The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been captured, caged and are in…court? That’s right, the Turtles are accused of murder, amongst many other crimes, and the sinister DA Hale is using his heightened powers of persuasion to prosecute the four siblings. With Hale convincing the Judge and the jury, and Donnie doing a terrible job of defending himself and his brothers, how will they get out of this one?

This issue mostly revolves around the court case, and as such has a much less frenetic pace than previous issues in the series. It’s far less showy for artist Juan Ferreyra; despite some solid work here (and there are still a few fight scenes), it does feel like he’s more at home with the more action packed style that the comic has been employing so far.

That said, writer Jason Aaron is absolutely smashing it with this series so far; it’s hugely compelling, and the drip feed of information on DA Hale is intriguing, as well as somewhat terrifying. The tension in the court case is brilliantly ratcheted up too.

It all leads to a thrilling cliffhanger, and the next issue should be a very exciting one indeed, continuing what’s been a near flawless run so far.

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