Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 Review

I jumped onto the new Turtles series around the release of issue 7 or 8. Both of those books earned my Cover of the Week. So the day one of those issues came out, I figured I'd grab it and see how the Turtles have been keeping busy. But of course I couldn't read it and have an idea of what's been happening, so I asked a buddy at Lost World of Wonders in Milwaukee, WI to hold onto the first five issues for me. I caught up and was definitely adding the book to my pull-list. But enough of that back-story, let's talk TMNT #9.

After their battle with the Mousers, the Turtles are masterless as Splinter was taken by Hob. The brothers with Casey and April tagging along head to Stockgen for answers. This book ends with the arrival of the Foot Clan, Karai and Master Shredder.

We get a little action and some story progression. Eastman and Waltz are doing good things with story pacing. Duncan and Pattison are providing some solid visuals. It's a good book all around.

If you aren't reading TMNT, you should check it out.

Cover of the Week for 3-28-12

Happy New Comic Day! It's a beautiful day to head to your shop and buy some comics. And because of the weather, why not read them outside? This guy won't be doing that because I have class. But I do have some nice books that will be waiting to be picked up. If someone wants to do that for me, I certainly won't object. Just sayin.

So taking a look at the releases this week, it was slightly sad because they were so few good looking pieces. Choosing this one brings to mind the phrase "easy peasy." Representing a franchise I've known since I was a kid, my choice is the center of a recent controversy which I actually don't care about. The controversy, not the franchise. So delaying no further, I present Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8. Take a look ladies and gentlemen.

I'll be honest, I don't know which is the official release. My instinct says it's the one in which they're wearing the red bandanas. But I've seen the individually colored one on several sights. So either somebody got it wrong or they're both available. I doubt the latter is true. I posted them both just in case and because they good with their own colors.

We can thank Dan Duncan for this cover depicting our favorite turtles taking on the deadly mousers. My favorite turtle, Leo, on top with twin katana ready is looking good. That's a lot of mousers, but the turtles can handle. Hopefully they can. I guess I'll find out when I read it. Nice piece Mr. Duncan.

Go ninja, go ninja, go! I had to do it. Let me know what you think. Keep it nerdy my friends.

Cover of the Week for 2-22-12

Happy New Comic Day! There are quite a few good books dropping today. There was also some decent competition this week for the best cover piece. Some of those are X-Men #25 by Adi Granov and the two Flash #6 covers, one by Francis Manapul and the other done by Mike Choi. They were good, but they couldn't top Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7. Check it out and follow along.

Brought to you by Dan Duncan, this cover displays the brothers, weapons out, in attack mode. Behind them is General Krang. I will admit that I missed out on this ongoing and I have yet to add it to my pull-list. I'd like to catch up, so I'll have to find a trade. To wrap up, I'll just say...Turtle Power!

What do you think? Let me know. Thanks for looking.