Agent Bishop in IDW
 

I am curious to what you all think. We have a couple of exciting plots going on and something in the back of my head says Agent Bishop,my favorite character that came out of the 2003 cartoon, could work in the Baxter Stockman/General Krang plot. It just seems to make sense and would like to see him after the Baxter/Krang plot develops. What are your thoughts?

I for one could care less about Bishop and I would rather see them explore more of the turtles and other established characters in the book before introducing anyone else. Because at this point we are almost 9 issues in and don't know a whole lot.

While there have been a few character showcases throughout the various versions we generaly learn about the turtles and supporting characters via how they react to the villains and situations they create.

Not to mention that we pretty much know the characters, they were pretty much set in stone. There's been a few interesting unique traits they've introduced like Raph being less if a hothead (at least so far) and an interesting Leo and Don dynamic but they're more or less how they've always been and always should be.

Not every villian needs a huge storyarc. Tales of the TMNT introduced characters that were one and done and would eventually be integrated into the main story. They kinda did this with Apolex in the Raph mini. Maybe introduce a new bad guy or two that can defeated in a single story in the minis to keep us from waiting forever for new characters to appear.

Agent Bishop would definitely be a great addition to the IDW universe. While I agree that the character would fit right in with the Krang Stockman story arc, I don't really want him debuting anytime soon. Focus on the main villains first, bring on the others later.
Exploring the Turtles' characterizations are way more important than adding another villain. And when they do decide to bring him in, I prefer him not to be as good as Shredder. Shredder is supposedly the apex villain in TMNT, so having someone like Bishop this early on in the series will overshadow Shredder's debut.

If there are aliens like Krang running afoul on Earth, Bishop must surely be monitoring.

I would loved to see Bishop in IDW, I prefer Agent Bishop over the shredder as the the turtles's arch enemy. Bishop For me is the turtles greatest human enemy.

Very true! He would destroy Krang though. :lol:

Is it odd I'd kinda like to see a Bishop vs. Krang arc...

not at all... I'd love to see that as well. I honestly think Bishop could take on Tragg and Granitor too.

Kelendor,I really would hope to have Shredder and Rat King and they both be human as they were and should be.

The whole wholee plot of estracting Splinter's DNA and investigating Krang and his activities just seems to make sense to have Bishop lurking in the shadows. Maybe show up after say #20 but if there is a character out there I think would work with what IDW has done so far its Bishop. And yes, the thought of Bishop vs Krang sounds awesome!

Given the current situation and arc, i wouldn't be surprised if Bishop showed up as a minor character earlier than expected...

Hell, that would be awesome. I want it, for the visual of Bishop taking down Traag with a tie.

We'll see what happens to Krang after this arc, and if not, hey, we still got the Triceratons as a reason for Bishop to appear. He should be around, if not as a Big Bad, like Krang or Shredder, then as a wild card against both sides. It worked well in 2003's Season 4, so why not do it again?

Crazy idea...what about General Blanque as the dictator of The Nuetrios in the D'Hoooib(sp?) solar system and Krang's rival? Agent Bishop intercepted one of Baxter's mutagen samples and found it was of alien properties an observed the action until the time was right kind of how The Guardians did for most of the first season of the 2003 cartoon?

And the Triceratons are a mercenary race, hired by Krang to supplement his army.

Yeah! Zandramon while not the Prime Leader could be the head of the military perhaps in Mozar's post. The Triceratons having accidentally blew up their own planet experimenting with a teleportal device Krang offered to construct an asteriod civilization for them in return for them being his reserve military.


Its so much fun guessing how characters could fit in different continuities!Hope IDW likes a bit of these wacky ideas! I just wish Mirage would have been more open to that.

It'd be more fun if they were pissed at Krang for destroying their world. If Krang is supposed to be an intergalactic threat, he's going to have many enemies.

Now that I could get behind...

I think it would be better if the Triceratons were enslaved by Krang and force to work on asteroid fields to supply his military with supplies and even fight for him at times.
The Males would fight while their families would be held hostage..... or something along those lines....
Or Zandramon would lead the triceratons forces fighting for Krang, while he was secretely betraying the triceratons recieving kick back ect from Krang. and Traxamus finds out tries to out him ,but Zandramon outs him as a spy for krang or traitor in general, Traxamus flees to earth meets the turtles ect...

That is pretty much the idea I had for Zandramon. It would be great if any of our ideas in this thread is close to what will happen!

Agent Bishop is a complex character.It would be interesting to see who his allegience would be with.Speaking of three way battles we should get TMNT vs Shredder vs Krang coming soon!