Does Krang count as a second arch-enemy?

*Utrommaniac* · 02-01-2019, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by neatoman

I'd consider the IDW case as "questionable". He's important to the overall narrative as his actions have serious consequences and appears a lot in the first 20 issues. However after those first 20 he doesn't really show up that much. He has a meeting with Shredder to foreshadow the Technodrome arc, once that 4 issue arc is up he's thrown in prison. Then (aside from a flashback) it takes another 25 issues or so for him to appear and he pretty much only does so to... Well, see for yourself:

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The only "appearence" so far after that is clearly an hallucination.

As a secondary "arch villain"...I don't know, the extra-dimensional/extra-terrestrial warlord with technology the likes beyond which the Earth has ever seen, with an empire spread across multiple galaxies probably is probably going to be a bigger priority over a gang leader with his head stuck in the 16th century, as Don kept saying.

Now, I could see him being Donatello's greatest enemy if they would interact a lot more. That would have been awesome in IDW, for all the time Don put in trying to stop more, I don't even think they've exchanged a word with each other. Just sorta stood in the same room twice, maybe. But for the turtles as a collective, not really.

He just hasn't been in enough material to break that ground. He didn't do enough in OT to make a big break in the turtles impression on him as a threat (so low impact, they called it "Shredder's Technodrome"), and was pushed out of the way pretty quickly in IDW (probably opening space for the bigger threat that is Ch'rell to be angry in)

(I had entire thing written down...and then I realized I misunderstood the statement...I thought it was questionable villainy...)