Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #25

Dates

Cover date

October 1991

On sale

July 30, 1991

Pages

36

Editions and covers (3)

Copies of #25 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.

• Newsstand edition$1.25 cover

  Newsstand

  A UPC barcode in the cover's corner box.

  Barcode 00912846970610 · shared with another edition

  Source ↗
• Canadian price edition1.50 CAD cover

  Canadian

  Printed cover price 1.50 CAD.

  Barcode 00912846970610 · shared with another edition

  This edition’s page
• Direct edition$1.25 cover

  Direct

  No UPC barcode in the corner box: direct editions show artwork, a logo or a blank box there.

  This edition’s page

Creators

Stories

• Raw Power · 22 pages

  The Turtles battle Bellybomb and Krang, who has taken over the body of Shredder. The Turtles separate Krang from his host and Shredder finds himself indebted to his oldest enemies. Bebop and Rocksteady drop Krang and Bellybomb off at the trash planet of Morbus before heading to a paradise planet inhabited only by animals.

• Dragon Rage · 8 pages

Publisher’s description

Bebop and Rocksteady have taken to the streets and rob a pet store of its supply of food. The deadly duo then make their way to the zoo, where they apparently begin to fire their weapons upon caged animals. Meanwhile, the TMNT are facing their worst (and weirdest) foe yet - the head of Krang on the body of Shredder! With little time to spend gawking at this oddity, the TMNT brace themselves for another attack by Slash, Bellybomb and the Krang-Shredder monstrocity. Early on, Raph entices Slash to run off in search of his palm tree, making the odds better for our heroes. Shortly, Slash finds a pet store and breaks the window to gleefully steal a small plastic palm tree. Eventually the Turtles' teamwork enables them to get the upper hand in the fight. Raph rips Krang off of Shredder's body, while Mikey twirls his nunchukus and forces Bellybomb to get a giant whiff of his own toxic breath, thus disabling their remaining adversaries. Just as the Green Team is ready to celebrate, Bebop and Rocksteady arrive with a huge array of animals that they've freed from the zoo and level their guns at the Turtles. The TMNT drop their weapons as Shredder awakes. Saki relunctantly states that the Turtles saved his life and dejectedly walks off, but before he gets too far, Leonardo reminds his old foe that he owes the Turtles now. With is head bowed, Saki replies, "I know... I know." and disappears into the night. Bebop and Rocksteady load the spaceship with their animal companions from the zoo, as well as Krang and Bellybomb, and head for outer space. The Turtles worry that both Shredder and Slash are on the loose again, and make their way back to the sewer. Bebop and his partner drop Krang and Bellybomb back on the toxic waste planet before returning to the jungle world - which they've decided is home.

Characters

Reprinted in

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles Adventures (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Digest (1993), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (2012), TMNT: Best of Bebop & Rocksteady (2023)