diff --git a/src/renderer/renderer.rs b/src/renderer/renderer.rs
index f1434e6..75fee5a 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderer.rs
+++ b/src/renderer/renderer.rs
@@ -970,12 +970,19 @@ impl<'a> DustRenderer<'a> {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Performs a comparison (eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte) and returns
+    /// whether or not the comparison was true.
+    ///
+    /// Returns None in the special case that the "key" parameter did
+    /// not exist at all. This means that key was not in the original
+    /// dust template source, which is not the same as key referencing
+    /// a value which does not exist.
     fn perform_comparison_check(
         &'a self,
         tag: &'a DustTag,
         breadcrumbs: &'a Vec<BreadcrumbTreeElement<'a>>,
         select_parameters: Option<&'a ParametersContext<'a>>,
-    ) -> bool {
+    ) -> Option<bool> {
         let param_map = match tag {
             DustTag::DTHelperEquals(parameterized_block)
             | DustTag::DTHelperNotEquals(parameterized_block)
@@ -985,7 +992,54 @@ impl<'a> DustRenderer<'a> {
                 | DustTag::DTHelperLessThanOrEquals(parameterized_block) => ParametersContext::new(self, breadcrumbs, &parameterized_block.params, select_parameters),
             _ => panic!("perform_comparison_check only implemented for comparison helpers (eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte)")
         };
-        todo!()
+
+        let left_side = self.tap(breadcrumbs, &param_map, "key");
+        let right_side = self.tap(breadcrumbs, &param_map, "value");
+
+        let left_side_ce = left_side.as_ref().map(|maybe_ice| {
+            maybe_ice
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|ice| ice.get_context_element_reference())
+        });
+        let right_side_ce = right_side.as_ref().map(|maybe_ice| {
+            maybe_ice
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|ice| ice.get_context_element_reference())
+        });
+        if left_side_ce.is_none() {
+            // If key did not exist at all, return None
+            return None;
+        }
+        match tag {
+            // Special case: when comparing two RVPaths, if the path
+            // points to the same value then they are equal. This is
+            // particularly important for objects which compare memory
+            // locations rather than contents (javascript object
+            // equality).
+            DustTag::DTHelperEquals(_) => Some(Self::are_paths_identical(&left_side_ce, &right_side_ce)
+                            || left_side_ce.unwrap_or(Err(&WalkError::CantWalk))
+                                == right_side_ce.unwrap_or(Err(&WalkError::CantWalk))),
+            DustTag::DTHelperNotEquals(_) => Some(!Self::are_paths_identical(&left_side_ce, &right_side_ce)
+                            && left_side_ce.unwrap_or(Err(&WalkError::CantWalk))
+                                != right_side_ce.unwrap_or(Err(&WalkError::CantWalk))),
+            DustTag::DTHelperGreaterThan(_) => Some(match (left_side_ce, right_side_ce) {
+                (Some(Ok(left_value)), Some(Ok(right_value))) if left_value > right_value => true,
+                _ => false
+            }),
+            DustTag::DTHelperLessThan(_) => Some(match (left_side_ce, right_side_ce) {
+                (Some(Ok(left_value)), Some(Ok(right_value))) if left_value < right_value => true,
+                _ => false
+            }),
+            DustTag::DTHelperGreaterThanOrEquals(_) => Some(match (left_side_ce, right_side_ce) {
+                (Some(Ok(left_value)), Some(Ok(right_value))) if left_value >= right_value => true,
+                _ => false
+            }),
+            DustTag::DTHelperLessThanOrEquals(_) => Some(match (left_side_ce, right_side_ce) {
+                (Some(Ok(left_value)), Some(Ok(right_value))) if left_value <= right_value => true,
+                _ => false
+            }),
+            _ => panic!("perform_comparison_check only implemented for comparison helpers (eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte)")
+        }
     }
 }