THE FOREVER WAR - now it depends on YOU!
 

Friends! Like most folks visiting this page, I am a huge fan of Archie Comics’ TMNT Adventures series. It is no secret that this comic book was cancelled back in the nineties (1995, to be precise). Many of us have heard about something called “Forever War”, a mysterious story arc we all were dreaming about after its very first announcement in the latest issues of TMNT Adventures. Unfortunately, the story never made it to the printed page because of the series’ cancellation.

However, in 2009 Steve Murphy, creator of the series, has announced that “Forever War” is going to be released under the aegis of Mirage Studios. Despite the fact that he had been working on it for quite some time, it was decided that the story had to be totally rewritten and redrawn. It was supposed to be the one, true finale for the TMNT Adventures universe. Alas, the TMNT rights were sold to another party leaving fans devastated by the second cancellation.

And now, after 10 years of emptiness, our hope is returning and it will finally be rewarded! The thing is, my dear friends, that we have at our disposal all EXISTING ORIGINAL material of “Forever War“, right out of 1995! And it’s FORTY pages long, 2 complete issues out of 5!

But that’s not all! We’ve finished this story and gave it a spectacular ending using everything we had. Not a single page was left out, not a single dialogue perished! The story is naturally embedded into the Archieverse and it explains EVERY SINGLE incomplete plot thread, which had existed since the dawn of the series!

Moreover, the incredible Chris Allan has agreed to finish this story with his own hands -- he will illustrate this story from beginning to end!

We are the team that brought you the TMNT Volume 3 Conclusion, “Odyssey” and “Origin,” all created in participation with the Mirage Studios legends: Kevin Eastman, Jim Lawson, Frank Fosco, Dan Berger, A.C. Farley, Rick Arthur, Rick McCollum, Bill Anderson, Will Tupper, Andres Ponce and many others! We also created a variety of TMNT fan comic not related to the Mirage or Archie universes.

And today we are proud to present you the EXCLUSIVE! A 10-page sneak peak to this story!

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Of course, to make this happen, we need your help. Interested? Send me a message here or better on Facebook or email me.

UPDATE 2024-01-22

I'm proud to announce that the long-awaited The Forever War has gone to the printer! Preorders are still possible, except that I won't be able to include the names of the new sponsors on the Thanks list.
Send me a message if you somehow missed all the announcements or have been waiting for this exact moment.

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The singles will also go to printing as soon as I adjust the final version to a different sheet size.

My body is ready.

Wow, good time to get a bunch of TMNT storylines wrapped up. Nice to see Archie fans are getting this one now too.

I just can't stop coming back and gawking at these pages... it's beautiful!

If you guys like those, you haven't seen anything yet!

Andrew, please... my heart can only take so much.

Neat. Did the rest of the series ever have blood? That would surprise me

It was pretty rare.

I never read Archie TMNT series as I don't think it was released in the UK, but I would love to get this.

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Of course, the Archie Comics were published in the UK during the early 1990's

http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2016/...ay-comics.html

Oh, it was, back in ninetees, along with your own, UK-produced TMNT comics. The magazine called 'Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Adventures'. Here is more info (sorry, in Russian) with a complete list of issues:
http://www.turtlemania.ru/index.php?...d=93&Itemid=66

Oh right thanks, I was told a few years ago that it was never released here.

Wots all dis about? Oooh. This looks good.

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Archie TMNT doesn't interest me in the slightest, but I am super stoked for all you Archie TMNT fans! This is awesome news for you! Enjoy!!! :tgrin: :tgrin: :tgrin:

I think the blood was usually colored something "not red" so it could be easily mistaken for something else (mud? sweat?) like when the Mutanimals all got shot up and were laying dead when Future Raph and Donnie discovered them.

I'm with you brother.

This is pretty amazing.

Cool. I been a fan of the Archie TMNT Comics. and its great to see this story finally getting done.

This is some of the best news I've received all year! Is there somewhere to crowdfund yet?

No, there won't be any crowdfunding. Send Arseniy a message here or on Facebook or E-Mail.

Woweewowow. Too good to be true!! Just sent an email! :thyper:

That's amazing Chris Allan is back at the helm for it. I had an inkling something might be in the works when I saw he was doing special covers for y'all... Out of curiosity, how involved is Murphy in this conclusion?

This is awesome, but haven't we seen these pages before? Anyway. How do we help?

Not all of those, no. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

Just send Arseniy a message here or on Facebook or E-Mail.

Thats what I was wondering. If Murphy already had the script finished then I would imagine he is not really involved at all. I am just wondering if this is "His" actual storyline and ending or if some of the plot detail had to be filled in by others.

The script for the first two issues was intact within the pages. The synopsis/plot for 3-5 was mapped out by Arseniy, Artyom Tsarkov, and Egor Prutov a while back. Having read them, of course, I think the first two (intact) issues provided a pretty good roadmap of where things were supposed to go from there (also bolstered by knowing what's on the covers), if not perfectly. I'm writing the script for 3-5 based on that synopsis/plot.

Here is summary for all previously known material:
http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2011/...rever-war.html

As you can see, we got some new pages for you now. And as Andrew mentioned, this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Oh, I am so down and want a physical copy if it's happening. Email sent.

Considering volume 3 is getting a conclusion at IDW (and already had an alternate ending published), this project will leave volume 4 as the only major TMNT comic that's seemingly ended without an ending... it's nice to see these conclusions happen after all these years.

Donatello’s carapace is a Target on his back apparently

Wow! Is this really going to happen? I thought this was likely never to happen after The Forever War fell through in 2009. I'm not clear on everything but I sent an e-mail since I'm very interested. I'd love to see this series concluded after all of these years. I loved reading the Archie TMNT Adventures series and it is still one of my favorite versions of the turtles. Excited!!! :tgrin:

email sent...pretty cool!!!

This is some exciting news! So am I understanding this correctly? 1 and 2 were already written as an actual continuation by the original publisher and 3-5 are sanctioned fan-fiction?

Here is a little sneak peek from a totally new page from Chris Allan.
I'm going to show you some old and new stuff from time to time, stay tuned!

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What about the Furrlough story?? lol

Really good news!!! Now call Tristan Jones to finish The Mirage Universe book :tlol:

Haha, I thought of that too.

Granted, I'm not sure I want to see how that wraps up. :tlol: