tales of issue #39

[aprilsfan]

Tales of the TMNT #39
Ship Date: October 22, 2007
Format: 32 B&W pages, full color cover, standard size comic
Retail Price: $3.25 US $3.95 Canada
Cover by Andie Tong and Dan Berger; story by Dan Berger, art by Andie Tong.
“What Wolves Wear.” Raphael is summoned to a dystopian future by the nameless sorcerer from Tales of the TMNT volume one #3. The bewildered ninja discovers that lycanthropy has overrun American society and the wizard has taken control of the beasts. Well, most of them, anyway. Bonus pin-up by Herendon.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Would that be the wizard dude from "All Hallows' Thieves"?

I'm sorry, but I really think this idea is lame. Has there even been one issue of Tales where Raph gets to go out with Casey and bust heads? Seems to me it's just been funky shanghai-ing aliens (#28 ), werewolf pop singers (#7), and giant bugs (#17).

At least there've been issues like #12 (Paris Nocturne) and #8 "Virus".

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by aprilsfan

The bewildered ninja discovers that lycanthropy has overrun American society and the wizard has taken control of the beasts. Well, most of them, anyway. Bonus pin-up by Herendon.

So Raph goes to the future depicted in the RPG's???

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

So Raph goes to the future depicted in the RPG's???

Um I think it has onlt to do with wolves in this new tales issue.
The rpgs deal with everyone being mutated and all kinds of animals.
ly·can·thro·py
1. a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
2. the supposed or fabled assumption of the appearance of a wolf by a human being.

They do mention it being other animals as well in other definitions but one would asume its wolves considering the cover of the issue.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

They do mention it being other animals as well in other definitions but one would asume its wolves considering the cover of the issue.

Those aren't wolves, they're cats! Look at the facial features. They have the nose of a wild cat, cat ears, and the jaws remind me of a black panther.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Those aren't wolves, they're cats! Look at the facial features. They have the nose of a wild cat, cat ears, and the jaws remind me of a black panther.

That one on the right of the cover actually really reminds me of Bat-Splinter from Vol. 3.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

This is undoubtedly where that cat guy who was at Splinter's funeral came from.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Those aren't wolves, they're cats! Look at the facial features. They have the nose of a wild cat, cat ears, and the jaws remind me of a black panther.

then why exactly is the issue titled “What Wolves Wear.”? hmmmm?

[Andrew NDB]

I think it's pretty obviously meant to be werewolves. Just a few creative liberties are taken so as not to just necessarily make them look like this :

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I think it's pretty obviously meant to be werewolves. Just a few creative liberties are taken so as not to just necessarily make them look like this :

yeah and it looks like raph gets bitten by the look of the image in the back ground eep!

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

yeah and it looks like raph gets bitten by the look of the image in the back ground eep!

Raph gets bitten by Vamps and becomes a Gamera....

Raph gets bitten by werewolves and becomes a hairy turtle.

Several years ago there was a series of action figures of the turtles done as Universal Studios monsters. Leo was the werewolf, Don was Dracula (I have that one), Mike was Frankenstein, and Raph was the Mummy.

So Raph's pretty much been just about every movie monster now.

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Raph gets bitten by Vamps and becomes a Gamera....

Raph gets bitten by werewolves and becomes a hairy turtle.

Several years ago there was a series of action figures of the turtles done as Universal Studios monsters. Leo was the werewolf, Don was Dracula (I have that one), Mike was Frankenstein, and Raph was the Mummy.

So Raph's pretty much been just about every movie monster now.

Don't forget the second series of those figures Raph was a space alien mutant lol, leo was the creature, mike was the inviso man, and april was the bride.

[Roseangelo]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

Raph was a space alien mutant lol

Raph was the Metaluna Mutant from the movie This Island Earth, which was the movie riffed on for the MST3K movie. [/geek][/dork][/nerd]

[VaughnMichael]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Raph was the Metaluna Mutant from the movie This Island Earth, which was the movie riffed on for the MST3K movie. [/geek][/dork][/nerd]

ah I always thought it was an alien my bad lol it looks like all thos eold movie aliens.

[Roseangelo]

Well, he is an alien, too.

[Ninjinister]

We need Raph as Sadako now ^^

I'm very hopeful for this issue. After all, it's got Dan Berger's involvement!

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Putrescent

yeah and it looks like raph gets bitten by the look of the image in the back ground eep!

Looks like he literally sprouts green fur... and is that ears? Creepy. I'm sure it'll be an interesting read.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Looks like he literally sprouts green fur... and is that ears? Creepy. I'm sure it'll be an interesting read.

No ears just the green fur. Now will he be as soft as my build a bear turtles (Raph and Don)???

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

No ears just the green fur.

You sure? Looks like what may be a furry ear kind of coming down over the side of his bandanna on that cover.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Turtles with ears!?

AAHHH!!! That is scary!