Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #50 Black Hole Trilogy Number Three of Three
Cover Date: November, 1993
The battle btetween the Nova Posse and Mazool's troops intensifies. Our heroes are forced to retreat from the planetary base of their adversary and join the space combat near the Black Hole. Donatello continues to experience cosmic awareness with the hel ...
Issue Description
The battle btetween the Nova Posse and Mazool's troops intensifies. Our heroes are forced to retreat from the planetary base of their adversary and join the space combat near the Black Hole.
Donatello continues to experience cosmic awareness with the help of the Turnstone when Sarnath states that he's been contacted by his companion Qark. Sarnath attempts to draw Don's attention away from the Stone, but Donatello punches his friend and states that he has no interest in Sarnath's "dog" as he's far too occupied being "one with the universe". Sarnath pleads with Don to remember where they are and to grasp what the Turnstone is doing to him and the universe beyond.
Nova Posse's ship takes a direct hit that fries their control panel, preventing them from making contact with their allies. Since the Posse's craft is identical to those piloted by Mazool's forces, our heroes appear as enemies to their friends in the Stump armada.
Sarnath surmises that Don is in control of the Stone and attacks him, trying to gain control of the powerful object. Sarnath manages to distract Don by getting him to focus on the peril that his brothers are in, and uses the opportunity to wrest the Turnstone from the Turtle's grasp. Sarnath states that he is far better suited for the task at hand. The multi-armed alien is instantly "plugged in" to universal awareness, and he states that it's time for Don to go, using the Turnstone's powers to teleport Don to the ship that his companions are aboard. Sarnath then faces the Sons of Silence and tells them that while they would have been able to control Donatello, they won't be able to control him.
Sarnath states that "this must end" and a huge projection of the alien is seen in space, surrounding the Black Hole. Suddenly, dozens of spacecraft explode as their engines overload. Nova Posse is able to save their ship with quick action by their helmsman. Sarnath teleports the Sons of Silence away... and then the Black Hole collapses onto itself.
On the planet below, Mazool vows to hunt down and destroy the Nova Posse.
Don explains to Leo that he, Sarnath and the Sons of Silence had been in another dimension. The Stone had gotten control of Don, and without Sarnath's help, he could have destroyed the universe. Leonardo asks about the Black Hole and Don states that Sarnath collapsed the Black Hole and sealed the dimensional gateway - he won't be returning.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (1989)
- Publisher
- Archie Adventure Series
Volume Description
Published by Archie Comics, this comic was based on mainstream version of the turtles. It started out simply retelling episodes of the then popular animated series but with the fifth issue the book branched out into telling it's own stories. Primarily written by Dean Clarrain the stories would often have an underlying environmentalist themes, over time the storylines grew darker and more mature. The series drew negative press when a storyline saw the death of the turtle's allies The Mighty Mutanimals in a massacre.
The three part "Future Shark Trilogy" which saw the turtles, Splinter and their ally Ninjara come to the aid of the older turtles in dystopian future proved popular with fans and elements and characters from the story were revisited many times in the series. For five issues the comic was renamed Cyber Samurai Mutant Ninja Turtles in a storyline that was set soley in the aforementioned future. By now the turtles fad of the eighties and early nineties had faded which meant lagging sales. Mirage wanting to put out their own color TMNT book made the publishers nervous of competition leading them to consider cancellation. Growing frustration of darker storylines came to a head when Clarrain and co plotter and artist Chris Allen submitted a time travel story involving the the future turtles Archie was displeased. The covers for the seven part epic "Forever War" were made with the belief that this would be final storyline of the series. Clarrain and Allen were dropped from the book and it was cancelled two issues later with the final storyline focused on a present Splinter telling the story of how pre-teen turtles picked their weapons written by Steve Sullivan and drawn by Brian Thomas.
Years later Clarrain and Allen would work on the second volume of Tales of the TMNT writing the original turtles for Mirage. It has also been confirmed they are working on completing the final storyline of TMNT Adventures "Forever War" with Mirage publishing it as part of the TMNT's 25th anniversary in 2009.
Collected EditionsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 1 (#1-4)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 2 (#5-8)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 3 (#9-12)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 4 (#13-16)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 5 (#17-20)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 6 (#21-22)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 7 (#23-27)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 8 (#28-31)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 9 (#38-40)Please first Sign In before leaving a review.
