Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Allies and Enemies

author: Mike Costa
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.22
book published: 2016
rating: 3
read at: 2016/05/22
date added: 2016/05/22
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Allies and Enemies' is a collection of individual stories about different supporting characters in the Turtleverse. The first three seem to tie together, but they are all mostly fun to read.

We start off with some backstory about Casey Jones. we learn about his mother and father and why he is the way he is. It turns out that his father has some gambling debts and a pack of enforcers out to collect them. The second story brings us April O'Neil on the job as a scientist at Baxter Laboratories. She learns that something fishy might be up, and that the turtles are in danger. The third story is about Krang, and seemed similar to other Krang origin stories I've read. In a nutshell, he's got daddy issues. The final story takes us back with Bebop and Rocksteady to before they were mutants. We learn the origin of their names and that they were basically always knuckleheads.

The art styles vary, but it's all pretty basic. The April story could have used more backstory about her, in keeping with how the other stories played out, and it might be my least favorite in here. The Bebop and Rocksteady story is kind of silly, but I liked it. I probably liked the Casey Jones story the best.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, IDW Publishing, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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