Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #30 Review

The turtle clan is still recovering from the events of last year. Most notably, Leo is still struggling to escape the effects of Shredder's dark control. This issue is a bit of a cool down as everyone tries to pick up the pieces of who they once were. There's no action to speak of, but that doesn't stop this comic from being an engrossing tale of family and love. It's really quite moving.

Kevin Eastman, Bobby Curnow and the amazing Tom Waltz have been delivering fantastic TMNT storytelling for the past few years. The key to all this has been putting the Turtles, as a family, at the center. Family and honor are what drive this series, and this issue puts those elements at the forefront. Visions of their mother provide moving and heartfelt scenes that rival anything you'd see or read with non-mutant turtles as lead characters. Seriously, the panel with Splinter holding his hand to the side of his own face, still feeling the touch of his wife, it's almost too much. Strong men also cry.

Continue reading…