Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #133

The chaos continues in this latest issue from IDW Publishing

From IDW Publishing this week is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #133, continuing the current Armageddon Game story arc.

LET THE GAMES BEGIN! With Leonardo, Michelangelo, and Raphael away in search of new allies to join the good guys against Rat King’s latest deadly gambit, it falls on Donatello and Jennika to lead the fight in Mutant Town against the terrible trio of Mayor Baxter Stockman, General Krang, and Madame Null. But will a dangerous quartet of masked mutant ninja turtles and a mad vivisectionist bent on revenge—not to mention E.P.F. invaders and angry Utrom soldiers!—sabotage their efforts before they can even begin to dig in? Longtime ongoing scribe Sophie Campbell is joined by artist Fero Pe (TMNT: The Armageddon Game—Opening Moves) for this new arc, which serves as a direct tie-in to TMNT: The Armageddon Game!

by Sophie Campbell (Author), Faro Pe (Artist), Ronda Pattison (Colorist)

One thing that has always impressed me with the writing in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is that so many different characters can be juggled. The fact that there is still a vested interest and that we are up to issue #133 is a testament to that juggling technique. And now, with the onset of the Armageddon Game, there is more to worry about.

Nevertheless, that doesn’t mean there isn’t more going on in the background…

While this issue mentions Raph and Leo (in a weird way), this is more about Donatello. He is trying to be the hub of what is going on, but other forces are trying to stop this.

The inhabitants of Mutant Town have their own points of view, and this - due to the attack on Stockman - erupts into exciting chaos. Jenny is caught in the middle of this too. The attack on Stockman is covered as well, as Donnie sees it play out in real-time, and the link is interesting. Talking of links, there is also Venus - who is struggling with who she is and is trying to work that out.

Whew

And then, on top of that, is an artificially aged refugee Tricercon. And that leads into the ending.

Wow.

As I said, I enjoy this series, and the different characters keep you hooked.

The art worked well, there was a lot to cover, and light and dark were mixed up perfectly - the astral part was well done with some nice teases too.

An excellent issue!