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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics, Vol. 3 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Mark Martin
jonwood's review
adventurous
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Honestly, I found the stand-alone issues (especially the ones not written by the main creative team) to be skippable and dull. I wanted to like the first issue where Casey is focusing on a crime in his hometown, but frankly I found the plot both confusing and slow moving at times. The most entertaining of the standalone issues was a time travel story where the main character and the turtles don't know which turtle is which, yes they look the same, but the Turtles (while holding their distinguishing weapon) get their own name wrong. The return to New York story attempts to get the ball role again, and it really feels like the book is back with the opening Raph and Leo fight, but I found that it rushed through some of the drama and the ending fight to be rather anti-climatic. I would have give a higher rating if the collection skipped the issues not part of the main narrative, but those and the empty feeling I had at the end left me rather disappointed in this volume after enjoying the first two.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
Minor: Death
alexxxxxxxxxx's review
2.0
These Turtle comics are pretty weird and kind of bad. But also whenever they get back into the plot it's pretty good? Like throughout this issue it felt like Eastman and Laird kept losing the plot of their own story, having the Turtles crossover with superheroes and issues where the turtles are making their own comic books with them in it. Which is different and weird, and I kind of appreciate it. But mostly I'm just weirded out by it. Lol
I think I mostly didn't like this comic because of those problems, and how the turtles, aside from the 'Return to Manhattan' (?) storyline really make the Boys feel like background characters in their own graphic novel.
The highlight of this collection was the 'Return to Manhattan' issues, with the turtles having been in hiding since the first issue, and their run-in with Shredder, tensions are getting high in their new hiding place and the brothers start fighting, as they do. But we got Shredder clones and a return of the bad guy himself, plus some friendly Triceraton action and the return to New York!
I think I mostly didn't like this comic because of those problems, and how the turtles, aside from the 'Return to Manhattan' (?) storyline really make the Boys feel like background characters in their own graphic novel.
The highlight of this collection was the 'Return to Manhattan' issues, with the turtles having been in hiding since the first issue, and their run-in with Shredder, tensions are getting high in their new hiding place and the brothers start fighting, as they do. But we got Shredder clones and a return of the bad guy himself, plus some friendly Triceraton action and the return to New York!
sermonsdomain's review
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0