Writer: Erik Burnham
Artist: Dan Schoening
Colorist: Luis Antonio Delgado
Letterer: Ed Dukeshire
Cover Artists: Dan Schoening & Luis Antonio Delgado; Jack Lawrence & Gigi Dutreix
Publisher: IDW
Price: $3.99
Release Date: March 6, 2024
When Leonardo shattered the replica of the Forever Blade, he and Shredder landed in feudal Japan. Shredder used Eddiku Yuri’s original sword to travel Back To The Future. Time-traveling Renet helped Donatello open a dimensional portal to get Leonardo home. Can Donatello use the replica’s fragments to track the energy signature of Shredder’s original? Let's order a pizza, tune into Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #11, and find out!
Story
The artist Kai Eddiku used alien ore to forge his replica sword. Donatello tracks the ore in Eddiku Yuri's original sword and determines Shredder’s general vicinity. But until Shredder opens another dimensional portal, Donatello can't pinpoint his location. Thankfully for Donatello, Shredder opens a doozy to bring a new Technodrome from Dimension X. How will the turtles reach him before Shredder uses the battle fortress to unleash destruction on Earth? Say, might Michelangelo have the answer?
The final story in The Two Swords Meet trilogy brings the turtles to Long Island. It’s a gobstopper of a read, flavored with furious action and witty banter as the turtles battle to prevent Armageddon. Better yet, Erik Burnham gives each character a significant task that propels the plot to its epic conclusion.
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #11, Raphael is our viewpoint character, translating Donatello's technobabble and encouraging out-of-the-box thinking. Hard work and determination bring the turtles to the fight. From there, they've got to work together to prevent Shredder from accomplishing his plans. Michelangelo's wacky brilliance demonstrates the pluses and perils of playing with power irresponsibly, and Leonardo reminds us why he's the leader of the “Heroes in a Half Shell.”
Renet’s role in the trilogy approximates that of the White Guardian in the Doctor Who series The Key to Time. Expect a few cameos, including one from another popular IDW franchise. But don’t be like Bebop and Rocksteady. Bring snacks as you ponder the paradoxes in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #11!
Art
Dan Schoening welcomes readers into Donatello’s underground laboratory with perplexed turtles and a sad emoji. Krang’s classic lowrider adds a touch of class to a barren plot in Long Island. As Shredder raises his sword and opens a transdimensional portal, his cape lifts to embrace the spherical Technodrome. Bebop and Rocksteady's mouths gape while Krang smiles as his long-desired Battle Fortress emerges from the angry void that slowly devours the sky.
Luis Antonio Delgado contrasts Shredder’s blue portal with Leonardo’s yellow one. Fern green bushes, brown dirt, and an aqua sky form the backdrop for Eric Burnham's "The Two Swords Meet" story. Shredder slashes the Forever Blade and fills Long Island with colorful Foot Soldiers and white robots. Delgado colors Shoening’s Deathstar-like Technodrome in shades of purple. Its centerpiece—a glowing red eye—evokes a villain from another popular film series.
Ed Dukeshire’s uppercase black letters in white dialogue balloons are a sight for sore mutant-lovers' eyes. Energetic and colorful sound effects help us hear Donatello's devices, Raphael skewer Foot Soldiers, and Leonardo delivers his master stroke. Immense silver letters herald the entry of Renet’s Little Weirdness. Let’s hope the surprise guests stick around longer than she estimates, at least until the next issue!
Thanks to my compadres at IDW for providing a copy of this cowabunga issue for review.
Final Thoughts
The Turtles must use all their strengths to prevent the Technodrome from striking back in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Saturday Morning Adventures #11.
Rating 9.8/10
To preview interior art see my review at Comic Book Dispatch.
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