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Some TMNT stuff really isn't for little kids.

An anthology book with stories by various creators.

Turtle Soup > volume 2 #4
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vol. 2 #4[]

Stories[]

"Pierrier in The Old Switcheroo"[]

by Mark Martin.

A Pierrier and April Mayjune adventure.

"Fifteen Years Later..."[]

by A.C. Farley & Richmond Lewis.

Down in the sewers, a young Con Ed worker is lost, searching for Grid 19 but having accidentally wandered into Grid 32. The young man is distraught; for fifteen years he’s been plagued with awful dreams and haunted by guilt. He had dropped his pet baby turtles down the sewer by accident many years ago, and ever since, he has had nightmares about them as huge, monstrous things. He even believes that he’s glimpsed them in the sewers on previous workdays.

The young man suddenly recognizes that Grid 32 is the same sewer tunnel he lost his turtles in all those years ago. Then, by happenstance, he stumbles upon the fragments of the very same glass bowl he dropped down the open manhole.

Standing back up, he shines his flashlight forward and comes face to face with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Raphael sends a shuriken into his flashlight, knocking it to the ground, and lifts the young man up by his collar. Raph and the young man look each other in the eyes and a fleeting moment of recognition passes between them. Donatello then calls Raph off, telling him to “save it for the Foot”. The Turtles disappear into the darkness.

As the young man recovers from the shock, the voice of his boss yells his name (“Chet”) over his walky. His boss asks if he’s lost, but a smiling Chet replies, “…After 15 years, I’m finally in the right location!!”

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Attack!!!, part 4"[]

Part 4 of 4 by Michael Dooney, Mary Kelleher, & Steve Lavigne.

The Ninja Turtles square off against the samurai trio, Leo tells his brothers not to attack unless provoked. Henry still has no idea how to fix the time gauntlet, but it's his last chance to do so, as the Turtles have reached the end of their patience.

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle"[]

by Mark Thibodeaux, Jack Kirby & Guy Romano.

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Kirby's rendition of Michaelangelo.

When a rainstorm interferes with their TV reception, three Turtles head out of the lair to grab a pizza. Michelangelo decides to stay behind and catch up with his comic books. He falls asleep while reading and his dreams take him on a Viking adventure.

"Failed Instant"[]

by Michael Zulli, Steve Murphy, Steve Lavigne & Rob Caswell.

On a rooftop, a Turtle awaits the "surprise" attack of an enemy ninja.

"Thoughts on Paper"[]

by Michael R. Gaydos & Dan Berger.

Through an abstract collage of familiar imagery (Turtles, ninja weapons, Splinter, the sewers), one of the Turtles contemplates their relationships through stream of consciousness babble. He thinks about how they have been hiding and searching for themselves for 16 years. He thinks about how Splinter is not just their master, but “the one”. He thinks about how he and his brothers are “four” and “forever”. Yet also, sometimes they are not his brothers, but reflections of his own inadequacies and loneliness. He considers how all these numbers and variables are too confusing to keep track of.

Don is suddenly roused from his drawing board by one of his brothers (either Raph or Mikey). They’ve come back from McDonald’s and it’s about time for “Cops in Budapest”. Don snaps out of it and tells his brother that he’s been studying art lately and it kind of got him itching to experiment with what he’s learned. The Turtle takes one look at Don’s surrealist sketchbook and immediately thinks Don is on something. Don laughs and agrees that his attempts at art maybe aren’t so hot.

As they leave to go watch TV, Splinter takes a look at the sketchbook for himself. He is immediately fascinated by Don’s profound musings.

Notes[]

  • Chet originally had his name spoken (alternately Chester/Chet) in TMNT (Vol. 1) #7.
  • CHET ALERT: The name of the young Con Edison worker is “Chet”. The name “Chet” was an Easter Egg thrown into several stories by the Mirage Studios staff because… They just liked the name!
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