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Solicit[]
A stand-alone story that delves deeper into the denizens of Mutant Town! Life has changed forever for this part of NYC, but life somehow finds a way to move forward. Follow three interconnected stories as the TMNT immerse themselves in their new home.
Appearing in #109[]
Major characters[]
Minor characters[]
- Alopex
- Bandit
- Herman
- Leonardo
- Lola Cruz (debut)
- Klunk
- Man Ray
- Mushroom
- Old Hob
- Puggle
- Stone (unnamed)
- Zanna
- Zink
Species[]
- Cat
- Mutant cat
- Humans
- Mutant arctic fox
- Mutant hermit crab
- Mutant manta ray
- Mutant octopus
- Mutant orca
- Mutant penguin
- Mutant pig
- Mutant platypus
- Mutant porcupine
- Mutant raccoon
- Mutant salamander
- Mutant turtles
- Albino mutant turtle
- Mutant weasels
Locations[]
Objects and vehicles[]
Other[]
Summary[]
Michelangelo sighs as he shuts off the television, exasperated at the talking heads on Channel 6 discussing the mutants as less than human and in the abstract. He goes outside with Lita to paint over Mutanimal graffiti on the outside of the Splinter Dōjō. A human reporter, Lola Cruz, suddenly pops up and starts asking Mike questions about mutants and life in Mutant Town. Mikey cheerfully answers until he notices that her questions are making Lita uncomfortable, at which point he goes inside.
Mike tells Lita that he wants to get his own story out in his own words, like a zine or radio program. He goes to Donatello to have him help him set up a pirate radio broadcast. Don agrees to help when he gets back from helping Mona Lisa do repairs around Mutant Town.
Don shows up at the Mutant Town school-to-be to fix up some things to get it running and Mona tries to convince him to teach a class. Just then, three mutant squatters step in and their leader, an orca, tries to run them out, and attacks Don. As Don parries the orca with his bō, he offers to set them up with necessities and amenities, piquing their interest when internet and electricity is mentioned. It turns out, the three mutants have been trying to contact their families on the outside to no avail. The orca, Jo, accepts the treaty and Don gets them up and running. Mona goes off to meet Jennika and Sheena to talk about Sheena teaching a music class at the school, and she gives Don a peck on the cheek as she leaves.
As Mona passes the dōjō, Lita runs out and says she can't find Jenny. Mona says she's on her way to meet with at that moment and allows her to tag along if she's careful, as the Kennel Klub is only "for grown-ups". Outside the Klub's entrance, Jenny and Sheena discuss the former's dreams of starting a band, and Sheena keeps encouraging her. Nearby, Diamond stands, eavesdropping. Mona takes Lita to Jenny, and Lita tells her that Mike and Raphael fell asleep so she had nobody to watch her. Suddenly, Diamond approaches and asks if they were talking about starting a band, and Jenny starts beating her up, even as she protests that she doesn't want to fight. Jennika pulls out her tekkō-kagi and realizes what she's doing. Jenny tries to apologize and make a truce, but Diamond refuses since she attacked her out of the blue. It turns out that before mutation, Diamond used to be a drummer, and was going to audition for Jenny's hypothetical band, but now rescinds the offer. Jennika asks Lita if she's okay, and she's scared silent, and Jenny just hugs her.
That night, Mikey gets his radio broadcast up and running, and it is heard by Jo and the squatters, Bandit and Puggle, and the Mutanimals Old Hob, Man Ray and Herman. As he tries to think of a name for the broadcast, Stone the mysterious octopus mutant who was at the Kennel Klub with Ray in issue #105 slinks by him inside the building, passes sleeping Raph and Alopex and the also-sleeping weasels, and Sheena, Mona, and Jenny hanging out in the latter's room.
Leonardo sits and reads a book, but senses something nearby. He looks up to see the octopus literally about to get the jump on him.
See also[]
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 109 (IDW)/Gallery
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 109 (IDW)/Transcript