Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Image takes over ‘TMNT’ in Vol. 3 Issues 1-8 (1996-97)

Image Comics’ “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 3, which ran for 23 issues from 1996-99, is sometimes called “The Lost Volume.” This is partly because it came

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A rundown of uncollected ‘TMNT’ short stories (1986-2005)

If you’ve already read the shorts in “Shell Shock,” “Turtle Soup” and Michael Dooney’s “Challenges” but you’d also like to track down the uncollected or

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‘TMNT’ gets colorful in Mirage Vol. 2 (1993-95)

In an editorial in Issue 50 of Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 1, Kevin Eastman professed his happiness with reaching 50 issues, despite doing so more

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‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (1990) a great superhero film

When people ask me my favorite superhero movie, I always say “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (which will mark its 24th anniversary on Sunday) and it’s always

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‘TMNT’ explores short form in ‘Turtle Soup’ (1987-92), ‘Challenges’ (1991)

“Shell Shock” (1989), which I reviewed in my last post, is the most significant collection of TMNT shorts from Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 1, as

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‘Shell Shock’ (1989) a treasure trove of ‘TMNT’ shorts

During the formative years of the TMNT in the late 1980s, Mirage often reprinted issues when demand warranted it. And those reprints often included what

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‘City at War’ (1992-93) is ‘TMNT’s’ grand epic

It’s not fair to assume that the creator of something is also the best at telling stories about that something. Not all of the elite

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Excitement returns in ‘TMNT’ Issues 41-49 (1991-92)

It wasn’t just Eastman & Laird’s return to writing duties on Issue 48 of Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 1 that got the series back on

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E&L hand off reins in ‘TMNT’ Issues 27-33, 35-37 (1989-91)

When Eastman and Laird handed off the reins of Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 1 to underlings and guest writers/artists in mid-1989, the nature of

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‘River’ (1989) of tears flows in Veitch ‘TMNT’ yarn

“The River,” Issues 24-26 of Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 1 will always be one of my favorite Turtles stories because my 14-year-old self loved it.

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