Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 4

Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4

by Jim Lawson, Jamin Asay, Steve Murphy

This volume collects issues #5-8 of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 2, including the stories "Blind Faith," "Scars," "Darkness Weaves," and "Virus" as well as back-up stories and pinups, all by classic Turtles writers and artists Jim Lawson, Dean Clarrain, Chris Allan, Eric Talbot, Steve Murphy, Dan Berger, and Peter Laird.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comic Book, Science Fiction

140 pages, Paperback

First published April 22, 2014

About the author

Jim Lawson is an American comic book writer and artist best known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. Lawson created the Rat King and also co-created the series Planet Racers with Peter Laird. He is also the writer/artist of the black-and white-comic series Paleo: Tales of the Late Cretaceous. For more than 20 years he was a writer and artist of TMNT comics, but in 2009 he announced that he would depart from TMNT following Peter Laird's sale of the property to Viacom.

Reviews

[Shaun · Rating 3 out of 5]

Since I haven't read volume 2 or 4 of the original main series Mirage run of the turtles I think maybe I didn't get the full value out of this, but they are enjoyable stories.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love a good tmnt comic. This collection is from Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol 2 from Mirage Studios in the 2000s which was one of my favorite comics at the time. This series being collected is the best. I read all these issues back when they first came out and seeing them again is amazing. The first story (issue 5) is a masterpiece. The black on white cutout comic is one of my favorite tmnt comics of all time. The art by Jim Lawson defined the turtles for me. His style was the face of the tmnt comics for years. If you’ve never read his stuff you should pick it up. The other three stories are decent. They’re fun but not as good as the first story.

If you’re a TMNT fan you should pick up Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Volume 4 and see what could have happened to the turtles in the original storyline. They’re fun and a different take on the turtles than what’s currently being published.

[Rachel · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the fact that each story was complete unto itself (they all started with,"Let me tell you a story. . ." Pretty violent, however, and all the turtles wore red bandanas so it was difficult to tell them apart especially if their weapons weren't visible.