Talk:New Comic Day!/@comment-232990-20190505224604/@comment-995426-20190505234338

Actually, come to think of it, maybe New Comic Day could have taken place during that week after all. Not because it would have been realistic, but because writers don't always plan everything ahead perfectly, not even with their own material. The Great Chase was published in March 1985, and Rescuing Master Splinter was published in June&mdash;a three month gap. Maybe after they had decided what kind of story they wanted The Great Chase to be, it's possible they hadn't yet completely settled on how the next story was going to unfold, and thought the Turtles could have been with April possibly for months before ever seeing Splinter again, if ever. And like I said, short stories don't always necessarily demand a perfect continuity placement, but they can make for interesting filler.