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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

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  • Create Date：2022-07-03 02:21:40
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  • Author：Kevin Eastman
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Summary

In a future， battle-ravaged New York City， a lone surviving Turtle embarks on a seemingly hopeless mission seeking justice for the family he lost。 From legendary TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird。

Get ready for the final story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles！ TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird reunite for the first time in years to bring you the Turtles story three decades in the making！

Who is the Last Ronin？ What terrible events destroyed his family and left New York a crumbling， post-apocalyptic nightmare？ All will be revealed in this climactic Turtle tale that sees longtime friends becoming enemies and new allies emerging in the most unexpected places。 Can the surviving Turtle triumph？

Eastman and Laird are joined by writer Tom Waltz， who penned the first 100 issues of IDW's ongoing TMNT series， and artists Esau & Isaac Escorza （Heavy Metal） and Ben Bishop （The Far Side of the Moon）。

Collects the complete five-issue miniseries in a new graphic novel， an adventure as fulfilling for longtime Turtles fans as it is accessible for readers just discovering the heroes in a half shell。

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Reviews

Martin O'Hara ，

Incredible。 Having not been a huge TMNT guy growing up but vaguely familiar， this was powerful， well written and incredibly well drawn。 Would make for a great one-shot movie ala Logan if done correctly。

Marinalouise Herrera-Goldman ，

I loved the ending of this。 Even though it was a bit dark it was great to see them back together again。

Dean Thomas ，

Read the original issues as they came out， not this compilation specifically。 Although my understanding is they didn't change anything between them。 Great book！ Highly recommended for TMNT fans old and new。 A great "capstone" on the original Mirage run that we never really got。 Read the original issues as they came out， not this compilation specifically。 Although my understanding is they didn't change anything between them。 Great book！ Highly recommended for TMNT fans old and new。 A great "capstone" on the original Mirage run that we never really got。 。。。more

Chris Rumsey ，

I would probably give this a 4。5， I'm glad I waited for the full hardcover edition as with the delays of the individual issues it would have absolutely killed any momentum the story has and this absolutely has to be read in one go。Beautiful artwork all round with some great throwback art pages to the original mirage days。 The reason for the lack of 5 stars is the lackluster villain， he doesn't feel close to being an epic villain which this story deserves and overall I'd have liked to have gone m I would probably give this a 4。5， I'm glad I waited for the full hardcover edition as with the delays of the individual issues it would have absolutely killed any momentum the story has and this absolutely has to be read in one go。Beautiful artwork all round with some great throwback art pages to the original mirage days。 The reason for the lack of 5 stars is the lackluster villain， he doesn't feel close to being an epic villain which this story deserves and overall I'd have liked to have gone more in-depth into the last Ronin before this main story begins。 。。。more

Alby Scout ，

This hit me right in the childhood！ Growing up loving Ninja Turtles I had to read this！ It was way darker and way too realistic， but in such a good way。 The ending really got me and I loved the epilogue！

John ，

Excelente cierre alternativo a las aventuras de las TMNT。。。

Alex ，

I wondered if I would have liked this more if I was caught up in the hype of it。 It almost felt like two or three different ideas for a story mashed into one， like they wrote the first two issues， and then had to pivot for the later ones and those delays。 It almost comes off like a poor man's Dark Knight Rises， I got a lot of Miller in here。 It's more neat as a concept than a actual story， it's pretty too the point。 I wondered if I would have liked this more if I was caught up in the hype of it。 It almost felt like two or three different ideas for a story mashed into one， like they wrote the first two issues， and then had to pivot for the later ones and those delays。 It almost comes off like a poor man's Dark Knight Rises， I got a lot of Miller in here。 It's more neat as a concept than a actual story， it's pretty too the point。 。。。more

Irionik ，

One of the best TMNT stories so far。。。

Derek ，

It's hard to explain how special this feels within the context of TMNT， an IP so malleable it can have a saturday morning cartoon on one end and this on the other。 Edgelord versions of comic characters have been all the rage forever， but this feels like it has some real heart behind it and isn't just some nihilistic nightmare to attract the cool kids。 Love the pacing and the structure， a great example of what comics can be， I struggle to see this being as rad in any other medium。 It's hard to explain how special this feels within the context of TMNT， an IP so malleable it can have a saturday morning cartoon on one end and this on the other。 Edgelord versions of comic characters have been all the rage forever， but this feels like it has some real heart behind it and isn't just some nihilistic nightmare to attract the cool kids。 Love the pacing and the structure， a great example of what comics can be， I struggle to see this being as rad in any other medium。 。。。more

Luckyluciano ，

AMAZING History！！ So Dark， so paintfull。 The Last Ronin is the best comic book I read in years。

Seth Roy ，

One of my favorite comic book/graphic novels I've read。 It works as a standalone， though it does help to have at least a passing familiarity with TMNT （at least the 80s/90s movies） mainly for the characters and personalities。 One of my favorite comic book/graphic novels I've read。 It works as a standalone， though it does help to have at least a passing familiarity with TMNT （at least the 80s/90s movies） mainly for the characters and personalities。 。。。more

Andres Pasten ，

En rigor el título debiese ser "the last turtle"。 Emotivo comic a la usanza de los "last story of"。 Recomendado si eres fan de las tortugas。 En rigor el título debiese ser "the last turtle"。 Emotivo comic a la usanza de los "last story of"。 Recomendado si eres fan de las tortugas。 。。。more

Nathan ，

Decent story and art but maybe I was wanting more or it didn't live up to the hype。 I loved the concept and would have liked more back story of how the Last Ronin came to be the last one standing。 Good early twists。 Appreciate the talks all the turtles have。 Decent story and art but maybe I was wanting more or it didn't live up to the hype。 I loved the concept and would have liked more back story of how the Last Ronin came to be the last one standing。 Good early twists。 Appreciate the talks all the turtles have。 。。。more

Hugo ，

A series whose hype was impossible to live up to， and this does not。 It's not the reunion of Eastman and Laird， it's not as cool as their original pitch， the art isn't as striking as Andy Kuhn's original pages， and it falls down narratively （the central mystery of identity of this turtle is dispensed with summarily early on， and the antagonist is full of bluster but lacks any depth or menace）。But it's TMNT in the style of The Dark Knight Returns or Terminator: Salvation and I enjoyed it despite A series whose hype was impossible to live up to， and this does not。 It's not the reunion of Eastman and Laird， it's not as cool as their original pitch， the art isn't as striking as Andy Kuhn's original pages， and it falls down narratively （the central mystery of identity of this turtle is dispensed with summarily early on， and the antagonist is full of bluster but lacks any depth or menace）。But it's TMNT in the style of The Dark Knight Returns or Terminator: Salvation and I enjoyed it despite its various flaws， because I've been with these daft characters since 1989 and I'm silly like that。 。。。more

Chad ，

The Old Man Logan/ Dark Knight Returns of TMNT。 Keep those tissues handy。

A。J。 Anders ，

"We were always so different。 So much alike。 I miss my brothers。 So much。 And I miss my father。 More than anything else， I wanted to make him proud。 In the end。。。too little， too late。 Story of my life。"I usually don’t do re-reviews of books a little over a month after reading the single issues， but I already had the hardcover pre-ordered at my LCS and it ended up coming a week earlier than expected， so this section will mainly be about the quality of that hardcover for those interested in purcha "We were always so different。 So much alike。 I miss my brothers。 So much。 And I miss my father。 More than anything else， I wanted to make him proud。 In the end。。。too little， too late。 Story of my life。"I usually don’t do re-reviews of books a little over a month after reading the single issues， but I already had the hardcover pre-ordered at my LCS and it ended up coming a week earlier than expected， so this section will mainly be about the quality of that hardcover for those interested in purchasing it。 I have nothing more to say on the quality of the story itself， so those interested can find my full review down below。 And after this reread， I still stand by everything I said in that initial review。As for the OHC （Oversized Hardcover） itself， I was surprised when this arrived， since it’s actually of pretty high quality。 It’s one of the better hardcovers I’ve purchased recently， on top of being the most high-quality one IDW has ever printed by far。 It makes sense， as this is their most popular book like ever， but IDW’s hardcovers usually feel super cheap and have tons of issues （i。e。 pages falling out， glue binding coming undone， etc。）， so it was nice they actually spent money on this one！My main problem with recent hardcovers I’ve gotten this year （i。e。 Batman Reptilian， Static Season One， and Strange Adventures） is there is always a cover break between issues， and believe me， I get why companies （mainly DC） do this， but it’s still super distracting and messes up the reading experience for me。 I’ve always stated hardcovers like this should just have a cover gallery in the back and print the issues one after the other， so thank you IDW for doing exactly that with this book。 Each issue flows into the next seamlessly， with the reader being able to tell when the next issue is up by title cards at the start of each issue。 The book starts with an introduction from Robert Rodriguez， and finishes with an afterword from Kevin Eastman。 Both of those are good， but Kevin Eastman’s is clearly the better of the two since this project was years in the making for him and he takes the time to thank his collaborators for their hard work over the years。 There’s also a cover gallery in the back featuring all of the main covers and a select few variants。 I do wish they had a couple more variants and extras printed in here， like some of the sketches from the Design Archive issue， but this is still great。I would recommend stretching the spine before reading the book itself though， especially since the spine is sewn together and not glued。 Sewn binding is better than glue any day of the week， but you don’t want to mess up your nice binding either by not breaking it in properly， so just stretch it out like you would any omnibus。 The book itself is about half an inch taller than the other IDW TMNT Hardcovers， but it also doesn’t seem to have problems with pages falling out like those OHCs did。 I’ll update this review if that at all changes though。 For now though， this is an easy recommendation and totally worth buying at cover price for longtime fans of TMNT。 Fans of the IDW ongoing should also pull the trigger on this hardcover。 It’s done by the same creative team and looks great next to the other TMNT OHCs， even if it’s half an inch taller than them。 Newcomers should be able to find something enjoyable out of this book， but maybe wait for a sale before diving into this one if you are more on the fence about the Turtles。 Either way， this is a fantastic hardcover collection that is well worth any TMNT fans' time and the $30 cover price。DISCLAIMER: This spiel above was written after having reread the series again in the newly released hardcover。The original review can be found below:In a future NYC far different from the one we know today， the last surviving Turtle goes on a seemingly hopeless mission to obtain justice for his fallen family and friends。 Spanning decades， Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird finally reunite on a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle comic to explore what exactly happened all those years ago to set the Ronin on this quest for vengeance， as horrors of the past are slowly revealed and we begin to discover what happened to lead to this nightmarish future。 Will the Ronin be able to find some measure of peace， or is he fated to meet the same end as his brothers？The main talking point （i think？） about this story is that， as I mentioned before， Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird reunite （kinda？） to tell a TMNT story they have been waiting to share for years， and thankfully it is actually good。 For those who aren’t aware， Eastman and Laird had a pretty bad falling out years ago and stopped speaking to each other for a while。 It wasn’t until that Netflix show “The Toys that Made Us” that they finally got back on speaking terms， and at some point， Eastman decided to revive one of their lost pitches for an， and I quote， “Limited Edition Hardcover Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles GN”。 The first two pages for said pitch are actually available to read for anyone who grabs the Director’s Cut of this story’s first issue， and it is a treat。 It’s WILDLY different from the final product we got here， with it being set 30 years after a confrontation between Raph and Splinter that ended with Raphael beating the shit out of Splinter， who then goes to die in Japan as the turtles end up going their separate ways until they are called back together by April and Honeycutt， who has been warned of impending doom from a dying Casey Jones。 Obviously， some elements stay in from that， but this story as a whole was clearly overhauled drastically。And just a warning for those wanting to read this for Peter Laird’s involvement， don’t get your hopes up too much， as he was barely involved in the creative process besides giving the team his blessing to look at his outline from ‘87。 Peter Laird sadly isn’t all that into either TMNT or comic books in general anymore， hence why his only input in the story was his insanely detailed pitch， so Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz， the duo behind the first 100 issues of IDW’s TMNT ongoing series， ended up coming up with a reworked story using elements from Laird’s pitch。 I will admit， it does suck Laird doesn’t script anything here， but it’s still so great seeing the two creators of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the same book again， even if Laird’s input was minimal at most。 Eastman & Waltz script all five issues and they are joined by a plethora of artists， with Esau Escorza & Isaac Escorza handling the pencils and inks， Ben Bishop helping on fill-in pages， coloring handled by Luis Antonio Delgado and Ronda Pattison， with Samuel Plata helping on colors when needed， and as always， Kevin Eastman handling layouts。 Eastman also does both the pencils and inks for certain sequences that I won’t spoil here， and it’s awesome to see his work in a Turtles book again。 It helps that it’s all very well done and fits perfectly within the context of the story。 The rest of the art is fucking incredible too， with tons of detail filling up every single panel。 Action scenes are spaced out nearly perfectly， as everything is easy-to-follow， and the artists make good use of this being a Mature Readers only series。 None of the violence is anything too graphic， but it definitely earns its mature rating through most of its brutal action scenes。The first and last issues deal entirely with the dystopian future while the middle three chronicle how each of the other turtles and allies met their fate in the past。 They are all gut-wrenching deaths that will be sure to crush long-time fans of the series， and each one feels like the proper way each of the turtles/allies would go out。 I have seen some discussion that the turtle's deaths were “weak”， but they furthered the plot in a meaningful way， made sense in regard to how each turtle acts， and thankfully aren’t too gratuitous。 I think they were fine but to each their own。 The future NYC that is depicted is also pretty awesome and well-thought-out， with the Design Archive and Director’s Cut for #1 actually detailing how the creative team came up with all this。 My favorite part of this future has to be all the weird-ass Mousers that come from it， as they are some of the wildest versions of those creatures I have ever seen。While I love this book， it isn’t perfect by any means。 My two main criticisms being the release schedule of the individual issues and the main villain。 I can’t deny that the constant delays didn’t take the steam out of this book， because they frankly did。 It took close to two years for 5 issues to come out， but thankfully the series manages to live up to the hype of said wait， for me at least。 I know some who feel this book kinda just landed flat when it should have been something bigger， but I think the hardcover coming out soon will change things up， as reading it all in one go is the best way to experience this story。The main complaint I have with this whole book is the villain， Oroku Hiroto， grandson of Shredder and son of Karai， as he really isn’t all that strong of an antagonist。 I mean， he gets the job done and makes the most sense in the context of the story， but he just can’t match the heights of other TMNT rogues like Shredder， Krang， or even Rat King。 I think the best comparison I can make is this character is very similar to Neil Kandy （Kandy Welding Co。 dude） from El Camino: A Breaking Bad movie。 Just like Hiroto， Neil gets the job done as the antagonist in the sense that he is the next logical foe for our protagonist to face off against， and he admittedly works fine in the context of the story and does in fact have a fucking sweet final showdown against Jesse Pinkman by the end， but he just isn’t nearly as engaging as someone like Lalo Salamanca， Gus Fring， or even Jack Welker and his Neo-Nazi gang。 Like he works well enough， but he just didn’t have that extra oomph that really makes a villain memorable and enthralling。 And that’s all Hiroto Saki was: just okay， like Neil from El Camino。 Like Neil， Hiroto makes sense as the next logical foe for the Ronin to fight， and also does end up having a fucking sweet final showdown against the Last Ronin， but that’s about all he was good for。 Hiroto’s monologues were pretty corny and just too much at times， with one is issue #3 specifically that made me roll my eyes a bit。 You can tell they are going for a cross between King Joffrey from Game of Thrones and Commodus from Gladiator， but he is just isn’t anywhere near as compelling as either of those characters and just comes across as a crazy asshole drunk on power。Weak villain and choppy release schedule aside， this is easily one of the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles stories anyone can read。 Even with its flaws， It’s such a solid story with kick-ass action， well-done emotional moments that will tug on the hearts of many， and an ending that is both satisfying on its own terms while also promising interesting developments down the line。 This， as mostly everyone has said already， is the equivalent to Old Man Logan and TDKR for TMNT comics， and I’d recommend it to both old fans of TMNT and those who are new to the franchise。 I think there is something here that new readers who have never touched a TMNT book can find some enjoyment out of， while those who have read the Mirage/Image/IDW runs or grew up watching the shows/movies will get potentially even more out of it。 I hope this selling insanely well leads to more of these standalone TMNT stories in the vein of something like Black Label that DC has。 If you are looking for more TMNT stories in a similar vein as this one， I’d recommend Soul’s Winter， Return to New York， or City at War。 There also have technically been Last Ronin-esque stories in TMNT comics before， but they are very different from what we got here。 The Tales of the TMNT Vol 1。 Treasury Edition has an epilogue story to the last issue showing a blind Donatello alone in the future mourning the loss of his brothers， while Jim Lawson’s Vol 2。 Mirage run shows a future where a mystery turtle has killed Splinter， and eventually， certain issues of the Vol。 2 run of Tales of the TMNT would show brief glimpses into other possible futures。 If anyone wants to read those issues， they are in Tales of the TMNT （Vol 2。） #13-14， 25， 38， 40， 41， 45， 55， 69。 And if you want more future turtles， you can check out Michelangelo Christmas Special， Plastron Cafe #1， and Puma Blues #20， which all have some cool glimpses into the future of the Mirage turtles。 There’s even a fan comic， TMNT: Odyssey， by Andrew Modeen and longtime TMNT artist Jim Lawson， which is technically a sequel to the Mirage volumes that sees all the futuristic turtles from the Tales I mentioned earlier go on a multiversal adventure together。 I haven’t read it in a while， but I remember it being really fun， and it should be available to read online for free to anyone interested。 。。。more

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