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Just got done reading issue 1 of Volume 4. I haven’t read it since I first got it; heck in fact it had been in storage for the last three years. So even if I wanted to I couldn’t. But now that it and I are in similar places I have the chance to go back and relive Volume 4. I don’t remember hating it, but I don’t remember loving it either. So for me this is rediscovering this version of the Turtles.
As it opens you see a strange robot. At first glance it isn’t clear who this robot is but it becomes apparent when he starts talking to Utroms that it is Honeycutt. But what are they doing? They are on the moon making a base?
Then we switch to the TMNT them selves in a situation we saw them in before. Their backs are to the wall again, but instead of Purple Dragons they are facing a new gang. Of course a fight happens and the guys end up trouncing them but fleeing as the gang riding snowmobiles again attacks them on the roof. As they flee Mike is hit by a bus and taken by a shadowy figure.
The final story has to do with Casey and April trying to have a child and on their way to see a Dr. Meanwhile Shadow, Splinter, and the retired heroes from Volume 1 in North Hampton. Shadow is training but distracted because she feels like something big is coming.
After finishing the issue it seems to be off to a good start. I mean looking at it, it seems that a lot will be going on. There are even a few lines where characters make jokes about how things were easier 15 years ago. It makes it fun to see the characters acknowledge that they are getting older.
On this issue alone Volume 4 seems like it will be a fun ride. Even the letters section at the back where Pete talks about wanting to do another comic makes it sound exciting and an awesome time to be a fan. Reading that makes it bitter sweet because we know what happens down the line. But so far this idea of rereading Volume 4 feels like it will be an awesome ride.
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