The Reunion Special! is issue #5 of the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series published by IDW Publishing.
Solicit[]
Welcome to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reunion! With featured guests Raph, Donnie, Leo, Mikey, April, and...a whole host of angry villains?! Watch as Warren Stone's quest to reclaim his glory puts the Turtles in a spotlight they don't want to be in!
Appearing in The Reunion Special![]
Major characters[]
- Albearto
- April O'Neil
- Donatello
- Hypno-Potamus
- Leonardo
- Man-Bun
- Meat Sweats
- Michelangelo
- Raphael
- Warren Stone
Minor characters[]
Species[]
- Animatronic bear
- Human
- Mutant earthworm
- Mutant hippopotamus
- Mutant pig
- Mutant silverfish
- Mutant turtles
Objects and vehicles[]
Locations[]
Plot[]
April O'Neil wakes in a cage greeted by Donatello and someone unseen announces that the recorded program they're hosting at a Channel 6 studio is called "The Reunion Special" as the other Turtles gain consciousness. The host introduces their other victims: Man-Bun, Hypno-Potamus, Albearto, and Meat Sweats and reveals their identity as Warren Stone, his abduction in issue 2 having been a ruse. After a commercial for a juice pouch drink created by Warren plays, the program returns and Raphael tries to damage his cage in an attempt to escape only to be electrocuted. All of April and the Turtles' belongings have been stolen by Warren using an oversized magnet and Warren allows the mutants he captured to walk onto the stage, releasing April and the Turtles from their cage soon after.
To Warren's shock, he is torn in half by Meat Sweats who is angry about being captured. All the mutants then initiate an attack on the Turtles, overwhelming them. However, April doesn't engage and instead retrieves her and the Turtles' possessions from the magnet. With their weapons and armor reclaimed, the Turtles begin to fight against the mutants and April forces Warren into a mutant silverfish costume. This attracts a horde of silverfish, scaring off all of the mutants including Warren. With their adversaries defeated, April and the Turtles relax at the Channel 6 studio and Donne investigates the camera, discovering that it is only broadcasting footage to a single receiver instead of thousands as he and his family originally assumed, the receiver disclosed to the audience as Baron Draxum in his Hidden City laboratory. He anonymously provided Warren with the magnet and electric cage to see how the Turtles would fare against the group of mutants in a battle. As Draxum decides to instead combat the Turtles himself, April and the Turtles leave Channel 6 in victory.
Trivia[]
- On page five, it is revealed by Warren that the events of all the Rise of the TMNT comic issues up to this issue have transpired over the course of multiple weeks.
Errors[]
- On multiple pages of this issue, Donnie's carapace and plastron are inaccurately colored purple despite him being without his battle shell and his sclerae and teeth are colored white instead of yellow. The top of Donnie's carapace is also inaccurately shaped angularly like his brothers in this issue instead of being rounded.
- On multiple pages of this issue, the sides of Raph, Mikey, and Leo's carapaces are inaccurately colored the same color as the back of their carapaces instead of a darker shade of their plastrons.
- On multiple pages of this issue, Man-Bun's piercings on his right ear are colored cream instead of dark grey.
- On multiple pages of this issue, the faces on Mikey's kneepads are lined with black instead of red.
- On multiple pages of this issue, April's lower lip is missing its color.
- In a panel on page four, April's glasses frames are inaccurately depicted as black instead of red.
- In a panel on page five, April's glasses are missing their frames.
- In a panel on page six, Mikey's markings are lined with black instead of orange.
- In two panels on page 18, Leo is missing his red facial stripes.
- In two panels on page 20, Draxum's lips are inaccurately colored a dark blue or gold instead of being colored the same shade of blue as his mask.
Gallery[]
Transcript[]
- The Reunion Special!/Transcript