TMNT Urban Legends #24 Preview and Discussion
 

Finally! First look:

Is it just me or the pages have been compress from top to bottom?

Yes a little. All Itunes previews have this problem.

Can't wait. Really thankful that IDW is releasing both this and The Last Ronin. Pretty damn cool.

Between these two and Batman vs TMNT, we are getting more TMNT products aimed at an older audience than we have for quite some time, when you think about it. It's nearly suspect.

"Don't do that!"

Exactly.

While I am excited to read this and the rest of IDW's conclusion for the Image run, I highly doubt this is going to cause me to strike Andrew's issues from my personal head-canon. The rubber stamp of "officiality" be damned. Still, I hope it's good, if only for those who aren't aware of the earlier conclusion and those who feel beholden to the aforementioned rubber stamp. Not trying to start drama with those who may disagree, just sharing my two cents.

Full preview.

Some really great stuff in store these next 3 issues, for sure.

Don't worry... this is really good.

I'm definitely getting these last three issues! Glad to support this project.

I really wish they could do more after the end of Urban legends. Something in-between this and Volume 4.
Are the sells any good?

It is so refreshing to read a tmnt comics without dozens of mutants or female turtles.

Misogynist :tlol:

this was the only thing i was looking forward to this year and now i can't wait for it to come out

Karai's daughter being alive, is this a concept ever brought up before? As far I knew she was considered dead in all other comics set after City at War.

lol how did on THE STORY SO FAR intro page did they miss his name spelled as RALPH??

So it was actually the armor? I didn't see that coming.

I don't think Karai's (apparently) deceased daughter so much as received a quick mention in anything post-CAW. Until now.

Both of these are surprising, yet organic, extensions of everything set up in the comics continuity up to that time.

I know, right?
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lol How does the 30th Anniversary story fit in now if 24 starts where 23 ends? :P

This is really good so far. The Lady Shredder twist makes sense and it's nice to see Warlord Komono return after disappearing after the first 5 issues. It's funny we spent 25+ years wondering who Lady Shredder was and we were all wrong. :lol:

I forgot that Cheng was still leeching off Splinter's life force in the astral plane, but I didn't remember Splinter being in a coma at the end of issue 23...but I'm sure they'll save him. Love the bits with Mike/Don/Shadow/Dr. X. Looks like Donatello growing a new shell (which from what I remember is similar to what Andrew came up with), is going to happen.

Seems like everything is lining back into continuity for Vol. 4. They'll just have to explain how Leo gets his hand back, but we'll see.

A few things missing so far that may or may not be covered:

- The Komodo Dragon mutant is nowhere to be seen, he escaped in the sewers somewhere after they rescued Leatherhead from him. But if he doesn't turn up I guess it's not a big deal.

- Speaking of Leatherhead he was teleported somewhere unknown after issue 22-23, but I guess he could just be on Earth somewhere.


Besides that the gangsters wanted to get Shadow back again, I wonder if they'll be covered at all or if there's just no time for that.

April taking credit for Mike's writing is... an unexpected twist, but a little gutwrenching for our Turtle.

Don's armor continues to cause problems for everyone, :tlol:

Andrew's reveal of who Lady Shredder was is, I think, a better story. But seeing Karai with her daughter was unexpected and fun. And I love seeing Warlord Komodo back!

Who Lady Shredder actually is, though... not a fan. Seems gimmicky, and not at all what they were originally going to do. But kudos for tying past storylines together.

Next issue, Cyborg Utrom Dr. X! I look forward to it immensely...

I don't think April is taking credit for Mike's story (I mean well she technically IS), but Mike knows about it and most likely told her to do it because he knows a mutant turtle can't publish a book and appear on TV. It's not like she did it behind his back, most likely he told her to do so it could be published.

I forgot to mention before, I love how the story and writing seems to flow so naturally from issue 23...something they finished writing back in 1999! If you told me this issue came out a month after issue 23 in 1999 I'd believe it, the writing and art hasn't missed a beat. It really does feel like a comic from 20+ years ago, and not like something trying to imitate the old writing style. Usually writers have trouble getting back into the groove of an old story from literally decades ago, but this feels like it was written back then.

On another note, it's kinda funny to me Karai hasn't moved an inch in the chair she's sitting in while all these characters are fighting around her and her comatose daughter. :lol:

So lady shredder is just living armor? Huh

Cool issue. Glad this is happening.

I might have expected more given the long absence and buildup to this, but at the same time, what more can you ask for than to be plopped right back into the story that was in limbo for so long?

I liked the reveals and seeing Karai with her daughter made me feel like I was reading a direct sequel to City at War, my favorite TMNT story.

That was pretty dumb. Up there with April the living drawing and mystical thug Rat King for stupid origins.

I didn't think of it in those terms, but yeah, I feel the same. I'd be more pissed if we didn't have Andrew's stuff that got there first.

I don't see it like those because it's not like Lady Shredder is an established character like Mirage April or Rat King.

There's really no other viable female characters to use and it not being Karai was the right decision because this takes place right after City at War. Remember that Tales story didn't exist in the 90's so there's no way to do what Andrew did. It fits the narrative of the 90's books much more.

I only hope the Turtles are reunited before the final issue.

Not even close. April and Rat King were stablished character with unnecesary dumb origins. We didn't knew anything about Lady Shredder, she just showe up in one issue and didn't kney anything else for more than 20 years, and at least now we know what happened to the armor.

The dumb part is that we waited 20+ years to find out there's nobody in the armor.

To be clear, Gary DID tell me eons ago who Lady Shredder was. He did. And I could have done that, with her. Just, personally, in the interests of tying it into the vein of the "greater Mirage universe," I thought it best and tidyest to instead make it Tang Amaya from the Tales of the TMNT Vol. 2 issue (who we knew as alive, floating around in the ether, an unresolved Mirage thing/loose end), rather than to resurrect someone we'd already closed the book on and never gave a second thought to. He gave his blessing at the time, but that certainly doesn't mean he needed to repeat what I did in this.

But I dig it! It's awesome to see.

Thanks for the reveal! I'm glad we can have both versions just to imagine "what if."