By the power of Grayskull...Turtle Power! When the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles came across Krang and Shredder making a deal with some otherworldly 'demon-mage' named Skeletor, things got hella-weird and they ended up in Eternia! It turns out, when you mix Ultrom mutagen with demon magic you get a nasty purple poison-and it's brought Eternia to the brink of chaos. So, Leo, Raph, Donnie, and Mikey are teaming up with the Masters of the Universe to kick some blue boney butt. The only problem is... He-Man is missing in action.
He-Man / TMNT: Turtles Of Grayskull #1 is the crossover that any reader who lived in the 80s could hope for in this unique crossover event. In this initial issue it is evident that Seeley and Williams are big fans of both properties. It will be interesting to see if the story continues to avoid the tropes common with this type of inter-property crossover event. Read Full Review
Overall, Turtles of Grayskull #1 is willing to zig where you might expect it to zag, and that's what makes it fun. Read Full Review
Turtles of Grayskull is off to a wild start to a long overdue crossover, and I can't wait for when issue two! Read Full Review
Masters of The Universe/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles of Greyskull is a fun romp that plays to the strengths of both franchises but stumbles in terms of its execution and a feeling that readers have missed on some of the major beats of the crossover itself. Read Full Review
Plot
This first issue without preamble shows you the Ninja Turtles in Eternia uniforms, with a brief summary explaining that Krang and Shredder traded Skeletor mutant ooze for magic. Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Donatello contact Splinter and April O'neal to bring them up to date and tell them that they are about to go to an important battle at Castle Grayskull.
It is a key battle because He-Man disappears, so Mat at Arms brings all the cavalry to fight against Skeletor's mutant army. This battle has a twist when apparently He-Man transforms into a mutant with uncontrollable rage.
But the battle is stopped by Renet who comes to help stop this temporal disaster, but what she does is that they go to another a more