September/ October 2022 Solicitations

[ChosenOne]

Originally Posted by hypered1

She didn't specify, but then it may not have been decided at that point anyway.

Thank you. Karai is a surprising choice to start out with, so I guess these one-shots won't cover any of the Turtles themselves. Hopefully Null will get one, she's the most underdeveloped of the major players.

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

So how did the Mutant Town story end? Is there still Mutant Town?

Mutant Town is a location, not a story.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Mutant Town is a location, not a story.

Fine, then it's a setting for a terrible story.

[ProphetofGanja]

Originally Posted by Ninjinister

Mutant Town is a location, not a story.

Let's not suck the d!ck of semantics, please

[Ninjinister]

Originally Posted by lonewarrior20

speaking of mutant town, i wonder where the turtles are shacked up with their place burned down? i know aprils with mona, think they're at al's shelter or back at the old church?

They've been at the Church since #127

[hypered1]

Some cheeky teases for AG part 1 from Tom Waltz

https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1565135184634056704

https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1565513743110328320

He also confirms that the checklist is the suggested reading order.

[CyberCubed]

Definitely seems like they're trying to wrap up all the plot lines that were danging since Tom Waltz left. I feel like this is the big finale, for him, anyway.

[Zog The Magnificent]

Well, if Tom Waltz sticks the landing, and I'm sure that he will, then the atrocious run of comics sandwiched between his stuff may well be forgiven, since really, there have been more good issues than bad issues of IDW TMNT. Of course, I have a sneaking suspicion that he's gonna end all of his stuff, and then IDW is going to take a page from Endgame and just keep going long after we should have called it quits and gone home. At least we'll have a decent cut-off point.

Also, I'd like to point out how hilarious it is that the Campbell hemmed "main" title has been downgraded to a tie-in to the miniseries. It feels like the company itself is saying the quite part out loud and it's great.

[CyberCubed]

I suspect Rat King will finally get his long overdue "defeat" since the rest of the Pantheon isn't really evil. I think like Hun and Slash, we may get more major deaths probably with Baxter, Old Hob or even Null kicking the bucket.

They just need to find a way to wrap up the Utrom plot story, but Ch'rell has barely been used so far so I can see them keeping him around as the next main villain

[Zog The Magnificent]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I suspect Rat King will finally get his long overdue "defeat" since the rest of the Pantheon isn't really evil. I think like Hun and Slash, we may get more major deaths probably with Baxter, Old Hob or even Null kicking the bucket.

They just need to find a way to wrap up the Utrom plot story, but Ch'rell has barely been used so far so I can see them keeping him around as the next main villain

I feel like the problem with not resolving the Utrom/Triceraton plot before the Pantheon is that The Pantheon is not only the overarching plot and backbone to the whole comic, but they are leagues above Ch'rell. It violates the sorting algorithim of evil. Anything after the Rat King would have to be a lesser threat, and would narratively be kind of a let down.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Zog The Magnificent

I feel like the problem with not resolving the Utrom/Triceraton plot before the Pantheon is that The Pantheon is not only the overarching plot and backbone to the whole comic, but they are leagues above Ch'rell. It violates the sorting algorithim of evil. Anything after the Rat King would have to be a lesser threat, and would narratively be kind of a let down.

True, but what else can they really do with Rat King now? They've been "stalling" his big plan for a long time now, just having him watch everything from the shadows, and now the Armaggedon game seems to be everything he wanted to finally do that's been foreshadowed for like...the last 100 issues or something. If this just ends with Rat King retreating again in the shadows saying something like, "Hahaha, the game will continue another day!" it will be seriously underwhelming and disappointing. He really needs to be defeated somehow, we know the Patheon can't really be killed so maybe banished some way is the only way they can do it.

I mean let's face it, ALL these villains are long overdue for closure. Baxter, Hob, Null, etc. all feel like they've been kept around just for the sake of it. They had no problem killing Hun and Slash seemingly for good, they really should do the same with some of the others.

[Zog The Magnificent]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

True, but what else can they really do with Rat King now? They've been "stalling" his big plan for a long time now, just having him watch everything from the shadows, and now the Armaggedon game seems to be everything he wanted to finally do that's been foreshadowed for like...the last 100 issues or something. If this just ends with Rat King retreating again in the shadows saying something like, "Hahaha, the game will continue another day!" it will be seriously underwhelming and disappointing. He really needs to be defeated somehow, we know the Patheon can't really be killed so maybe banished some way is the only way they can do it.

I mean let's face it, ALL these villains are long overdue for closure. Baxter, Hob, Null, etc. all feel like they've been kept around just for the sake of it. They had no problem killing Hun and Slash seemingly for good, they really should do the same with some of the others.

I agree. I just think it's unfortunate that there isn't enough time to resolve it beforehand, because Armageddon Game is probably going to feel like an actual ending, and Ch'rell is gonna be the plot thread that they use as an excuse to keep limping along after the fact. If they were going to limp along afterwards, I'd rather it be with completely new plot threads, so at least there's a clean break, rather than a holdover from the previous run that we actually cared about.

[ProphetofGanja]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

True, but what else can they really do with Rat King now? They've been "stalling" his big plan for a long time now, just having him watch everything from the shadows, and now the Armaggedon game seems to be everything he wanted to finally do that's been foreshadowed for like...the last 100 issues or something. If this just ends with Rat King retreating again in the shadows saying something like, "Hahaha, the game will continue another day!" it will be seriously underwhelming and disappointing. He really needs to be defeated somehow, we know the Patheon can't really be killed so maybe banished some way is the only way they can do it.

That's the thing though, I don't think Rat King is really the type of character who has an end goal in mind, he seems more like the Joker in that he just wants to create chaos for the sheer thrill of it, laughing all the while. He loves playing games, and what fun is it when a game ends?

That's not to say that at some point we don't need something to definitively happen with Rat King, it would get old for us the readers if he just kept on doing his same schtick. IDK though, Batman comics have gotten away with Joker always doing the same kinda thing for decades now, maybe Rat King could work as an evergreen foil, too.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I mean let's face it, ALL these villains are long overdue for closure. Baxter, Hob, Null, etc. all feel like they've been kept around just for the sake of it. They had no problem killing Hun and Slash seemingly for good, they really should do the same with some of the others.

Stockman has for sure been around for a long time, but he's developed enough I don't think he's stale yet. I do wonder what's next after this larger story arc though. Maybe he will get mutated into a fly hybrid himself, it would callback to the events of the Utrom Empire miniseries quite nicely.

Hob is interesting, because he could go either way. He could double-down on being a villain, or he could actually dedicate himself to being a force for good for his fellow mutants, something like a cross between Che Guevara and the less murder-happy iterations of Magneto. I like the character a lot so I hope they do right by him, he's a good addition to the TMNT mythos.

Null, we still honestly don't know what the **** her deal is. She's from another dimension, we know that much now, but as to why she's in the Turtles' dimension running a shady corporation is anyone's guess. Something, something, the Turnstone, apparently.

Originally Posted by Zog The Magnificent

It feels like the company itself is saying the quite part out loud and it's great.

Spoiler:

[hypered1]

More teases for Issue 2 from Tom Waltz: https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1580731696248332288

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by hypered1

More teases for Issue 2 from Tom Waltz: https://twitter.com/TomWaltz/status/1580731696248332288

Torbin Zixx? OK, I know there were Fast Forward characters in the series before because Waltz might just be the only Fast Forward fan in existence, but it still somehow always surprises me to see him use them.