A Bit Over the Top and Trying Too Hard
This comic continues the story from issue #52, and I feel like I should have had crazy knowledge about that issue before reading this one. Truth is, that issue was a bit confusing to me… and this one was too.
I guess it was just a problem of not knowing what was going on… or why it was going on.
The bad Utroms got a hold of a crystal in the last issue, and they use it to wake up Galactose, the giant space vampire. Okay, I actually think Galactose is pretty funny… the issue’s with the Cowboys of Moo Mesa… and since the character’s a giant rip off of Galactus from Marvely (same color scheme and everything), I believe it’s just more of a tribute. Oh, and Lactose is the sugar in milk… that’s why it’s funny.
That was about the only funny pun in the whole book. Raph, Mike, and Casey keep getting distracted by eating and coming up with more puns rather than focusing on the mission at hand… which, I don’t know, is saving the whole Universe.
When the universe is torn apart and we learn that the TMNT live in something similar to DC’s multiverse, it’s pretty cool looking.
The art’s really what saves this issue. It looks beautiful and has a slick feel to it. Sure, the tributing splash page looks a little weird, but it’s still really accessible art.