Summary: As Oroko Saki climbs up the layers of Hell he finally encounters his original incarnation and begins to learn the truth of his destiny. 
Plot: What has made this recent incarnation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles my favorite, even better than Eastman and Laird's original run, has been the inclusion of Eastern Mysticism in the origin of the Turtles and I love that this story is delving into that aspect even deeper. The exploration of the Bardo, and the aspects of the Shredder's past lives continues to both enlightening and exciting; the things we learn from past selves and the idea of what destiny is are fascinating and the action makes it move along at a great pace. I can't wait to not only see how the confrontation with Shredders soul plays out in it's own right and how it will effect the new City at War storyline between Karai and the Turtles.
Art: It's so ething I didn't think I'd say a few years back but I've really grown to enjoy Santolouco's take on the Turtle's universe. At first I felt the realistic take he brought with him didn't mesh well with the book, but I've really grown to like it so much that I can't imagine the series with out his influence.
Grade:10/10

Summary: When a series of strangulations occurs on Boston's Red Line a serial killer is thought to be on the loose...but could it be worse?
Plot: Being from the Boston area and a frequent rider of the Red Line I was initially super stoked for this book to came out when I first read about it but unfortunately after reading reading it all I can say is that it was definitely not, as we are known to say in these parts, wicked pissah.
To start with the plot is just horribly muddled from start to finish with things seemingly happening at random for no given reason. I get that one of the characters is a homeless guy with mental issues so what he sees isn't always to be trusted...but he isn't the POV character for the whole story or even present in some of the scenes that make next to no sense so that doesn't explain away the random encounters. And the setting itself isn't much clearer, it starts with what seems to be the Boston Marathon bombing...but then the terms the police use and the technology they have are techno-babble so it's not a contemporary setting at all which makes the allusion to the bombing again random and pointless. 

While the previous critiques are legitimate, my last parting shot is perhaps a tad pedantic: The book is called Last Stop on the Red Line, and it even shows a map of the line on the cover...but all the stops actually shown in the book are squarely on the Orange Line. Maybe the book was originally called Last Stop on the Orange Line but the editors thought Red Line would be a more clever allusion to death? I don't know but it bothered me.
Art: My pedantic streak above continues to the art as aside from a crude rendition of the Boston Marathon symbol at the start and a brief glimpse of the Old South Church there's nothing to really set this in Boston which was disappointing. But it goes further than that as a lot of the characters are indistinguishable from one another especially when it comes to the female characters;  the first victim, the woman who gets off the train just in time and the detective all look pretty much the same with only their clothes helping to identify them as different. And the monster? Well, the less said the better.
Grade:2/10