Red Sails in the Sunset is a special in the TMNT Adventures comics, published in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Meet Archie, released in the Spring of 1991.
Appearing in Red Sails in the Sunset[]
Characters[]
Species[]
- Human
- Mutant Manta Ray
- Mutant Turtles
- Skeletons
Locations[]
- South America
- pirate ship
Synopsis[]
After burying Bubbla on a South American beach, April, Man Ray, and the Turtles prepare to make camp. A pirate ship suddenly appears on the horizon, and the gang decides to check it out.
Raphael enters the captain's quarters, and finds a treasure chest along with a bottle. He opens the bottle and finds that the note inside reads:
"Lift the curse by freeing the lady and letting the sands of time wash over her."
Raphael pays the note no further mind and opens the treasure chest, releasing the spirits of the pirate crew to possess the skeletons on board the ship.
As the Turtles fight the skeletons, April and Man Ray try to solve the note's riddle. They eventually realize that the figure on the ship's mast is in the effigy of a woman, and so Leonardo chops down the "lady" and April and Man Ray bury it in the sand at the water's edge so that the sands can wash over her.
The curse is lifted and all is well, except for with Raphael, who the others have locked in the chest for being such a bonehead and causing all of this commotion to begin with.
Trivia[]
- This story takes place between issue #16 and issue #17.
- This story was reprinted as a back-up in TMNT Adventures #72.