In NYC vs TMNT part five, the city’s court case against the vigilante brothers comes to quite the climax, as DA Hale reacts to the closing arguments, leading him to make a decision that he soon regrets.

This was one hell of an explosive issue, which I didn’t expect as the conclusion of something that would normally be so led by drama, rather than satisfying, big scale action. But writer Jason Aaron somehow finds room for both, and he, along with artist Juan Ferreyra, seem to wring every last drop of impact from the story for the reader. It’s great to see someone abusing their position of power getting some proper comeuppance, especially in the current climate, and the real world parallels do not go unnoticed here.

The only thing that seems unrealistic is a certain group disobeying orders, though that’s only in the real world context if we’re still talking allegorically, rather than in the context of the story itself.

Anyway, it’s great, and brings this particular story arc to a close satisfactorily; though it does feel like it wraps up a little too neatly for the Turtles. At least until that exciting cliffhanger in the epilogue, anyway…

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