- Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #5
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- Writer: Stan Sakai
- Artist: Stan Sakai
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen comes to a close with the final battle against Dr. WhereWhen and his mechanical forces both within the castle where the Turtles and Usagi‘s friends have been able to reach as well as out on the battle field. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen #5 offers an action-packed conclusion to the series with one big surprise in the death of a recurring Usagi Yojimbo character. The death of Yukichi, who has been a large role is recent Usagi storylines, is unexpected, but he’s given a heroic death here to save his friends.
My only real disappointment comes in the Turtles’ return home that closes the loop from the first issue explaining the Turtles saw themselves jump into the past (rather than someone swapping places with them from Usagi’s time), but that’s a minor nitpick to what otherwise was another fun team-up for some of my favorite anthropomorphic comic characters.
[IDW, $4.99]