By Erik Burnham and Andy Kuhn The TMNT Micro-Series is a nice chance to focus on a single character and further flesh them out. You know, so we can really see what makes them tick. IDW has done a serviceable job with these stories so far. Now, it’s Baxter Stockman’s turn. Baxter Stockman’s childhood is shown in between scenes of him working on Krang’s Technodrome. Baxter’s back story is pretty cliché –an abusive father who is responsible for...

By Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz Issue 20 of IDW’s TMNT series was a dull ending to an otherwise solid story arc. It was disappointing to read it after this series was on such a roll. That’s why it feels good to announce that issue 21 saves the day and gets things back on track. Eastman art and a compelling plot –you certainly can’t go wrong with that! There’s actually not much happening as far as plot progression. That doesn’t matter, because...

By Joshua Williamson and Mike Henderson IDW’s previous Micro-Series focused on the Turtles and their allies. Everybody got a stand-alone story, which was meant to give each character some time to be explored. This time around, it’s the villains that are getting their due. First up is Krang, a character that has already been fleshed out to a point in the TMNT series proper. Since Krang has already been addressed, it’s odd that he’s the first...

by Brendan McCarthy, Al Ewing, and Len O’Grady Prepare your raw coffee grounds, your greasy Denny’s meal, or whatever your preferred rapid sobering up method may be, we have left the realm of Zilk. Collecting both chapters of McCarthy and Ewing’s Zaucer of Zilk, the complete edition offers one of the shortest, sweetest, fantastically weirdest, deceptively deep, yet outwardly hollow comics you will ever read. Armed with subtle social commentary,...

By Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz and Ben Bates IDW’s TMNT series has been on something of roll lately, so after reading this issue, one can’t help but feel disappointed. Fans were hoping for a spectacular ending to this arc with plenty of action and classic moments. While we are treated to some respectable action scenes, the rest is simply awful. This issue is a mess. The writing is cringe-worthy, to say the least. Nothing works at all. The...

By Mateus Santolouco and Erik Burnham The Secret History of The Foot Clan has been awesome. Wow, more of this, please. This series has made TMNT into something to take seriously, which is a difficult feat to pull off. It’s just a shame that issue 4 is a bit of a letdown. It’s not bad, it just lost steam very quickly and seems like it dropped in quality a little. First of all, the entire story now feels like there wasn’t much of a point, as if...