Steve Murphy on "The Forever War"

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by oldmanwinters

Or were they looking to jumpstart a whole new continuity if the sales were good enough?

At best this is what they planned. I mean, if sales were huge they very well could have continued, but I just always saw it as three stand-alone issues with no relation to the previous 72. And, unlike how The Forever War was expected to have finished the series, there was no indication to expect anything beyond those three issues.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

At best this is what they planned. I mean, if sales were huge they very well could have continued, but I just always saw it as three stand-alone issues with no relation to the previous 72. And, unlike how The Forever War was expected to have finished the series, there was no indication to expect anything beyond those three issues.

Until "Year of the Turtle" was intended to "feel out" if there was public interest in a new start. There wasn't.

[CyberCubed]

It really doesn't matter at this point if "Year of the Turtle" was going to spin a new set of comics or not.

It was the last Archie story printed. It had a final battle with the Turtles Vs. Shredder. Splinter had his human origin of Hamato Yoshi (rather than being a rat), and Shredder loses his mind at the end.

Splinter's line, "This is the last Turtle story. After this one you'll have heard them all" always made it sound like they were aware this was the final story.

I don't care that it wasn't written by Murphy, now that The Forever War is never coming, I'd rather use that as the ending than issue 72, which had a story about the Turtles as 8 year olds discovering their weapons.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Splinter's line, "This is the last Turtle story. After this one you'll have heard them all" always made it sound like they were aware this was the final story.

But they weren't and it wasn't intended to be. Full page ads appeared all over Archie Comics at the time talking about the "New Beginning!" that "Year of the Turtle" was to be.

It just didn't click.

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Full page ads appeared all over Archie Comics at the time talking about the "New Beginning!" that "Year of the Turtle" was to be.

Ah, I do remember that campaign now. But I kinda doubted I'd be seeing any new comics after the third issue.

[TheShowstoppa]

I had to e-mail Dan because I had this exact topic on my mind today. He said, and I quote, "The Deadline was not met, so it may never see the light of day. However, never say never."

I was really looking forward to this, because I hunted down the last few issues to read of Adventures because I was pumped at the thought.

Now... It'll never be completed....

...But never say never, right?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by TheShowstoppa

I had to e-mail Dan because I had this exact topic on my mind today. He said, and I quote, "The Deadline was not met, so it may never see the light of day. However, never say never."

Dan will always put a positive spin on anything inherently negative, bless his heart.

[Powder]

You can say that again.

[Time Mistress]

Sad it hear it won't see the light of day, as I finally found the Future Shark trade. But the update is apreciated so we at least know why its not coming.