TMNT Adventures (Archie) Omnibus from IDW

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by TurtleGurkle

It's just ads they cut out. No pages are missing, they are all numbered if you want to check.

Not sure if you understood what I was saying when pointing it out above. We know the pages are numbered and there was no implication that a story page was missing. The only implication was about the covers being reprinted intact, and how the right/left alignment impacts potential splash pages.

I don't know why they would shift the page siding instead of using a placeholder page somewhere to keep them set correctly. They would have to do it anyway to once you came upon a 2-page splash of some kind - unless that entire span of issues doesn't have a single 2-page splash across all of those books.

It's probably not the end of the world, but at the end of the day it is another noticeable choice by IDW that gives me hesitation to buy along with their pathetic revisionist history through censorship in the Archie books.

[TurtleGurkle]

Originally Posted by IMJ

Not sure if you understood what I was saying when pointing it out above. We know the pages are numbered and there was no implication that a story page was missing. The only implication was about the covers being reprinted intact, and how the right/left alignment impacts potential splash pages.

I don't know why they would shift the page siding instead of using a placeholder page somewhere to keep them set correctly. They would have to do it anyway to once you came upon a 2-page splash of some kind - unless that entire span of issues doesn't have a single 2-page splash across all of those books.

It's probably not the end of the world, but at the end of the day it is another noticeable choice by IDW that gives me hesitation to buy along with their pathetic revisionist history through censorship in the Archie books.

I’ve flipped through the book and could have missed something but there is no problem with the way the pages are laid out. What you’re asking for is not standard practice - they’d have to put breaks in wherever there were ads to keep page siding the exact same as in the original issues. The way IDW has done it here is the way every publisher does. In fact, they actually added green filler pages in between every issue to make sure that every cover is in the same place for every issue.

As far as missing covers, they’ve split up the stories in the anthology issues like the Specials and are only reprinting the cover in front of the “main” story, like Night of the Monsterex. Again, there are page breaks in front of the ones without covers to provide separation. Same with the Archie Special but that one may have other rights issues too. I assume this was done to not reprint the same cover several times for each Special. No other covers are missing.

The “Metamorphosis” stories were in a TMNTA TPB and did not have an issue cover, however the TPB cover is printed on the inside cover which is neat.

Overall it’s a pretty average collection in terms of quality. It is not restored or recolored. There are no extras beyond the comics. However, it is the most complete and properly ordered TMNTA collection we are likely to ever see, and I believe it’s the only time these comics have been printed in an oversize format. Of course the potential for volume 2 to remove the controversial stuff still exists but I’m optimistic it will be just as complete as volume 1 (assuming it even gets announced).

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by TurtleGurkle

I’ve flipped through the book and could have missed something but there is no problem with the way the pages are laid out. What you’re asking for is not standard practice - they’d have to put breaks in wherever there were ads to keep page siding the exact same as in the original issues. The way IDW has done it here is the way every publisher does. In fact, they actually added green filler pages in between every issue to make sure that every cover is in the same place for every issue.

As far as missing covers, they’ve split up the stories in the anthology issues like the Specials and are only reprinting the cover in front of the “main” story, like Night of the Monsterex. Again, there are page breaks in front of the ones without covers to provide separation. Same with the Archie Special but that one may have other rights issues too. I assume this was done to not reprint the same cover several times for each Special.

The “Metamorphosis” stories were in a TMNTA TPB and did not have an issue cover. It would have been nice if they included the covers from the TPBs as extras in the back.

Overall it’s a pretty average collection in terms of quality. It is not restored or recolored. There are no extras beyond the comics. However, it is the most complete and properly ordered TMNTA collection we are likely to ever see, and I believe it’s the only time these comics have been printed in an oversize format. Of course the potential for volume 2 to remove the controversial stuff still exists but I’m optimistic it will be just as complete as volume 1 (assuming it even gets announced).

Hm.... okay, right on. I will add that everything you've said here syncs up with most of the reviews I've seen, so that's cool too.

[TurtleGurkle]

I should also clarify there is an introduction by Ken Mitchroney which counts as an extra I suppose. And a pin-up by Mike Gaydos from Special #10 prior to the story, but those should all be included anyways.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by TurtleGurkle

Of course the potential for volume 2 to remove the controversial stuff still exists

Yeah, that part. No way I'm paying a down payment now on what will most likely be a majorly truncated and censored collection.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Yeah, that part. No way I'm paying a down payment now on what will most likely be a majorly truncated and censored collection.

Yup. The observation about the page-placement was just another observation of "just in case", but I believe TurtleGurkle if he says it's fine with the book in-hand.

But still not buying it on principle alone of IDW's censorship and ongoing woke $#!( mentality. If future volumes appear like they are meant for "normal people" and not blue-hairs or sensitivity-dictators, then I'll buy it.

And this is difficult for me, because I've gone on literally for years about this series being collected this way.