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I'm all caught up on the IDW series, binge bought/read it all lol... Its doing some pretty incredible things... At one point Leonardo is turned into Chunin, Shredder's second in command, and it was epic.

That's what I was hoping for with this arc, a dark turtle... Raph was perfect for it too - so hellbent on beating Shredder only to, in the end, become his puppet... and hell... they should have kept it going over the course of a couple episodes... I would even have made Slash (due to this mind control) become unstable again, thus returning him to a villain of sorts to the turtles... But alas... it was all wrapped up... I dunno. I still love this show, but the enjoyment I had back in seasons 1 and 2 is just not here anymore, season 3 just doesn't feel as epic/well conceived.

The IDW series is written by Eastman and a guy named Tom Whaltz - the artist changes from arc to arc (arcs are 4issues - aside from city fall which was 8). Honestly... SPOILER

SPOILER AHEAD READ AT OWN DISCRETION

Donatello gets his shell smashed in by Rocksteady with a sledgehammer... and it was intense, honestly looked like Donnie was dead... BUT... Fugitoid and another scientist were able to transfer his dying consciousness into Metalhead - DONNIE IS A ROBOT NOW and its COOL! They are planning on restoring his body, but for now, Donnie has recieved a MAJOR upgrade.

SPOILER OVER.