IDW reviews 4/16/25 – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8 is another phenomenal installment of the revamped IDW series.
It’s always fun seeing a creative team come in and completely reenergize a series that along the way needed a little boost. Writer Jason Aaron, artist Juan Ferreyra, letterer Shawn Lee and designer Nathan Widick are crafting a really engaging series that’s fast approaching can’t miss territory.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8 was all around amazing. Leonardo is trying his meditation techniques as he fights hordes of Foot Patrol goons under orders of Mayor Hale to bring down any mutants in a subway. Elsewhere on the train, Raphael and Michaelangelo are also battling the Foot, which underscores the level of tension the brothers have in working as a unit. They’re closer than they were at the start of this series, but they’ve still got plenty of progress to make in restoring their once tight bond.
That’s been one of the more interesting aspects of this series. Aaron could make this strife between the brothers so overwhelming that it’s not any fun to read the book. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8 shows how the Turtles can still be irritated yet working essentially together. And like family, when it’s them versus anyone else, everyone else better watch out.
What’s so fascinating so far is how Aaron manages these internal conflicts while really nicely setting the series for readers to stay invested in them reuniting.
Leo is growing increasingly concerned about the mental and physical state of Donnie, who looks emaciated and will only talk to the dead rat he insists is their Master Splinter.
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Meanwhile, Hale is upping his propaganda against mutants by having common street hoods wear animal masks. It’s a fairly devious plan and totally on brand with everything Aaron has explored with Hale so far. Aaron is also nailing his portrayal of Bebop and Rocksteady, two characters who can be tricky to write competently without making them bumbling comic relief.
Ferreyra’s art is so good and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8 is arguably his best installment yet. The split battle on the subway was fantastic visual storytelling. Ferreyra is also doing an amazing job of conveying the emaciated and broken-down Donatello from his posture along with his expressions. This is such compelling artwork in that he’s getting all the proper emotions of the characters out in a manner that’s easy to understand.
When it comes time for action sequences, Ferreyra is more than capable of delivering on that front as well.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 8 is an easy to jump on issue for TMNT fans. The title has remained new reader-friendly and this one is an excellent installment to get newcomers or lapsed TMNT fans onto the bandwagon of a series they won’t want to miss out on going forward.
Rating: 10 out of 10
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