Knight. For those who don't know Dark Water is from Season 8 of the original cartoon. - Then of course the Pantheon arc introduced new characters like Gothano, Toad Baron, etc. Jagwar and Manmoth are from Archie. - Current Dimension X arc introduced Hakk-R and the alien from the second issue, everyone else is an old character. Everyone else like Antrax, Stump/Sling, Crying Hound, Ace Duck, etc. are old characters reimagined. Malinga is also from Archie. - In Universe it's the same, we got the IDW debut of Wyrm, a Metalhead story, the Bishop intro arc, Toad Baron, the IDW debut of Dreadmon, Karai's arc. So since #51 we've gotten 2 new IDW original Pantheon members (Gothano, Toad Baron, in addition to Aka and Kitsune who are IDW created), two new human allies like Jennika and Harold's wife, and then just one real new villain in Hakk-R, and the alien from Dimension X #2. So as seen just in the whole last batch of issues from #51 on, IDW does tend to bring back old characters moreso than create new ones. Maybe after issue 100 we'll see IDW introduce more new original characters. |
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I'm gonna argue that the Future Shark Trilogy is the most creative the franchise has ever been. How do you even come up with that sh*t?
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I would be interested in seeing a TMNT vs Mutanimals arc...I don't know what it would be about but it would be interesting to see them actually pitted against each other rather than just the brief differences in ideology that Hob has in contrast to the Turtles
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