Hidetsugu Yoshioka's Super Mutant Turtles story pages!

*DrSpengler* · 11-05-2008, 01:32 PM

Hydra over at the Allspark just uploaded a bunch of the Super Mutant Turtles story pages which ran in Comic Bom Bom during the 90s. You can check them out Here.

Hidetsugu Yoshioka is one of my all-time favorite Transformers artists, if not my favorite Transformers artist PERIOD, so seeing him work on Ninja Turtles was like a dream come true. His art is very heavily inspired by Derek Yaniger, Jim Lee and other Western comic artists from the 90s. You can read more about him Here.

While the Super Mutant/Metal Mutant Turtle OVAs were decidedly silly (as I'm sure most of you have watched them by now), Yoshioka takes a much more serious take on the concept and the universe in his story pages. Yoshioka did the same thing with his Generation 2 Transformers story pages, which were far darker and more intelligent than pretty much any other piece of Japanese Transformers fiction ever written (and, subsequently, the only piece of Japanese Transformers fiction I genuinely enjoy).

I haven't the time or energy to provide full translations, but reading through them, Yoshioka seems to have really boned up on his TMNT lore, both within the 80s cartoon and outside of it.

Casey Jones is presented in a manner closer to his Mirage counterpart, though more likely, Yoshioka rendered him closer to his Movie counterpart, as I doubt he read any of the Mirage comics. Also seemingly a throwback to the movies, Shredder is presented with a badly scarred face. You've also got April transforming back into a catwoman, a reference to the animated series.

The story presented here is incompatible with the Super Mutant Turtle OVAs, as it ends quite differently (Dark Devil Shredder is defeated and loses his Muta Stone, while in the OVAS, everyone is depowered when Kris Mu and Dark Mu get flung out into space).

Anyhow, they're some pretty interesting pieces and certainly quite rare.

I know the Technodrome has EXTREMELY strict rules in regards to posting scans, but I thought you guys would want to see them and I don't see how anybody is losing money over this. However, if the staff feels Mirage is suffering severe monetary setbacks by having these scans linked to on these forums, by all means, remove the link.

11-05-2008, 01:32 PM	#1
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	Hidetsugu Yoshioka's Super Mutant Turtles story pages! Hydra over at the Allspark just uploaded a bunch of the Super Mutant Turtles story pages which ran in Comic Bom Bom during the 90s. You can check them out Here. Hidetsugu Yoshioka is one of my all-time favorite Transformers artists, if not my favorite Transformers artist PERIOD, so seeing him work on Ninja Turtles was like a dream come true. His art is very heavily inspired by Derek Yaniger, Jim Lee and other Western comic artists from the 90s. You can read more about him Here. While the Super Mutant/Metal Mutant Turtle OVAs were decidedly silly (as I'm sure most of you have watched them by now), Yoshioka takes a much more serious take on the concept and the universe in his story pages. Yoshioka did the same thing with his Generation 2 Transformers story pages, which were far darker and more intelligent than pretty much any other piece of Japanese Transformers fiction ever written (and, subsequently, the only piece of Japanese Transformers fiction I genuinely enjoy). I haven't the time or energy to provide full translations, but reading through them, Yoshioka seems to have really boned up on his TMNT lore, both within the 80s cartoon and outside of it. Casey Jones is presented in a manner closer to his Mirage counterpart, though more likely, Yoshioka rendered him closer to his Movie counterpart, as I doubt he read any of the Mirage comics. Also seemingly a throwback to the movies, Shredder is presented with a badly scarred face. You've also got April transforming back into a catwoman, a reference to the animated series. The story presented here is incompatible with the Super Mutant Turtle OVAs, as it ends quite differently (Dark Devil Shredder is defeated and loses his Muta Stone, while in the OVAS, everyone is depowered when Kris Mu and Dark Mu get flung out into space). Anyhow, they're some pretty interesting pieces and certainly quite rare. I know the Technodrome has EXTREMELY strict rules in regards to posting scans, but I thought you guys would want to see them and I don't see how anybody is losing money over this. However, if the staff feels Mirage is suffering severe monetary setbacks by having these scans linked to on these forums, by all means, remove the link.