Batman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #4 [Regular Cover]

(February 2017)

To Laugh So Not To Cry (Table of Contents: 1)

Batman; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / comic story / 20 pages (report information)

Script

Matthew Manning

Pencils

Jon Sommariva

Inks

Sean Parsons

Colors

Leonardo Ito

Letters

Shawn Lee

Genre

anthropomorphic-funny animals; superhero; adventure; martial arts

Characters

Batman [Bruce Wayne]; unnamed people affected by Scarecrow's fear gas; Scarecrow [Jonathan Crane]; The Joker; Harley Quinn [Harleen Quinzel]; The Shredder; Baxter Stockman; Foot Clan soldiers; Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [Leonardo; Donatello; Raphael; Michelangelo]; Batgirl [Barbara Gordon]; Robin [Dick Grayson]; April O'Neil; Bud (hyena mutated by mutagen by Joker); Lou (hyena mutated by mutagen by Joker); Fishface; Rahzar; Bebop; Rocksteady; Tiger Claw; Mad Hatter [Jervis Tetch]; Alfred Pennyworth (in Batman's vision); Killer Croc (in Batman's vision); Sewer King (in Batman's vision); Riddler (in Batman's vision); Baby Doll (in Batman's vision); Lock-Up (in Batman's vision); Talia (in Batman's vision); Red Claw (in Batman's vision); Phantasm (in Batman's vision); Ra's Al Ghul (in Batman's vision); Mr. Freeze (in Batman's vision); Man-Bat (in Batman's vision); Bane (in Batman's vision); Penguin (in Batman's vision); Catwoman (in Batman's vision); Clock King (in Batman's vision); Condiment King (in Batman's vision); The Ventriloquist (in Batman's vision); Scarface (in Batman's vision); Kyodai Ken (in Batman's vision)

Synopsis

While fighting the Scarecrow, Batman, Leonardo, and Raphael are exposed to his fear gas and see their worst nightmares. Meanwhile, Donny, Mikey, Batgirl, Robin, and April battle Foot Clan soldiers controlled by the Joker, who has incapacitated Shredder with his laughing gas. The heroes reunite at Shredder's lair to battle The Joker and Harley. In the aftermath, Donny discovers that someone has been manipulating the Kraang portals that allowed that Batman's villains to cross over into the Turtle's dimension.

Indexer Notes

When Batman is exposed to Scarecrow's fear gas, he sees a vision of many of his enemies free to terrorize Gotham while he is in the Turtle's dimension. Those villains only appear in Batman's vision as noted above.