I'm Counting On ALL* Of You To Go See TMNT This Weekend!

[willtupper]

Daddy needs to make sure he keeps getting more comic work! :D

*ALL = NOT you, Rick Olney. You need to take your $7.50 and use it to pay down your debts, you deadbeat! :mad:

[Flamebird]

Daddy needs to make sure he keeps getting more comic work! :D

*ALL = NOT you, Rick Olney. You need to take your $7.50 and use it to pay down your debts, you deadbeat! :mad:

He'd just sneak in the side door anyway.

[JoeK32880]

I'll see it eventually. If I was still 10 years old I would kill to see it.

[Cam63]

He'd just sneak in the side door anyway.

More like slithering under it.

[Alan Lynch]

I'll see it eventually. If I was still 10 years old I would kill to see it.
I'm 23 and I'd still kill to see it. We've still got another couple of weeks to wait yet.

[Deathstroke]

Sorry but between the NCAA basketball tournament and the championship games in the youth league I'm a part of, TMNT comes in a very distant second place of things I'd consider doing this weekend.

[Cam63]

I like that the turtles have ninja skills, but are no way like ninjas.

[GigaLeo]

I like that the turtles have ninja skills, but are no way like ninjas.

Remember when they didn't think twice about killing someone? Ah, those were the days...

I'll be going to see this opening night, and though I'm sure I'll enjoy moments of it, part of me will continue to miss the original dark and gritty incarnation of those lovable shellbacks.

[Cam63]

Maybe they'll like beer and swearing.

[Alan Lynch]

Maybe they'll like beer and swearing.
Most teenagers I know do. Also: underage pregnancy. Very popular round my way.

[Cam63]

Some things never lose their popularity.

[elizabethgenco]

I have more mad TMNT than you might expect. I'm going.

[Gail Simone]

You're not the boss of me!

But I'll probably go.

Gail

[Joshua Pantalleresco]

It's a tough job, but dang it I'll go!

JP

[bfrank]

I've never cared for TMNT.....

[shrike]

Is April in it?

[elizabethgenco]

I belive that April is in it, voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar.

[DarkCrisis]

When it 1st came around it was great, but now-a-days...

Why do they keep brining this property back?

And man, I'd love it if they made it like the REAL original comic book.

[Lester C.]

Removed. I thought Will was talking about his father so I asked him if his dad was Kevin Eastman. It turns out Will is the author of the TMNT comic books. How cool is that?

[JoeK32880]

I remember when I was a kid I loved the cartoon then one day my mom took me to Toys R Us (I think it was 1988?) and I saw the toys for the first time. I never even saw a commercial for them on TV. It might just have been the happiest moment of my life. My mom bought me Donatello and I didn't put him down until I had to go to school the next day.

[Cam63]

I've never cared for TMNT.....

I like most ACDC songs.

[Night Swordsman]

I like most ACDC songs.

Same here.

Turtles pretty much lost me after the wonderful first movie with the horrible sequels aimed at kids.

No more Turtle Rap.

[willtupper]

Lester, Thank you, brother. But actually, Vanilla Ice is my father. He runs around the house now, screaming "Go, Ninja! Go, Ninja, Go!"

It makes getting any work done kind of hard :D.

And I just started writing stuff for the TMNT... last August? Something like that.

It's so much fun, I'm surprised I've not hurt myself doing it yet. Shoot!

Paper cut :(.

THANK YOU ALL, EVERYONE WHO IS GOING TO SEE THE MOVIE THIS WEEKEND! :D :D

[stealthwise]

TURTLE POWER.

I'll be there.

Man, TMNT has to be the best comic book property created in the past 20 years.

[willtupper]

steathwise, I hereby declare yours to be the POST OF THE DAY!

(Although the Turtles were created in '83, first published in '84. So they're a little more than 20 years old! :p)


TURTLE POWER.

I'll be there.

Man, TMNT has to be the best comic book property created in the past 20 years.

[stealthwise]

steathwise, I hereby declare yours to be the POST OF THE DAY!

(Although the Turtles were created in '83, first published in '84. So they're a little more than 20 years old! :p)

NO!

In my head, it's still the early 2000s, a defense mechanism against entering my acknowledging my aging after having a daughter.

So we'll make it 25 years.

[willtupper]

Speaking as someone who just turned 30...

DEAL! :D

Early 2000s it is, then!

[Darediva]

I came home from my overseas tour on Okinawa in the mid 80's to find the world was TMNT crazy, and I had never heard of them. Then I found out about the origin link nod to Daredevil. Pretty slick.

I'd go see the movie, but I'm fresh out of dinero for entertainment. :(

[Lester C.]

When I was around twelve I racked up two hundred dollars on my dad's cable bill ordering and reordering the first movie. We bought a VCR after that.

[stealthwise]

When I was around twelve I racked up two hundred dollars on my dad's cable bill ordering and reordering the first movie. We bought a VCR after that.

When I was around the same age, the movie had just come back to our town on second-run at the theater. I wasn't able to go the first time, because the lines were literally around the block, so this time I was pumped.

The movie was one of the best film experiences of my life, and I was excited as hell.

I got home, completely pumped and wishing I could see it again, when Surprise! My parents had just rented it from the video store.

Best. Day. Ever.

[willtupper]

I saw the first movie opening night, with my 3 best friends. We were all kind of the school outcasts, and it spoke to us in a way that we so desperately NEEDED at the age of thirteen.

It, too, was one of the best experiences of my life.


When I was around the same age, the movie had just come back to our town on second-run at the theater. I wasn't able to go the first time, because the lines were literally around the block, so this time I was pumped.

The movie was one of the best film experiences of my life, and I was excited as hell.

I got home, completely pumped and wishing I could see it again, when Surprise! My parents had just rented it from the video store.

Best. Day. Ever.

[Froggy]

It comes out march 23, on my birthday

[PatrickG]

I saw the first movie opening night, with my 3 best friends. We were all kind of the school outcasts, and it spoke to us in a way that we so desperately NEEDED at the age of thirteen.

It, too, was one of the best experiences of my life.

Hey!

I pitched to Murphy a couple of years ago and he shared my stuff with Laird.

Peter Laird didn't really find anything of mine usable but it was a nice experience on the whole. I got sent a HUGE STACK of comp books. Probably one of the best rejection experiences I've had.

And I gather that Laird is especially protective of his characters because of issues he has with their handling in the 90s so I knew it was a hard pitch going in.

[Astonishing X-Fan]

Honestly, the movie looks corny, kiddie, and downright lame from the previews. Every single second of the previews is the turtles screaming cheesy catchphrases.

[Trusty Mutsi]

That's THIS week???

GAH!!! That sure snuck up on me:(

[Flawless P]

The old school theme song plays everytime i boot up my computer.

[Flawless P]

Daddy needs to make sure he keeps getting more comic work! :D

*ALL = NOT you, Rick Olney. You need to take your $7.50 and use it to pay down your debts, you deadbeat! :mad:
7.50 ha try 9.50 at the nearest.

[titanfan]

I've never cared for TMNT.....

I've always despised them. I hated that my brother and several of my friends loved them.

The concept is just too ridiculous. Probably why I also hate Detective Chimp. I mean, it's like someone just took <random animal> and just paired it with <random occupation>. What's next, a llama chiropractor?

[PatrickG]

I've always despised them. I hated that my brother and several of my friends loved them.

The concept is just too ridiculous. Probably why I also hate Detective Chimp. I mean, it's like someone just took <random animal> and just paired it with <random occupation>. What's next, a llama chiropractor?

TMNT was created as a parody of/tribute to Frank Miller's work, particularly his Ronin and Daredevil work.

Detectives are interesting to read about. Add the "Chimp" and the follow-up response is, "How's THAT gonna work?" Add that a lot of people LOVE chimps and simians have historically made comics sell.

Llama Chiropractor doesn't have that kind of tension in the concept.

Bounty Hunters are interesting. Bunnies are cute. Bounty Hunter Bunny has that kind of tension.

[willtupper]

I think it has a LOT of tension and storytelling possibilities. I mean, how can llamas reach your back? How can they work on it? They're LLAMAS, for goodness sake!

I'll pitch the idea to Tightlip Entertainment. I'm sure to be offered a million dollars worth of Happy Meals for it.

LLAMA CHIROPRACTORS, ASSEMBLE! :p


Llama Chiropractor doesn't have that kind of tension in the concept.

[Night Swordsman]

TMNT was created as a parody of/tribute to Frank Miller's work, particularly his Ronin and Daredevil work.

Detectives are interesting to read about. Add the "Chimp" and the follow-up response is, "How's THAT gonna work?" Add that a lot of people LOVE chimps and simians have historically made comics sell.

Llama Chiropractor doesn't have that kind of tension in the concept.

Bounty Hunters are interesting. Bunnies are cute. Bounty Hunter Bunny has that kind of tension.

Nah. We already got Dog,the Bounty Hunter. :rolleyes:

What the Llama Chiropractor needs is something ELSE.

Llama Chiropractors..FROM MARS. Or Neptune. Or New Jersey. Or any other alien environment. :D

[willtupper]

Hey Patrick!

Murphy's a borderline Saint. Glad it was a nice experience, and I hope you got something positive out of it.

Like comp books! Yay, comp books! :D

And I suspect you're right about Peter not wanting to be taken to the cleaners with his characters, ever, ever again.

NEW TURTLE COMICS TOMORROW, ALONG WITH BIRDZ OF PREY SELL-OUT!

NEW TURTLE MOVIE ON FRIDAY! GAIL IS GOING, I AM GOING, LOTS OF GREAT PEOPLE ARE GOING!

Are YOU? :eek:


Hey!

I pitched to Murphy a couple of years ago and he shared my stuff with Laird.

Peter Laird didn't really find anything of mine usable but it was a nice experience on the whole. I got sent a HUGE STACK of comp books. Probably one of the best rejection experiences I've had.

And I gather that Laird is especially protective of his characters because of issues he has with their handling in the 90s so I knew it was a hard pitch going in.

[willtupper]

Llama Chiropractors from Mars...

It's like GOD is posting on this very message board.

BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT! BRILLIANT!



Nah. We already got Dog,the Bounty Hunter. :rolleyes:

What the Llama Chiropractor needs is something ELSE.

Llama Chiropractors..FROM MARS. Or Neptune. Or New Jersey. Or any other alien environment. :D

[willtupper]

AND I've already come up with a spin-off book : Grasshopper Doctors from Venus!

And then we'll sell the rights to John Gray, and he'll write a horrible self-help book about them! "Llama Chiropractors are from Mars, Grasshopper Doctors are from Venus."

Then the world will end. Hang on, Armageddon!

[Night Swordsman]

AND I've already come up with a spin-off book : Grasshopper Doctors from Venus!

And then we'll sell the rights to John Gray, and he'll write a horrible self-help book about them! "Llama Chiropractors are from Mars, Grasshopper Doctors are from Venus."

Then the world will end. Hang on, Armageddon!

The world will not end,silly! :p

See..the Grasshopper Doctors will realize that the Llama Chiropractors are really good at getting all those nasty kinks out caused from jumping around all day long. The Llama Chiropractors will realize how much money they will rake in from all the referrals given by the Doctors. Both groups get super-rich,and buy out Disney in a few years and thaw out Uncle Walt.

[willtupper]

I love you, Night Swordsman!

Thank you for setting me straight! :D



The world will not end,silly! :p

See..the Grasshopper Doctors will realize that the Llama Chiropractors are really good at getting all those nasty kinks out caused from jumping around all day long. The Llama Chiropractors will realize how much money they will rake in from all the referrals given by the Doctors. Both groups get super-rich,and buy out Disney in a few years and thaw out Uncle Walt.

[stealthwise]

Paramecium Accountants from the rock formerly known as a planet, Pluto

[the4thpip]

Looks like there is still a lot of interest in the toitles! (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=%20180097047814#ebayphotohosting)

[Night Swordsman]

Paramecium Accountants from the rock formerly known as a planet, Pluto

They are easily hired by both the grasshoppers and the Llamas to help manage all the money they will create.
A wonderful triad.

[Sally Sensational]

Well, Shell and I took the princess to TNMT.

It was okay. I wish it had been a little funnier and a little less like one of those simulator rides you see in the mall.

Overall, a cute movie which should move a lot of toys off the shelf and hopefully rekindle interest in TMNT as a franchise.

There . . . happy now?

[Magneto_X]

Saw it today.

Loved it to pierces!

Hopefully they'll make a sequel or two*.

* that way Donatello can get more screentime! :D

[sk716]

Well, Shell and I took the princess to TNMT.

It was okay. I wish it had been a little funnier and a little less like one of those simulator rides you see in the mall.

Overall, a cute movie which should move a lot of toys off the shelf and hopefully rekindle interest in TMNT as a franchise.

There . . . happy now?

I'd like to add, I liked it a bit more than Steph did. So did the kid.

[willtupper]

All of you TOTALLY RULE!

TMNT made #1 this weekend!

Sequel! Sequel! Sequel! :) :) :) :) <---four happy turtles!

[Blake Petit]

I saw it. What'll you give me? :D

(I even did a mini-review of it on my podcast (http://www.comixtreme.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33733).)

[TheSaltedSuperman]

Saw it. Loved it. Good fun movie.

[LtMarvel]

Took my 6 year old daughter and my wife. After the film one of us breathlessly exclaimed, "That was the best movie ever!" and bounced out of the theater and into the mall.

Wanna guess which one of us that was?

[PatrickG]

Spoiler free...

But...

I thought it was interesting that several elements which might have been plot twists were either covered by narration or dialogue.

I felt a bit cheated at first but I quickly realized that:

A) adults would have seen through the "plot twists" quickly

AND

B) small children might have gotten lost

The result is a fairly straightforward romp with some nice character-driven moments.

I'm not sure how Laird would feel about a couple of the choices made. Particularly the hints at the end or the reference to "Bebop & Rocksteady" (at least, that's what I heard) in the closing credits rap.

SPOILER TIME

The overall piece was fairly faithful to Laird's TMNT, fairly faithful to the movies, somewhat faithful to the old cartoons (the van and the pizza sight gag) and, oddly enough, VERY faithful to the spirit and style of the Archie comics I grew up on.

Visually, the characters seemed most true to their Archie forms. The story itself didn't focus much on Shredder (which the Archie comics, like the Mirage stories, did not) but the Archie comics did tend towards:

- Stories of justice/political/corporate corruption.

- Alien villains.

- April as a martial artist.

- Intergalactic threats.

- Latin America/rainforests focus.

- Raph in black. (Raph had a black costume he used off and on through TMNTA.)

Furthermore, the bat villain reminded me of Wingnut and if I could adjust ONE thing in this film, I'd base the 13 Monsters on the Mighty Mutanimals or at least have Wingnut and Screwloose incorporated as two of the thirteen. I think it would have added some flavor and personality to the monsters. As it stood, I feel like only the dineralien truly had a chance to shine.

Actually, thinking about it, I would have drawn from various sources for the extradimensional monsters.

But I would have included Wingnut and Screwloose as two (since they were extradimensional anyway). I would have included a Triceradon (or at least a savage cousin of a Tricerdon). And I would have included Slash (who was an alien and not a mutant in the Archie universe).

I think the familiar faces would have been a nice touch for fans and would have been more engaging for kids.

I'm fairly forgiving about anything people might regard as "plot holes" in a movie like this but since Winters was there when the monsters escaped and since it was the most pivotal moment in his life, I think he'd notice the substitution of Leonardo for a monster.

However, if Slash was one of the monsters then the substitution angle would have been easier and it would have allowed for a another Turtle vs. Turtle showdown.

Overall, great flick. 3.5 stars. I think they could have made the story a bit less complicated given how straight forward it was and made the monsters more charismatic, giving them nicknames and personalities. But very enjoyable and expertly performed.


My hat is REALLY off the Jim Cummings, the only person returning to the franchise from the Fred Wolf incarnation. (He was Leatherhead, the fill-in Shredder for James Avery and many of the background characters.) I think he played at least four or five roles in this film. Take out Kevin Smith, SMG, the Human Torch, Mako, Patrick Stewart and the Turtles and Cumming voiced virtually every other role -- and I don't think people would pick up on that unless they were familiar with his stable of voices or they knew going in. He is Mel Blanc's spiritual successor.

His breakout role was probably as Darkwing Duck or both of the leads on Bonkers. But he is also Pegleg Pete, The Tasmanian Devil, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Ed the Hyena AND Jeremy Irons' singing double as the voice of Scar in The Lion King. He's involved in almost every Disney project and he's been on just about every American-produced cartoon you can think of at least once... Playing roles ranging from Bill Clinton to Ghengis Khan to Aesop to Long John Silver to MODOK.

I'm a big fan of his; a cartoon that hasn't had at least one Jim Cummings guest voice probably isn't worth watching. Which is not to say every cartoon he's worked on is great or that he's necessarily what makes the show great but he's the Bizarro Ted McGinley of cartoons.

[LtMarvel]

OK, plot holes time: wasn't the missing monster the little guy that Raph battled in the diner? How did it become the huge van chasing thing later in the movie?

And what have been those 13 monsters been up to in 3000 years? And why were they all in New York?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I'm sorry the last time I cared for TMNT was in the early 90's . I'm not really into it anymore . But the Franchise appears to have been saved as TMNT took in $ 25 million opening week. Its budget is $ 34 Million so by next week it'll cruise on by it and turn a pretty solid profit justifying a sequel.

[Crowley]

OK, plot holes time: wasn't the missing monster the little guy that Raph battled in the diner? How did it become the huge van chasing thing later in the movie?

And what have been those 13 monsters been up to in 3000 years? And why were they all in New York?



1... no they showed him captured in the tubes.
2... no clue... perhaps the stars getting ready to align woke them?

I enjoyed it... it dragged a bit at the first half of the third act... but overall it was fun...

the kids in the theater sounded like they were loving it...

I really liked that we got to see Splinter kick some ass... that was pretty great.

[stealthwise]

Crap, I haven't seen it yet! And with a final paper due, undergrad papers to mark, my daughter's baptism, company from out of town, and finishing our move across town, I don't think I'll get to until the middle of next week!

[willtupper]

Fear not, fair stealthwise! For it is YOU and I who will SEE IT (me, again) in the next week, bumping it up to still-near the top of the Box Office Charts!

Blake Petit: I give unto you my neverending love. Mostly because I don't know how to bake cookies ;).

THANK YOU AGAIN to all the rest of you who took a shot, went to see it, and liked it. That first weekend total bodes REAL well for the future of the entire franchise.

Including more work for meeeeeeee... :D

[stealthwise]

Fear not, fair stealthwise! For it is YOU and I who will SEE IT (me, again) in the next week, bumping it up to still-near the top of the Box Office Charts!

Blake Petit: I give unto you my neverending love. Mostly because I don't know how to bake cookies ;).

THANK YOU AGAIN to all the rest of you who took a shot, went to see it, and liked it. That first weekend total bodes REAL well for the future of the entire franchise.

Including more work for meeeeeeee... :D

I'll see it twice if I'm allowed to write a backup story about Mondo Gecko!

[willtupper]

Ha ha!

You made a funny! :p


I'll see it twice if I'm allowed to write a backup story about Mondo Gecko!

[stealthwise]

Ha ha!

You made a funny! :p

What? He had a skateboard!

And he was a GECKO!

It was cutting-edge 90s cool. Every kid I knew wanted his action figure, even though they hadn't shown an episode with him, nor released an Archies TMNT issue with him up to that point.

[Sam T.]

I think I shall wait until it comes out on DVD!

[willtupper]

stealthwise, you know who else was really cool?

The Battle Toads.

I mean, they were sort of like the Turtles, you know?

But they were Toads.

And I'd totally love to read a Monda Gecko backup story...

in 1990 ;).

Sorry, buddy. Couldn't help myself.


What? He had a skateboard!

And he was a GECKO!

It was cutting-edge 90s cool. Every kid I knew wanted his action figure, even though they hadn't shown an episode with him, nor released an Archies TMNT issue with him up to that point.

[willtupper]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooo! :mad:


I think I shall wait until it comes out on DVD!

[stealthwise]

stealthwise, you know who else was really cool?

The Battle Toads.

I mean, they were sort of like the Turtles, you know?

But they were Toads.

And I'd totally love to read a Monda Gecko backup story...

in 1990 ;).

Sorry, buddy. Couldn't help myself.

Before it actually came out, and, you know, people got to actually play it, Battletoads was the greatest game ever.

Then it got delayed. And again. The anticipation was so high that you couldn't help but love it.

Then I actually got to play it.

...but Ninja Turtles 2: the Arcade Game was pretty sweet at least.

[Blake Petit]

Blake Petit: I give unto you my neverending love. Mostly because I don't know how to bake cookies ;).

Aw, shucks... :o

(I was kinda looking forward to the cookies, though.)

[PatrickG]

stealthwise, you know who else was really cool?

The Battle Toads.

I mean, they were sort of like the Turtles, you know?

But they were Toads.

And I'd totally love to read a Monda Gecko backup story...

in 1990 ;).

Sorry, buddy. Couldn't help myself.

Hey... The turtles had their OWN Toad counterparts. Napoleon, Gengis and... The third one?

But I liked the Mutanimals for what they were. And they DIED in an Archie comic. And as far as I knew, never came back. That's pretty bold when you think about it.

And their enemy, Mr. Null, was basically the Devil crossed with an alien. So this alien demon killed off most of the TMNT's friends IN AN ARCHIE COMIC.

I dug the extended cast the TMNT got in the Archie books. The Cyborg cat guy who betrayed Don to become Verminator X, Armaggon (who used Hitler's brain to take over the world), fairie merpeople from the post-Global Warming future, Cudley the Cowlick (a disembodied transdimensional cow head), Raph's relationship with Ninjara, Cherbae and her quest for the Turnstone...

I'm not sure that it was all that much less mature that the Mirage run (and maybe that's part of why Laird has discussed revisiting the TMNT MEET TMNT project a few times, the planned crossover between the Mirage and Archie Turtles). It was more... super-hero. Although it really read like an all-ages Vertigo book.

The art was cartoony and a few cartoon characters appeared now and again but characters died and changed and evolved. They had relationships. They dealt with real world issues.

The interesting thing is that the run started out as a straight adaptation of the Turtles cartoon but stopped midway through adapting the cartoon's second story arc, getting both more serious and more cosmic while developing its cast to be more like the Mirage book.

And it eventually became a plot point that the series diverged from the cartoon.

If anybody remembers the cartoon where Shredder got the triangle shards that allowed him to shrink the Turtles, THAT is where the series diverged, midway in a multipart story. So Baxter never became a fly and eventually Shredder remembered the missing shards and went back for them in the comic, striking a truce with the Turtles in the desert where, as I recall, he killed Krang.

Shredder, AFAIK, didn't necessarily die in the Archie continuity but he retired to a life of meditation before/after killing Krang to pay his debt to the Turtles. (There was some time travel in that story so it's fuzzy for me.)

It's not quite Mirage but if you never read these comics, I'd urge you to track them down.

Not too many comics drawn in the Archie house style that have Nazis, serial killers, time travel, aliens, and environmental and social issues... And the only Archie book I can think of where most of the characters introduced died at some point in the run. Many of the characters appeared very little (if ever) outside the Archie books and most of the memorable ones never got action figures, which spared the book from being the toy ad that the cartoon quickly became.

And one of the few toy tie-ins incorporated the Cyber Samurai Turtles battle mechs into the book's mythology quite seamlessly, if you can imagine that.

[PatrickG]

Here's the 4-11 on Mr. Null and the Mutanimals:


A businessman wearing a purple leisure suit who was ultimately responsible for the death of the Mighty Mutanimals, when he contracted a group of cyborgs to kill them. The death was highly controversial and somewhat gory as a spread of machine-gun bullets tore the group down. He was also responsible for a 3-part story arc in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles storyline including the horsemen of the Apocalypse; Death, Famine, War, and Pestilence. Null himself seemed to be somehow the leader of the group, giving orders to Death who in turn controlled the other horsemen like puppets. He was also known for giving Michelangelo a horrific vision of the Mutanimals burning in hell; the Turtles' first indication that their furry comrades were no longer. Null seemed to be somehow linked to hell. Originally the character had two small horns projecting from his forehead, and with every new deed of evil he committed he grew more demonic. Eventually he grew larger horns, a demon-like tail, and wings like a bat.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_(Archie_Comics)

So... Mr. Null (who may or may not be the Devil) apparently killed Mondo Gecko (by sending machine gun wielding assassins after him) and sent him to Hell, along with the other Mutanimals.

In an Archie book.

[PatrickG]

Ah! Found some pics. The final fate of Mondo Gecko, Leatherhead and Man Ray:

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/6086/mutanimalsdeathbf6.jpg

Donatello discovers Hitler's brain is the power source for Armaggon the mutant shark's time machine:

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3940/sbrainnh2.jpg

[Magneto_X]

Ah! Found some pics. The final fate of Mondo Gecko, Leatherhead and Man Ray:

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/6086/mutanimalsdeathbf6.jpg

Donatello discovers Hitler's brain is the power source for Armaggon the mutant shark's time machine:

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/3940/sbrainnh2.jpg

The Mutanimals massacre was the first time I ever such brutality in a comic book. I was amazed Archie okayed it! :eek:

I read TMNT Adventures for years (along with their Sonic title). This was wayyyyy before I got into Marvel and DC, too.

It also had Slash sacrifing himself to keep some alien Tyranid bugs in their comet-like nest (that flew into a star!) while the TMNT escaped!

Archie's Slash *rocked*.