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Originally Posted by SwiftNinjaFox
Not by today's standards, but put it in perspective of its time.
Hence at the time, TMNT was considered a darker, gritty comic. By today's standards, it's fairly average stuff.
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Very good point. You have to look at it through a mid-80s lens. When I was a teen, I definitely found the Mirage series to be one of the darker, grittier comics. The 90s comic scene was heavy into the bad ass anti-hero, which upped the ante and made it's predecessors look tame in comparison. As a culture we've become desensitized and everything has to be over-the-top to get noticed. I voted yes, as that was my perspective at the time and the initial appeal for me.