Issue #150 - Page 3

*ProphetofGanja* · 10-03-2023, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by GameCobra

Looks like Sophie managed to get Umeko/Ninjara before her run ends.

https://twitter.com/mooncalfe1/statu...83500458967552

As cool as that art is... why are we doing the hat-on-a-hat thing again??? I have lost track of how many turtle mutants the series has at this point and now we're doubling-up on fox mutants? There are literally so many other kinds of animals we could see mutants of

*CyberCubed* · 10-03-2023, 03:19 PM

Alopex is literally Ninjara with different fur color. Like with having both Jennika and Venus at the same time, I don't know why we need so many redundant characters.

I'm still waiting for Chrome Dome to be introduced, lol.

GameCobra · 10-03-2023, 08:20 PM

Fox ninjas are the most common ninja architypes. I'm actually very surprised TMNT didn't go crazy with them in the first place. Introducing them now actually makes me happy since they are bringing in that fox ninja architype after so many years.

If they really wanted to go overboard with the ninja fox thing, they would need to make four ninja foxes that are all female. Then I'll start calling them cliche.

~~Sumac~~ · 10-04-2023, 02:09 AM

I think, we have another non-critical lover of the IDW series.

*Mayhem* · 10-04-2023, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by GameCobra

Fox ninjas are the most common ninja architypes. I'm actually very surprised TMNT didn't go crazy with them in the first place. Introducing them now actually makes me happy since they are bringing in that fox ninja architype after so many years.

And yes, curiously, Usagi has had a couple of fox characters (Kitsune primarily) and yet for all the ninja clans featured, no foxes (cats, moles, and bats).

GameCobra · 10-04-2023, 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Mayhem

And yes, curiously, Usagi has had a couple of fox characters (Kitsune primarily) and yet for all the ninja clans featured, no foxes (cats, moles, and bats).

Admittedly, I haven't read the Usagi series yet. If they haven't gotten a fox ninja clan in there, it's probably because of the same thing I mentioned.

Or maybe he thought the fox clan thing was more of a TMNT thing? I dunno. X3

*MikeandRaph87* · 10-06-2023, 06:45 AM

*lonewarrior20* · 10-06-2023, 08:54 AM

I bet years from now, you guy's will reminisce and miss this run.

*Cowabung-Gal* · 10-06-2023, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by lonewarrior20

I bet years from now, you guy's will reminisce and miss this run.

I already miss this run; the pre-Campbell run when Waltz was in charge. I won’t miss the furry Freeform teen drama that we have now

*Coola Yagami* · 10-06-2023, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by lonewarrior20

I bet years from now, you guy's will reminisce and miss this run.

Hard to miss something you never read. I literally jumped off after use 100 and only came back for the Armageddon Game, and even then I'm mostly enjoying the TMNT crossovers and the '80's TMNT' comics more.

*CyberCubed* · 10-06-2023, 03:05 PM

It is kinda surprising Sophie stayed on for 50 issues in a row. I guess they really had nobody to replace her with either.

*neatoman* · 10-06-2023, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by lonewarrior20

I bet years from now, you guy's will reminisce and miss this run.

*CyberCubed* · 10-06-2023, 03:39 PM

The first 20ish issues of Sophie's run ranged from ok to forgettable, and then hit a real low point with the battle of the bands arc. Like that was the worst overall arc in the whole comic, a music battle where you couldn't even hear sound and then Bebop/Rocksteady just give up and don't compete anyway making the whole thing pointless. Lita and that whole future timeline nonsense was bad too.

Then Sophie started doing issues leading up to or supporting the Armaggedon game series, so those issues ranged from fine to decent extra material. The Punk Frog arc that introduced Venus/Barlow, etc wasn't that good either. I did like that Rahzar/Tokka got introduced though. All the other stuff about Mutant town as I said above ranged from meh to forgettable.

The current arc has been pretty good though. Dr. Barlow went from a D-tier villain to a B-tier villain and its been very interesting so far.

~~Sumac~~ · 10-06-2023, 05:38 PM

What people expected from an activist to write book about outcasts?
Of course, said activist will fill the book with politics and Deviantart OG DONUTSTEAL self-insert as icing on the cake to overshadow real heroes.

Reminds of that Brazilian MegaMan comic book, I think that what it was, where writer just outright killed MegaMan and his friends to replace them with his own characters.

TheLabRat · 10-08-2023, 07:05 AM

I feel like Casey's character was butchered many time. Campbell trashed him because she wanted Jennika to have a pig girlfriend. In Mutant Town arc, his character is completely schizophrenic. When he first showed up in Mutant Town, he seemed okay, but then, he became an toxic masculinity alcoholic for no reason, and then, when Leo met him, he became a different person again and he've been in and out of mutant town several times and is well known at the Mutant Town Fight Club. But in Armageddon Game-The Alliance, he said that he was totally ignored by his friends an allies and no one is kept him in the loop of what's going and he felt lost and aimless. Now he become a real asshole just like his father because he joined the Foot Clan.

Jeff · 10-12-2023, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Mutant town hasn't been the focus of the series in a long while. Yes it's still "there" but the actual stories haven't been about living in Mutant town or whatever.

What I wonder though is how many of these characters will continue in the series after issue 150 that Sophie introduced.

Jennika, Sheena, the 3 weasels, Lita the kid white Turtle, Mona Lisa, Carmen and Bob, Venus, Regenta,, some of the background mutants like Jay the frog, the ant, the walrus guy, the chicken, etc

Its normal for supporting characters to rotate in ensemble titles like this, but Jennika is a main character. She'll stay until there's a hard reboot to the series, and even then, she may be there from the beginning.

*CyberCubed* · 11-09-2023, 10:59 PM

Do we know if issue 150 will be double length? Unless I'm remembering wrong, I'm pretty sure issue 50 and 100 were both double length at about 40 something pages instead of the usual 20 pages.

*neatoman* · 11-10-2023, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Do we know if issue 150 will be double length? Unless I'm remembering wrong, I'm pretty sure issue 50 and 100 were both double length at about 40 something pages instead of the usual 20 pages.

Do you honestly want it to be longer than it has to this time?

*CyberCubed* · 11-10-2023, 10:29 AM

Well depending what happens in it, if it's some big showdown with Armaggon I'd prefer it to be longer. I think the thing is we don't know if Sophie is setting things up for the next writer who replaces her or if she's ending the Armaggon story in just another 5 issues.

DexVcx · 11-10-2023, 04:47 PM

My prediction of #150 a major character death is going to happen hopefully is jennika. If not I'm still glad this garbage run is over

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10-06-2023, 08:54 AM	#48
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10-03-2023, 03:19 PM	#42
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,094	Alopex is literally Ninjara with different fur color. Like with having both Jennika and Venus at the same time, I don't know why we need so many redundant characters. I'm still waiting for Chrome Dome to be introduced, lol.

10-03-2023, 08:20 PM	#43
GameCobra Random Punk Join Date: Sep 2023 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 38	Fox ninjas are the most common ninja architypes. I'm actually very surprised TMNT didn't go crazy with them in the first place. Introducing them now actually makes me happy since they are bringing in that fox ninja architype after so many years. If they really wanted to go overboard with the ninja fox thing, they would need to make four ninja foxes that are all female. *Then* I'll start calling them cliche.

10-04-2023, 02:09 AM	#44
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	I think, we have another non-critical lover of the IDW series.

10-06-2023, 03:05 PM	#51
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,094	It is kinda surprising Sophie stayed on for 50 issues in a row. I guess they really had nobody to replace her with either.

10-06-2023, 03:39 PM	#53
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,094	The first 20ish issues of Sophie's run ranged from ok to forgettable, and then hit a real low point with the battle of the bands arc. Like that was the worst overall arc in the whole comic, a music battle where you couldn't even hear sound and then Bebop/Rocksteady just give up and don't compete anyway making the whole thing pointless. Lita and that whole future timeline nonsense was bad too. Then Sophie started doing issues leading up to or supporting the Armaggedon game series, so those issues ranged from fine to decent extra material. The Punk Frog arc that introduced Venus/Barlow, etc wasn't that good either. I did like that Rahzar/Tokka got introduced though. All the other stuff about Mutant town as I said above ranged from meh to forgettable. The current arc has been pretty good though. Dr. Barlow went from a D-tier villain to a B-tier villain and its been very interesting so far.

10-06-2023, 05:38 PM	#54
~~Sumac~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 6,129	What people expected from an activist to write book about outcasts? Of course, said activist will fill the book with politics and Deviantart OG DONUTSTEAL self-insert as icing on the cake to overshadow real heroes. Reminds of that Brazilian MegaMan comic book, I think that what it was, where writer just outright killed MegaMan and his friends to replace them with his own characters.

10-08-2023, 07:05 AM	#55
TheLabRat Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2023 Posts: 271	I feel like Casey's character was butchered many time. Campbell trashed him because she wanted Jennika to have a pig girlfriend. In Mutant Town arc, his character is completely schizophrenic. When he first showed up in Mutant Town, he seemed okay, but then, he became an toxic masculinity alcoholic for no reason, and then, when Leo met him, he became a different person again and he've been in and out of mutant town several times and is well known at the Mutant Town Fight Club. But in Armageddon Game-The Alliance, he said that he was totally ignored by his friends an allies and no one is kept him in the loop of what's going and he felt lost and aimless. Now he become a real asshole just like his father because he joined the Foot Clan.

11-09-2023, 10:59 PM	#57
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,094	Do we know if issue 150 will be double length? Unless I'm remembering wrong, I'm pretty sure issue 50 and 100 were both double length at about 40 something pages instead of the usual 20 pages.

11-10-2023, 10:29 AM	#59
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,094	Well depending what happens in it, if it's some big showdown with Armaggon I'd prefer it to be longer. I think the thing is we don't know if Sophie is setting things up for the next writer who replaces her or if she's ending the Armaggon story in just another 5 issues.

11-10-2023, 04:47 PM	#60
DexVcx Random Punk Join Date: May 2023 Location: America! Posts: 25	My prediction of #150 a major character death is going to happen hopefully is jennika. If not I'm still glad this garbage run is over