#Published: 2003

[heroesriseandfall]

Teen Titans/Outsiders Secret Files (2003) — Roy leaving voicemails for Dick after Donna Troy’s death

Identity Crisis (2004) #7 — Dick leaving voicemails for Tim after Jack Drake’s death

[superheroes-or-whatever]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 40th Anniversary Comics Celebration (2024) art by Khary Randolph

[thecomicsnexus]

TMNT: 40TH ANNIVERSARY COMICS CELEBRATION

July 2024

By Kevin Eastman, Edgar Alan Poe, Jim Lawson, Tristan Jones, Gary Carlson, Chris Allan, Erik Burnham, Lloyd Goldfine, Ciro Nieli, Andy Suriano, Tom Waltz, Ronda Pattison , Tom Napolitano, Steve Lavigne, Paul Harmon, Frank Fosco, Adam Guzowski, Sarah Myer, Luis Antonio Delgado, Shawn Lee, Khary Randolph, Emilio Lopez, Michael Dialynas, Pablo Tunica, Freddie E. Williams II, David Petersen, Ken Mitchroney, Aaron Hazouri, Dan Duncan, Sophie Campbell, Jodi Nishijima, Stan Sakai, and Emi Fujii.

Come and enjoy stories that will remind you of the 40 years of turtle history.

SCORE: 10 *

* Assuming you are familiar with these iterations.

This is a strange read, and curiously, there are three or four highlights for me, and they are not exactly the ones you would imagine.

Spoilers after the break...

The first story by Kevin Eastman is in the Mirage section of the book but... well... I'll leave at that... I wouldn't call it the Mirage we knew.

There is a story by Lawson and Lavigne with the Rat King that... it's fun. But, you know... I wouldn't even try to fit it in canon... the amount of continuity physics you need to bend to place this story is not worth the time. Just enjoy as a new story by these two iconic Mirage artists.

This other story by Tristan H. Jones and Paul Harmon requires more analysis. I'll revisit it on my gang wars video and try to give it more context... but unfortunately... it's just too vague. All I can say for sure is that it happens in the future of that incomplete saga, but the narrator just takes too many artistic choices to be taken at face value.

Also... I believe this is the first official (frontal) appearance of Agent Bishop (unless I got the character wrong, but Jones already tried to introduce him in this saga). I think he is still holding on to it, and I really hope he gets to tell his story. I wouldn't mind a mini-series... just saying!

The Volume 3 story was... not for me. The dialogue alone felt tired.

The Archie adventure was short, eventful, and funny... and it looks amazing too!

In just four pages a new character was introduced and... a new love story was implied! And it's not just a gratuitous cameo... this is a funny sequence.

The Saturday Morning Adventures (the de facto 87 story) looks amazing as usual, but I didn't find the story that interesting. However, it started a theme that would run across most of the stories in this special after this one: Master Splinter.

The 2003 story is a... loose canon?

Hun is Slash, and Shredder is back... so make of that what you want. All I'm going to say is that this felt a lot like watching the beginning of a 2003 episode, with the narration setting the tone.

The 2012 story was one of the least interesting in the previews, but I have to say... it was probably one of the best. It brought back a villain and it technically serves as an excuse to continue the series?

But to me the best thing about the story is the art. I am surprised Ciro Nieli didn't do more comic book work for the Turtles all these years. In fact, if they somehow decided to continue the 2012 universe in 2D in this style... I'm all in. Well, who am I kidding... I would be in anyway... but this looks amazing.

Andy Suriano did probably the most interesting story in the book. Now, I am not sure if his style doesn't translate well to static panels or what the problem is with the comic format... but it doesn't matter... this small story brought in a lot of things that ended on the editing floor after the show's second season was reduced to a few more episodes. There was a rumor about a female turtle, and not only it is here in all its glory, but there is also a brother?

And come on... it's so Lou Jitsu to die with a cliffhanger.

There are two IDW stories. One is another Splinter story, but the other one is perhaps one of the best in this book.

The Ronda Pattison story takes place just before the Armageddon game, and it shows the five turtles in full sibling dynamic (even Jennika). It was refreshing to see these turtles having fun for a change.

There are no stories by the new team, but... well... that's just starting.

[zer0point5ive]

it’s the picture of diana in lawrence’s wallet with her arms wrapped around a dog, it’s the horse riding awards in her bedroom and and the snake toy she has draped over her headboard .. it’s adam who wanted so badly to be a vet, adam who loves cats and brings them saucers of milk despite there being barely anything in his fridge .. it’s them bonding over their love of animals, diana showing adam her amazing animal facts book and adam asking for one every time he sees her, it’s adam saving up his own money so he can surprise her with a trip to the zoo for their next adam-and-diana day when lawrence and alison are at work and need someone to watch her, it’s him taking his camera, getting pictures of her with her favorite animals and developing them, it’s diana telling adam she wants to be a vet when she grows up and him getting excited, grabbing lawrence’s stethoscope when diana says she wants to play vets and taking his job oh so seriously when diana says that he’s gotta be her assistant, it’s .. its ..

[pocoslip]

What is it with Casey Jones and his Association with Thunder and Lightning?? Am I Crazy????

(I'm not complaining because I kinda like the Idea of Casey Jones having Lightning Powers, even though I still think he doesn't need Superpowers to Fight Crimes and Turtles)

[theroseeatsribs]

silly comic

[sunsetsandsunshine]

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LAST UPDATED: 8/19/2024

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Watch TV with me! - Lee: Mikey, Ler: Leo

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Cheater cheater, pumpkin eater - Lee: Mikey, Ler: Raph

You can always ask - Lee: Leo, Ler: Mikey

Go to sleep, bro - Lee: Donnie, Ler: Mikey

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Leadership - Lee: Leo, Ler: Raph

Ticklish Hands - Lee: Raph, Ler: April

Just say you’re sorry - Lee’s: Leo and Mikey, Ler’s: Raph and Donnie

Ticklish Twins - Switches: Donnie & Leo Please never dance again - Lee: Mikey, Ler’s: Raph, Donnie and Leo Mikey vs. Donnie’s coding - Lee: Mikey, Ler: Donnie Study Session - Lee: April, Ler: Donnie Coraline and a pumpkin - Lee: Leo, Ler’s: Raph, Donnie and Mikey

Your just being you - Lee: Mikey, Ler: Leo

Stop being so reckless - Lee: Leo, Ler: Donnie

♥✦•·················• 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐲𝐡𝐞𝐦/𝐓𝐎𝐓𝐓𝐌𝐍𝐓 •·················•✦♥

Leo, just tell her - Lee: Leo, Ler: Raph

To steal or not to steal - Lee: Mikey, Ler: Donnie Give me my pencil - Lee: Leo, Ler: April Leo, just tell her! Like, actually - Lee: Leo, Ler: April

[mysterycitrus]

this isn’t a specific character for the hc game but! i have a meta look behind the curtain question — i’m curious how many of these hcs you had locked and loaded, ready to go, part of your own personal character bibles vs how many you had to sit and think of in the moment

either way holy shit they’re all so so good, i’m still v new to dc but your understanding of the characters is my favorite i’ve seen of any fan creators, respectful and knowledgeable about the canon but also so fleshed out and given so much heart and depth and nuance that dc can really lack sometimes

that is really very lovely to say and i really appreciate it

idk how to describe it exactly — wrt my personal creative process, once ive read enough of a character it just gets really easy to make logical jumps about how to add characterisation that’s internally consistent. i kinda just…. vibe it out? even for characters i don’t necessarily like, it’s very quick to patch stuff together for them provided ive consumed and thought about enough canon material. most of the headcanons ive been writing is just stuff im coming up with as i go through

for example, for donna i knew i wanted to incorporate robbie in some way, so — she holds someone else’s baby -> wally has a new baby -> wally’s new baby probably has red hair, like robbie -> this is naturally upsetting -> rinse, repeat. likewise for her photography as a motif for her lost memories -> she remembers many different lives -> she’s a photographer -> she’d use her photography to capture concrete moments in her life, etc. idk if that makes sense

same deal with persephone… none of those character interactions are planned. i just started writing them and the characters did what they wanted to do. i basically just judged which characters would affect dickie’s tenuous mental state in ways that would best suit the narrative. there are specific books i read to try and monitor accuracy but other than that…… it’s all just vibes. vibes and logical conclusions and trusting that im being true to the character’s intent tehehehe

good luck with ur dc journey! try to avoid anything published this decade 🌝

[holographings]

he's listening to croatian amor

kind of a redraw of this old thing

[blueminuet]

It's 2024 and cringe is dead, have a JimmyTimmy Pacific Rim AU...... Chapter ONE of a multi-chapter JimmyTimmy PacRim AU..

Originally inspired by this art by choraa and then spurred on by @fauvester pulling me fully into nicktoons hell...

Please check out Fauve's lovely art of this AU, it is incredible.

[shironezuninja]

You see? This is why the innocent child in me really, really hates politics. Good luck making me smile for the next 4 years. You’re reverting me back into a contentious kid towards all adults.

[vanyafresita]

I LOVE YOU FANFIC WRITERS !!!!!

[zahri-melitor]

Circled back to Batman: Family, and HOW has this not been collected? It’s a whole sequel to Bruce Wayne: Murderer/Fugitive!!

It’s got:

So much Gotham underworld content

Martha Wayne anecdotes from before her marriage

Bruce dealing with an attempt to remove him as CEO from Wayne Enterprises

A rare appearance from Tam Fox

Steph dealing with going from ‘getting trained by Batman’ to back on the outers

Orpheus and Dinah being treated as ‘Family’ for the purpose of the book

Specifically traumatising Helena in new ways with regards to her family’s deaths

The claim that Tim is 5’9”, in news unseen literally anywhere else

Tim using cats as weapons

Dick spotting Babs doing gymnastics

Gotham has a Center for Disease Control that’s CLOSED (Gotham! You’ve had two plagues in the past decade! What are you doing???)

Cass getting to do the creepy watcher thing

Dick checking in on Cass to see that she’s coping with her dad’s actions in BW:M/F

Cass panicking over Dick being hurt and reviving him after his heart stopped

Bruce asking Helena for help

Jokes about Ollie’s reaction to President Luthor

The ONLY event I know where Cass, Steph and Helena are all participating simultaneously (usually you only get 2 of the 3)

Lots of callbacks to No Man’s Land

A Dick and Dinah team up!

An Actual Wayne Gala (with Dick, Babs, Tim and Cass all present)

This is like CATNIP, it’s amazing.

[livvyofthelake]

it’s actually NOT like the princess at all really. the princess was an action movie more so than girlfantasy. THIS is unfiltered pure girlfantasy updated for the 2020s… it’s like guinevere choices. or queen charlotte. or the secret society of second born royals. or it’s kind of like if the school for good and evil wasn’t bad. in many ways it’s like if the secret of moonacre was made in the 2020s and also was grimier. but i think being grimier is an included facet of being more 2020s rather than 2000s. girlfantasy of course wasn’t invented until like the 90s we know this. which is a real shame because the princess bride has always had so much girlfantasy potential but alas was made by men who don’t care about women. there IS actually a way to remake the princess bride to be girlfantasy but no one will ever do it right unless we get like. greta gerwig to team up with someone crazy like guillermo del toro. that would be awesome. alas that’s literally never happening so we can only hope no one tries lest i turn into a terrorist about it. i digress. anyway

[sunburnacoustic]

Another song that starts off in fairly staid and straightforward fashion before building in force is 'Ruled By Secrecy', on which thundering piano bass notes are interspersed with high notes that ride over the top of the vocal. "A lot of the time we would actually cut the right-hand and left-hand parts separately and treat them separately," Costey remarks. "The beginning of 'Ruled By Secrecy' was all CP80, which is an old Yamaha electric piano, and while that was a left-hand part we also doubled it up with a right-hand part that was actual piano. We also took the CP80 and ran it through a couple of guitar amps only for the left hand, so that the left hand would have a larger tone to it when Matthew hit those notes. Then, by the end of the song, when he was hitting the more sustained left-handed parts, I trotted out the old Echoplex as well."

Rich Costey on Ruled By Secrecy, Sound On Sound interview, 2003.

Guys we can be so so excited about the fact that Rich is doing a Q&A about Absolution for the XX anniversary remaster

[robin-in-the-library]

I wish a very step in a puddle with your new shoes to anyone who decided to have books (that I need for my thesis) be only available for consultation in the library be held in the only uni library that is open for only two hours three days a week