Summary
Warning: Spoilers forTMNT: The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution #2!
In IDW Publishing’s future-setRonin-verse, the originalTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesno longer fight the good fight against the criminals who constantly threaten New York City, with a new team of “Heroes in a Half Shell” finally stepping into the spotlight to carry on Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo’s legacy. Yet instead of donning the iconic blue, purple, red, and orange bandannas of their predecessors,the new TMNT team replaces these sashes with customized battle masks!
Introducedat the end ofTMNT: The Last Ronin, Uno, Moja, Odyn, and Yi have officially replaced the brothers who started it all, withTMNT: The Last Ronin - Lost Yearsand the current sequel to the original story fleshing out who they are, what their skills are, and how they’re different from the OG turtle team.
InTMNT: The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution #2, not only do fans get to see this new turtle crew in action, but as they jump into the fray,Uno, Moja, Odyn, and Yi reveal a unique addition to their wardrobe: battle masks.
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The Last RoninUniverse’s New Turtle Team Wear Individualized Masks in Battle
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Sanctioned by their grandmother, April O’Neil, and her daughter, Casey Marie, to help quell a gang war,Casey tells the team that she wants “full ninja face coverings this time” since she doesn’t want their faces “blasted all over the TV.”Next seen speeding to the fight in their Turtlemobile wearing individualized masks, the following panels give fans a better look at these unique designs. Giving both Odyn and Moja similar ninja-like half masks that cover the lower part of their faces, it’s Uno and Yi’s respective kabuki-esque and tech-inspired masks that effectively capitalize on this idea even further.
Unlike the original team, Uno, Moja, Odyn, and Yi already have unique character designs, withthese battle masks helping to distance themselves from Leo and company visuallywhile also making them look incredibly badass, to boot. And although it’s true the original team’s bandannas and the new team’s facemasks aren’t exactly disguising them in any meaningful way (being teenaged mutated reptiles and all), they still give both crews a signature visual style while in the field,individualizing each turtle’s appearancein ways that successfully reflect their personalities as well, an example being Yi’s tech-like mask matching her intelligent nature.
Uno, Moja, Odyn, and Yi Further Differentiate Themselves With Unique Battle Masks
It’s undeniable color-coded bandannas were a great way to differentiate Leo, Donny, Raph, and Mikey from one another while simultaneously giving them an iconic visual design that still holds strong to this day, with Uno, Moja, Odyn, and Yi taking this idea a step further by donning customized face coverings that pay perfect homage to what came before. TheRonin-verse’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtleshave a ways to go before they prove themselves worthy of their predecessors, yet with these new battle masks, impeccable ninja skills, andsuperpowers thrown into the mix, these siblings have a bright future ahead of them.
TMNT: The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution #2is available from IDW Publishing.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is a multi-media franchise that began with Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird’s comics in the 1980s. Throughout the years, their comic books expanded to movies, TV shows, video games, and toys. Most notably, the animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ran for nearly a decade and has become a nostalgic staple of the ‘80s and ‘90s. Several other movies have featured the four anthropomorphic turtle brothers (Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael), including the trilogy of live-action films in the ‘90s and the more recent movies Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.
