Tales of the TMNT 35

*DrSpengler* · 06-13-2007, 06:28 PM

Okay, so Splinter doesn't recognize the Rat King at all. But then, he doesn't recognize him when they meet in City at War. This can be explained in that its possible Splinter's memories of his first encoutner with the Rat King and the Pantheon went fuzzy after he returned to the physical world.

Now, this has to take place before the TMNT meet the Rat King at the old factory, too. For one thing, Rat King is still alive and he isn't nuts. I took it as this, after Splinter beat him, the Pantheon returned Rat King to Earth where he wents nuts and eventually died after meeting the TMNT.

So that means, since Splinter is living in the sewers and this takes place before Tales Vol. 1 #4, it happened before Vol. 1 #1. How long before Vol. 1 #1 is uncertain.

Anyhow, that's my reasoning for its placement in the timeline.

As for the story itself, I dug it. However, I think they should've nixed that back-up story and made the main story longer. Anyhow, I don't think the Rat King's origin is fantastic, but its pretty cool.

As for that bit about Splinter's death, if you recall, the Rat King's ghost appeared shortly before he died. I took that to mean that the Rat King and SPlinter had another battle after Splinter's death for membership in the Pantheon. Whether Splinter won or not, who knows.

06-13-2007, 06:28 PM	#10
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	Okay, so Splinter doesn't recognize the Rat King at all. But then, he doesn't recognize him when they meet in City at War. This can be explained in that its possible Splinter's memories of his first encoutner with the Rat King and the Pantheon went fuzzy after he returned to the physical world. Now, this has to take place before the TMNT meet the Rat King at the old factory, too. For one thing, Rat King is still alive and he isn't nuts. I took it as this, after Splinter beat him, the Pantheon returned Rat King to Earth where he wents nuts and eventually died after meeting the TMNT. So that means, since Splinter is living in the sewers and this takes place before Tales Vol. 1 #4, it happened before Vol. 1 #1. How long before Vol. 1 #1 is uncertain. Anyhow, that's my reasoning for its placement in the timeline. As for the story itself, I dug it. However, I think they should've nixed that back-up story and made the main story longer. Anyhow, I don't think the Rat King's origin is fantastic, but its pretty cool. As for that bit about Splinter's death, if you recall, the Rat King's ghost appeared shortly before he died. I took that to mean that the Rat King and SPlinter had another battle after Splinter's death for membership in the Pantheon. Whether Splinter won or not, who knows.