Comic Books

‘TMNT Adventures’ 32-37 and ‘Mighty Mutanimals 1-5 (1992) become ‘the banned issues’

When IDW collected Archie’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures” in the 2010s, it skipped over Issues 32-37 and “Mighty Mutanimals” (Vol. 2) Issues 1-5 (1992).

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Leo wins the battle of Turtle-focused miniseries in ‘Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight’ (2006)

Not many people cite Leonardo as their favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (including me; I’m a Donatello guy), but when Mirage does a batch of

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‘Last Ronin’ (2020-22) fills in Turtles’ dark future … at least on one timeline

Peter Laird got his “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” stories out of his system in the Aughts, and Kevin Eastman is going through his own phase

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‘Paradox of Chudnovsky’ (2025) takes its time reaching ‘TMNT’ fans

Toward the end of its holding of the “Star Wars” license, Dark Horse Comics released a good chunk of the under-printed stories in a couple

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‘Silver Surfer’ (1978) betrays a behemoth and steals the show

The pencils of Jack “King” Kirby in “The Silver Surfer” (1978) – the very first Marvel graphic novel – vault so totally over the top

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III’ (1993) and the multiverse that might’ve been

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III” (1993) is correctly the most maligned of the trilogy. In retrospect, the handoff from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop to All

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In ‘Selling Superman’ (2024), a family’s story illuminates hobby’s healthy and unhealthy traits

“Selling Superman” (2024, Amazon Prime) gets into the introspective aspects of collecting and dealing comic books by focusing on one family with a bizarre (now

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‘TMNT II: The Secret of the Ooze’ (1991): Was Shredder almost Michael Myers?

It had bothered me that the Turtles seem to be at April’s apartment for months while Shredder and the Foot Clan “simultaneously” regroup in days

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Start of this ‘Monster’ (1995) epic hints at a masterpiece

Naoki Urasawa writes and draws “Monster” (1995-2002) like a movie. I’m simply describing what a graphic novel is, but this manga master especially reminds us

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‘TMNT Adventures’ Issues 23-31 (1991-92) explore Turtles’ Japanese roots

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures” Issues 23-31 (1991-92) include more fast-and-furious action-figure creation from writer Dean Clarrain, and his usual heavy dose of environmentalism, but

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