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Warning : Contains SPOILERS for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol . 2 # 1!TheTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesare on the precipice of a full overhaul , with theRoad to 150having arrive to a close . The next time readers see the Turtles in action , they will be helmed by writer Jason Aaron , who promises to wreak the Turtles back to their mettlesome roots . And it ’s in that vein thatTMNTjust found the thoroughgoing agency to reinvent Raphael for this novel chapter in Turtles traditional knowledge - and it will be sound thanif Raphael had been the Last Ronin .

In a preview share byThe Hollywood ReporterforTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#1 by Jason Aaron and Joëlle Jones ( which will be a Raphael solo risky venture ) , readers are show where Raphael end up after riding away from his family on his motorcycle inTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#144 . As it turns out , Raphael somehow bring himself in prison house . But not just that , Raphael is the only sport in a totally human prison house , meaning he has a massive target on his back .

The trailer is n’t colored and has no dialogue / recital , but Jones ’ nontextual matter truly does speak for itself , and what it says is viciously hardcore . The preview evince Raphael getting mean glares from much everyone around him as he ’s trying to eat his lunch , before cutting to a scene where Raph is lying down in his prison cell only to be disturbed by something that is n’t demonstrate on - gore . The preview terminate with Raphael back in the sewers , presumably after a prison escape cock , where he push some of his fellow inmates that attempt to set on him .

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Putting Raphael in Prison Offers Way More Narrative Potential than the Apocalypse

When there was still a shroud of secret fence the identity of the one last Turtle that became the Last Ronin , fan theorize that it was Raphael . At the time , it made sensory faculty - and still does - as Raphael is famously the most hard-core out of his brother , and would seemingly thrive in a post - apocalyptic landscape painting . While the story terminate up being boundlessly well with Michelangelo as the Last Ronin ( as it showed how far even a ‘ political party dandy ’ like him could fall ) , there are still some fans out there that like it had been Raphael - but now , there need n’t be .

Throwing Raphael into an all - raw solo taradiddle that starts with him in prison offer far more narrative potential than if he were the Last Ronin . Raphael is occupy with madness , and his offish personality make him unadulterated for a plot line where he ’s being targeted by grievous crook while interlock up in prison . Raphael ’s been struggle his whole life , and now he ’s in a situation where he has to press for his living every minute of every day - and that is the consummate start point for this new ‘ dark and gritty’TMNTera .

While it may seem like the same would be reliable if Raphael was the Last Ronin , nothing could be further from the truth , and The Last Ronin itself confirms why .

Comic book art: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles leaping into action.

Raphael Can Thrive in a Story That Taps Into His Rage, & That Isn’t The Last Ronin

The Last Roninmay have moments of lofty vehemence and vicious activity , but at its core , The Last Roninisn’t satiate with gritty rage , but complete sorrow . The Last Roninwas a deplorable , alone fib that had legal action in it , sure as shooting , but the violence was hollow , not exciting . When Michelangelo defeat his enemy , his brother were still dead , and his world was still ruined . He even buy the farm as a result of his quest for vengeance , leaving an emptiness in lector ’ hearts , knowing that they were saying good-bye to the last of the original Turtles in such a tragical fashion .

Michelangelo being the Last Ronin sum up to the tragedy of the entire story due to the demarcation between his part in the main persistence and what he became . Raphael would have been wasted in that role , as he ’s at his in force when his back ’s against the paries , not when he ’s throw into a orchestra pit of untold desperation . And that ’s exactly how fans are about to see him at the start of theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ’ new earned run average , as the serial just regain the perfect way to reinvent Raphael that is way better than if he was the Last Ronin .

root : The Hollywood newsman

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ( 1987 ) follow four mutated turtle sidekick aim in ninjitsu who combat crime in New York City , face an raiment of scoundrel including the evil Shredder .

TMNT’s Raphael and the Last Ronin side-by-side.

TMNT’s Raphael getting a mug shot.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) follows four mutated turtle brothers trained in ninjitsu who combat crime in New York City, facing an array of villains including the evil Shredder.

TMNT’s The Last Ronin with a red moon behind him.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987) follows four mutated turtle brothers trained in ninjitsu who combat crime in New York City, facing an array of villains including the evil Shredder.

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