The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are one of the most idiosyncratic, infectious, and popular creations in comic books, and continue to thrive today with live-action movies, cartoons, and – yes – comic books.
IDW Publishing has led the TMNT revival in comics after Nickelodeon acquired the franchise in 2009, having found a winning formula by blending modern aesthetics with the continued involvement of the Turtles’ original creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman.
A vibrant new facet to the TMNT franchise emerged recently with the dark, near-future world of TMNT: Last Ronin. This Dark Knight Returns-esque vision of a dystopian future finds three of the founding turtles dead and a fourth looking for revenge. With four issues on stands now, the fifth issue is expected in February 2022.
Meanwhile in the flagship Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles title, writer/artist Sophie Campbell continues to push the founding four (and new recruit, Jennika) further into the sci-fi aspects of the franchise creators Eastman and Laird previously seeded back in the ’80s.
And that’s not to mention the numerous new TMNT collections coming out at almost a weekly clip, putting recent arcs all in one place and, in some cases, bringing back in print storylines that haven’t been available for years.
For more on all of IDW Publishing’s TMNT offerings, check out its monthly schedule with the company’s various monthly solicitations:
Here’s a week-by-week rundown of new TMNT comics:
Wednesday, December 15
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #124 (opens in new tab) by writer Sophie Campbell and artist Jodie Nishijima
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #125 (opens in new tab) by writer Sophia Campbell and artist Pablo Tunica
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #126 (opens in new tab) by writer Sophie Campbell and artist Pablo Tunica
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
- TMNT: The Last Ronin #5 (of 5) (opens in new tab) by writers Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Tom Walt, with artist Ben Bishop
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Best of Jennika TPB (opens in new tab) Contents unknown
Wednesday, March 2, 2022
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 6 paperback (opens in new tab) Collects 29 short stories handpicked by Kevin Eastman from 1985-1989, along with behind-the-scenes material
Wednesday, April 20, 2022
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn, Vol. 4: Sow Wind Reap TPB (opens in new tab) Collects #118 – #123