Issue Description

Cudley decides to drop off the TMNT in the tropical rainforest of Brazil, thinking they'll be of some help.
No sooner has Cudley left than the Turtles are met by a cat man that goes by the name of Jagwar. Friendly greetings are exchanged when a jeep filled with mercenaries suddenly arrives and fires at our heroes. The TMNT and their new ally escape into the jungle and the men leave to tell their partners what they've seen.
Jagwar leads the TMNT deep into the southwestern jungle to an ancient temple, a place that the cat man calls home. Jagwar then explains the troubles in his homeland, how some people wish to exploit the rainforest and tear it down to make "a quick buck," like the mercenaries who had fired at them. He also tells the Turtles that these men assassinated a local union leader recently, a man named Chico Mendes, who was a friend to Jagwar. The mercenaries also kidnapped a reporter who had come to do a story on Chico Mendes, and so Jagwar has vowed to free the newsperson. The TMNT quickly assert that they'll help Jagwar on his mission.
The five heroes sit down to eat some fruit and Jagwar tells them the lore of his homeland, how the rainforest was both earth and heaven in one. After his tale is finished, the cat man states that it's time for them to rescue the reporter... who happens to be April O'Neil! The Turtles are astounded by this information, and the group runs through the jungle to save their friend.
Soon enough they find the mercenaries' camp and quickly defeat the evil men in combat. Once the fight is over, the Turtles and April share a tearful reunion. April notices that Jagwar is also crying, and when she asks him why, the cat man explains that he misses his friend Chico Mendes, and because fifty acres of rainforest is lost every minute.
"April... my friends..." begins Jagwar, "At times I can only cry... because I know not what else to do."
Meanwhile, back in New York City, we see a skyscraper and hear a phone call to Mr. Null reporting about the problems his organization is facing from "mutant animals." Null orders the mutants to be followed and scrutinized.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (1989)

Publisher

Archie Adventure Series

Volume Description

Published by Archie Comics, this comic was based on mainstream version of the turtles. It started out simply retelling episodes of the then popular animated series but with the fifth issue the book branched out into telling it's own stories. Primarily written by Dean Clarrain the stories would often have an underlying environmentalist themes, over time the storylines grew darker and more mature. The series drew negative press when a storyline saw the death of the turtle's allies The Mighty Mutanimals in a massacre.

The three part "Future Shark Trilogy" which saw the turtles, Splinter and their ally Ninjara come to the aid of the older turtles in dystopian future proved popular with fans and elements and characters from the story were revisited many times in the series. For five issues the comic was renamed Cyber Samurai Mutant Ninja Turtles in a storyline that was set soley in the aforementioned future. By now the turtles fad of the eighties and early nineties had faded which meant lagging sales. Mirage wanting to put out their own color TMNT book made the publishers nervous of competition leading them to consider cancellation. Growing frustration of darker storylines came to a head when Clarrain and co plotter and artist Chris Allen submitted a time travel story involving the the future turtles Archie was displeased. The covers for the seven part epic "Forever War" were made with the belief that this would be final storyline of the series. Clarrain and Allen were dropped from the book and it was cancelled two issues later with the final storyline focused on a present Splinter telling the story of how pre-teen turtles picked their weapons written by Steve Sullivan and drawn by Brian Thomas.

Years later Clarrain and Allen would work on the second volume of Tales of the TMNT writing the original turtles for Mirage. It has also been confirmed they are working on completing the final storyline of TMNT Adventures "Forever War" with Mirage publishing it as part of the TMNT's 25th anniversary in 2009.

Collected EditionsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 1 (#1-4)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 2 (#5-8)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 3 (#9-12)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 4 (#13-16)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 5 (#17-20)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 6 (#21-22)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 7 (#23-27)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 8 (#28-31)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 9 (#38-40)

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