Evoking the spirit of Spider-Man, the citizens of NYC become heroes in their own way as they stand up to the threat of Hun and his hired gang-bangers. They’ve got a lot to lose, and don’t have the skills that our mutant friends possess, let alone a large bag of sporting goods. They do however have courage, and numbers.
One issue I’ve had with TMNT is that we don’t see much of the city past the main characters. Surely a few people would have noticed ninjas, mutants and robots by now. Issue 47 goes a long way to rectifying this, and also gives fixes another couple of niggles too. By giving Casey a win, and also finally showing the police force, they’ve not only broken a terrible run of trouble for the Jones boy but made the world the TMNT inhabit a far more rounded place.
There isn’t much in the way of turtle power this issue. What is there is cool though, with Santolouco once again managing to give Mikey an amazingly expressive face. I’m pretty sure they’ll be back at the forefront next issue.
Has anyone noticed that Bebop and Rocksteady may have been more successful than Bludgeon and Koya? Perhaps their actions are just fresher, but the new are already being called out. Casey finally got a win, maybe they need one too? Bludgeon could do with some more light shed on him at least.
The final page promises a lot, with the art and colours really setting a high expectation bar. With a move back towards the turtles (I think), I’m sure the IDW team can live up to it.
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