Thoughts on DW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comics

Dawnatello Turtle Chick · 09-21-2013, 12:04 AM

Alright, so I finally collected all 7 of the Dreamwave Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic Books. I got that Dreamwave apparently abruptly absolved as a company (saw it somewhere in someone's older thread, while doing a search to see if this was already a thread?...) which sucks since it really felt like this series was just starting to hit it's stride.

At the end of Issue #7 it has an ad for #8 which is supposed to be the T4 Turtlenator. Does anyone know if there is a storyline or artwork for the unpublished issue? Obviously they at least had a rough plan for that issue or it wouldn't have the cool artwork (also hinted at in, I think, issue #6) teaser for the next issue that never was...

Did anyone else feel like the first few issues felt kind of flat? #2 was really weird to me...

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I also felt like there was a gaping hole where Splinter should have been! Just seeing him briefly as a sort of conscience was almost a tease! I suppose they probably had big plans for him later on before the series got shelved.

It seemed like when this series introduced characters, (ie, April, Casey, etc.) they focused the entire issue on them, with the turtles only appearing briefly, and often only one. Like it would have been better to have Micro-Series or something.

I guess my main complaint is that a lot of the issues felt overly dramatic without enough context or mood to make you buy into it- they all felt a little short too. Maybe I'm alone in this....

I love the original Mirage Eastman and Laird stuff (haven't read the Tales (v1) stuff yet though) and enjoy the Tales (v2)- though I've yet to read every issue (work in progress). I enjoy the Archie stuff, though it is a horse of another color! I'm totally digging the new IDW Eastman books and so far I love the New Animated Adventures (IDW) books as well. This one- Dreamwave- for me at least, just didn't do it for me... How'd everyone else feel that has read at least a few issues?

My apologies if there is an old thread on this... I did a search and went through the most recent 6 pages of Comic Book discussion threads. Surely by now there's more fans that have joined that might want to weigh in...?

09-21-2013, 12:04 AM	#1
Dawnatello Turtle Chick Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Mineral Wells, TX Posts: 1,178	Thoughts on DW Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comics Alright, so I finally collected all 7 of the Dreamwave Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic Books. I got that Dreamwave apparently abruptly absolved as a company (saw it somewhere in someone's older thread, while doing a search to see if this was already a thread?...) which sucks since it really felt like this series was just starting to hit it's stride. At the end of Issue #7 it has an ad for #8 which is supposed to be the T4 Turtlenator. Does anyone know if there is a storyline or artwork for the unpublished issue? Obviously they at least had a rough plan for that issue or it wouldn't have the cool artwork (also hinted at in, I think, issue #6) teaser for the next issue that never was... Did anyone else feel like the first few issues felt kind of flat? #2 was really weird to me... Spoiler: April was seeing her younger self and hallucinating? Just seemed odd and I kept asking myself why...? I understand she was trying to psychologically deal with everything, but it felt kind of forced to me. I also felt like there was a gaping hole where Splinter should have been! Just seeing him briefly as a sort of conscience was almost a tease! I suppose they probably had big plans for him later on before the series got shelved. It seemed like when this series introduced characters, (ie, April, Casey, etc.) they focused the entire issue on them, with the turtles only appearing briefly, and often only one. Like it would have been better to have Micro-Series or something. I guess my main complaint is that a lot of the issues felt overly dramatic without enough context or mood to make you buy into it- they all felt a little short too. Maybe I'm alone in this.... I love the original Mirage Eastman and Laird stuff (haven't read the Tales (v1) stuff yet though) and enjoy the Tales (v2)- though I've yet to read every issue (work in progress). I enjoy the Archie stuff, though it is a horse of another color! I'm totally digging the new IDW Eastman books and so far I love the New Animated Adventures (IDW) books as well. This one- Dreamwave- for me at least, just didn't do it for me... How'd everyone else feel that has read at least a few issues? My apologies if there is an old thread on this... I did a search and went through the most recent 6 pages of Comic Book discussion threads. Surely by now there's more fans that have joined that might want to weigh in...? __________________ These are here-->[IMG][/IMG]<---and here.