Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation #2 by Erik Burnham, Tom Waltz

Assist an old enemy in breaking into a highly restricted, heavily guarded, famously classified government facility? It’s not exactly the freewheeling road trip Raphael had in mind, but with Pepperoni’s life in the balance, he’s diving in headfirst. It’s the point of no return as Raph and Metalhead breach Area 51! Surrounded by the E.P.F.’s coveted technology, Metalhead’s motives come to light. He’ll stop at nothing to commandeer the secrets of this dimension! Time is running out for Raph to find Pepperoni and use his strength for good…but a clean plan is off the table when old friends call out for help. Last Ronin co-writer Tom Waltz and artist Vincenzo Federici continue Raphael’s desert detour in Part II of “Attack on Area 51”! Then, in Erik Burnham and Mateus Santolouco’s heart-pounding backup story, Casey Jones endures Karai’s grueling test of loyalty—and a run in with Bebop and Rocksteady gives him an idea…

Erik Burnham

Erik Burnham is a Minnesotan writer and artist. After years working in both broadcasting and retail, Erik finally decided to take a crack at making comics, beginning with the Nick Landime feature in the Shooting Star Comics Anthology. A positive reception led first to other anthologies, and then to extended work for IDW Publishing on properties like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Transformers: Beast Wars, and a critically acclaimed, ten-year run on the Ghostbusters line of comic books. He even wrote the official Tobin’s Spirit Guide. Erik's been fortunate to work with many companies, including Cryptozoic, Dynamite, IDW, Insight Editions, Opus, and Marvel, on a variety of properties and multitude of genres. Superheroes, science fiction, comedy, pulp fantasy... it’s been an embarrassment of riches, and there’s more on the way. (Which is good news, since he loves his work.) When not turning out stories for other publishers, Erik fills his time working on the webcomic Downside, trying to learn an instrument (badly), and going for walks (this he does okay at.) Erik still lives in Minnesota; any rumors about this being because he's completely afraid of the forty-nine other states (and Canada) remain unverified at this time. [source](https://www.burnhamania.com/p/about-erik-burnham.html)

Tom Waltz

Tom Waltz is the co-writer (along with Kevin Eastman) of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW), the story for the video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, After the Fire, The Last Fall, Children of the Grave, TMNT/Ghostbusters and TMNT/Ghostbusters 2. [source](https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Waltz)