Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW Publishing)

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, including those originating in media from outside the original Mirage comics.

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.

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 five issues of the new series will each be drawn by a different artist (Joëlle Jones, Rafael Albuquerque, Cliff Chiang, Chris Burnham, and Darick Robertson respectively); with the first four issues spotlighting a different turtle (Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello, respectively) before having them reunite in the fifth. Following these issues, Albuquerque will then draw the second story arc.

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: 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. The conflict culminates when Kitsune, a member of the Pantheon, attempts to resurrect the Dragon to end humanity, which the Turtles and their allies attempt to thwart.
 * The Foot Clan, with their leader Shredder, who has survived into the modern age due to the machinations of the shape-shifting witch Kitsune, and having new recruits such as Jennika, Alopex, Koya, and Bludgeon
 * The Utrom warlord Krang, who plans to terraform Earth into a new home for the last survivors of his race
 * Old Hob, a mutant alley cat embittered by his experiences with humanity, initiates acts of terrorism to elevate mutantkind as the new masters of the Earth
 * 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 attempt to subvert humanity to their will as they once did in bygone times.

Issues #101–150: Rebirth
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
 * Lita, a mutant albino turtle child the Turtles take in, is revealed to become a time traveler under time mistress Renet and has traveled to the present to stop the Turtles from splitting up in the future
 * 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 experiments on mutants to make them more human, kidnapping Bonnie as part of her experiments (who becomes Venus, a turlte with psychic powers) and eventually resorting to inhumane methods to become human again
 * 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 the Armageddon Game upon the world, a conflict that involves every major character up to that point
 * Having foreseen the arrival of Armaggon, a monstrous devourer from the streams of time, Donatello becomes obsessed with stopping this menace and travels through time, inadvertedly creating the monster.

The result of the Armageddon Game is the downfall of both Krang and Ch'rell, the destruction of Mutant Town's borders, and the banishment of all the Pantheons from the world. In his attempts to stop Armaggon, Donatello ensures the reincarnation of his family, but he becomes jaded and Lita reverts back to a human. Meanwhile, Karai begins her efforts to rebuild the Foot Clan, Old Hob begins setting up a mutant-inhabited island, and the vigilante Nightwatcher begins fighting in Mutant Town.

Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A crossover series with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Batman from DC Comics.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
A crossover miniseries focused on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Boom! Comics version of the Power Rangers.

Roninverse
A separate continuity focusing on a cyberpunk dystopia several years in the future, based on an idea originally conceived for the Mirage Comics.

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

• 283-287. The Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan #1-5

• 288. FCBD 2024

• 289. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Alpha

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 February 2022.

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

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 Mirage Years (1993–1995), collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 2 #1–13 (January 2025)
 * 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 Compendium, Vol. 1, collecting the original three-issue mini-series, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures issues #1–17, plus the short stories “Zen Million Year to Birth,” “The Night of Monsterex,” “Metamorphosis,” “A Forgotten TMNT Adventure,” “Yo-Ho-Ho! And a Bottle of Mutagen!,” and “Doomsday Hassle in Banshee Castle” (March 2025)
 * 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.
 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Saturday Morning Adventures Continued (begun May 2023) – an ongoing continuation of the previous 4-issue mini-series based on the original 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TV series.