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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 5 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
victorio's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.0
It felt shorter than the previous volumes (edit: it actually is), but City at War is a good arc and I was mostly satisfied with the conclusion. The art and fight scenes are top notch. Points taken away for Don using a gun though I understand why it happened and that he's likely still dealing with it and it's one of the reasons why he stays behind with Splinter .
One thing: I've been mostly skimming the author's notes at the end of each issue, but I did see that in one of them, Eastman refers to Shredder as Karai's father, yet I don't see any evidence or mention in the actual comics pages. Odd.
One thing: I've been mostly skimming the author's notes at the end of each issue, but I did see that in one of them, Eastman refers to Shredder as Karai's father, yet I don't see any evidence or mention in the actual comics pages. Odd.
michaelclorah's review
3.0
Perhaps it's a case of diminishing returns, but after enjoying Vol. 4 of this series, I grabbed this book from the library and felt the result was so-so. There's little wrong with it; there's just nothing particularly special about it. It remains to be seen if the moral compromise made the the Turtles will come back to bite them. April and Casey come back together by happenstance, after their attempts to "move on" end predictably. The art has some effective storytelling and detail work, but the anatomy is stiff and ungainly. Again, it's all perfectly fine, but it felt drawn out at times - I felt this story could've unfolded in half the space, resulting in a punchier, more emotional journey.
jarasen's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
scoobygirl93's review
3.0
This one, and honestly the end of the last one, got a bit weird, but then end of this one seems to have sorted things out, we'll see how the next volume goes.
bowienerd_82's review
4.0
The City at War storyline was excellent, and a great wrap-up to Eastman and Laird's original run.
noysh's review
3.0
The second half of Eastman and Laird's last Ninja Turtles comic story 'City at War.' The material is wonderfully dated and full of late 80s independent comics call outs and strange jargon from those days. It was a lot of fun to go back and see the original comics that have been out of circulation for quite a while now.