Secret History of the Foot Clan #4 Discussion

[turtlefan27]

So,my comic shop won't have #4 till end of next month..fail..

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Originally Posted by turtlefan27

So,my comic shop won't have #4 till end of next month..fail..

I can send you one if you pay the price of the book, + shipping.

[Donnie]

Originally Posted by Panda_Kahn_fan

No offense, but why do we need a vol.2? This isn't mirage, the series can go on indefinitely as long as sales are up.

Agreed...I don't see the need for a Vol.2 as long as sales are up, personally.

Originally Posted by Powder

Best part of the IDW series thus far. This would make an amazing film if you just tack on a brawl with Shredder at the end. I wish the whole series had this same tone and artist/writer duo (with all due respect to everyone else who have been amazing too).

Also agreed. Erik is without a doubt one of my favorite TMNT writers, his work speaks for itself: there's depth, there's personality, there's plenty of character development.

I also applaud Mateus on this one, as it was a joint writing project. This team really worked well together, I'd love to see them join forces again! (And for that matter, I'd also like a Burnham/Campbell team up! )

Originally Posted by ***The One True Shredder***

I can see where people found the 2003 cartoon's Michelangelo annoying, I really can, but I think that the IDW series and the Nick cartoon have done a VERY good job with him, like the 2007 movie did.

Totally disagree about the 2k7 movie doing anything good at all with Michelangelo, however I'm on board with your other statement - that Nick and definitely IDW are doing a fantastic job with Mikey. In my opinion, he's hands down the most fleshed out Turtle in the series (IDW). He's compassionate, heroic, brave, relentless, funny while not being annoying, etc. basically everything I'd want in Michelangelo.

As far as the magna line, it was totally in character for Mike. I don't get why that would be a complaint. The whole "bursting" effect was done so nicely, too. Added some good dynamics to the page.

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

The past four months have seen so much world building; I've been loving it.

And I like that Miller got to stick around as an abused intellectual lackey for the Foot. He makes a great parallel for Baxter, who is employed by Krang under similar circumstances.

Yeah! Miller was interesting - and I kind of understood his point as an historian - I'm not saying I would have gone with Shredder, but you can see why he'd want the book to be saved, or the chance to explore it further.

I suppose my only question is... who was that Foot Soldier getting scarred over the eye in TMNT #2 if it wasn't Saki? Just a nobody?

Ha! Totally forgot about that. Maybe that was an earlier idea for Shredder that evolved into what we eventually received. So now, yeah, he's a nobody, haha.

Originally Posted by ToTheNines

I read this twice last night and can't help but feel a little disappointed.

I feel like you're being a little overly harsh in your review - of course you're entitled to your opinions, so don't take that the wrong way. However I believe the writing had a great deal of character development, most notably for Shredder, in whom the series was clearly written for. It establishes a layer to Saki that was wholly absent from Mirage. The Iron-Demon angle was a very far side plot, and in only 4 issues how can you really flesh that out? It was touched upon, and it served its purpose showing how Saki eventually defied it. It's just not that important who the utrom was, or why he came, especially how he came. What's important is that Shredder defied him.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

I took the scene as the Utrom getting kicked through the portal and THEN it exploding, not necessarily meaning the Utrom is dead.

And I suppose any unnamed Utrom could have taken on the grandiose identity of "Iron Demon", but I dunno. That seems wasted on a nobody. I'm still going with the presumption that it was Quanin at least until we're told otherwise.

EDIT: Also, I figured it was Quanin because he was shown with a tuning fork on the head of his robot body in the ongoing, a detail shared by the Iron Demon in Secret History.

Could have been Ch'rell...

[Venom]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Could have been Ch'rell...

Except Quanin had previous been shown in the 'toon-inspired suit prior to his appearance in SHotFC.

[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

I loved this entire series and I LOVE the artwork.
Infact I was stoked to see Santolouco's name on the upcoming TMNT ongoing... I would love to see him pick up in replace of Kuhn.

My one complaint is that the book felt rushed. I think they could have given it another issue or two. Overall I love this series and I hope I can still track the variant covers, which were too hard for my store to get.

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Originally Posted by FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza

Overall I love this series and I hope I can still track the variant covers, which were too hard for my store to get.

I have them...

[Powder]

Originally Posted by ***The One True Shredder***

I have them...

Do you have to try and sell stuff to people in practically every post you make? God.

[FlogginMcMurryZombiePizza]

Is he selling or bragging?

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Originally Posted by Powder

Do you have to try and sell stuff to people in practically every post you make? God.

Do you have to make judgments of other members/people in every other post you make?

First off, my sales volume is pretty high these days and I'm not desperate to sell stuff like I used to be, but I bought these variants at $10 a piece and then decided I didn't really *need* them. So I'll gladly take a loss on them to help another fan own what I agreed with you to be one of the best TMNT comic book story arcs ever, now that I have my A covers.

[Raven]

This series was epic, it really dug more into the relationship of hamato and Saki. Although I was hoping for a bit more between the two, it was really fun to see how everything unfolded.

The regular series is good, but this was great!

[Vi11AiN6]

This was hands down the best TMNT story and artwork EVER! So much in fact that I am going to send my friend I grew up with the paperback, He's been out of comics for years and turtles. We're both dad's now and I keep telling him to pick up the IDW series because it's the perfect blend of all things turtles.

This was the best story and the artwork is leaps and bounds beyond anything anyone else has ever done. The action sequences were some of the best I've ever seen in comics, little things like Don's Bo staff bending when he was hitting someone, or the panel where he knocks the lens off a Foot Soldier.

Also April looked Gorgeous!!!! I've never seen anyone draw April so cute.
I just got my copy yesterday and now I'm going to read all 4 in order...

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I'm re-reading this series again tonight, and I noticed that Oroku Saki doesn't seem to have any recollection of Kitsune from his past life, even though he identified all the objects that were his to be his as a child. I had forgotten the part where he is approached by Kitsune in his new life for the first time, and was thinking he was simply making passes at Tang Shen because he's an unfaithful lech.

[ctt4lfecw]

SHotFC has been my favorite so far!

[TheCanadiandrome]

bring on the TPB!