NECA Mirage Comics line

So not only have people been finding the new Shredder 2-pack at Walmart, but I've also seen a couple posts on reddit lately from people who are finding them in the clearance section for $20 and $30. So naturally I rushed out to mine and found nothing, but damn, that's quite a steal.
 
From the "My Target has zero idea what NECA it has in stock but sometimes that's okay" department - had to go out to replace a toaster oven last night, my girlfriend found one she liked at Target, so I volunteered to just go out and get it right away and was like "I mean, the NECA shelf is like, 12 seconds away, right?" Found five of the sold-out online Mirage April just chillin' on the shelf, so I picked one up. Glad I didn't rush around trying to find one on eBay. I do also want a cartoon version of her, but it's rad to get one that looks like her from my favorite early run of the comics.
 
So which of you more Mirage-familiar people can explain to me what the Worms of Madness Shredder is all about? I read on the Turtlepedia but it gave me more questions than answers. Why is he bigger than the other Shredder release and what is with the clone?
 
I too have a question, that I’m sure I already asked in this thread - which turtle is the Superturtle they just released?
 
^^^correct. He is just a superhero character who happens to also be a turtle. From Tales of the TMNT #5. In the 2k3 cartoon, there is an homage to this character, where Mikey pretends to be a superhero named "Turtle Titan"--pretty much looks just like SuperTurtle.
 
Justice said:
So which of you more Mirage-familiar people can explain to me what the Worms of Madness Shredder is all about? I read on the Turtlepedia but it gave me more questions than answers. Why is he bigger than the other Shredder release and what is with the clone?
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Okay, so...

One, the reason he's "bigger"? In all reality, it's how Jim Lawson drew him, really. Lol, just like his turtles being bigger than Eastman and Laird's, he just drew more superhero icons proportions.

Story wise, he is also a clone of sorts. Shredder is killed almost immediately in the comics. A later storyline takes place where a mystic decides to resurrect him by feeding his corpse to these magic worms that absorb all of his memories. They clump together and form the second iteration of Shredder.

He also turns into some weird shark monster at one point, which...if they make a toy of that, they're maniacs over at NECA.
 
Justice said:
I think he is a unique character.
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RicksNerdLife said:
^^^correct. He is just a superhero character who happens to also be a turtle. From Tales of the TMNT #5. In the 2k3 cartoon, there is an homage to this character, where Mikey pretends to be a superhero named "Turtle Titan"--pretty much looks just like SuperTurtle.
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I like THAT you answered, but for some reason, I don't like the answer. So is he a character that lives and exists within their universe? Or a ficitious character within their universe?
 
NORM said:
I like THAT you answered, but for some reason, I don't like the answer. So is he a character that lives and exists within their universe? Or a ficitious character within their universe?
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Ahhh...like anything in the TMNT, it is sort of ambiguous? Best I can say is that it is an in universe comic book character.
 
NORM said:
I too have a question, that I’m sure I already asked in this thread - which turtle is the Superturtle they just released?
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He appears in one page of Tales of the TMNT #5 as a Watcher type parody on the first page of the issue to drop some Watcher-Stan Lee-Rod Serling monologue intro for the story to follow.

The actual story is about some mutant bad guy gargoyle looking dude who fights a female superhero named Radical, and after they crashed the city up a bit, April and the Turtles show up to close him out.

It was just a gimmick to do more commentary on superhero comics.

The domoids who are included with him don't even appear until issue 15 of that book.

You know how the original Ninja Turtles sketch was just a parody of the concept. Same vibe.

In respect to your specific question, which I do appreciate the specificity of as a neurodivergent, he is not a character that lives in the universe, and he is not a character that is fictitious within the universe. It is just a splash page gag.

So if all of this is Greek to you, unless you think he's cool, I think it's a safe pass. Here in Canada, EB wants as much for him as they do Leatherhead and I just don't accept that. I don't know if that's the case for the US pricing?
 
It gets even more complex when you factor in that it came from Tales of the TMNT, which is basically "TMNT stories not by Eastman and Laird because they're too busy." I don't know if they've changed their minds over the years, but they used to view those stories as non-canon.
 
Misfit said:
It gets even more complex when you factor in that it came from Tales of the TMNT, which is basically "TMNT stories not by Eastman and Laird because they're too busy." I don't know if they've changed their minds over the years, but they used to view those stories as non-canon.
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I just hope we get Radical and gargoyle man.
 
I bought Super Turtle as an impulse purchase. Haven’t opened yet, but not sure if I’ll keep it. I do appreciate the info on him, as my google searches have been fruitless.
 
altcunningham said:
He appears in one page of Tales of the TMNT #5 as a Watcher type parody on the first page of the issue to drop some Watcher-Stan Lee-Rod Serling monologue intro for the story to follow.

The actual story is about some mutant bad guy gargoyle looking dude who fights a female superhero named Radical, and after they crashed the city up a bit, April and the Turtles show up to close him out.

It was just a gimmick to do more commentary on superhero comics.

The domoids who are included with him don't even appear until issue 15 of that book.

You know how the original Ninja Turtles sketch was just a parody of the concept. Same vibe.

In respect to your specific question, which I do appreciate the specificity of as a neurodivergent, he is not a character that lives in the universe, and he is not a character that is fictitious within the universe. It is just a splash page gag.

So if all of this is Greek to you, unless you think he's cool, I think it's a safe pass. Here in Canada, EB wants as much for him as they do Leatherhead and I just don't accept that. I don't know if that's the case for the US pricing?
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I thought he was shown in subsequent issues as being in-universe as a fictitious character? And there are multiple Super Turtles, no? Am I remembering wrong?
 
NORM said:
I bought Super Turtle as an impulse purchase. Haven’t opened yet, but not sure if I’ll keep it. I do appreciate the info on him, as my google searches have been fruitless.
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I was also having issues beyond the blurb on the figure's box.

Super Turtle is a rare and humorous character who made his debut in Mirage Comics' Tales of the TMNT #5. He was introduced as a parody of classic superhero tropes, telling a tale about a time the turtles came across something extraordinary. Super Turtle is a turtle that has superpowers, wears a cape, and an "ST" emblem on his chest. Unlike the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, he is not trained in ninjutsu but has the usual superhero abilities, with flight and super strength. Since this appearance, the Super Turtles have appeared in various short stories and are even referenced as an in-universe comic book character. Other versions of the Super Turtles would arrive in 2002 with TMNT: Teenage Mutant Turtles #7, Tales of the TMNT #47 with an origin story, and the 2003 cartoon with the episode "Reality Check."

RicksNerdLife said:
I thought he was shown in subsequent issues as being in-universe as a fictitious character? And there are multiple Super Turtles, no? Am I remembering wrong?
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I did find references to OTHER super turtles. It looks like it's based on the Japanese animation that inspired the old Playmates vac metal figures.
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When aliens apparently threatened to attack Earth in an alternate reality, a man named Lucks stepped up to unify a world government under his control to combat the menace. After the governments of the world had given their consent, Chairman Lucks hired a team of scientists, led by his friend Doctor Shreddarius, to create an army of bio-mechanical soldiers to defend the Earth, the Terrorkinetics. Little did Lucks know, Shreddarius was experimenting on four turtles with the goal of mutating them to use as soldiers against Lucks in the event of a double-crossing. Unfortunately for Shreddarius, the chemicals he was using to perform his experiment was very unstable and exploded, gravely injuring Shreddarius. Shreddarius was later reconstructed as a cyborg, and the four turtles grew to become humanoid in shape and intelligence and gained super powers and these became the Super Turtles. Likewise Sliver, a rat that mutated after licking Shreddarius' chemical-infected wounds, trained the Super Turtles on how to use their super powers, but he was anything but a kind and patient teacher. As Lucks and Shreddarius' friendship and political relationship grew, the Super Turtles were dispatched to save Lucks' rule from rebel factions. Lucks presented the Super Turtles with a new base of operations, the Shell of Justice, where Sliver, in his desire to make the Super Turtles into ultimate warriors, used torturous methods that almost killed his students, to strengthen the Super Turtles. Shreddarius and Sliver occasionally sent one of the Terrorkinetics out into New York City, making it seem as if it had gone rogue. In reality, this was to test the Super Turtles' mettle against live foes.


Unfortunately for Lucks, Shreddarius, and Sliver, eventually two former scientists who had worked under Shreddarius, Jonas Case and Neil O'Malley came to the Shell of Justice to explain the truth; Lucks, Shreddarius and Sliver were selfish and power-hungry, the alien invasion was a fabrication created by Lucks, so that Lucks and Shreddarius would have power over the world. Case and O'Malley convinced the Super Turtles to fight against Shreddarius and Lucks, although Sliver, blinded by loyalty to Shreddarius, refused to accompany them, and even attacked his students to prevent them from rebelling. The Super Turtles reluctantly defeated their master and joined Case and O'Malley's cause.

To quell the uprisings around the world against their regime, Lucks sent Terrorkinetics to dispose of the rebellion. The Super Turtles broke into Lucks' compound, and faced off against Shreddarius and the recently recovered Sliver. Both villains were soundly defeated. Lucks himself attempted to attack the Super Turtles, but he was not a fighter by any stretch of the imagination, and was easily stopped by Griddex. However, Shreddarius had escaped and from then on he and the Terrorkinetics became bitter enemies of the Super Turtles. The Super Turtles then go on live TV, with Case and O'Malley, and declare that the world's nations have their previous control returned to them with Lucks behind bars. The Super Turtles pledge to defeat the remaining Terrorkinetics and Shreddarius, as well as any other entities that abuse their power to attempt to control the people of the world.
 
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