Just read the first issue of the DW series

[Coola Yagami]

I only bought number 2-5, so I never had the chance to buy the first issue of this doomed 2K3 TMNT comic series. I was very surprised with the bold direction of making the Purple Dragon guy and the Eastman cop childhood buddies... and how they made the title Things Change reflect their lives rather than the Turtles... and yeah, it is kinda sad the cop would never see his friend again since Saki killed him.

But wow, Turtlewise it sucked. They were barely in it.. the Foot have one panel... and things are just thrown in there for no reason. You really have to watch the cartoon episode it was based on to understand what was going on from the Turtle perspective. I know the issues were similar with following the backstories and past lives of Baxter, April and Casey but at least they were main characters in the story. While good, it was so weird that they chose to do one about the cop and Purple Dragon instead of the Turtles... and in the first issue of their own comic as well. Perhaps, an inside look at one of the Turtles' perspective instead?

I really wished they went with the T4 story instead of the D'Jeeraj crap... it would have made the series last longer. I'm surprised DW comics were surprised they lost sales and interest when their comics were about the Turtles helping out random street kids... instead of the wild crazy Shredder, Foot and Triceraton battles that were goin on TV the time the books were released....