Book Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time

Book: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book #9.5) (issues #1-4) by Paul Allor and Erik Burnham with illustrations by Ross Campbell, Charles Paul Wilson III, Ben Bates and Dan Duncan

Source: Borrowed from Publisher/NetGalley for an honest review

Publication: December 30, 2014

Description:

The Turtles become unstuck in time and go spinning into the past!

No time period is safe in this epoch-spanning epic!


Rating: 4 stars

Review:

The title says it all, in this book the turtles find themselves traveling through time.

1st Issue:

In this issue the turtles found themselves in prehistoric time and were escaping not only from the Krang scientists but also from dinosaurs. Raphael got caught by the Krang leaving the other three turtles to try to rescue him. But after getting Raph back they found themselves dealing with the military Krang.

While they were wondering if they were going to be stuck in the dinosaurs era until their friend Renet shows up they started to transport somewhere.

I like this story, it was really funny.


2nd Issue:

This issue opens with them immediately being transported to ancient Japan. I have to admit this story sort of confused me on a few things because if these are supposed to be the same characters then how old are Master Splinter, Shredder and the Turtles. If they were all around during this time they must be sort of immortal or something like that. But I'm not sure that's how this story reads.

Anyway, in this issue the four brothers stepped into a fight that had Hamato Yoshi being attacked by a group of ninjas. As thanks for helping Hamato, he invited the turtles to a meal at his house where they meet his wife and their four sons. Leo attempts to put an end to Shredder for good but Raph tries to talk him out it because by getting rid of Shredder it may make the future even worse.


3rd Issue:

After leaving Japan, they were transported to 1726 were they met pirates. They ended up joining up with a band of pirates who had told them about the Kraken and his men who have been terrorizing the waters. The turtles noticed how advanced the Kraken's men's ship was and decided with the help of the pirates to go after them.


4th Issue:

In the last issue, the turtles traveled to the future where they we in NYC and it was filled with mutants but what they thought was a peaceful future quickly turned into a horrible situation. They found out that Shredder is in charge of nearly half of the world with the Krang ruling the rest. Anyone resisting or rebelling were arrested and executed. Even more horrible they found out that only one of the Turtles were alive and had given up on the fight.

The guys finding out that some people were about to be executed the along with the remaining future turtle sprang into action to try to save them before returning home to the present.

When they got back home the guys realized how bleak the future was especially Donnie who seemed to take it the hardest.


This was an interesting four part story. It was action packed filled with humor and drama. And something else I found interesting about this was with each trip through time they encountered something or someone that they eventually see in the present.