TMNT 'rise' is inspired by Mirage issue #9?

[neatoman]

Not only would that imply they read one of the most forgettable issues of early Mirage, it would imply they read any of Mirage. Which is obviously not the case, none of the Nickelodeon producers are literate.

In all honesty, maybe? It just seems odd, I forgot Raph and Mikey even had different weapons in that issue. Hell, I only ever remember the issue itself when I flip through the trade!

It's especially weird when you remember how none of the other adaptations seemed to work with it. The movies ignored it, 4Kids ignored it, Nickelodeon ignored it, IDW has yet to lift from it. I don't even think Mirage built on it aside from that Tales issue. And unless FW had some uncharacteristic moment of wanting to adapt something, you can bet your ass there isn't an episode that adapted it.