Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW Publishing)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
The cover of issue number 2. Art by Dan Duncan; colors by Ronda Pattison.
Publication information
Publisher	IDW Publishing
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Superhero fiction Science fantasy Supernatural fiction
Publication date	Vol. 1.: August, 2011 – April, 2024 Vol. 2.: July, 2024 -
No. of issues	279 (as of January 2024; 3 out-of-continuity)
Creative team
Written by	Kevin Eastman Tom Waltz Bobby Curnow Sophie Campbell Jason Aaron
Artist(s)	Kevin Eastman (8–11, 13–15 2012 Annual, 16–17, 19–28, 30–37 2014 Annual, 38–48) Dan Duncan (1–12, 23) Andy Kuhn (13–16, 23) Ben Bates (17–20, 23) Mateus Santolouco (5, 22–28, 33–36, 38–40, FCBD 2015, 45–50, 56–58, 65, 67–70, 75) (23, 29–32, 66) Cory Smith (37, 41–44, 48, 73–75) Ken Garing (51, 52) Michael Dialynas (53–55) Dave Wachter (59–64, 71–72) Damian Couceiro (75–78) Chris Johnson (75) Brahm Revel (79)
Colorist(s)	Ronda Pattison (1–79)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an ongoing American comic book series published by IDW Publishing. Debuting in August 2011, the series is part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles media franchise created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird and was the first new comic incarnation of the Turtles to debut after the franchise's sale to Nickelodeon in October 2009. It is the fifth comic book series in the franchise's publication history and serves as a reboot of the franchise's story and characters.

The IDW Turtles series reimagines the franchise's titular characters—brothers Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, and Michelangelo—as sons of Hamato Yoshi, a member of the Foot Clan led by Oroku Saki in feudal Japan. When Yoshi leaves the Clan, Saki (who will later be known as Shredder) murders Yoshi and his four sons. In modern times, the spirits of Yoshi and his sons are reincarnated as a rat and four turtles, respectively, in a research laboratory owned by Baxter Stockman, a scientist who has secretly allied himself with the extraterrestrial Krang. After coming in contact with the alien mutagen, Yoshi and the turtles are transformed into intelligent, humanoid beings. Living in the sewers, Yoshi (now called Splinter), remembers his past life and begins to train the turtles in the art of ninjutsu. Allying themselves with April O'Neil and Casey Jones, they are threatened by Shredder, who has survived through the centuries; Shredder's descendant Karai; and Krang, who seeks to conquer Earth.

The initial creative team on the IDW series consisted of Eastman (who collaborated on the plot and the page layouts), writer Tom Waltz, and artist Dan Duncan. In 2017, it became the longest-running comic book series in the franchise's history, surpassing Archie Comics' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures, which ran from 1988 to 1995. Starting from issue #101, IDW series writer and artist Sophie Campbell took over as the sole lead writer for the series.

Publication history

2011–2024: original series

In April 2011, IDW Publishing acquired the license to publish new collections of older Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics from Nickelodeon, as well as a new ongoing series. The first issue of the new series was released on August 24 that year. Turtles co-creators Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz wrote the book, with Eastman and Dan Duncan providing art. In 2017, issue #73 of the main ongoing series was published, making it the longest-running comic in the franchise's history, surpassing Archie Comics' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures. In 2019, issue #100 of the comic was published, concluding the eight-part "City at War" arc. Starting with issue #101, series writer and artist Sophie Campbell took over as the sole lead writer for the book.

2024: relaunch

It was announced on January 12, 2024 that the current volume would end with issue #150 and a new volume would launch in July 2024; with Jason Aaron taking over as the head writer. It was announced on January 22, 2024, that the first four issues of the new series will each be drawn by a different artist (Joëlle Jones, Rafael Albuquerque, Cliff Chiang, and Chris Burnham, respectively); with each of the first four issues spotlighting a different turtle (Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello, respectively). Following these issues, Albuquerque will then draw the second story arc.

Plot

Volume I (Issues #1–100)

Hamato Yoshi is a member of the Foot Clan led by Oroku Saki during Japan's feudal period. After seeing Saki act ruthlessly, Yoshi leaves the Clan and is marked a traitor, and Saki orders Yoshi's entire family to be put to death. Yoshi's wife, Tang Shen, is attacked and severely wounded by Foot ninjas, and with her last breath, she beseeches Yoshi to protect himself and the children. He flees with the boys and remains on the run for several years. Saki, who will later be known as Shredder, eventually finds Yoshi and his children and murders them all.

Centuries later, Yoshi and his sons' spirits are reincarnated in modern times as a gray rat and four green turtles, respectively, in a research laboratory called Stock Gen, owned by Baxter Stockman, a scientist who has secretly allied himself with the extraterrestrial Krang. An intern at Stock Gen, April O'Neil, names the turtles after Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. Members of the Foot Clan break into the facility to steal an alien mutagen. The animals are taken by mistake, and when they and the stolen mutagen get lost in the sewer, they are covered with the spilled mutagen and transformed into intelligent, humanoid beings.

Yoshi, now called Splinter, remembers his past life and begins to train the turtles in the art of ninjutsu. Unfortunately, the seemingly trivial event which led to the creation of the Turtles and Splinter is part of an escalating conflict between several powers trying to take control of the Earth:

• The Foot Clan, with their leader Shredder, who has survived into the modern age due to the machinations of the shape-shifting witch Kitsune;
• The Utrom warlord Krang, who plans to terraform Earth into a new home for the last survivors of his race;
• The zealous government agent John Bishop, leader of the Earth Protection Force, who seeks to eradicate mutantkind and aliens;
• The mysterious Madam Null and her enterprise Null Group, a business conglomerate with its hands in many ventures and ties to other dimensions deliberately create mutants as a slave workforce;
• A mysterious Pantheon of immortal demigods, some of whom subvert humanity to their will, as they once did in bygone times.

Finding new allies as they go, the Turtles are forced to strive against enemies and save the world from destruction as this many-fold conflict begins to spin out of control.

Volume I (Issues #101–150)

With a mutagen bomb attack by Hob on the New York populace during Baxter Stockman's inauguration as the city's new mayor, the world's public is made aware of the existence of mutants. A ghetto called Mutant Town is erected in the heart of Manhattan to quarantine them, with Hob and his Mutanimals exercising loose political control over its inhabitants. The Turtles and their friends unite to make Mutant Town both a better place to live in and a hub of tolerance and communication with the outside world, but new conflicts begin to emerge:

• Zom becomes pregnant and gives birth to a daughter, hailing a new era for the Triceratons, but also stirring hostility in the radical Utrom Ch'rell
• The Punk Frogs, a street gang of mutant frogs, attack the Turtles and burn the dojo, believing that they took away one of their members, Bonnie
• A mad mutant surgeon by the name of Jasper Barlow tries to control the mutation processes
• The Rat King, a member of the Pantheon, is eager to see his family's power game brought to a conclusion and attempts to unleash his twisted version of Armageddon on mankind
• After foreseeing the arrival of a monstrous devourer from the streams of time, Donatello becomes obsessed with stopping this menace without considering the damage he may render to the time-space continuum

Characters

The series reimagines the origins of the Turtles, as well as other characters such as April O'Neil, Splinter, The Shredder, Casey Jones, and Baxter Stockman. Notably, the series, like the original Mirage version, initially gives all four Turtles red eye masks until issue #5, where Splinter gives Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo their well-known blue, purple and orange masks, respectively, with Raphael keeping his signature red.

The series features characters and plot devices from throughout the TMNT franchise, including:

• Tang Shen, Karai, the Purple Dragons, the Utroms, the Triceratons, the Rat King, Professor Honeycutt, Leatherhead, the Second Time Around shop, Renet, Savanti Romero, the vigilante Nobody, Klunk, Chet, Kirby and the Warp Crystal, the Pantheon, Louis Braunze and Seri from the Mirage Comics;
• Antoine Puzorelli (here named "Antonio") from the Volume 3 series by Image Comics;
• Dimension X, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady, Slash, Metalhead, the Technodrome, the Neutrinos, the Stone Soldiers, the Roadkill Rodneys, Mutagen Man, Antrax, Dark Water, Channel 6, Burne Thompson, Vernon Fenwick, Irma Langinstein, the Punk Frogs, Mona Lisa, Don Turtelli and Big Louie, Groundchuck and Dirtbag, and Dimension Z from the 1987 cartoon series;
• the Mighty Mutanimals, Mondo Gecko, the Warrior Dragon, Null, the Gang of Four, Wyrm, Manmoth, Maligna and the Malignoids, Cryin' Houn', Stump, Sling, Bob and Carmen, the Nova Posse, Noi Tai Dar, Cherubae and the Turnstone, Cudley the Cowlick, the Path of the Four Winds, Verminator-X, Mazool and Armaggon from the Archie Comics series;
• Ch'rell (alias of the Utrom Shredder), Angel, Hun, Agent Bishop and the Earth Protection Force, Darius Dun, the Street Phantoms, the Dark Turtles, Torbin Zixx, Garbage Man, the Battle Nexus Tournament, the Triceraton invasion of Earth, Abigail Finn and Parker from the 2003 cartoon series;
• Pigeon Pete and the monicker "Hamato Clan" from the 2012 CGI series;
• Tokka and Rahzar, and the alter egos Cowabunga Carl and Nightwatcher from the feature films;
• Venus De Milo from Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation;
• Ace Duck and Monty Moose from the action figure toy lines;
• Fred Hamster and Ferd (by name), and the Road Hogs from the Palladium Books role-playing game.

It has also introduced new characters, such as:

• Jennika, a young Foot Assassin. Initially loyal only to the clan rather than its leader, she now pledges her service to the Foot's new leader, Splinter and his sons. In time, she begins a relationship with Casey Jones. When she is fatally stabbed by Karai, she is administered Leonardo's mutagen-infused blood in order to speed her healing, but is in the process transformed into a mutant turtle and joins the Ninja Turtles as a fifth member.
• Old Hob, a mutated alley cat and former enemy of Master Splinter, now founder and leader of the Mutanimals gang. Stemming from his bitter personal experience with humans, Hob intends to prepare for what he perceives an inevitable war between mutants and humans, eventually resorting to terroristic means to recruit his Mutanimals army.
• Alopex, a mutant polar fox who begins her new life as an assassin of the Foot Clan, but later becomes a friend of the Turtles and Raphael's romantic interest. It is later revealed that she was intended to be a pawn for Kitsune, a role Alopex eventually rebelled against.
• Woody Dirkins, a young pizzeria employee and one of the first human friends of the Turtles. He later develops a crush on Angel after meeting her at the Turtles' Christmas party.
• Harold Lillja, a middle-aged and highly paranoid, but extremely gifted inventor who befriends the Turtle family through Donatello.
• Kitsune, a shape-shifting immortal witch, sister of the Rat King and the youngest member of the Pantheon, who has helped the Shredder through the ages with the intention of making him the new host for the Pantheon's long-lost patriarch, the Dragon, and who seeks the destruction of humanity so that only the Pantheon will remain masters of Earth.
• Takeshi Tatsuo, a samurai from medieval Japan who became the founder of the Foot Clan. Betrayed by his clanspeople for his ruthlessness, but aided by Kitsune, he was reborn in the body of Oroku Saki/the Shredder.
• Oroku Maji and Masato, two chunin of the Foot Clan who brought down Takeshi Tatsuo for his bloodthirsty ways and were later killed by his reincarnation, Maji's son Saki.
• Kid Demon (or just "Kid"), a lesser demon and guardian of Yomi who encounters the Shredder during his journeys into the afterlife.
• Koya and Bludgeon, two loyal mutated henchmen of the Foot Clan: Shredder's pet reconnaissance falcon and a hammerhead shark.
• Toshiro, an elderly mentor of the Foot Clan who is often consulted by Karai for his wisdom and serenity.
• Lindsey Baker, a former aspiring biochemist researcher at Stock Gen, later recruited by Old Hob to create his mutant army. She is also the first TMNT character in an official storyline to be outed as a lesbian.
• Herman, a mutated hermit crab and member of Hob's Mutanimals gang with a soldier's personality and bearing who acts as the Mutanimals' "tank".
• Sally Pride, a mutated lioness and talented vehicle operator, and initially a member of Hob's Mutanimals gang. However, after becoming displeased with Hob's methods, she defects to the Turtles' side and later becomes Mutant Town's first mayor.
• Brooklyn S. Bridge, Angel's father and a former member of the Purple Dragons who now runs a bar named Skara Brae.
• Kara Lewis, a young New York police officer and a friend of Michelangelo and Casey Jones. Because of her personal experiences with mutants, she is made an NYPD liaison to Agent Bishop, but she strongly disapproves of his fanatically hostile attitudes towards all mutants. After the fall of Mutant Town's walls, she becomes the chief of a special NYPD precinct in Mutant Town and an official friend of the Turtles.
• Richard Miller and Frank Corbin, two corrupt and rivaling NYPD detectives who were once on the paylist of the Savate Ninja.
• Ma'riell, a moderate-minded Utrom who disapproves of her brother Ch'rell's brutality and loyalty to Krang. After the Utroms' revival on Earth, she becomes their official leader.
• Lieutenant Kleve and Corporal Montuoro, two Utrom military officers and loyal followers of Krang. After Krang is killed by Leatherhead during the conclusion of his war crime trial on Neutrino, they revive Krang's loyal second-in-command, Ch'rell, from his stasis sleep.
• Chi-You, a temperamental member of the Pantheon and the template for the ancient Chinese war deity of the same name.
• Aka, the eldest member of the Pantheon who is amicably neutral in human affairs.
• Rita, a female member of the Foot Clan whom Jennika met in prison, where they became lovers. While breaking out together, Rita was murdered by a hostile "alpha" jailmate; following her descrptions, Jennika found her way into the Foot.
• Libby Meitner, an inventor and Harold's former wife and partner, who betrayed him for her own profit and has become the chief engineer for Darius Dun and his Street Phantoms. She has since made up with Harold, but his concern about her welfare has caused Harold to break his ties with the Turtles until Donatello eventually manages to reconcile with him.
• Pepperoni, a baby protoceratops befriended by Raphael. Originally from the Cretaceous period, she met the Turtles during a couple of time-travelling adventures with Renet and accompanied them back to the present day, where she stays as a pet.
• Anchovi, a young velociraptor or deinonychus picked up by the Turtles and Renet during the Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! storyline, and later Bebop and Rocksteady's companion in the Hit the Road! miniseries.
• Jill Amante, Lindsey's ex-girlfriend and a leading geneticist at Null Industries.
• Zodi, a female scorpion mutant created by Null Industries as a secret operative.
• Doctor Shevlin, the Earth Protection Force's leading technical scientist.
• Maureen Lin, a young New York Police Detective who befriends Michelangelo while looking for her missing brother-in-law, who is revealed to have been killed by Wyrm.
• Toad Baron, a hedonistic member of the Pantheon who strives to be the perfect host for anyone who enters his realm, even against their will.
• Alberto, Franz and Bob, the Toad Baron's anthropomorphic frog servants.
• The Dragon: The allfather of the Pantheon, and a child of Brahma, who was entrapped in the netherworld by his sister, The Dreamer. Kitsune seeks to restore him to his "rightful" place on Earth (despite her siblings' opposition) by using Shredder as his host.
• The Dreamer: A daughter of Brahma, the allmother of the Pantheon, and the Dragon's opposite in the aspect of creating and preserving life, whereas the Dragon stands for the destruction of life. She entered sleep and watched humanity through her dreams; when the Dragon perverted them, she imprisoned him in Oroku Saki's soul to neutralize him.
• Gothano, a Cthulhu-esque, soft-voiced member of the Pantheon who wreathes himself in a black robe.
• Ocho: A yokai guardian of the Kira no Ken. She was transformed by Kitsune into a giant anthropomorphic mole, and quartered in the last chamber of the cave where the sword resided. She joins Karai's entourage when she receives the sword.
• Hayashi Natsu: A young woman who was a part of a Japanese Yakuza clan, but has since sworn allegiance to Karai. She is a femalized new version of Tatsu, a character from the 1990 and 1991 live-action films.
• Hakk-R, a cyborg bounty hunter and assassin from Dimension X, hired by Krang to dispose of accusatorial witnesses before his trail.
• Commander Zom, a commanding Triceraton officer and General Zog's love interest, who seeks to establish a home for her people – who were artificially created from Terran triceratops DNA as a slave race for the Utroms – and therefore becomes an inadvertent menace to Earth.
• Krisa, a python mutated to serve the Null Industries.
• The Foot Orphans: A group of pre-adolescent New York children orphaned during the Triceraton invasion who were saved from the Rat King by the Turtles and entrusted with their master Splinter, who was at that time master of the Foot Clan. After Karai's hostile takeover of the Foot, they are evacuated to Dimension X, where they are taken in by the Neutrinos.
• Wayne Bishop, the former founder and director of the Earth Protection Force, and father of its current director, Agent John Bishop. After investigating the Roswell incident, he used the technology and alien (Utrom) DNA recovered from the site to aid his son, a preemie, which left John intellectually fully developed but physically a stunted, dwarfish mutant. Long a retiree, Wayne is killed by his son when Hob attempts to use him as a bargaining chip for Slash's release.
• Special Agent Ravenwood, a member of the Earth Protection Force. She is revealed to be the result of a secret government experiment which split her body into six separate entities with a collective consciousness, and bestowed her with superhuman strength, body elasticity, and longevity. Her state makes her empathize with other mutants, including (at least initially) the miscreants Bebop and Rocksteady.
• The Inhabitants of Mutant Town:
  • Lita, a small New York child mutated into an albino turtle who is taken in by Clan Hamato. She was named after the rockstar Lita Ford. In an alternate future, she is shown as an orphan after a catastrophic chain of events leads to the break-up of her adopted family, and she was subsequently taken in and trained as a time mistress by Renet and is able to go back in time to rectify this mistake.
  • Zanna, Zink and Mushroom, three mutant weasel children bred by Hob to serve as merchandise for the Foot Clan in exchange for vital supplies. After escaping their captivity, they are taken in by Clan Hamato.
  • Sheena, a mutant pig and hard rock singer in Mutant Town, who befriends Jennika through their mutual passion for music and later becomes her girlfriend.
  • Ivan, a mutant bat and small-time criminal dealer in Mutant Town.
  • Silas, a mutant muskrat and Jennika's ex-boyfriend from her time before the Foot Clan.
  • The Road Hogs, a group of mutant pig bikers under the leadership of Tusk.
  • Jo, a mutant orca who becomes a friend to the Turtles.
  • Jay, a grim mutant poison dart frog.
  • Hector and Wanda, a hippopotamus and ant mutant couple who become good friends of the Turtles.
• The Mutanimal Enforcers, a gang of bullying mutants recruited by Hob to "keep the order" in Mutant Town. Known members include
  • Diamond, a mutant porcupine, who was dismissed for acting against Hob's orders;
  • Puggle and Bandit, respectively a mutant platypus and raccoon, and a partnered couple;
  • Stone, a mutant octopus, and Night, his lemur partner
• Antoni Rosetti Junior, the young son of a mafioso who was assassinated by Jennika while she was still human. He was raised by his ambitious mother, who wanted him to ascend as head of his crime family until she was trapped in Mutant Town and later tries to enlist the now-mutated Jennika to train him. Antoni and Jennika become friends, even after Antoni learns about their common past, and after escaping his mother, Jennika gives Antoni into April O'Neil's custody.
• Lola Cruz, a reporter who is eager to score a story about life in Mutant Town. Later on, she joins April O'Neil and Mona Lisa in founding Mutant Town's own journalistic team.
• Doctor Jasper Barlow, a mutant albino mouse, surgeon and self-declared "scientific researcher" who pursues a twisted idea of "restoring" mutants to their former natural selves, making use of cybernetic implants or combining body parts into Frankensteinian creatures.
• Zara Flood, Baxter Stockman's personal secretary and henchwoman
• The Null Turtles, a quartet of Ninja Turtle impostors and alternate mutant identities of the Gang of Four under the Rat King's supervision for his Armageddon Game. The "Turtles'" most striking differences from their originals are their use of scarves covering their mouths instead of eye masks, and their use of different weapons.

Comics

Main series

The main ongoing comic started in August 2011 and has released 147 issues as of January 17, 2024, with the final release date set for April 10, 2024 for Issue #150.

Micro- and Macro-Series

As per TMNT tradition, four one-shots (officially a mini-series) were released focusing on each turtle, with issue #4 tying into #9 of the main series. Due to the popularity of the series, IDW announced another four issues, focusing on Master Splinter, Casey Jones, April O'Neil and the Fugitoid. Associate Editor, Bobby Curnow, says that if popularity increases, the Micro-Series will become the IDW equivalent of Mirage's Tales of the TMNT.

In April 2013, a new series of eight one-shots was started, under the title Villains Micro-series. The first four issues focus on Krang, Baxter Stockman, Old Hob and Alopex; subsequent issues focused on Karai, Hun, Bebop & Rocksteady and Shredder.

Between October and December 2018, four issues of a "Macro-Series" were published which focused on the Turtles, but featured much longer narrations.

Infestation 2

The Turtles were included in the IDW crossover event Infestation 2. They appeared in one panel in the first issue of the main series. Raphael also appeared on the covers for both issues of the main series; as does Donatello on a variant cover of #1.

The Turtles were also given their own two-part miniseries. A series of strange occurrences leads the Turtles into long forgotten tunnels, where they are forced to confront the Lovecraftian creature Shub-Niggurath and its cult of warped monstrosities.

TMNT Annual 2012

A 48-page black-and-white annual issue was released in October 2012. Its plot focuses on the loss of a valuable peace offering to the Foot Clan from the Savate Ninja syndicate, which inadvertently becomes a catalyst for a vicious gang war that threatens New York City.

Secret History of the Foot Clan

A four-part mini-series, titled Secret History of the Foot Clan, was published from January through March 2013. The series tells the story about the founding of the Foot Clan, and additionally provides clues to the impact the conflict in the past will have on the present.

Utrom Empire

A three-part mini-series, titled Utrom Empire, was started in January 2014. The series focuses on Krang, Professor Honeycutt and Baxter Stockman, as their struggles against each other put the last of the Utrom race into dire peril, as well as including a story about the last days of the titular Utrom empire.

The X-Files: Conspiracy

A one-shot, out-of-continuity issue was published in February 2014 as part of the mini-series crossover event The X-Files: Conspiracy. Guest characters include the Lone Gunmen and the vampire characters from the X-Files episode "Bad Blood".

TMNT Annual 2014

This annual edition features apprentice time mistress Renet and the Battle Nexus Tournament from the Mirage Comics volume 4/TMNT 2K3. Originally slated for April 2014, the release was rescheduled to August due to production difficulties. The Turtles are taken from their home by a dimension-hopping Renet and forced to participate in an interdimensional gladiator contest which by the whim of their initiator, Councilman Nieli, has no winners; but the Turtles, the stubborn Renet and some irritated gladiators intend to change this unbearable condition for the better.

TMNT 30th Anniversary Special

A special edition commemorating the brand's 30th anniversary. Featuring five short stories, one of them entitled "Ready Set Go!" was previously released in Hero Comics 2012; the other four short stories are each set in one of the comic continuities – Mirage, Image, Archie Comics, and IDW – which arose with the franchise.

Turtles in Time

A four-issue mini-series running from June to September 2014. It was a continuation from the story in TMNT Annual 2014. Some intertemporary after-effect from their trip with Renet displaces the Turtles successively into the age of the dinosaurs, medieval Japan, the age of pirates, and even the future; and in each time period they are forced to make decisions which have shaped – and still might shape – their own fate and that of the world around them.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters

A four-issue mini-series crossover with IDW's Ghostbusters comic series, celebrating the 30th anniversaries of both franchises. It began publication in October 2014. The story deals with the Turtles and their friends testing a teleportation device whose plans were provided by Professor Honeycutt. Due to a slight mishap during activation, they end up in the Ghostbusters' reality, along with an immortal, hostile creature once known as Chiyou, who seeks domination over mankind.

TMNT: Mutanimals

Another four-issue mini-series dealing with the latest incarnation of the Mighty Mutanimals, published from February to June 2015. Lindsey Baker, Old Hob's human ally and scientific creator of his mutant army, is kidnapped by the security forces of the Null Group, a genetics firm headed by the fiendish Madame Null, who wishes to conquer the world's economy by creating hybrid mutants. As the Mutanimals fight to get Lindsey back, the team – and especially Hob – are forced to seriously reconsider their conduct as mutant liberators.

TMNT: Free Comic Book Day 2015

A story was published as part of the May 2015 Free Comic Book Day. It was a prelude to the Vengeance story arc of the main series (#45–50).

Casey & April

A four-issue mini-series that started publishing in June 2015. Its plot deals with April O'Neil and Casey Jones investigating the contents of a scroll found in the Foot Clan's archives which points out the resting place of a book dealing with a group of immortal entities called the Pantheon, which includes the Rat King and Kitsune in its ranks. During this journey, Casey and April are also forced to do some soul-searching and exploring of their budding relationship.

Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Main article: Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

DC Comics published the six-issue miniseries Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Feb.–July 2016) It is the second intercompany crossover between IDW and DC Comics, after Star Trek/Green Lantern. The story, out of continuity, deals with the Turtles and their master Splinter, along with Shredder and a good number of his Foot Ninjas, having been interdimensionally displaced by their common enemy Krang; an eviction which landed them in Gotham City in the DC Universe.

Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything!

A weekly five-part miniseries published in June 2016. In this story, Bebop and Rocksteady get their hands on Renet's time scepter and, as the simpletons they are, wreak havoc to all creation as they use the artifact to hop all over time and space, forcing the Turtles and Renet to fix the damage before it becomes irreversible.

TMNT Universe

A spin-off series similar to Mirage's Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which started publication on August 31, 2016. It serves as a narrative expansion to the main series with the introduction of crucial sideplots and additional characters. The series ended after 25 issues in August 2018.

TMNT: Free Comic Book Day 2017

A story was published as part of the May 2017 Free Comic Book Day. It was a prelude to the Dimension X story arc of the main series (#73–75).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo

A one-shot crossover story re-uniting the Turtles franchise with Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, which also references Usagi's earlier encounters with the Mirage Turtles. Here, the Turtles must join forces with Miyamoto Usagi and the mystic Kakera against Usagi's sinister enemy Jei und Namazu. This issue was published in July 2017.

Dimension X

A five-issue limited series which started weekly publication on August 2, 2017. Its plot is a tie-in to the main series' "The Trial of Krang" storyline (issues #73–75), dealing with the Turtles and Professor Honeycutt trying to locate several material witnesses for Krang's trial before Krang's hired assassin, Hakk-R, can get to them first.

TMNT Day Sampler

A free sampler comic reviewing the series from issues #1 to #73 and Dimension X, which was distributed on October 25, 2017, by selected comic stores for the occasion of issue #75's publication.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters II

In July 2017, IDW announced a sequel series to the 2014–2015 TMNT/Ghostbusters crossover, scheduled for weekly publication starting November 1, 2017. Setting in upon the conclusion of issue #75, the Turtles are stranded in a spirit dimension where they are beset by the vengeful ghost of their late adversary Darius Dun and must get help from the Ghostbusters in order to ever stand a chance of returning home again.

Guest appearances within the story include the Dark Turtles from the 2003 series' Fast Forward season, and Shibano and an alternate version of the Punk Frogs from the 1987 TMNT cartoon series. Additionally, an action figure assortment named Ninja Ghostbusters was issued for sale parallel to the publication of the mini-series; the Ninja Ghostbusters also have a guest appearance within the comic story itself.

Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II

Main article: Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II

A six-issue sequel series to Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was announced, with the first two issues being planned for release on December 6 and December 20, respectively. The plot deals with Donatello's desire to become a stronger fighter, which drives him into activating an interdimensional doorway to ask Batman for help. Unfortunately, this deed accidentally unleashes Bane on New York City, who loses no time uniting the Foot Clan, which is fractured by internal discord, under his rule. Batman and Robin therefore must travel to the Turtles' reality to aid their mutant friends in bringing down their common foe.

Bebop & Rocksteady Hit the Road

Another weekly five-part miniseries starring Bebop and Rocksteady which entered publication in August 2018, as a follow-up to the Destroy Everything! storyline. Bebop and Rocksteady engage on a two-man roadtrip across the United States, but new and old enemies, as well as a number of hazards lying on the way – including their inexplicable transformation back into their former human forms – begin to pose a collection of serious obstacles for their plans.

TMNT: IDW 20/20

IDW 20/20 is a multiple-issue, 20th-anniversary comic special with plot settings in the main comic franchises published by IDW: Ghostbusters, Jem and The Holograms, My Little Pony, Star Trek, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Each issue features a one-shot story set 20 years in the respective franchise's future; in the case of the Turtles, it entails the aftereffect of a civil war between the Utroms which threatens to destroy Earth once again. The TMNT issue was released on January 16, 2019.

Shredder in Hell

Shredder in Hell is a limited five-issue series picking up on The Secret History on the Foot Clan, Villains Micro-Series #8: Shedder, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #50. As the Shredder wanders the afterlife, companions and enemies of old join him on or try to hinder his journey to find redemption from his cruel, ruthless past in life and his forced destiny to become the Dragon's vessel. The mini-series was released for publication in January 2019.

Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

Main article: Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

The publication of a third and final installment of the successful crossover miniseries was announced on February 15, 2019, for May in the same year. In this series, Krang is presented as the main adversary, and with the most dangerous technology from the DC Universe in his hands, he merges the DC and the TMNT universes into an amalgam reality, where Batman was raised by Splinter alongside the Ninja Turtles following his parents' murder. Escaping from Krang after being abducted along the rest of the original Mirage turtles and Pre-Crisis Batman, Mirage Raphael alerts the Batman and Ninja Turtles of this merged world about Krang's meddling with reality. Now, in order to separate the merged world back, the five heroes need to find their old allies, regain their memories of the original universes, and stop Krang and the Laughing Man (Joker with elements of the Shredder).

TMNT: Casualty of War

A Free Comic Book Day issue (May 2019) connected to the main story issues #93-#95. A secondary story, Road to War, is also included, and is subsequently updated in TMNT: Road to 100 (November 2019).

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A crossover project between the Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchises (the second one since Power Rangers in Space) was announced. The series went into publication on December 4, 2019. The non-canon story (in which the Power Rangers universe and the Ninja Turtles continuities of the IDW comics and the 1987 series are merged into one reality) deals with the Power Rangers confronting - and later teaming up with - the Turtles while looking for one of their number, Tommy, who has to everyone's surprise joined the Foot Clan.

TMNT: Jennika

A three-issue miniseries starring the original IDW character Jennika was announced for a 2020 publication in November 2019. In this story, past, present and future collide for Jennika when she is forced to face the ghosts from her former human life and is given a chance to permanently reverse her mutation.

TMNT Annual 2020

Another special annual story was scheduled for publication in June 2020 but delayed until late July due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It deals with the aftermath of The Dragon's defeat during the "City at War" storyline, the Rat King's attempt to find himself a new pawn to carry on his game of eternal intrigue, and an old enemy returning from the dead.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

A limited five-issue story based on an unused idea by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird for the Mirage comics (hence making it the first IDW title crediting Laird's participation). Originally set for publication in August 2020, it was rescheduled to be released in October. Its plot tells a story set in the future where Michelangelo is the only Ninja Turtle left standing against the Foot Clan following their conquest of New York, and seeks vengeance against their master for his lost family and friends. The series is written by Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz, with the series being drawn by Ben Bishop, Esau Escorza and Isaac Escorza.

TMNT: Jennika II

Due to the popularity of the Jennika mini-series, a sequel limited series with six issues was announced in August 2020 for publication in November of the same year. In the first three parts, Jennika is forced to unite with Ivan in order to discover the source of dangerous, monstrous transformations among the people of Mutant Town while the rest of the world is casting a suspicious eye at their transmutated neighbors. The second half of the series sees Jennika getting entangled in the schemes of a mafioso's widow who - through Jennika's friendship with her young son - intends to use her to re-cement her position in her crime family's hierarchy.

TMNT Annual 2021

In March 2021, the upcoming publication of another annual was announced for June of the same year but was published in late July. Its plot concerns the Rat King's path of decision to end his family's "game" of cosmic intrigue and create his own chaos game, to finally emerge as the ultimate "winner".

TMNT Annual 2022

Another annual was published on March 30, 2022. Its plot revolves around Leonardo's doubts about his capability of leading his brothers while they run into and battle a terrifying new enemy.

TMNT: Free Comic Book Day 2022

Published on April 13, 2022, this story is an updated re-telling of the very first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic by Mirage Studios, featuring a plot with four faux Ninja Turtles.

The Armageddon Game: Opening Moves

Opening Moves is a two-part miniseries which began publication on July 13, 2022. It serves as a prequel to the Armageddon Game, an upcoming storyline in which the Rat King prepares to unleash his plan of chaos and total anarchy upon the world. Forewarned by an old friend, Shredder and Kitsune embark on a quest to discover the weaknesses of the Rat King's powerful pawns in order to undermine his intentions.

The Armageddon Game and The Armageddon Game: The Alliance

Two interactive miniseries comprising a major story arc which started publication in late September 2022, with Tom Waltz returning as a story writer. The Armageddon Game's plot focuses on the fight of Hamato Clan against the Rat King's insidious game of elimination, which will take the Turtles even across dimensional barriers but will leave the city of New York undefended. So new friends and allies must be found, and all they have learned strained up to the utmost limit, to thwart the mad demigod once and for all.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II

In the summer of 2022, a sequel series to the IDW/BOOM! Studios' 2019 crossover Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was announced for publication in December of the same year. Ryan Parrott is set to return to write the crossover, reuniting with his Go Go Power Rangers! collaborator Dan Mora. In this series, the Power Rangers and Ninja Turtles reunite to combat the combined threat of Krang and Rita Repulsa. But when the two archvillains devise a way to neutralize the Rangers' morphing power, the two teams must resort to alternative ways, a friend turned enemy, and an unlikely ally to regain their edge.

TMNT: Saturday Morning Adventures

Saturday Morning Adventures is a limited series first announced in late June 2022, which adapts the Fred Wolf cartoon series in four humorous short stories. A sequel series titled Saturday Morning Adventures Continued was announced for a March 2023 publication.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin: The Lost Years

In July 2022, a five-issue prequel/sequel series titled The Last Ronin: The Lost Years was announced by Eastman for publication, with the first issue released January 2023. The series chronicles Michelangelo's training leading up to the events of The Last Ronin, while also showing Casey Marie Jones training her own team of Ninja Turtles. The series is written by Waltz and Eastman, with art by S.L. Gallant and Ben Bishop.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo: WhereWhen

Main article: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo

In December 2022, the planned publication of a five-issue crossover miniseries between IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Usagi Yojimbo was announced, as a sequel to the 2017 crossover and an immediate chronological prelude to Usagi Yojimbo: Senso. The plot deals with the pursuit of the Turtles of a dangerous cyborg named Dr. WhereWhen, who flees into Miyamoto Usagi's reality to establish his own cybernetic empire. Originally set to be published in March 2023, the first issue was released in April the same year.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles vs. Street Fighter

On February 16, 2023, IDW announced a new limited series in development, this time crossing over the Ninja Turtles with Capcom's Street Fighter. The story will be written by Paul Allor, with art provided by Ariel Medel and colors inked by Sarah Myer. The miniseries is scheduled for publication in May 2023 and is set to run for five issues. Its plot details a prestigious martial arts tournament in Atlantic City which the Turtles decide to attend to test their skills against the world's best of the best. But amidst the event, several participants suddenly disappear, and the Turtles must team up with their competitors to discover the reason behind this uncanny occurrence.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Stranger Things

In late April 2023, another crossover miniseries was announced starring the Ninja Turtles and the characters from the horror TV series Stranger Things. TMNT artist Fero is named as a participant in the project. The four-issue miniseries started publication in July 2023. To fit the timeframe of Stranger Things, this miniseries stars the Mirage incarnations of the Turtles.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate

Splintered Fate is a one-shot comic accompanying the release of a download video game of the same name from Super Evil MegaCorp for the Apple Arcade system in May 2023, acting as its introduction. The game is based on a plot by Tom Waltz, a producer and storywriter for the IDW comic series. The comic itself was created by Pablo Verdugo (art) and Henry Barajas (script).

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual 2023

An 2023 annual, alternatively known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of Time, written by Michael Walsh and illustrated by Vlad Legostaev, was announced for publication in mid-June 2023. In this story, the Turtles clash with an unexpected arrival from the future, who desperately tries to stop Donatello's obsession with an upcoming cataclysm - even if it means using drastic methods.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Lost Day Special

In early summer 2023, the publication of a special story to The Last Ronin was announced, once more under the participation of the Last Ronin team Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman, Ben Bishop, Esau and Isaac Escorza, and Luis Antonio Delgado. The issue was published on July 19, 2023. A prelude to The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution (see below), April leads the now adolescent new Ninja Turtles - Yi, Uno, Odyn, and Moja - on a bartering trip in the streets of New York, meeting both shifty and trusted characters for the culmination of a rare quiet day in the life of the Hamato Clan.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin II - Re-Evolution

In July 2023, during San Diego Comic Con, it was announced that a sequel miniseries would begin publication in December 2023. The series will take place after the events of The Last Ronin and The Lost Years, as Yi, Uno, Odyn, and Moja must follow in the footsteps of their predecessors and rebuild NYC, with their sensei, Casey Marie Jones, guiding them along the way. Eastman and Waltz will return to write the series, with Ben Bishop, Esau Escorza and Isaac Escorza returning to illustrate the series.

The Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan

Also announced at the 2023 SDCC, the publication of a sequel series to The Secret History of the Foot Clan was announced, with Mateo Santolouco (art) and Erik Burkham (story) as creative participants. Originally slated for a November 2023 publication, it was pushed back to March the following year. The Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan's plot deals with Karai, now the official leader of the Foot, seeking to expand her clan's power base, accompanied by her most faithful lieutenants and a few volunteers, by travelling to certain places between the dimensions and learning more about the spiritual powers which can be gained there.

TMNT: Free Comic Book Day 2024

Another Free Comic Book Day issue was announced in December 2023 for publication in May 2024, with Juni Ba and Fero Peniche doing a story that will introduce a new version of the Nightwatcher, Raph's vigilante alter ego from the 2007 film TMNT, Paul Allor and Andy Kuhn doing a second story, and a third story that will set up Jason Aaron's run.

TMNT Sourcebook

In January 2024, the impending publication of a four-issue sourcebook series was announced. Scripted by Patrick Ehlers, this series contains a comprehensive summary of the IDW continuity's characters and storylines, continuing the tradition of the Archie comics' Mutant Universe Sourcebooks. The first issue is set for publication in February 2024.

Chronological comic order

This is a chronological listing of the in-continuity comics in which the timeline of events developed.

1–4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–4

5. A Lot to Learn (30th Anniversary Special)
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5
7. Micro Series – Raphael
8. Micro Series – Michelangelo
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6
10. Micro Series – Donatello
11–12. Infestation 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–2
13–14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7–8
15. Micro Series – Leonardo
16–17. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9–10
18. Micro Series – Splinter
19–20. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11–12
21. Micro Series – Casey Jones
22–23. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13–14
24. Annual 2012
25. Micro Series – April
26–27. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15–16
28. Micro Series – Fugitoid
29–32. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17–20
33. Villains Micro Series – Krang
34. Villains Micro Series – Baxter Stockman
35–38. Secret History of the Foot Clan #1–4
39–40. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21–22
41. Villains Micro Series – Old Hob
42–43. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #23–24
44. Villains Micro Series – Alopex
45. Villains Micro Series – Karai
46. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25
47. Villains Micro Series – Hun
48. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #26
49. Villains Micro Series – Bebop & Rocksteady
50–51. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27–28
52. Villains Micro Series – The Shredder
53. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29
54. Utrom Empire #1
55. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #30
56. Utrom Empire #2
57–58. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #31–32
59. Utrom Empire #3
60. Annual 2014
61–65. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #33–37
66–69. Turtles in Time #1–4
70–72. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #38–40
73–76. TMNT/Ghostbusters #1–4
77–80. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #41–44
81–84. Mutanimals #1–4
85–86. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45–46
87. FCBD 2015 – Prelude to Vengeance
88–91. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #47–50
92–95. Casey & April #1–4
96–109. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51–64
110–114. Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1–5
115–118. TMNT Universe #1–4
119. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #65
120–121. TMNT Universe #5–6
122. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #66
123–124. TMNT Universe #7–8
125–128. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #67–70
129–130. TMNT Universe #9–10
131–132. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #71–72
133. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo
134–138. TMNT Universe #11–15
139–140. TMNT Universe #19–20
141. FCBD 2017 – Prelude to Dimension X
142. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #73
143–147. Dimension X #1–5
148–149. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #74–75
150–154. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters II #1–5
155–156. TMNT Universe #16–17
157–158. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #76–77
159. TMNT Universe #18
160–162. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #78–80
163–164. TMNT Universe #21–22
165–168. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #81–84
169. Macro Series – Donatello
170. Macro Series – Michelangelo
171–172. TMNT Universe #23–24
173. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #85
174. TMNT Universe #25
175–177. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #86–88
178–182. Bebop & Rocksteady Hit the Road #1–5
183. Macro Series – Leonardo
184. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #89
185. Macro Series – Raphael
186–189. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #90–93
190. FCBD 2019 – "Casualty of War"
191–196. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #94–99
197–201. Shredder in Hell #1–5
202-203. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #100-101
204. Annual 2020
205–208. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #102–105
209–211. Jennika #1–3
212–218. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #106–112
219–221. Jennika II #1–3
222–226. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #113–117
227–229. Jennika II #4–6
230-242. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #118–130
243. Annual 2021
244-245. Armageddon Game Opening Moves #1-2
246. Annual 2022
247-248. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #131-132
249. FCBD 2022
250. The Armageddon Game #1
251. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #133
252. The Armageddon Game #2
253. The Armageddon Game - The Alliance #1
254. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #134
255. The Armageddon Game #3
256. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #135
257. The Armageddon Game - The Alliance #2
258. The Armageddon Game - The Alliance #3
259. The Armageddon Game #4
260. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #136
261. The Armageddon Game - The Alliance #4
262. The Armageddon Game #5
263. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #137
264. The Armageddon Game - The Alliance #5
265. The Armageddon Game #6
266. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #138
267. The Armageddon Game - The Alliance #6
268. The Armageddon Game #7
269. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #139
270. The Armageddon Game #8
271. Annual 2023

272-282. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #140-150

Collected editions

The IDW series has been compiled into collections which include the spinoff series placed into their continuity order. Initially they were released exclusively in deluxe hardcover format. Releases in paperback format began in November 2021.

Title	Release date	Cover	ISBN	Collected material
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 1	June 9, 2015	HC	978-1-63140-111-4	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–12, A Lot to Learn (TMNT 30th Anniversary Special), Micro-Series: Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Splinter
	February 1, 2022	SC	978-1-68405-866-2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 2	March 29, 2016	HC	978-1-63140-539-6	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13–20, Micro-Series: Casey Jones, April and Fugitoid, Villains Micro-Series: Krang and Baxter Stockman, The Secret History of the Foot Clan #1–4
	November 15, 2022	SC	978-1-68405-912-6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 3	September 6, 2016	HC	978-1-63140-691-1	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21–28, Villains Micro-Series: Old Hob, Alopex, Karai, Hun, Bebop and Rocksteady and Shredder, 2012 Annual
	October 31, 2023	SC	979-8887240527
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 4	January 17, 2017	HC	978-1-63140-820-5	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29–37, Utrom Empire #1–3, 2014 Annual
	August 13, 2024	SC	979-8887241289
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 5	September 5, 2017	HC	978-1-68405-090-1	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #38–44, Turtles in Time #1–4, TMNT/Ghostbusters #1–4
	November 5, 2024	SC	979-8887241937
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 6	February 27, 2018	HC	978-1-68405-130-4	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45–50, 2015 FCBD issue, Mutanimals #1–4, Casey & April #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 7	July 31, 2018	HC	978-1-68405-282-0	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51–64
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 8	December 4, 2018	HC	978-1-68405-370-4	Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1–5, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #1–8, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #65–66
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 9	July 19, 2019	HC	978-1-68405-501-2	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #67–72, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #9–15, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 10	January 28, 2020	HC	978-1-68405-590-6	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #73–75, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #19–20, 2017 FCBD issue, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dimension X #1–5, TMNT/Ghostbusters II #1–5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 11	October 13, 2020	HC	978-1-68405-682-8	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #76-84, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #16–19 & 21–22, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Macro-Series Donatello
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 12	February 9, 2021	HC	978-1-68405-745-0	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #85-89, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #23-25, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Macro-Series Leonardo and Michelangelo, Bebop and Rocksteady: Hit the Road #1-5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 13	July 20, 2021	HC	978-1-68405-807-5	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #90-100, 2019 Free Comic Book Day issue, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Macro-Series Raphael, Shredder in Hell #1-5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 14	July 12, 2022	HC	978-1-6-8405-860-0	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #101-112, 2020 Annual, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika #1–3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 15	July 18, 2023	HC	978-1-6-8405-991-1	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #113-124, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika II #1–6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 16	July 23, 2024	HC	979-8-8-8-724127-2	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #125-132, 2021 Annual, 2022 Annual and The Armageddon Game: Opening Moves #1–2

The various series have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:

Title	Release date	Collected material
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1: Change is Constant	February 21, 2012	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series Vol. 1	June 26, 2012	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 2: Enemies Old, Enemies New	July 24, 2012	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5–8
Infestation 2 Vol. 3	August 28, 2012	Infestation 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 3: Shadows of the Past	October 9, 2012	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9–12
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series Vol. 2	November 20, 2012	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series #5–8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4: Sins of the Fathers	February 19, 2013	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13–16
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 5: Krang War	May 14, 2013	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17–20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan	June 12, 2013	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 6: City Fall Part 1	October 29, 2013	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21–24
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Villain Micro-Series Vol. 1	November 26, 2013	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Villain Micro-Series #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 7: City Fall Part 2	February 18, 2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25–28
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Villain Micro-Series Vol. 2	March 25, 2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Villain Micro-Series #5–8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 8: Northampton	June 11, 2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29–32
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire	July 29, 2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire #1–3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 9: Monsters, Misfits, and Madmen	October 21, 2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #33–36
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time	December 17, 2014	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 10: New Mutant Order	February 10, 2015	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #37–40
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters	May 5, 2015	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 11: Attack On Technodrome	June 30, 2015	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #41–44
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals	September 1, 2015	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 12: Vengeance Part 1	October 22, 2015	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45–47 and the 2015 FCBD issue
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April	December 31, 2015	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 13: Vengeance Part 2	January 19, 2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #48–50
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 14: Order from Chaos	May 17, 2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51–55
Batman/TMNT	August 23, 2016	Batman/TMNT #1–6
TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything	October 4, 2016	Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1–5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 15: Leatherhead	October 18, 2016	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #56–60
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 16: Chasing Phantoms	April 11, 2017	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #61–65
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 1	April 18, 2017	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #1–5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 17: Desperate Measures	September 12, 2017	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #66–70
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 2: The New Strangeness	October 10, 2017	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #6–10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dimension X	January 30, 2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dimension X #1–5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 18: Trial of Krang	February 20, 2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #71–75 and the 2017 FCBD issue
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters Vol. 02	February 28, 2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters II #1–5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 3: Karai's Path	March 13, 2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #11–15
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 19: Invasion of the Triceratons	July 3, 2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #76–80
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 4: Home	August 14, 2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #16–20
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 20: Kingdom of Rats	October 9, 2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #81–85
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 5: The Coming Doom	November 6, 2018	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #21–25
TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Hit the Road	February 9, 2019	Bebop & Rocksteady Hit the Road #1-5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 21: Battle Lines	May 1, 2019	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #86–89
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Macro Series	June 18, 2019	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Macro Series #1–4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 22: City at War Part 1	October 9, 2019	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #90–95
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder in Hell	March 10, 2020	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder in Hell #1-5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 23: City at War Part 2	March 17, 2020	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #96–100
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn Vol. 1: From the Ashes	September 2, 2020	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #101–105
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika	November 24, 2020	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika #1–3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol. 2 - Life After Death	April 27, 2021	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #106–111
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika II	August 17, 2021	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika II #1–6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol. 3 - Time After Time	December 1, 2021	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #112–117
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol. 4 - Sow Wind, Reap Storm	May 25, 2022	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #118-123
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin	July 5, 2022	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin #1-5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol 5 - Mystic Sister	October 25, 2022	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #124-130
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Armageddon Game—Opening Moves	February 7, 2023	"Kingdom of Rats Prelude", Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #84, 2020-2021 Annuals, The Armageddon Game—Opening Moves #1–2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol 6 - Game Changers	February 28, 2023	2022 Annual, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #131-132, 2022 FCBD issue
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Armageddon Game—The Alliance	September 19, 2023	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Armageddon Game: The Alliance #1-6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol 7 - Isolation	September 26, 2023	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #133-139
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Lost Years	November 7, 2023	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin - Lost Years #1-5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Armageddon Game	November 14, 2023	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Armageddon Game #1-8
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol 8 - Damage Done	February 20, 2024	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #140-144 and 2023 Annual
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol 9 - First, Last, Always	October 1, 2024	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #145-150

Other TMNT publications by IDW

Graphic novels

Collections of the original Mirage comics series:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Compendium, Vol. 1, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 #1–7 and 9–14; the Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Leonardo Micro-Series one-shots; Fugitoid #1; and Tales of TMNT #1–5 (October 2022)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Compendium, Vol. 2, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 #15–23, #27–29, and #31–37 of the ongoing series plus Tales of the TMNT #6 and 7, and the short story “The Ring.” (September 2023)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Compendium, Vol. 3, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 #38-62 (September 2024)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #1–7, and Raphael #1 (December 2011)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #8–11, along with the Michaelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello "micro-series" one-shots (April 2012)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 3, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #12, 14, 15, 17, and 19–21 (August 2012)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 4, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #48–55 (April 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 5, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #56–62 (October 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 6, collecting short stories from 1985 to 1989 (January 2016)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 7, collecting covers and developmental art from the Mirage series (March 2023)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 1, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issue #13 along with a collection of stories from the Shell Shock TP; "Bottoming Out", "New York Ninja", "Word Warriors", "49th Street Stompers", "Junkman", "O Deed", "Road Trip", "Don't Judge a Book", "A Splinter in the Eye of God?", "Night Life", and "Meanwhile... 1,000,000 B.C.". (June 2012)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 2, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #16, 22, and 23 (August 2012)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 3, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #27–29 (December 2012)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 4, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #32, 33, and 37 along with "The Ring" (from Turtle Soup Vol. 2 Book One) (March 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 5, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #34 and #38–40 (May 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 6, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #42–44 (August 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 7, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #45–47 and six short stories from Shell Shock: "Ghouls Night Out," "Crazy Man," "The Survival Game," "The Howl," "Technofear," and "It's A Gas" (November 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 8, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 2 issues #1–5 (May 2014)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 9, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 2 issues #6–9 (December 2014)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 10, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 2 issues #10–13 (April 2015)
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1, Tales of the TMNT Volume I #1–4 + Extras (December 2012)
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 2, Tales of the TMNT Volume I #5–7 (April 2013)
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 3, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #1–4 (October 2013)
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #5–8 (May 2014)
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 5, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #9–12 (August 2014)
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 6, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #13–16 (November 2014)
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 7, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #17–20 (August 2015)
• Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 8, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #21-25 (April 2016)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 1, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #1–7, and Raphael #1 (May 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 2, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #8–11, Michaelangelo #1, Donatello #1, and Leonardo #1 (October 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 3, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #12, #14–15, #17, and #19–21 (September 2014)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 4, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #48-#55 (December 2015)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 5, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #56-#62 (August 2016)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Legends: Soul's Winter, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #31, 35, 36 (December 2014)

Collections of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures originally published by Archie Comics:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 1 (August 2012)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 2 (October 2012)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 3 (January 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 4 (March 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 5 (July 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 6 (December 2013)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 7 (May 2014)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 8 (September 2014)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 9 (January 2015)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 10 (October 2015)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 11 (March 2016)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 12 (September 2016)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 13 (May 2017)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 14 (November 2017)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 15 (July 2018)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 16 (December 2018)

Comics

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 100-Page Spectacular (April 2012) – Collects the 3-issue miniseries that preceded the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures ongoing.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics (begun May 2012) – This series reprints issues 1–11 of TMNT Vol. 1 by Eastman and Laird (excepting issue #8 due to guest character copyright) and the four Micro-Series issues in full color with coloring by Tom Smith.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Urban Legends (begun May 2018) – Reprints in full color TMNT Volume 3 issues 1–23 originally published by Image Comics. As the series ended abruptly without a narrative conclusion, IDW commissioned original Volume 3 writer Gary Carlson and artist Frank Fosco to produce concluding issues 24–26. Later collected in two tradepaperback volumes.
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday Morning Adventures (begun October 2022) – a 4 issue mini-series based on the original 1987 animated television series, written by Erik Burnham and illustrated by Tim Patrick Lattie.

External links

• Official website