WARNING! Spoilers forTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#5The newTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesseries has seen a number of changes to the forty-year-old franchise, but the latest issue sees a major character taken out of the action. The four turtle brothers have been scattered across the globe after the loss of Splinter, and have only recently reunited following a series of coordinated attacks from the Foot, but they may be permanently separated from one of their oldest friends.
Just as they find themselves back together, the Turtles could be reeling from another death, asa major hero falls in battle: Casey Jones.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#5 by Jason Aaronand Darick Robertson tells the backstory of Hieronymus Hale, the new District Attorney of New York City acting on behalf of the Foot.
With the Turtles still missing in the Big Apple, Casey Jones enters the fray, helping a group of protesters. Despite putting up a fight, Casey winds up getting captured by Hale and his Foot henchmen, before thecorrupt New York DA shoots Casey point-blank in the chest.
Casey Jones Is Taken Out of Action in the New TMNT Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#5 by Jason Aaron, Darick Robertson, Norm Rapmund, Tony Aviña, and Shawn Lee
Casey Jones being taken out of the action is yet another blow for the Turtles, who have been put through the wringer as of late. After the loss of Splinter, thefour brothers went their separate ways, with each facing their own demons in different ways.Raphael went to prisonto investigate a corrupt warden; Michelangelo relocated to Tokyo to become a huge TV star; Leonardo exiled himself to the Ganges with a colony of native turtles; and a broken Donatello was captured and forced to take part in an illegal mutant fighting ring.
Casey Jones first appeared in Mirage Studios’Raphael#1, a one-shot by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, all the way back in 1985.
All four were sought out and attacked by the Foot, which brought them back together for the first time in a long time. It was anything but a happy reunion, however, as the brothers couldn’t help but bicker with each other, and all of them were shocked at theemaciated state of Donatello. Casey Jones would have been a valuable friend and ally to the brothers in their current, dysfunctional state, so having thehockey mask-wearing vigilante taken out of the action could be the worst thing for the brothers.
Jason Aaron Has Taken the Classic Series in a New Direction
Of course, it’s entirely possible that Casey Jones survives being shot at the end ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#5. But even if that is the case, it could still be a while before Jones is back on his feet. With Hieronymus Hale working behind the scenes to put Karai and the Foot in power, the Turtles have what could be the biggest fight of their lives ahead of them. Whether Casey Jones survives being shot at the end of the latest issue ofTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesremains to be seen, but the four brothers have still lost a valuable ally at a crucial time.
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.
