![]() They’re skippable if you only want the very best “TMNT” stories, but important to readers who want the full story, as they show the Turtles’ first steps beyond their “high school” years and beyond lives mostly defined by a family feud with the Foot Clan. Of course, this is true of all serial comics, but a steady read-through is the only way to enjoy these Baxter Stockman (1-9) and Rescue of Raph from D.A.R.P.A. Read consecutively, as in a trade paperback (although there is no TPB of Volume 2 yet, not even in the IDW reprint series), Volume 2 flows a lot better than it did during its initial publishing schedule, which included an eight-month delay (!) between Issues 9 and 10. Volume 2 is the equivalent of the first post-high-school season of a teen TV show it’s like the decent Season 4 of “Buffy” coming on the heels of the outstanding Season 3. While the story seems less essential than “City at War,” Lawson gives us a nice sense – especially in the early issues - that we’re moving into a new chapter. That’s not to say that Volume 2 is all bad. ![]() If it sounds like I’m making pre-emptive excuses for Lawson, well, I am - he had delivered some great stuff, and Volume 2 isn’t on that level. Lawson needed to be armed with long-ranging story ambitions. ![]() ![]() And although it would eventually run 13 issues, the same length as “City at War,” it was originally intended to go further. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 2 (1993-95)Īlso, Lawson didn’t have the benefit of a long gestation period (E&L had the luxury of mapping out “City at War” while other writers were putting out monthly issues). ![]()
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