Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Baxter, Casey Jones elevate ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (1989) at midway point

“Now we’re cookin’!,” as Raphael might say. The 22nd episode often marks the end of a season in American TV measurements, but in the 47-episode

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‘TMNT: IDW Collection’ Volume 1 (2015) an expert blend of nostalgia, world-building

When Viacom bought “TMNT” from Peter Laird, it of course set about creating product for what it saw as its biggest market: kids. Hence the

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Rat King, mistaken identities emerge in ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 3 (1989)

In “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 3 episodes 9-21 (1989), we can see the writers straining against the quick production schedule to give us more

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Shredder and Krang throw schemes at the screen to open ‘TMNT’ Season 3 (1989)

In 1989, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Inc. went into high gear cranking out product. Season 3 of the cartoon numbers 47 (!) episodes so it

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‘TMNT Adventures’ branches off from the cartoon in Issues 5-11 (1989-90)

The early issues of Archie Comics’ “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures” (which would eventually run from 1988-96, paralleling the cartoon’s run) adapt the first seven

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‘Urban Legends’ (2020) gives long-overdue conclusion to ‘TMNT’ Volume 3

When “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 3 (Image Comics) was cancelled in 1999 with Issue 23, just a few issues before writer Gary Carlson could

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ finds its groove in back half of Season 2 (1988)

After a strong Season 1 and a bland “Eye of Sarnath” arc to start Season 2, episodes 6-13 of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 2

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‘TMNT’ Season 2 (1988) stumbles through opening Sarnath arc

Lead writer David Wise skillfully morphed Mirage Comics’ version of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” into kid-friendly cartoon form in 1987’s five-episode Season 1, a

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 1 (1987) bridges Mirage comics with movie

The five-episode first season of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” cartoon (1987) launched a 10-season, 193-episode series – one that’s generally thought of as being

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ (2016) opens toy box

In “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” (1991), the cartoon’s Bebop and Rocksteady just missed out on their big-screen debuts as

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