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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Armageddon Game—Opening Moves
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bookshelves: series-tmnt-2011, 100-199-pp, author-american, comic-book-compilation, comic-book-trade, comics-indie, ebook-digital-comic, format-comic-book, genre-anthropomorphic, genre-science-fiction, genre-superhero, genre-team, subject-martial-arts, read-in-2025
Dec 16, 2024
bookshelves: series-tmnt-2011, 100-199-pp, author-american, comic-book-compilation, comic-book-trade, comics-indie, ebook-digital-comic, format-comic-book, genre-anthropomorphic, genre-science-fiction, genre-superhero, genre-team, subject-martial-arts, read-in-2025
(B+) 79% | Good
Notes: A lookback/recap, teaser/roadmap, primer sort of book, it does the job, though bits and bobs and doesn't really hook.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Prelude–Issue #84 ◦ Annual 2020–Annual 2021 ◦ Opening Moves #1-2
Notes: A lookback/recap, teaser/roadmap, primer sort of book, it does the job, though bits and bobs and doesn't really hook.
*Progress updates: Preamble ◦ Prelude–Issue #84 ◦ Annual 2020–Annual 2021 ◦ Opening Moves #1-2
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Reading Progress
September 8, 2022
– Shelved
September 8, 2022
– Shelved as:
to-read
September 8, 2022
– Shelved as:
series-tmnt-2011
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
100-199-pp
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
author-american
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
comic-book-compilation
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
comic-book-trade
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
comics-indie
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
ebook-digital-comic
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
format-comic-book
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
genre-anthropomorphic
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
genre-science-fiction
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
genre-superhero
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
genre-team
December 16, 2024
– Shelved as:
subject-martial-arts
May 3, 2025
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Started Reading
May 3, 2025
– Shelved as:
read-in-2025
May 3, 2025
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0.0%
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Notes:
(1) So, this is a compilation of the two "Opening Moves" issues and the "Pre-Game" issue, which is itself a compilation.
- Essentially, what we have here is a compilation of a compilation.
(2) This is one of those trades that I don't really have any motivation to read, I just need to get it done.
- Frankly, I stopped caring after Sophie Campbell took over the series."
page
0
Notes:
(1) So, this is a compilation of the two "Opening Moves" issues and the "Pre-Game" issue, which is itself a compilation.
- Essentially, what we have here is a compilation of a compilation.
(2) This is one of those trades that I don't really have any motivation to read, I just need to get it done.
- Frankly, I stopped caring after Sophie Campbell took over the series."
May 4, 2025
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20.51%
"
Notes:
(1) You know, this is at least the third time I've read the prelude and issue #84. Not nearly as many times as I've had to read "Batman #17," but enough to be tiresome.
- Hopefully, I'm done with it for good, or at least until the time comes, if ever, that I decide to re-read the whole series.
(2) Albeit annoying, still better than anything Sophie Campbell's written."
page
32
Notes:
(1) You know, this is at least the third time I've read the prelude and issue #84. Not nearly as many times as I've had to read "Batman #17," but enough to be tiresome.
- Hopefully, I'm done with it for good, or at least until the time comes, if ever, that I decide to re-read the whole series.
(2) Albeit annoying, still better than anything Sophie Campbell's written."
May 4, 2025
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Finished Reading
May 5, 2025
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58.97%
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Notes:
(1) One thing made crystal-clear from reading the 2020 and 2021 Annuals back-to-back is the disparity in quality.
- I don't know what changed in that year (coronavirus aside) but everything from story to art to pacing to sheer utility and information conveyed takes a nosedive.
(2) Notably, the Turtles don't appear in either issue, apart from reminiscences about them."
page
92
Notes:
(1) One thing made crystal-clear from reading the 2020 and 2021 Annuals back-to-back is the disparity in quality.
- I don't know what changed in that year (coronavirus aside) but everything from story to art to pacing to sheer utility and information conveyed takes a nosedive.
(2) Notably, the Turtles don't appear in either issue, apart from reminiscences about them."
May 5, 2025
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98.72%
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Notes:
(1) The "Opening Moves" issues are all about Shredder and Kitsune changing into spirit form and mining memories of Rat King's would-be allies for their own allies.
- It's literally "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
- I guess the "opening move" is research.
(2) Apparently, "Armageddon Game" is a chess term.
- Explains all the chess analogies, themes and symbolism."
page
154
Notes:
(1) The "Opening Moves" issues are all about Shredder and Kitsune changing into spirit form and mining memories of Rat King's would-be allies for their own allies.
- It's literally "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
- I guess the "opening move" is research.
(2) Apparently, "Armageddon Game" is a chess term.
- Explains all the chess analogies, themes and symbolism."
