Tales of the TMNT #63
 

Due out tomorrow.

....and...?

... remember to pick it up tomorrow so we can discuss...?

I would have thought the opening post would have had more substance... at least a copy & paste of a summary. At this point, I had to go to the site to jog my memory of the plot.

So that means I'll be getting mine next week, as my comic shop of choice seems to be a week behind everyone else.

Same here dude, don't worry.

Did this actually drop today? Neither of my LCS had it.

If it ain't late, it ain't Mirage...or something like that. :tconfuse:

We got it here in Australia, along with the Don book.

I thought maybe it had been delayed because of the incoming buyout. Thank God that doesn't seem to be the case.

Still haven't seen the first Don issue up here. And as I've said before, we never got ANY of Mikey.

Small update, y'all: Midtown Comics lists Tales #63 as coming out THIS coming week ( Wednesday, October 28 ), rather than last.

Which would perhaps explain why it was nowhere to be seen, around here, last week.

I'm looking forward to it. Especially now.

It was certainly in my box, Donatello #2 as well.

A lot of fun this issue. It really seems like Berger and Brown tried to channel Tristan in this (this being a direct sequel to Tristan's #50) in a lot of the storytelling and dialogue here.

I'm curious to hear Tristan's thoughts on this issue. He's gotten to follow-up-on and plug holes here and there in between others' stories... now, for the first time, others at Mirage are doing that to his stories.

I think it's a lot of fun, again. And it looks like it's finally the real end of Marlin... unless some other issue has him like cutting his way out of that dinosaur's gut.

I got it today (I think it's the first time they've actually gotten a TMNT issue the same week). Still no Don yet.

I thought the total shift from Harmon's work in 50 to Lawson's in 63 was totally jarring. The bunyips no longer look badass, I didn't even recongize Marlin when flipping through it, and the side of Leatherhead's head looks weird. The "Boss Monster" (does it even have a proper name?) looks flippin' awesome though, just as much in Lawson's art as the back cover.

The story was pretty cool, although Marlin's escape from death from last issue was kind of lame. It fit his character, but it didn't make it any less eye-rolling.

Hope the bastard's finally dead, now.

Well, yes... but what can you do? I don't think anyone was expecting Lawson to try and emulate Harmon's style.

I actually don't think that I knew/realized/remembered Lawson was doing the art.

This thread needs a sticky!

I still have yet to go and pick it up though.

Oh goody.... Leatherhead's got healing factor now. Just what every comic series needs. A hot headed mutant with healing factor. :P

I thought it was a pretty interesting issue. Loved the appearance of the frogman. My first and only thought upon seeing it was "awww...the Punk Frogs now live on an island off the coast of Australia...." :lol:

Got mine yesterday, but I'm not gonna read it till my back issues come in since I picked up #50.

Good man. Won't make a lotta sense without it :lol:

How awesome was it? The story was kinda meh for me the last issue I read with the Leatherhead/hunter stuff. It was also too damn dark to tell what was going on.

I thought it was pretty damn good and I hope Marlin is dead finally.
That big monster at the end was wicked looking.
I thought Jim's art in this issue was some of his better work in the series.
I know this isn't the last issue but I'm really going to miss tales.

Marlin appears to be dead....what with being eaten head first by Nessie. :lol:

He would have come back as just a head on a robotic body I'm sure

Just picked this one up today.

I like it. I thought it was a fair follow-up to the EPIC Tales #50. Obviously, this issue doesn't come close to that one but a respectable effort nonetheless.

Nice little use of the biblical reference to Colossians 1:16-17:
Marlin: "What's wrong with you, man? Helping these abominations? It's the Devil's work!"
Solider: *quotes Colossians* "I am a man of God and do His bidding. Do not dare to judge me, heretic."

LOL, I never picked up that Marlin was a twisted religious zealot.

And yeah, Leo, Marlin must be the luckiest man alive... assuming he survived.:P

BTW, really liked that pin-up with the Turtles fighting both the Foot and the Utroms, even if the art was a little bit too busy to make out everything. Not a scene we see very often!

Hmm, I liked it. Leo's looks at Raph were pretty funny.

But I'm sick of the "don't stoop to his level" sh*t, that's so corny (Although Raph's comment was really funny).

I liked this issue, I really like Marlin



Sadly with Tales going this'll probably be the end of the Marlin character along with it. He had some awesome potential. :(