TMNT: Deviations Preview

[Utrommaniac]

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

An ever better (or at least darker) take on that idea: Stockman would find Raph first and turn him into a lab rat for Krang's military research experiments, ultimately creating a bunch of mutant turtle clones like that army of Bebops and Rocksteadies from Turtles in Time #4. The Madri from X-Men's famous Age of Apocalypse event also come to mind here... And so the other three brothers and Splinter would have to wage war on their own flesh and blood, as well as form unlikely alliances, to protect New York City and the world.

*Flips table* Time for a forum group project!
Okay, that might actually not happen, but it's too good not to work with.

[ChosenOne]

Originally Posted by Utrommaniac

*Flips table* Time for a forum group project!

I like your spirit.

Forgot to add: I could totally see this kind of story ending with Raph being rescued from Stockman's lab and ending up as an AU Mutagen Man, after going through some pretty gnarly experiments.

[Utrommaniac]

Originally Posted by ChosenOne

I could totally see this kind of story ending with Raph being rescued from Stockman's lab and ending up as an AU Mutagen Man, after going through some pretty gnarly experiments.

Oh MAN we need to put together a bubble map of all this! And a separate thread entirely in the fanworks section!

[DrSpengler]

Here's my full summary and review of TMNT: Deviations #1 at TMNT Entity.

It followed the old What If? comics trope where everybody dies at the end. Sort of an oldie but definitely a goody.

Dug Howard's heavily inked artwork; it was fitting for a story that was so brutal and dark.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

Here's my full summary and review of TMNT: Deviations #1 at TMNT Entity.

It followed the old What If? comics trope where everybody dies at the end. Sort of an oldie but definitely a goody.

Dug Howard's heavily inked artwork; it was fitting for a story that was so brutal and dark.

yeah, i think without that moody dark looking artwork it wouldn't have worked as well as it did?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

Here's my full summary and review of TMNT: Deviations #1 at TMNT Entity.

It followed the old What If? comics trope where everybody dies at the end. Sort of an oldie but definitely a goody.

Dug Howard's heavily inked artwork; it was fitting for a story that was so brutal and dark.

I think you hit the nail on the head with this statement, Spengs:

"I think the reason “What If?” stories were more popular in the ‘80s than they were afterward is because back then, comics hadn’t called quite so many do-overs in their mainstream canon."

[CyberCubed]

What-if stories are always popular, its always interesting to see an alternate take even if it usually ends with all important characters killed off and so forth.

[ProphetofGanja]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

I think you hit the nail on the head with this statement, Spengs:

"I think the reason “What If?” stories were more popular in the ‘80s than they were afterward is because back then, comics hadn’t called quite so many do-overs in their mainstream canon."

Yeah, pretty much every Marvel/DC what-if story by now has had a sequel, a reboot, and a crossover with the main comic timelines

[ProphetofGanja]

Originally Posted by ProphetofGanja

Yeah, pretty much every Marvel/DC what-if story by now has had a sequel, a reboot, and a crossover with the main comic timelines

Example:

Spider-Man

Gwen Stacy surviving

Gwen Stacy being the one bitten by a radioactive spider

Gwen Stacy ala Deadpool as a fan of Marvel comics who was somehow transported into the Marvel comic universe and now fights crime

Spider-Gwen and Gwenpool will eventually have a crossover, mark my words

I rest my case

[MikeandRaph87]

Originally Posted by ProphetofGanja

Example:

Spider-Man

Gwen Stacy surviving

Gwen Stacy being the one bitten by a radioactive spider

Gwen Stay ala Deadpool as a fan of Marvel comics who was somehow transported into the Marvel comic universe and now fights crime

Spider-Gwen and Gwenpool will eventually have a crossover, mark my words

I rest my case

They will face The Jackal and his army of Gwen clones.

[myconius]

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3






this art is TOO awesome for words!!!!!!!!!!


....btw ..... i really like it!!!

[Sabacooza]

Zach Howard's stuff is really gorgeous although some of his detail can look a little busy like panel five. It can be hard to make out what's what.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by Sabacooza

Zach Howard's stuff is really gorgeous although some of his detail can look a little busy like panel five. It can be hard to make out what's what.

yeah i see what you mean there about panel 5!
it could definitely benefit from the use of more BOLD whites to better pronounce the forms.
when shading an object to look 3-dimensional, LESS is definitely MORE!

still is really gorgeous though.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

This was a very awesome issue, a cool what if that is one of the few really violent TMNT comics I actually liked.

[VaughnMichael]

I bought this yesterday and really enjoyed it.
I hope we can see more like this down the road.