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Enemies Old, Enemies New Part 2 is issue #7 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, published on February 22, 2012 by IDW Publishing.
Solicit[]
Baxter Stockman. General Krang. These Turtle villains have largely kept to the shadows... until now. Baxter is determined to capture the Turtles before Krang comes to New York... and he just might have the perfect invention to complete his task. And if that wasn't enough, don't forget Old Hob is still in the picture! Trouble for the Turtles abounds!
Appearing in Enemies Old, Enemies New, part 2[]
Major Characters[]
Minor Characters[]
- April O'Neil
- Casey Jones
- Granitor
- Lieutenant Pogue
- Tragg
- Woody Dirkins
Locations[]
Synopsis[]
The armor-clad General Krang stands on a battlefield on the planet Neutrino. Looking over the devastation, he inquires as to the number of his troops killed in action. Captain Tragg informs him that six Stone Soldiers, some of the best from their spec-ops group, died during the ambush. Krang states that he wouldn’t call it an ambush, he’d call it a disaster, since only one Neutrino Resistance Fighter fell in the battle. Krang doesn’t like those numbers and orders Sergeant Granitor to teleport them back to Burnow Island on Earth.
Returning to his compound, Krang, who is revealed to be a small brain-monster in a robot body, asks Lieutenant Pogue if he’s reached Baxter Stockman yet. The Lieutenant replies that Stockman has yet to reply. Krang then orders the Lieutenant to prepare his plane, as he intends to pay a personal visit to Baxter Stockman in New York.
Meanwhile, in the alley behind Rupert’s Pizzeria, Mike won’t stop telling Raph about how awesome his human buddy Woody Dirkins is. The guy works at the pizza place and Mike met him while he was scrounging through the dumpster for chow. Woody introduced him to fresh pizza and Mike has been obsessed with the stuff and grateful to Woody ever since. Mike introduces Woody to Raph and picks up his order, trading fist bumps and annoying lingo with his equally dorky friend. Raph rolls his eyes.
Down in the sewer lair, Donatello and Leonardo discuss the realities of Splinter’s story; that they are reincarnations of dead Japanese children. Leo is willing to take Splinter at his word, but Don cannot trust something so fantastic-sounding. At the very least, he plans to investigate the legend of Oroku Saki and see what he can dig up on the Foot Clan. Leo, though, has been having dreams of his mother, Tang Shen, though he isn’t sure what to make of them. Suddenly, a horde of Mousers invade the lair, attacking the Turtles and Splinter.
At the New York Tech University gym, Casey continues with April’s self-defense courses. Finishing up, April tells Casey it’s time to hit the books. As they leave the gym, a romance appears to blossom.
Down in the lair, Old Hob reveals himself to be at the controls of the Mousers and is enjoying making the Turtles and Splinter scurry for their lives. The Mousers are overwhelming, so Splinter tells his sons to retreat. Hob isn’t having that, though, and orders the Mousers to collapse the ceiling on his foes.
At Baxter’s posh apartment, he receives a surprise visit from General Krang and his Stone Soldiers. Krang is furious that a year has passed and he still has not received the super soldier mutagen or psychotropic drug that he commissioned Stockman to create for him, though he’s supplied him with the necessary ooze components to get the work done. Stockman says that he’s fulfilled his end of the terrapin exo-armor experiment, citing the Stone Soldiers as proof of his success, then uses the break-in at his lab as an excuse for the delay. Krang refuses to accept any excuses, so Stockman assures him that he’s undertaking initiatives to retrieve the lost psychotropic drug as they speak.
As they near the lair, Mike and Raph see the destruction and hear Leo curse. Dropping the food and ripping off their disguises, they run to the rescue as Leo calls for them. Don and Splinter are down and Leo is standing alone against a horde of Mousers.