3 out of 5

Is this actually worth reading?  Well, no.  All of the Why questions regarding the first volume still wholly apply: I’m not sure for whom these photos-of-the-show-adapted-to-comic-form mini-trades are intended, and there’s nothing I can say is added to the core material that would make them good additions to your Turtles library.

But, as before, setting that question mark aside to focus on the contents, while volume two is still problematic – and on its own merits I’d probably rate it lower – there are some improvements over volume 1 worth noting.  Eisinger’s adaptation is a bit less bumpy this time: although our page count is higher (for another approximate hour’s worth of TV), the narration and pacing feel smoother; there’s much less unnecessary explanations, and the dialogue / scenes feel appropriately spliced so that the plot isn’t all hiccupy.  The nighttime / darker scenes are still ridiculously hard to visually parse, with very little divide between characters and background, but – if only by lieu of these interpreted episode’s having more color – overall the book “pops” a little better.  The action is also a sliver more readable; however the still selection process works, it was a slightly smarter fit for the fighting sequences.  They’re still not great (particularly the second episode, The Gauntlet, which has bigger set pieces which get lost in this format), but, again, worth noting that they’re at least better than before.

As a final kick in the pooper, and I guess wrapping back around to my confusion on what this book is, there are events referenced that haven’t occurred in either volume, and aren’t explained by an editor’s note or anything.  So… really, this feels like it’s intended for those who are also watching the show.  I 100% don’t get it.  But look at me, all cheritably valuing the effort to produce something for which I can’t possibly conceive of the need.