IDW TMNT Issues 59-60: Kitsune’s Mind Control and the Orokosaki Skull

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59 and 60 of the IDW ongoing comic are now out.

Joining me as always is Joe Reed. Hello. Hello.

And we are recording this in the middle of SDCC

or SDC. Yeah. Yeah. SDC. too many initials sometimes

SDCCCCC who knows we're recording this on the

Saturday evening of SDCC and it'll probably be

out about two weeks after the fact but we are

here we are talking about turtles We start with

issue 59 the story so far the turtles return

from their adventure on Brno Island to find their

father attacked by kitsune and The the main title

page here with the creative team obviously Kevin

Eastman Bobby Kern on Tom Waltz Dave Walker is

on art again Rhonda is on colors, Sean Lee is

lettering, and obviously Bobby is editing. This

title page shows all five covers. We have the

regular cover, which is Jenica and Alopex basically

fighting. The art is done by Dave Wachter. We

have the retail incentive, which is done by Michael

Walsh. Subscription cover art done by Kevin Eastman.

Colors by Tommy Varga? The Anastasia Collectible

Exclusive is done by Alex Kotkin, colors by Ulla

Moss, and Eastman Fan Club Edition, kevineastmanstudios

.com, art by Kevin Eastman. Looking at these

five covers, normally, and it's not because I

don't like the man, but normally I'm not a fan

of the Eastman style, but the subscription cover

just really, the whole Kitsune thing, with the...

the bringing out of the Monsters and everything

out of oh, man. That is so cool. What cover do

you like the best? That's tough cuz I'm not attached

to any one of them in particular I think that

the closest one is the Anastasia cover Anastasia

collectibles cover mm -hmm by Alex Kotkin That's

just the good colors kind of I cannot iconographic

wait um iconic versions of the turtles there

we go It's not bizarre. I have been talked into

by one of my buddy comic shop owners. I'm probably

going to sign up to the Kevin Eastman fan club

before he comes to the Comic -Con locally. There's

a badge that you get when you sign up to that.

I don't want to say it gets you favors at cons,

but it might... You might be first in line or

in a different line than the regular things to

get autographs or there might be prints that

are only only those folks can get So I'm gonna

do it and it gets you of one of the Limited issues

autographed. So, you know what? Okay, I'll do

it. I'll I not yet soon within maybe a month,

but Mean, I love Dave walkers regular cover a

cover with Jenica and and alopex. I think that's

great I think that's continuing the style of

the cover a the regular covers that Mateus had

been doing which is kind of cool But it just

as soon as I saw that could soon a subscription

cover from Eastman. I'm like that's kind of badass

So getting into 59 We left off with Splinter

being attacked by Kitsune and Raph, Mikey, and

Lee over there. Don was still back on Burneau

Island wrapping up the Leatherhead UTROM business.

Right, yep. So we then cut to earlier before

that happened. I gotta say... So far, for Dave

Wachter, his splinter is probably one of the

better versions of driving. He doesn't look like

a dog here. You look at the panel on the page

where where where Jenica says, yes master, please

forgive my ignorance. He looks pretty much like

a rat with a fuman chew. That poor rat's probably

got to give so many people trouble. Yeah, he

probably does. He's been giving people trouble

for five years. So we then go to, in the comic,

we have a discussion between Kitsune and Splinter.

A little bit of verbal sparring in there that's

kind of entertaining. He's calling Bluffs. She's

trying to get one over on him. He lets her know

that, oh yeah, no, no, no. Yeah, absolutely.

It's very very cool and We see in the bottom

part of that panel We see the three symbols there

the Fox the Phoenix and the snake is so I assume

that's a Phoenix I Don't remember. It's the the

the neutral sister Yeah, essentially. Yes We

then have Splinter talking to Angel in April.

Meanwhile, Kitsune is infusing Alopex with evil.

Getting into this fox mind control business.

Yep. I mean, I just love Wokter's art with these

two characters, specifically with Jenica and

Alopex. They look so cool. And that... That one

panel on page 10 at the top where it's Alopex

and Kitsune, it's kind of like a face -off image.

I love the juxtaposition of that. They've always

done doesn't matter what artist is doing that.

I mean Dave Walker is doing it here He does it

great every time they've done something like

that kind of half and half Face to make a whole

you know what I mean, so I've just always loved

that in this series when they do that So as the

comic goes along we get kitsune basically getting

the foot ninjas to go after splinter and I love

We really need to get Rhonda on here. Oh Rhonda

Pattison, uh, but color is on the page where

splinter jumps into action the top yeah, I Love

to talk to her. Yeah, the top part of the panel

is Yellow with splinter in orange on one part

and then the middle is red and then there's a

whole collusion of all the yellow red orange

colors of the The whole background in this panel

is just so friggin' cool. Both of these pages,

I almost, oh, I wish this was a giant splash

page. I'm hoping it is. I don't, because we're

viewing these on the IDW server review copies,

folks, so for me they're individual issue type,

image type things, so, but it looks like going

back and forth between these two panels of this

giant fight. It looks like it could be one awesome

splash page. So Jenica tries to defend Splinter,

and then we get Alopex going after Jenica with

Kitsune controlling her, and this is where the

turtles kind of come in. Yeah, this whole issue

was a fight. Both mental and spiritual. I think

you get it on on both ends. Oh absolutely Absolutely,

I mean it just did it seem like it went too fast

for you Yeah, and and then and I'll say for this

issue and the next as well. It goes pretty quick

I mean cuz It doesn't I mean technically this

is cleaning up after Leatherhead mm -hmm Which

we have dawn off doing that and this way yeah

well this Most of this arc was happening while

the turtles were doing the crane thing, too So

it is a half flashback, and I mean not literally

flashback because it catches up with us But yeah,

it catches up at the end, but most of this like

starting to the point where or does it page?

Page three or four On page two is when the flashback

starts and then the flashback goes to the end

when we catch up yeah, and it's a really cool

cool story way of flashback, but as We're going

through this and as I'm trying to Unsuccessfully

summarize it It because it turns into a giant

fight. Yeah, and there's not really a lot of

story How are you gonna, you know, do character

development or character growth when Splinter

is kicking the Foot Clan's ass because he has

to save his own life and Jenica's life from Kitsune.

And then you have, like I said, Alopex coming

in, which I absolutely love how they're using

her with that. And then the final page here is

the turtles come in and see that Splinter is

down. He's got stabbed. Yep. Mm -hmm. I think

there's in the next I don't know 10 15 issues.

We're gonna see a lot of gilp coming from alopex

I'm assuming they'll win her back and maybe she'll

try to run away and like no No, I don't want

to I'm so sorry cuz I like did all this horrible

stuff and and through that will have Have the

two of them coming together again Raph and and

alopex that is a building. Yeah, absolutely Yeah,

awesome. That's my guess but I don't yeah, it

would be really awesome I mean I like kitsune

as a character but we've we've had her I mean

I always turn out to be overly critical of the

IDW team because I have faith in what they're

doing but I just want this kitsune story to you

know like not wrap up but Get somewhere like

I understand Bobby and Tom and Kevin are all

about the the long we haven't waiting for the

long Road ahead and that's great. I absolutely

love that. I'm that way too a lot of times But

it just seems to me that these two issues 59

and 60 to a lesser extent but 59 specifically

it's like We've already had her here the whole

time and she's been planning and plotting and

whatever else and this is kind of her enactment

enactment of her plan But at the same time, it's

just a giant fight scene. It's bothersome to

me Oh in a good way in a literature way that

she's you know been this undercurrent through

the whole series and she's been so creepy that

I think you're right. There is a bit of I'm Creeped

out enough by her fatigue, you know, like we

want the wrap up for this and man I wonder if

she's just gonna end up being the Ultimately

the big bad, you know throughout all of the issues

I mean all the way to a hundred or however far

they go but yeah, I don't know so it I'm only

fatigued because she is so creepy and we still

don't know what she wants Even after 60 issues

Well, we do kind of know what she wants. I mean,

after issue 60, we know what she wants, but she

doesn't exactly get it. And that's really creepy.

Well, she wants that. But we can't... I don't

know why... I don't know what her plans are with

that. The only thing I can think of of her plans

with quote -unquote that is That she wants to

resurrect a certain somebody To what end I mean,

what does what does that get her? I guess we'll

spend more time on that when we get there Yeah,

I know and I understand that and I'm just saying

it's like at the same time. Yeah to what end

but What other and I know there are a million

other TMNT villains that they could bring in

if as long as Nickelodeon says sure or yay We

have rights for this or whatever else, but really

At some point status quo has to go back to normal

doesn't it I would assume well We'll we'll talk

more about that the end of next issue All right,

so number 59 issue 59 zero to five stars, what

are you gonna give 59? solid strong four out

of five four out of five Okay, eight out of ten

would it be five? Yeah. Yeah, four or five is

eight or nine Well, technically it's I don't

know whatever anyway So zero to five stars for

me Gotta give it a three and a half. It's not

a bad score out of five, but it just Like I don't

know. I was wanted like we got so much story.

We we got like 80 % story 20 % I'm probably fudging

the numbers here, but in the in the leatherhead

arc throughout the arc We got more story in three

issues than we did in in each of the three issues

more story than we did here because this is ending

up as the giant fight scene thing so yeah uh

three out three and a half out of five for me

all right uh issue 60 the story so far katsuna

has taken advantage of the turtle's time away

to strike with uh brainwashed alopex and foot

elite At her command, she attacks Splinter, the

turtle's return, a moment too late. Heisman,

Kernel, Waltz on writing store, Tom's on script,

Dave Walker is on art, Rhonda's on colors, Sean

Lee's on letters, Bobby's the editor. Once again,

oh no, this time we have six covers. Oh boy,

okay, so regular cover is done by Dave walker

retail incentive cover is done by Damien Cicero

Subscription cover is done by Eastman with colors

by Tommy Varga convention exclusive cover It

doesn't say which I'll have to look at the actual

image. It doesn't say on the Page here. Oh since

San Diego the San Diego The SDCC Convention Exclusive

Covered Art by Kevin Eastman and Freddie Williams

II. And then the Eastman Fan Club Edition is

done by Kevin Eastman. Out of these, hmm... I

kind of like the retail incentive one. Yeah,

the day in Cusiero. How do we say that? I do

like that. That's almost what I would like my

animated turtles to be. Yeah. Maybe in a DC style

hour and a half animated movie. Absolutely. I

like that one, but I also do like Dave Wachter's

regular cover with the - Yeah, that is quite

good too. That's badass. I hope that's the one

that I have. Oh wait, we haven't bought that

yet because it's not - Well, as of this recording

we haven't - You can go buy it. You can go buy

it now, but as of the recording we have not bought

it yet. So we start this one off. We didn't steal

it guys. We're journalists. It counts. We get

that. They hook us up. They sent it to us. We're

legal. I'm impressed and I can't figure out how

the two Kevin Eastman covers convention exclusives.

Art by Kevin Eastman and Freddie Williams a second.

I don't know how much of each of them is in that.

But it's amazing. They're both really good and

Those will probably be two that I find a way

to track down one or the both Yeah So we start

It doesn't actually give it's somewhere in the

past I think this is the reason we don't get

a time on that that this is a fable Okay, not

a real but it's a story Okay So basically we

get the the first two opening pages are this

the story about the Fox and the hunter Essentially

and I know I can't I was waiting for this to

be the fable that explained it But there is there

are Japanese stories about foxes with multiple

tales and I think that it's it's a nine -tailed

Fox means something in drawings the word word

the first panel opens up with a Japanese archer

horseback archer rather, archer on horseback,

spotting a white fore -tailed fox in the woods.

Right. Yeah, I, yeah, I love this because to

me, honestly, I know people are going to cringe

when I say this. It almost reminds me of Turtles

3. Yeah, when you go back to ancient Japan with

the turtles, us old timers, we automatically

think, you know, that, that unfortunate movie.

Yeah, that poor unfortunate movie. So in this

fable, the fox is, I don't know, on somebody's

land and it's important that it not be there

because it eats things. The archer loads up some

noisemaking arrows not to kill the fox because,

you know, you don't do that, but noisemaker arrows

to scare it away and he accidentally hits it

with the noisemaker arrow, injures it, limps

away and then disappears. But the horseman comes

back later and that same fore -tailed fox is

back with a torch and burns down his house, kind

of as revenge. And mystically we see that fox

shape change into a very familiar form of Kitsune.

God, I hope I have not been saying her name wrong

for the past three years. I don't think that's

wrong. A fully -fledged Japanese person would

probably say that better. But I think our vowels

are right, and I think our emphasis is right.

Yeah. Let's hope. Yeah. So we get the end of

the story here where Kitsune says, beings like

that exact swift revenge. It is better to leave

them alone. And we actually see her. I think

we saw her stab Splinter in 59. This is full

-on panel, like, she's, you know. Yeah. And then

obviously Leo, Mikey, and Raph's reactions. Yeah,

it's a beautiful panel, too. It is. Leo looks

shocked. Mikey and Raph. I don't think I've ever

really seen Mikey look ang - like, in this series.

I know he's had his emotional changes and things

like that, but I don't think I've ever really

seen Mikey's angry face, and that's his angry

face. That's Raph over there who's angry. No,

yeah on the left, but look at Mikey on the right.

Mikey, I don't think that looks angry. Yeah,

it looks angry to me. I think the... This ref

always has the angry face. I mean, it's just

obvious, but... Because yeah, that's the reason

why I said I think Mikey has the angry face is

because right the next panel get off my dad.

I like that and whips the thing around her neck

and... Yep. grappling hook. That's a very Ninja

Turtles animated series old -school grappling

hook. That's a huge homage. You look at that

thing, you know Barry Gordon Donatello made that,

you know, in player. Maybe it opens up and becomes

the TurtleCom. So we get more of Jenica facing

alopex and we get to Basically splinter saying

to Raphael the witch is the only enemy here and

They go after Kitsune Splinter is not dead. Even

though he got stabbed quite deeply in the heart

Yeah, he's surviving so far. He's yeah, he's

surviving so far And we get more, let's see here,

we get, oh, this is, oh, I know. This is what

makes this issue so interesting, folks. We assume

that RAF is helping, but. This is where Kitsune's

mind control starts coming in. She first gets

Raph under her control. He then stabs Mikey,

and then she puts Mikey under her control. So

now she's controlling two out of the four. Donnie's

not even there yet. And then she tries her best

to get Leo, but she can't. Jenica and... Leo's

been there and he knows how to fight her mind

control. Mm -hmm. Jenica and Alipax are still

fighting. And then we go to April in the library.

Put the brakes on. Erk. Turn into the skid. Into

the skid, please. And the giant Phoenix lady.

Akka. Yeah, Akka. See? I'm glad you said that

because I was going to call her A .K .A. So Akka

shows up and gives April a feather and some words

of wisdom. We go back to the fight nothing. This

is what I don't mind about fight scenes in this

conflict Well, like I said with last issue it

turned into a giant fight scene with not a lot

of dialogue in it I mean, yeah Kitsune was talking

and whatever else but it was just her splinter

Jenica and Alpex with the turtles here. We all

know the turtles are all about the puns, you

know all about you know talking while while fighting

in any incarnation. So this is why I love seeing

this now. And just seeing how Splinter has to,

sadly, basically beat up his kids to get them

to stop with the mind control. And then... And

then Kitsune seems to think this is something

she can exploit, so the rat would consume his

young after all. Splinter's rat -pitched. What

do you think so far of how the story's progressing

with the mind control and how the art's constantly

changing from page to page here? Is it changing?

Well, not the style, but like the colors and

the way that, like, you know, you go from the

library page to, you start at the page with the

turtles, splinter, and alopex, and then you go,

or turtles, splinter, and kitsume, you go to

the page with alopex, because it's different,

it's different environments as we go, and then

we go to the library, and it's all different

colors, because it's different, I'm not saying

it's a bad thing, I'm just asking you what you

think of the overall. Each panel individually

is colored well. There are color flourishes that

I know that Rhonda has masterfully done before

that aren't present here. Not everything needs

to be like that. But they are, I will say that

they are a bit drawing now that you've said that,

that it's missing. It's missing an elegant flow

of colors, or it's missing the consistent colors

on the whole page except for POP that beautiful

splash image in the middle. That could more come

from not a symptom of the coloring, but a symptom

of just the page layout that might not be aiding

itself to those interestingly composed color

things. Yeah, I am loving me some mind control

turtles. It's hilarious. I think it's just so

fun because again you have the turtles with their

all all four of them have interesting personalities

to them they have fully developed personalities

to them and as splinter is basically you know

cutting his way through through his ilk here

what we have all these different outcomes and

then Donatello comes home. Pop out of the world.

What? More food for the fodder. Food fodder?

Donnie? No. That was easy. Like in his head.

Boop. Yep. And I love the panel. At the bottom,

I will deal with Donatello. Donatello and Splinter

cut. And then there's something so cool. Like,

you know, I know you don't remember this very

much, but the, the, the opening five Carter,

there's a point where they're all sparring the

87 series. And, uh, it's, um, who is it? It's,

uh, it's Michelangelo and Leonardo who are doing

it, I believe. And they're just kind of going

at it. And Raph and Donnie are just kind of like.

Not really doing that much like it just that's

what this panel is bottom panel reminded me of

is that That's sparring training that they used

to do in the old animated series So Jenica is

about to get her neck cut to her throat cut and

luckily Leo stops that because he's already broken

the the spell here, but he underestimates Kitsune

a little bit here, because she then says to Alipex

that, hey, it's a bear. Bear! And then she goes

nuts on Leo, but Leo pretty quickly takes care

of her. We get to more of Donnie and Splinter

fighting and Donnie you can clearly tell he does

not want to do this and I know that Splinter

doesn't want to do this either, but That's probably

the best tail grab of a bowstab I've ever seen

That is awesome. It's not often that we've seen

Splinter fight before in the series, but it's

not often we see him use it. I can't remember

the last time I saw him use his tail. I think

the only time that's ever happened that I can

recall immediately is the first computer -generated

movie. No, no, no. Let me take that back, because

that means TMNT. The Michael Bay -produced Transformers.

The 2014 film. Oral typos. Yes, the 2014 film.

He does that. with uh yeah no no i'm saying here

in the comic is something that i don't remember

i don't think it's happened here yeah yeah and

now that it has i want him to do it all the time

because that was just so cool um and then he

chokes Donatello out he doesn't nerve pinch him

like he did the others that i feel bad Donnie

got it Donnie got it hard Donnie will have a

headache when he wakes up oh my aching head Uh,

so we get Splinter and Kitsune back and forth

with Jenica and then, uh, April shows up with

a feather and does some mystical mumbo jumbo

to Kitsune that makes her run away. Yeah, it's

vague. It's, it's, okay, so... It's so vague,

I'm like, dang it, I want to know what happened

and why and... Yeah, so... What I can infer from

this issue to this point is Akka showed up because

Akka wants Kitsune to not succeed. She gives

April this magical feather thing. And you know,

the first time I saw it, I'm like, hey, where's

Forrest Gump when you really need him? Because

it is a giant white feather. April comes in.

Does this incantation, powers of creation, masters

of all, hear my lamentations, heed my call, restore

eternity's balance, turn wrong into right, end

this day's malice, cast darkness into light.

And basically, Kitsune just kinda turns into

a fox and runs away. Yeah, turns into a fox,

run away. And Leo's like, uh, whoa, it really

worked. April how the heck did you do that? I

have no idea white magic White magic so we get

more of the turtles Coming up here with With

with the conversation Let's see it was Kitsune.

She decided to take the war to the next level

I guess war what war her family's war long story

And apparently Alopex is gone again. Yeah, she

came too and is feeling super guilty. Yep. So

we then go to Kitsune who runs to a helicopter

or jet plane or some sort of plane with a giant

ass hanger in it. And she thinks she's gotten

away with something. Because she has all these

foot soldiers near her because she can still

control the the foot elite Yeah, yeah the foot

elite. I'm sorry people. They're screaming. There's

never normally screaming kids outside So she

thinks she's gotten away with something in this

box Yeah, we can see there's a little box and

then there's a long coffin shaped thing in the

bed of this large helicopter Oh, well -played,

Hamato Yoshi. Well -played indeed. Oh, the helmet

was in... Yeah, the helmet was in her box, and

he has the skull of Orokosaki. To be continued.

Issue 60. Nine times better. I'm sorry, 59. I

enjoyed 59, but I enjoyed 60 more, because there

was more turtles in it. You got Donnie coming

back, and you got basically father versus sons.

You got Morogenica and Alopex. You got Katsune

doing her thing. You've got the beginning part

of the flashback of the store, the fables. It's

just, oh god, issue 60 was so good. Any other

overall thoughts before we rate this one? There

were definitely more Questions answered or I

don't know. No, I don't want to say questions

answered because I still have the same questions

I think there are there was just more happening

in this issue. It wasn't it wasn't set up It

was like this is where it goes down and and I

appreciated that It's like it went it went a

good type of fast a good kind of fast Absolutely.

What would you rate issue 60? Four and a half.

I'm going to give it a straight five. I loved

every minute of it. Everything in this issue

was paced well. There was no slow moments. There

was no moments where I wanted to skip ahead.

Seeing Donnie come back, and that's the thing

they've been doing since 50. And and I don't

mind it, you know 5152 was kind of Mikey's story

and that you know his his whole dealing with

Which I don't think we've ever still have not

really dealt with it whether he's back back or

I don't think we've really dealt with that yet.

I think he's back right now because they need

him to be back I think he's back now because

they just got back to New York about five minutes

ago. Yeah, there is that too, but you know what

I mean like he was off on his own for two issues

and whatever else I don't remember and this is

a while ago so yeah I really don't remember how

like I mean we just we just got through ten issues

of the comic in the past however many months

we've been doing this for this year so I don't

remember I remember 51 and 52 and why he left

and all that but I don't remember if they ever

really resolved anything they did I almost wonder

if once this Relaxes a bit Like here's my number.

We're still not done Yeah, yeah all right folks

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Alright folks, we are back here in... the pull

bag baggage you classics issue episode 67 here

inside the pull bag and i know people are probably

tired of this but i'm still going to go through

them anyway we do have the october solicitations

october 2016 from idw but in case anyone doesn't

remember i'm going to remind you about the uh

first three issues The first three issues of

the arc for Street Phantoms for Turtles. It's

61 through 63. Issue 61 is out in August, issue

62 is out in September, and issue 63 is out in

October. Turtles 61, Waltz, Eastman, Kernel,

Dave Wachter is, oh, Dave Wachter is doing, oh

no, he's only doing through 61. Okay, the arc

changes after 61, all right. So, Chasing Phantoms

Part 1. While the Turtles and Splinter are still

reeling from the events of TMNT 60, they come

under attack by the Street Phantoms. Will Splinter

let this challenge to his rule stand? Bullet

points on 61. Plus, the secret love life of Harold...

Yeah, I'm not even saying his last name. Oh boy.

So that's, that's uh... That's in August, and

then we have also in August, we've got volume

three of the IDW collection, which we already

talked about. Volume three collects issues 21

to 28 of the City Fall arc. And then it, I said

21 to 28, right? Yeah, 21 to 28, and then it

collects Old Hob, Alapex, Karai, Hun, Bebop,

and Rocksteady, and Shredder micro series one

shots, plus the 2012 annual. And then we get

universe number one, which we already talked

about. And then we get 62, which is in September,

Chasing Phantoms, part two. One ally close to

the turtles faces grave danger while another

makes a choice that will alter his life forever.

Meanwhile, the turtles wonder if their path truly

lies with the foot clad. Dun, dun, dun. Danger

looks everywhere. That's the only bullet point

for that one. We're gonna be getting... Let's

see here... Also, I believe in September we get

the trade for Bebop and Rocksteady Destroy Everything.

That's gonna be an awesome book to pick up, folks.

That's gonna be an awesome trade, yeah. You know,

what I haven't noticed happen, at least didn't...

the couple of stores that I frequent I haven't

seen the values on that creeping up like I thought

I was going to I suspected that that was going

to be another hidden gem special thing everybody

wants it like the Batman Turtles and I still

feel like that arc is gonna be special so it's

still possible to get a hold of oh yeah right

now according to the solicits it's got an MSRP

of 20 bucks for the trade Then we get turtles

universe number twos Let's see the turtles are

trapped and surrounded by the government with

them one of their least favorite people in the

world Baxter Stockman While the unlikely allies

find a way to work together and live to fight

another day Bullet points for this Kevin Eastman

Bill Senquez's astounding backup story continues

the new TMNT ongoing is off and running Frank

cover by Antonio Fuso Also in September we get

volume 15 of the ongoing, entitled Leatherhead,

collects issues 56 to 60, so that's cool. Let's

see here. Okay, so in October, this is the one

we haven't talked about yet, Walt Eastman on

writing, I'm assuming Bobby's on writing as well,

Walker is back on art. Uh, Chasing Phantoms Part

3. With an ally in danger, the turtles look for

a new way to defeat the three phantoms. Will

the turtles be able to do what it takes to save

the foot clan? Not used to hearing those words

yet. And the only bullet point other than a variant

cover by Eric Jones, the bullet point for the

story, a dangerous turning point. No sh - You

know, it's like come on give us a little bit

more I like don't you know spoil it but give

us something Also in October we're getting universe

number three Cornered and injured the turtles

have no escape from the forces aligned against

them Raphael must learn to compromise with his

enemy if any are to survive Bullet points for

universe number three unrelenting action in the

new TMNT ongoing series. Eastman and St. Coen's

Astounding Magistrate continues. Variant covered

by Ryan Lee. Very cool, very cool. We have something

else very cool to talk about here, folks. As

I said earlier, it was announced at San Diego

Comic Con 2016. We will be getting... Batman!

TMNT Adventures. So I am, this is from Nerdist,

this is from Nerdist .com. I'm going to read

this word for word verbatim, so I have it correct.

The story will follow Batman in the style we

know and love from Batman the animated series

and his pursuit of the usual band of foes after

they break free, as they always seem to do from

the confines of Arkham Asylum. The assorted criminals

will find their way... across cannons into...

Yeah, cannons into New York City, where bats

will have no choice but to call upon the help

of the pizza -loving goofballs devoted to keeping

the Big Apple safe. It won't only be Batman's

foes who stand in the way of justice, however,

the turtle's collective of enemies will step

into and s... to ensure the longevity of this

new taste of chaos, and of course, we're likely

to see some contribution from the heroes pals,

perhaps Robin, Alfred, and Commissioner Gordon

will lend a hand, ditto on April and Casey. Just

as Batman has a pretty standout year on the big

screens, so have the Ninja Turtles with Turtles

2 out of the shadows. endeared to fans and more

than a few critics. Likewise, The Turtles are

currently living large on Nickelodeon, where

their eponymous animated series is presently

in the midst of its fourth season. The inceptive

32 -page issue, the first of six altogether,

so it's a six -issue run, another six -issue

miniseries, will run near $3 .99 and should hit

stores November 9th. That's too long to wait!

Please we still okay, so that's too long to wait

Well, we have something to tide you over you

and I still have to go over the original six

issue many serious Batman TMNT that they kicked

out was good, but I think I'm gonna enjoy this

more Yeah, well we can do that first and then

we can do this and and it'll be You know, it'll

be alright. I'm looking at that illustration

that they have for it. It's beautiful. But those

turtles, it looks like the universe Batman's

gonna pop into is the Nickelodeon animated series.

That does not surprise me and actually I'm all

for it, honestly, because you're taking... See,

Batman TMNT, the six -issue mini -series that

just ended a little while ago, we still have

to review. That was a complete DC IDW standalone

that stood outside of the DC Comics Batman universe

and outside of our beloved IDW universe here.

What they're doing is they're taking the classic,

you know, Batman series from almost 25, how long?

Yeah, next year is 25 years since Batman series,

holy shit. They're taking the original Batman

animated series stuff, combining it with Nick

from 2014, and I think it's going to be cool.

I think it's going to be cool as crap. And then

I want to see an animated show of it. As long

as Kevin Conroy and Lauren Lester are Batman

and Robin and Mark Hamill is the Joker, I am

fine with that. So as I said folks here in the

pull bag as I said last time On the gem issue

that Amy and Nicole and I did I kind of need

a break I've been doing comics for the pull bag

for four years now I haven't really put the show

on hiatus at all in four years if anything I've

been more ambitious to do stuff Thank you to

everyone who has listened, who has commented,

who has left us iTunes reviews. I very much appreciate

it. We all very much appreciate it. I, myself,

Joe, everybody else that's hosted on here with

me. But this will be, for now, the final episode

of The Pull Bag. And we will come back at some

point, maybe September or October. So right now,

this is the middle of July. So, uh, yeah, we're

going to take just a couple of months off. Um,

cause I've got a bunch of other stuff I'm doing

and working on and just, I need to, every now

and then I need to change my focus. Right now

my focus is... I didn't intend for this to be

a daily blog, but it has kind of turned out to

be a daily blog. I've started a new staff blog

over at geekcastradio .com called From the Desk

of TFD1Mike, where I talk about geeky stuff,

but it's more so like positive personal stuff.

The two posts as of this recording that I have

online are one about... uh... lending a helping

hand or being helpful to others and the other

one is about uh... it's actually a repost from

my personal blog one year later changes of a

lifetime uh... basically just kind of giving

people insight to my story over the last year

since my mom passed away so that's what's going

on with me of course joe is going to be back

with me for batman tmnt and all the other tmnt

goodness uh... we're gonna be doing uh... well

you guys go back and check this out because as

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my generation episode four where doug and i have

joan and we talk about all kinds of geeky stuff

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