Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles



Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is is published by IDW. Current price per issue is $3.99.

Last Issue

 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #109: 09 Dec 2020

Current Issue

 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #110: 21 Oct 2020

Next Issue

 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #111: 11 Nov 2020

Status
Ongoing series.

Characters
The series re-imagines 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.

The series features characters and plot devices from all over the to-date TMNT franchise, including:
 * Tang Shen, Karai, the Purple Dragons, the Utroms, the Triceratons, the Rat King, Professor Honeycutt, Leatherhead, Renet, Savanti Romero, the vigilante Nobody, Klunk and the Pantheon.

Main Characters
Foot Soldiers/Ninjas – The ninjas of the Foot Clan who work for the Shredder.
 * Leonardo (Leo) – The tactical, level-headed, quiet, courageous leader and devoted student of his sensei, Leonardo wears a blue mask and wields two swords. As the most conscientious of the four, he often bears the burden of responsibility for his brothers, which commonly leads to conflict with Raphael. Leonardo was named after the Italian polymath, painter, engineer, inventor, writer, anatomist, and sculptor, Leonardo da Vinci.
 * Michelangelo (Mikey or Mike) – The most stereotypical teenager of the team, Michelangelo is a free-spirited, relaxed, goofy, mischievous, jokester known for his love of pizza and kind-hearted nature. Michelangelo wears an orange mask and wields a pair of nunchaku. He provides the comic relief, though he still has an adventurous side. The least mature of the four Turtles, he shows characteristics of a "surfer" type and is often depicted with a Southern Californian accent. He is named after the Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer, Michelangelo. His name was originally misspelled "Michaelangelo" by Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman.[9]
 * Donatello (Donnie or Don) – The scientist, inventor, engineer, and technological genius, Donatello wears a purple mask and wields a bo (staff). Donatello is perhaps the least violent turtle, preferring to use his knowledge to solve conflicts, but never hesitates to defend his brothers. He is named after the early Renaissance Italian artist and sculptor from Florence, Donatello.
 * Raphael (Raph) – The team's antihero, Raphael wears a red mask and wields a pair of sai. He has an aggressive nature, and seldom hesitates to throw the first punch. He is often depicted with a New York accent. His personality can be fierce and sarcastic, and oftentimes delivers deadpan humor. He is intensely loyal to his brothers and sensei. He is named after the Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, Raphael.[9]
 * Splinter – The Turtles' sensei and adoptive father. In the original comics, Splinter is a Japanese mutant rat that learned the ways of ninjutsu from his owner and master, Hamato Yoshi. His name and character are a parody of the Marvel Comics character, Stick, who trained Matt Murdock/Daredevil. For the 1987 TV series, Splinter's origin was changed so he is Hamato Yoshi himself mutated into a humanoid rat. In the IDW comics, he is Hamato Yoshi reincarnated as a mutated rat. Other versions usually follow one of these origins.
 * April O'Neil – A former lab assistant to the mad scientist Baxter Stockman, April is the plucky human companion of the Turtles. April first met the Turtles when they saved her from Baxter's Mouser robots. She embarks on many of the Turtles' adventures and aids them by doing the work in public that the Turtles cannot. In the 1987 TV series, Archie Comics series, the first three films, and the 2014 film reboot, April is a television news reporter. In the 2007 CGI film, she and Casey Jones own a shipping firm. In the 2012 series, April is a teenager who is rescued by the TMNTs and later given some "crash courses" in being a ninja by Splinter.
 * Casey Jones – A vigilante who wears a hockey mask to protect his identity, Casey Jones has become one of the Turtles' closest allies, as well as a love interest to April. Casey first encountered the Turtles after having a fight with Raphael. He fights crime with an assortment of sporting goods he carries in a golf bag, such as baseball bats, golf clubs, and hockey sticks.
 * The Shredder – A villainous ninjutsu master clad in armor called Oroku Saki, he is the leader of the Foot Clan, an evil ninja clan (the followers of the Foot Clan aren't necessarily evil, as it appears that they are brainwashed local youth of all races that are tasked with carrying out illegal deeds of a mysterious higher order). In every incarnation of the TMNT franchise, he has been the arch-enemy of the Turtles and Splinter as well as the main antagonist in most installments of the franchise.
 * Karai – A female high-rank member of the Foot Clan, she has appeared in several different TMNT comics, cartoons, and films, as well as in multiple video games. In her original appearance she was a commander on the same level as Shredder while in some of her later incarnations of the character, she is closely related to Shredder as his adopted daughter or biological granddaughter as well second-in-command. In most works, she shares an ambiguous rivalry with Leonardo, which occasionally even borders on romantic interest.
 * Baxter Stockman – Baxter Stockman is a scientist and inventor who often acts as an enemy to the Turtles in various incarnations. He is known as the inventor of the mouser robots that appear in many versions, and is often depicted as allied with the Foot Clan, Krang, or going on his own.
 * Krang – Krang is a small brain-like alien warlord who often appears as one of the main villains of the franchise alongside The Shredder. The character was originally inspired by the Utroms, an alien race from the original comics, while in later versions he is a member of the Utroms. In some incarnations Krang teamed up with Shredder while some versions have them as rivals for conquest.
 * Bebop and Rocksteady – A criminal duo of a mutant warthog and rhinoceros, respectively, who were originally two human thugs who become the Shredder's henchmen in some versions. They are usually depicted as super-strong but not very smart and often serve as comic relief.

Change is Constant

 * See more of the comic arc on the Turtlepedia.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: New Animated Adventures
Similar to the classic Archie Comics compared to the original Mirage series, New Animated Adventures was intended to fill an additional niche in the comic market of a more young-reader focused series in comparison to the main IDW ongoing series. The series closely follows the plot of the 2012 TV series, and can only be regarded as a collection of supplementary side stories.

A preview issue of New Animated Adventures was published in May 2013 as part of Free Comic Day. Two months later the first regular issue of the series was released. The series ran until the summer of 2015 for a total of 24 issues; a series titled Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures replaced it.

This series is not to be confused with the comic magazine Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which Panini Comics published exclusively for the European market and has no direct connection with New Animated Adventures, though it also consists of side stories to the 2012 TV series.

Trade Paperbacks

 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1: Change is Constant (February 2012)
 * collects the first story arc
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 2: Enemies Old, Enemies New (July 2012)
 * collects the second story arc
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 3: Shadows of the Past (September 2012)
 * collects the third storcy arc
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4: Sins of the Fathers (February 2013)
 * collects the fourth and fifth story arcs
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 5: Krang War (May 2013)
 * collects the sixth story arc
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 6: City Fall part 1 (December 2013)
 * collects the first half of the seventh story arc

History
In 2011, IDW Publishing acquired the license to publish new collections of Mirage storylines and a new ongoing series. The first issue of the new series was released on August 24 that year. Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz wrote the book, with Eastman and Dan Duncan providing art.

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Creative Team
Created by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird.

Written by: Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz and Bobby Curnow. Artist: Various.

Publishing History

 * Volume 1: #1-62, 1984-1998 (Mirage)
 * Volume 2: #1-13, 1993-1995 (Mirage)
 * Volume 3: #1-23, 1996-1999 (Image)
 * Volume 4: #1-7, 2003 (Dreamwave)
 * Volume 5: #0-, 2011-present (IDW)

Future Publication Dates

 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #111: 11 Nov 2020
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #112: 09 Dec 2020

Links

 * IDW Publishing - Publisher official Website.