What’s up, dudes? They’re heroes in a half shell, and they’re green! That means it’s the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! I’ve got Tim Williams from 80’s Flick Flashback, Nicholas Pepin of Pop Culture Roulette, and Laramy Wells from Moving Panels here to talk with me about the mutated ninja Michaelangelo. Yes, it’s his Christmas adventure “The Christmas Aliens!”
Synopsis
In this one issue micro-series, Michaelangelo is exploring the streets of New York during the holiday season. He stumbles upon a stray cat that he names Klunk. Mike decides to do some last minute shopping and heads downtown, which is teeming with fellow shoppers. With a precarious disguise, the ninja goes into a toy shop and amuses himself with different items—much to Klunk’s dismay. Unsurprisingly, the scaredy cat runs off into the alley, and Mikey goes to find him, discovering some thugs hijacking a truck. Or course, the vehicle is full of “Little Orphan Alien” dolls which are going to be donated to an orphanage. The crooks don’t care about good will toward men, and they knock the driver unconscious and steal the truck, dolls and all.
Meanwhile, Klunk cries out and the burglars hear him. Consequently, the street toughs spot Mikey and open fire on him with their handguns. The ninja takes out most of the hoodlums, who freak and flee in the truck. He manages to hop inside the back of the vehicle as it speeds away and get the better of the thieves, deciding to drive the truck to the orphanage himself. Unfortunately, despite his good intentions, the police are looking for the vehicle and when they spot it, a chase ensues. Mikey manages to elude the police, but not before he accidentally destroys public property. Once he’s escaped the fuzz, he stashes the truck away in an alley, picks up Klunk, and laments the fate of the toys: they’ll be impounded as evidence, so the orphans won’t receive them in time for Christmas. Mikey hatches a plan and heads home.
Subsequently, Mike enlists the aid of his brothers and April, who take their own van to the alley and fill it with the Little Orphan Alien dolls. On the final page we see the turtles and April, in Holiday costumes, distributing the toys to the orphans.
‘80s punks? Yep. Lots of snowfall? It’s Christmas, after all. Armed robbery? Of course! So put on your Santa suit and mask, grab your nunchucks, and stop some crime to this Ninja Turtle Christmas episode!
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