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geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time' collects 4 issues of the series. Each issue is a different time period, and a different team of writers and artists. I kind of liked it.
Issue one dumps us right in the middle of our turtles runing from Utrom riding dinosaurs (Utrom is the race of aliens that Krang is from). A character I wasn't familiar with named Renet shows up and seems to be responsible for the time displacement, but it seems like she's still having problems. The turtles find themselves in medieval Japan and seeing a chance to change their lives by altering an event from their past. Aboard a sailing ship full of privateers, they help a crew fight off pirates, including one wielding a strange, futuristic weapon. The final issue finds them in a strange future with other anthropomorphic creatures. This strange future may have been caused by one of the guys, so soul searching is required.
My review copy was only 88 pages and the page count is listed as 104, so I'm not sure what I'm missing. There is little extra narrative explaining how this happened or why it's happening, but I don't think that's a problem. The art varies wildly between issues, but I also don't think this is a problem. I thought it was a lot of fun.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
Issue one dumps us right in the middle of our turtles runing from Utrom riding dinosaurs (Utrom is the race of aliens that Krang is from). A character I wasn't familiar with named Renet shows up and seems to be responsible for the time displacement, but it seems like she's still having problems. The turtles find themselves in medieval Japan and seeing a chance to change their lives by altering an event from their past. Aboard a sailing ship full of privateers, they help a crew fight off pirates, including one wielding a strange, futuristic weapon. The final issue finds them in a strange future with other anthropomorphic creatures. This strange future may have been caused by one of the guys, so soul searching is required.
My review copy was only 88 pages and the page count is listed as 104, so I'm not sure what I'm missing. There is little extra narrative explaining how this happened or why it's happening, but I don't think that's a problem. The art varies wildly between issues, but I also don't think this is a problem. I thought it was a lot of fun.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
geekwayne's review against another edition
4.0
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything' is a crazy timeline adventure where our witless villains do exactly as described in the title.
The Turtles go to a museum exhibit to see a mummy queen and see something unreal: the skeletons of Bebop and Rocksteady. When they touch a jewel being worn by the mummy, their time-travelling friend Renet shows up and they get whisked off on an adventure. It seems that Bebop has gotten his hands on a sceptre that creates time portals, and everywhere the villain boys visit, they create disaster. Continuity be darned as well as time travel rules. Bebop and Rocksteady even meet versions of themselves before they got turned into mutants.
It's all crazy and chaotic and even when it was over, I'm not sure how it all got resolved, but it was a fun ride. I like the idea of a whole dimension full of Bebop and Rocksteady just waiting for someone to make a wrong turn somewhere. I like the art style. It fit the over the top style of the comic. I'm glad I read this one.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from IDW Publishing, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
The Turtles go to a museum exhibit to see a mummy queen and see something unreal: the skeletons of Bebop and Rocksteady. When they touch a jewel being worn by the mummy, their time-travelling friend Renet shows up and they get whisked off on an adventure. It seems that Bebop has gotten his hands on a sceptre that creates time portals, and everywhere the villain boys visit, they create disaster. Continuity be darned as well as time travel rules. Bebop and Rocksteady even meet versions of themselves before they got turned into mutants.
It's all crazy and chaotic and even when it was over, I'm not sure how it all got resolved, but it was a fun ride. I like the idea of a whole dimension full of Bebop and Rocksteady just waiting for someone to make a wrong turn somewhere. I like the art style. It fit the over the top style of the comic. I'm glad I read this one.
I received a review copy of this graphic novel from IDW Publishing, Diamond Book Distributors, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.
strawberryteeth's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
barry_x's review against another edition
3.0
In this side-arc of the main series our Turtles are whooshed through a series of time periods, each comic entering a separate period. I've a bit of mixed opinion on this one as I felt it started good but then fell away.
I think the first story has more than a nod to the 'Half-Shell Heroes - Blast to the Past' TV special which quite cleverly led to a whole bunch of toys being released. My son loves this special episode. For older people like me I do recall the opportunity to play prehistoric mutants in the TMNT roleplaying game via one of the Sourcebooks so I do have a soft spot for it.
The second story takes the Turtles to feudal Japan and this story is by far the best. It has links with Shredder's past from the main story arc and also draws in elements from 'The Secret History of the Foot Clan' spin-off (which is great by the way!). I love the look and feel of this story, it's brilliant - I love the action sequences here also. It's great!
I was less interested in the third and fourth stories (one on board a pirate ship and one set in the future).
This isn't a great jumping on point but for those who are following the main story in the comics it's worth a look.
I think the first story has more than a nod to the 'Half-Shell Heroes - Blast to the Past' TV special which quite cleverly led to a whole bunch of toys being released. My son loves this special episode. For older people like me I do recall the opportunity to play prehistoric mutants in the TMNT roleplaying game via one of the Sourcebooks so I do have a soft spot for it.
The second story takes the Turtles to feudal Japan and this story is by far the best. It has links with Shredder's past from the main story arc and also draws in elements from 'The Secret History of the Foot Clan' spin-off (which is great by the way!). I love the look and feel of this story, it's brilliant - I love the action sequences here also. It's great!
I was less interested in the third and fourth stories (one on board a pirate ship and one set in the future).
This isn't a great jumping on point but for those who are following the main story in the comics it's worth a look.
doesmachines's review against another edition
3.0
Another off shot story from the series. While no real consequences it did do some great character building for Donatello in the last chapter. Seeing what the worst future could be like was crazy. In a sick way I want the future of the book to have the world get that crazy. Let’s see where it takes us. Nice of them to use the spectre from the 3rd TMNT movie though.
Also this Renet character. Could have sworn I never seen her before. I’m going crazy thinking I missed her somewhere.
Also this Renet character. Could have sworn I never seen her before. I’m going crazy thinking I missed her somewhere.
shiregreen's review against another edition
5.0
These were all interesting times to see the turtles in. We should see more of Pepperoni.
shiregreen's review against another edition
5.0
Did I not understand some of the time travel stuff? Yes. DId I read this for the Pepperoni and Raph reunion? Yes.
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