Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #69 Moon Eyes Saga part 3 of 4

Issue Description

As Raph heads out into the storm to search for Ninjara, he's attacked by a gigantic polar bear, which slaps him over the side of a cliff and knocks the Turtle unconscious.
Meanwhile, Ninjara lies in a bed in a comfortable looking cave dwelling, where she's attended by a jealous fox girl named Revyen. Revyen painfully checks Ninjara's bandages, causing the fallen ninja to cry out in pain. Mokoshan rushes into the room and angrily tells Revyn to get out.
In the morning, the storm has finally ended. Mike, Leo, Don and April emerge from their tents to find Raphael missing. The group heads out to find their headstrong ally.
Raph awakes with a start and finds the Indian he had seen previously crouched beside him. The man's name is Dave, and he asks Raph why the animal spirits are returning. Dave tells Raph that his people have been seeing many of them recently - the were-bar that attacked Raph, the Turtles themselves, and more recently, a walrus spirit. Raph explains that he's no spirit, but he is seeking the wolf-people. Dave leads Raph to a mountain face containing two caves, and tells the terrapin that he's not sure which will take him to Mokoshan's village - the ninja will have to chose his own path. Raph angrily heads off, hoping that he'll pick the right entrance to follow.
Back at Mokoshan's village, a funeral pyre has been prepared for the werewolf's slain mate, Nei'sha, queen of the werewolves. The group lets out a mournful howl as Mokoshan lights the tower of sticks. The cry wakes Ninjara, who dons a robe and heads down to see what's going on. She finds Mokoshan standing forlornly in front of the dying embers of the blaze. As Mokoshan explains who Nei'sha was, Ninjara begins to collapse, and the mighty werewolf helps her back to her room to rest.
April and Mike find Raph's sais and tracks, and the foursome follow the trail to the caves. Inside, Raph stumbles into a huge pack of wolves. Outside, Leonardo choses which cave to enter the old fashioned way - by doing the ole "eenie meenie minie moe" schtick. The Turtles draw their weapons and go in search for Raphael.

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)

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