TMNT #100 Preview and Discussion
 

First teaser:

The image link is broken, sir.

HOLY F***! :o

In light of recent failed speculation on my part, it brings me great joy to finally say...

...I told you so.

Help a brother out, guys... I can't see it...

I'm confused, all I see is a rough sketch of a dragon?
Clarification? Context? Anything? Please?:tconfuse:

What? You thought we lied when we said there'd be a dragon in #CityAtWar? O, ye of little faith! #TMNT 100 is officially underway!

https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1186361460114386944

OK, that's definitely a sketch of a dragon.

Dragonlord joining IDW?

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iuO1cg3NuZ...00/Slash05.jpg

No?

Not super into the idea of dragons, but you can obviously make anything work, with the right amount of creativity.
I guess it just brings to mind a typical, bombastic, finale, which I suppose this book needs to be. That's what issue #100's are supposed to be, right? Oh well, I'm sure there will be a lot to love in this issue whether the dragon thing works for me or not.

<deep breath>
<SCREAM>

Oh BOI here we go! Oh (dragon) lawd he coming!

Shame Mateus couldn't finish Shredder in Hell BEFORE #100.

Ah well. I'm sure the hardbacks will collect it in the proper order.

I mean, with time seeming non-linear in Shredder in Hell, it will probably work out.

Given issue 101 seems like a somewhat clean slate with the chaos ended, I am still kinda sitting here baffled how they're going to wrap this all up in another 2 issues, even double length. Besides Bishop and Karai, (and Old Hob), the whole Rat King and Pantheon coming into play too...and we got 2 issues for this.

You're forgetting Leatherhead. And Bebop and Rocksteady. So, yeah, no way #101 is a completely clean slate. It'll be a breather arc, or several arcs, but the other conflicts will still be ongoing. The only threats the Turtles are pretty much guaranteed to take out until then are Bishop/Metalhead and Karai's Foot Clan.

Seems to be somewhat of a breather though, as you said, so most likely Karai and the Foot are being resolved either way. Bishop will probably just "retreat" again like he did after Burnow Island, but I still wonder how they'll handle Hun or Metalhead.

I see Bishop going to jail after the very public stunt he pulls on the mutated civilians in #99 and being inevitably exposed for who he really is inside that suit. Metalhead will likely be destroyed. Hun probably dies, there's not much more that can be done with the character and a war needs casualties.

Tom is being kind and cruel to us.

One could even say he's being cruel to be kind, in the right measure. It's a very good sign.

:tcool:

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.

Why did I think Mateus was coming back for #100? Did I make that up?

Is the Pantheon's father really called Dragon Lord or is that something Technodrome Forums gave him? Also, has it ever been asked, "who's the mother?"

I do believe Kitsune and the others only ever talked about him as the Dragon and/or Dragon Warrior. Not sure if the latter is the same per se, or if it only applies to the Dragon's spirit in Saki's body. The Dreamer is said to be the Dragon's opposite number, so maybe that somehow makes it the "mother"? Not sure. For all we know, neither of them needs a counterpart to generate their spawn.

I actually posed that question to Bobby Curnow over on the ask the editor thread some months ago. That was before the latest SiH issue.

The answer can be found beautifully in Mateus Santolouco's SHREDDER IN HELL #4.

Talk soon...

Tom W.

I guess Bludgeon was right back in Karai's Path when he sensed that Ocho was gonna cause pain

It was confirmed in like, issue 66 when Kitsune told the siblings she wanted to revive the Dragon Lord.

Also, named/confirmed alive mothers of antagonists? In this series? Surely you jest :P .

Wachter's name is spelled wrong on the "all creators" cover

https://static2.cbrimages.com/wordpr...p&w=738&h=1113

... "D'oh!"

I mean, to be fair, there's a lot going into that layout, as awesome as it is.

Wow where did that cover come from? Did Ciero draw it? How the hell did they decide how big to make everyone's name? Jim Lawson's name should probably be like 3rd or 4th biggest .

I guess this is from #100 too?

I find it interesting that not all of the Mirage Dudes are the same size of caption. Also, that Jack Kirby gets the second biggest caption being the mutual inspiration. Did he actually do anything related to TMNT directly?

I know of 2 pin ups he did. Beyond that I can’t say.

A bunch of people's names are misspelled, it's embarrassing. :tgrumble: Also they have S-Bis and Kaori Matsuo (misspelled Matuso, to boot) but they're the same person, S-Bis is Kaori's pseudonym. Also they have some people who just did one or two retailer covers but then they left people off who have a body of TMNT work like Brittany Peer?? What a mess.

And your name is tiny for someone who's about to have their first issue as a head writer released! It took me quite a bit to find you in there.

I believe the cover originally posted is the first draft, and a bunch of corrections have been made to it before going to print. Thankfully!