February 2019 Solicitations
 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #91



(W) Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman (A/CA) Michael Dialynas

Karai returns to New York City and means business! Will she come to Splinter and the TMNT seeking peace... or war?

• A pivotal turning point!



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder in Hell #2



(W) Mateus Santolouco (A/CA) Mateus Santolouco

Oroku Saki's hellish journey continues. As his twisted path leads him deeper through the underworld, will he be able to survive an onslaught of demonic forces? Or, more importantly-the truth revealed about his own soul?!

• Fan-favorite artist Mateus Santolouco returns to the world of TMNT!
• The most infamous villain in the TMNT universe gets his own mini-series!



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends #10



(W) Gary Carlson (A/CA) Frank Fosco

Welcome to Chicago! Hot on the trail of bat-Splinter, the Turtles find themselves embroiled in a new mystery when a string of killings points to a mythic villain... a vampire! But just like the Turtles themselves, things aren't always what they seem...

• The entire TMNT Volume 3 run-all 23 issues-reprinted in full color for the first time!



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Rise of the TMNT Vol 01



(W) Matthew K. Manning (A/CA) Chad Thomas

ADVANCE SOLICITED FOR MARCH RELEASE! Expands on the new Nickelodeon TV series! The Turtles are back in an all-new animated series from Nickelodeon: new characters, new attitude, and a new age of mutant madness begins here. Join Leo, the self-proclaimed "coolest" brother; Donnie, the "genius;" Mikey, the "prankster;" and Raph, the leader of the group, as they uncover the secrets of New York City and untap their mystic ninja powers while learning to work together as a team. Will the TMNT be able to master their new world, or will their new world master them?! Collects issues #0-2.

No Rise of TMNT #06. Lol.:tlol:

The shortest ongoing in franchise history. Congratulations, Nickelodeon. You really did the worst version of all time.

One more cover:

Maybe they didn't plan to publish an ongoing and decided that a mini was a better idea.

Great batch of covers this month. Loving that “Welcome to Chicago” Urban Legends one.

Okay, a few things.

First of all, what in the holy name of Eastman is that thing behind Koya and Bludgeon? Like, that's legitimately terrifying.

Second, some black magic is at works here. If I had a gun pointed to my head I couldn't tell you what happened in Karai's Path except that she gets some weird sword since I really didn't enjoy it so I might be forgetting something but it does seem weird to me that Karai now wants war against Splinter's Foot... after she literally handed the clan over to him. It's a pretty safe guess that she's being mind controlled by something, probably Pantheon related. Honestly, my guess is that Karai will be the way to incorporate the Pantheon to this storyline.

Third, holy crap I'm glad Michael Dialynas is doing the art for these issues. The Mikey Macro just blew me away, honestly. He's up there with Santolouco as my favorite artist for TMNT.

Fourth, speaking of Mateus, I'm getting the impression that the Shredder is going to learn just how much Kitsune was manipulating him, which would further reinforce my theory of the Shredder becoming a reluctant ally of the turtles.

2019 is gonna be a great year.

Ocho, a female mutant mole. Introduced in TMNT Universe 14.

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Weird that I completely forgot about that character. I swear, there's a blank spot in my mind where my memories of Karai's Path and April and Casey should be.

Someone from the Pantheon's been tampering with your mind!

Huh, I spot a Savate Ninja. I thought they were forgotten.

"Bienvenue en enfer, Shredder!"

At this point, I wouldn't even be surprised.

Shredder in Hell looks like it's shaping up to be something special.

Karai is back and given the arc is called "City at War" I guess she won't be at peace with Splinter and the Foot. I always wondered if Karai would try to get control of the Foot back from Splinter, I guess we'll see.

Lastly I wonder if the Pantheon stuff is even going to happen before issue 100 now. Maybe it won't happen till *the* 100th issue.

Those covers are pretty great. And that Shredder in Hell one...

Also anyone think Karai on the cover looks like Kitana from Mortal Kombat?

Sophie made it perfectly clear that she's not a mutant.

She was a Yokai cursed by Kitsune, right?

I've forgotten what happened in those issues, didn't Karai get a magic sword or something? I know she wanted to start her own clan but it's been awhile so I don't remember.

Methinks there's a lot of that going around among the characters in that cover.

Yep. Read above.

I'm with you here! "Karai's Path", from my point of view, was one of the best IDW miniseries - both visually and storytelling wise. And I'm really happy that someone as talented as Michael Dialynas will be drawing (Dirtbag) Ocho.

Karai seems to get an extreme heavy hitter collection - herself, Bludgeon, Koya, Ocho, Bebop, Rocksteady - IDW should not call it "City at War" but "Maximum Carnage"! Immagine that SNES music playing in the background...

Regarding Dialynas - you can really see his development from issue 53 to MikeyMaxi. These are two different artists. Just wow!

If issue 91 will be as great as I immagine, Dialynas wil earn his place at the TMNT IDW pantheon, where there are Santoluoco, Dave Wachter and, last but not least, Ross/Sophie Campbell!!!

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I suppose, that "City at War" will be everyone (=Turtles, Foot, Karai's band, Mutanimals, Null, resurrected Shredder, Bishop) fighting against the Pantheon!