issue 9 is out! [spoilers]
 

be warned of spoilers....

so what did everyone think? i thought it was a pretty good issue. it was cool seeing baxter...or what was left...for a short time, haha. my only problem is that nanoturtlebots are on the cover, and it was pretty obvious what they were for, and all that, yet we didnt get to see them put to good use.

of course i thought one of the biggest things was in the letters: issue 10 - 60 pages :o . he also mentioned again that someone would die in issue 10, but we already knew that. only 2 months to go! hehe.

I haven't read issue 9 yet but I can tell you this. Today I went to the comic store 1 hour after they opened. I always buy 2 of each comic. One to read and one to keep in mint shape. Anyway, I went to find the new Turtles issue 9 and they only had 2 copies left on teh shelf. I grabbed them, bagged them, and paid the cashier. He was like, are we out now. I said yes and he said that this thing sold so fast he couldn't even believe it. Although I did not read it yet I must say that I do like the cover a lot. Different but cool. I suggest anyone who hasn't bought this new Mirage series top get off your butt and get all 9 issues NOW!!!!!

I'm going to get my copy on Saturday. They should have it saved for me as usual (although they almost screwed up last time)

I got my issue :D

i got mine and there was only two left me and my freind got them. Baxter mention something about time travel. Will that play out in the future. I think it was cool seeing baxter with a mouser in the background. I wish he didnt die though it was cool that don kept him alive i saw the cover and i was like what the hell. I thaught they were little robot turtles that faught. Im glad there little nanobots.

Spoilerathon

Wow Issue 9 ruled!!! The Donatello/Baxter scene was awesome, yet quite macabre. And was anyone else grossed out by the dinosaur ripping the Utrom to pieces. Don't get me wrong, I loved it, but it was sick! This was far and away the best Vol. 4 issue yet.

We also got some cool tidbits from Laird:
1) "Reimaging" of Vol. 1 #8 this year. All new introduction to Savanti Romero and Renet.
2) The storyline for Volume 4 will be random and not told in arcs.
3) An official Mirage continuity timeline! (Similiar to what we tried to do on this board)

i agree stefano. i didnt like the cover at first but when i found out they were nanobots i guess they are pretty cool. i cant wait for issue 10. 60 whole pages and a death. thats gunna be kickasssss!

also were did the dinosaurs come from?

I almost didn't go to the comic store today. What got me to actually go, though, was the idea that TMNT might be this week. And it was! I bought the new TMNT and also Batman: The Killing Joke (not new). Just finished both and liked both a lot.


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The dinosaur stuff was intense. Can't wait to find out more about them. I wonder if Baxter Stockman is dead for good, or if he will reassemble himself somehow. You just can't seem to kill Baxter Stockman. Also, if he dies, they won't be able to travel through time - unless somebody else figures it out - or unless it wasn't relevant.

The wait between comics feels so long, but it is so worth it (though one day I may have to go back and re-read them all, just to make sure I got everything, as sometimes its hard to retain all that happened for two months).

In the back Peter makes note of mentioning that he posts negative letters. I noticed that, and actually thought about writing in to mention it, but he beat me to it. Hell, I might do it anyway. I always thought that was cool. And SO MANY letters! A lot of comic books only feature like 4 letters that can fit on one page, ALL of them praising the comic.

Sheesh! I hope April doesn't die... Though it'd be... I don't know... cool, in that it would be mega-important... then, maybe they could travel back in time to save her from being stabbed by Baxter in the first place... but then, if that happened, she would have never gotten the things, and they would've never traveled back in time, and if they had never traveled back in time, then she would get the nanobots, but if she did... that's about the time the universe caves in, I guess.

GU,
I'm guessing that Baxter's dead this time around. He was essentially obliterated by that Triceraton gun set to full blast. That exchange between Don and Baxter was one of my favorite scences in all of Mirage history. Well done Peter.

I hope Baxter' time travel reference is not used. I've never been much of a fan of time travel. Besides the TMNT already have a means of time travel: Renet.

I'm very curious about who's going to die next issue. The obvious answer would be April. But it's so obvious that for the sake of fiction I'm almost assuming it's not her. If it is not her, I'd guess Casey or Shadow who sacrifice themselves to save April's life.

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Actually, just speculation... I actually think that it will be April's "sister" if it's not April. She seems pretty easy to let go.

Woah Woah WOAH....


Dinosaurs?! :D IN the Comic? :o :-?

No Laird said that he has never killed off a character as important as the one he's about to. Now remember he did kill off the Shredder! So it must be one of the "elite 8". Casey, April, Splinter, Shadow, or the 4 TMNT.

this is the best one so far, the coment, "after so many years of hiding... keeping in the shadows..." "to be able to walk around in the light of day... mingle with humanity... frankly, i love it!" That so perfect! And also dons comment about apple's hardware :lol:

hmmm
 

I think its a pretty safe bet that none of the turtles are going to die.

April and/or Casey seem like the most obvious choices.

However.... I think Laird might throw in a freaky plot twise having Splinter die of a heart attack on the last page or somethin'.

We'll see....

i will be pissed if one of the turtles die

Nah.. Laird ain't gonna kill the TMNT. I thnk it's going to be one of the highly influential humans.

SPOILAGE ALERT!

But yeah, I was definately bemused with the intrro of the highly evolved raptors with a Gollum slur. Makes ya wonder if the dinos read LotR in their freetime. But, I guess that's better than sounding like Dinobot. :p

I had read a couple issues of Paleo last year too, a dino comic that Lawson does in his free time. That is an interesting comic, and it surprises me how well drawn it is. I wonder if there will be a link between that one and this TMNT comic...?

Then Donny has this secret room for his techno-stash. And Baxter the cyborg. *lol* Oh yeah... that was rather interesting. Really... rather.. interesting... :evilgrin: What was also odd, is that I assumed Baxter just went into the ocean and more or less died there. Didn't even cross my mind that he was still functioning. Makes me wonder even more just what lengths Don went through years earlier to 'arrest' him.

But anyway.. the letters were interesting too. And... I rest my case that Laird has contacts here, some way, some how. He addressed the bicker fest that I remember going on in one of the threads here about how he responded to letters and stuff to be a nice explaination too. :wink:

I don't think he has contacts. I think he's reading it all himself. *waves* Hi Peter!!! :) Which is cool and all. I just find it unfortunate that he has to defend himself because of a handful of people who come up with rediculous rumors and/or fail to express their opinions in the most intelligent manner.

I liked the issue. And I definately laughed at the dino's Gollum lisp!

I am really looking forward to the next issue. It seems far too obvious that it'll be April that dies, so I can't help but think it's going to be someone else. But I haven't a clue who that would be. I do have a feeling that no matter who it is, I'm gonna cry! I'm such a wuss like that...

Yeah, either he's reading it himself, or someone very close to him is. (Shifts eyes back and forth nervously :wink: ).

The reason why I word some of my posts involving his works very, very carefully... :wink:

Well, not that carefully. But you know what I mean.

UNfortunatley I wont get to go to my comic store until the last week of april i hope they still have it by then I hope it doesnt sell out if not I'll have to order online :(

Anyways...I wouldnt mind if they killed off a Turtle. It would be kind of interesting?