Warning: Spoilers for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are formally reunited, however the brand new model of Donatello is perhaps stunning for followers of the traditional cartoon. The lovable nerd has undergone a startling transformation within the comics, one that can go away him unrecognizable to long-time followers.
Coming from the inventive crew of Jason Aaron, Chris Burnham, Brian Reber and Shawn Lee, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 focuses completely on Donatello. Nonetheless recovering from his current travels via time, Donnie has change into a scrawny warrior in a tattered cloak, accentuating his synthetic shell.
Simply barely holding on to his sanity, Donatello winds up being taken prisoner by an underground combating ring, the place people pay for the chance to struggle mutants. Donnie retains volunteering himself to spare the opposite captive mutants, exhibiting that he’s nonetheless each bit the formidable warrior he at all times was.
Donatello’s Radical Transformation in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 Will Shock Followers
Variant Cowl by J. Gonzo
Donnie’s redesign is instantly placing. The spindly limbs protruding of his huge shell give Donnie an nearly insect-like look, and the tattered cloak provides him an nearly post-apocalyptic look that wouldn’t be misplaced in one thing like 2000 A.D. or the Mad Max films. Despite his look, he’s no much less the warrior, as Donnie takes out wave after wave of human opponents. Donnie additionally takes on a military of Foot ninja instantly afterward, defeating all of them single-handedly.
This isn’t the primary radical transformation Donnie’s gone via, as he obtained a cyborg physique through the Picture Comics Turtles run within the Nineteen Nineties,
Seeing Donatello diminished to such a state is heartbreaking, however the lone Ninja Turtle reveals off how he’s nonetheless a hero even with out his brothers by taking part in every cage struggle to avoid wasting his fellow mutants. Donnie additionally works to free all of the mutants behind the scenes, devising a plan whereas he places his physique on the road in cage struggle after cage struggle. He does all of this whereas struggling to carry on to his sanity, to the purpose the place the opposite mutants within the combating ring change into extra frightened about Donnie’s state than the rest.
How Will Donatello’s Transformation Have an effect on the TMNT Shifting Ahead?
Jason Aaron’s Critically-Acclaimed Run Continues
The TMNT are all reunited on the finish of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4, however his brothers are extra frightened about Donnie’s present state than they’re completely satisfied to be reunited. Donnie can also be satisfied {that a} random rat he encountered on the street is the reincarnation of the deceased Splinter. Preserving the rat on his shoulder even after it’s killed by a random throwing star, Donnie stays satisfied that he hears Splinter’s voice coming from it. How a lot Donnie’s present state impacts the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles transferring ahead stays to be seen, however it stays a radical transformation nonetheless.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 is offered now from IDW Publishing.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is a multi-media franchise that started with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s comics within the Eighties. All through the years, their comedian books expanded to films, TV reveals, video video games, and toys. Most notably, the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ran for practically a decade and has change into a nostalgic staple of the ‘80s and ‘90s. A number of different films have featured the 4 anthropomorphic turtle brothers (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael), together with the trilogy of live-action movies within the ‘90s and the newer films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.
- Created by
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Kevin Eastman
, Peter Laird - First Episode Air Date
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December 14, 1987
- Forged
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Cam Clarke
, Rob Paulsen
, Barry Gordon
, townsend coleman
, Seth Inexperienced
, Sean Astin
, Nicolas Cantu
, Brady Midday - Character(s)
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Leonardo
, Michelangelo
, Donatello
, Raphael
, Splinter
, Shredder
, April O’Neil
, Casey Jones
, Krang
, Bebop
, Rocksteady - Video Sport(s)
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Final Ronin
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – The Sport
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Assortment
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade: Wrath of the Mutants
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: Battle Nexus
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Destiny
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles In Time
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Radical Rescue
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Hazard Of The Ooze
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Event Fighters
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan
, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: The Manhattan Mission
Abstract
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is a multi-media franchise that started with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s comics within the Eighties. All through the years, their comedian books expanded to films, TV reveals, video video games, and toys. Most notably, the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ran for practically a decade and has change into a nostalgic staple of the ‘80s and ‘90s. A number of different films have featured the 4 anthropomorphic turtle brothers (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael), together with the trilogy of live-action movies within the ‘90s and the newer films Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.
