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Fan project wraps Image ‘TMNT’ in Issues 24-25 (2011-12)

The cops in the 1990 “TMNT” movie found their answers at the east warehouse over at Lairdman Island, and fans of the “TMNT” comics finally

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Image ‘TMNT’ goes out strong in Issues 17-23 (1998-99)

Writer Gary Carlson and penciler Frank Fosco (who inks the final issue, showing us what his art was supposed to look like all along) end “Teenage

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‘TMNT’ meets Image heroes in Issues 9-16 (1997-98)

Back when “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 3 was hitting the shelves, I didn’t understand the concept of “universes” within comic publishing – the Marvel Universe, the

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Casey stars in ‘TMNT’s’ ‘North by Downeast’ (1994), ‘Bodycount’ (1996)

Because Casey Jones – the sweatpants-wearing vigilante with a heart of gold — is perhaps my favorite “TMNT” character (with Donatello a close second), I

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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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Chuck Klosterman brilliantly tackles the nature of evil in ‘I Wear the Black Hat’ (Book review)

In his latest excellent nonfiction book, “I Wear the Black Hat” (July 2013, hardcover), Chuck Klosterman intriguingly analyzes several fictional and historical villains and closes

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