Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW Publishing)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an ongoing comic book series published by IDW Publishing. Since its inception in August 2011, it has been the first new comic version of the turtles to debut after the sale of the franchise to Nickelodeon in October 2009. The initial creative team consisted of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz and artist Dan Duncan.
Plot
is a member of the Foot Clan led by Oroku Saki during Japan's feudal period. After seeing Saki act ruthlessly, Yoshi leaves the Clan and is marked a traitor, and Saki orders Yoshi's entire family to be put to death. Yoshi's wife, Tang Shen, is attacked and severely wounded, and with her last breath she beseeches Yoshi to protect himself and the children. He flees with the boys and remains on the run for several years. Saki, who will later be known as Shredder, eventually finds Yoshi and his children, and murders them all.Yoshi and his sons' spirits are reincarnated in modern times as a gray rat and four green turtles in a research laboratory called Stock Gen, owned by Baxter Stockman, a scientist who has secretly allied himself with Krang. An intern at Stock Gen, April O'Neil, names the turtles after Renaissance artists: Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael. Members of the Foot Clan break into the facility to steal an alien mutagen. The animals are taken by mistake, and when they and the stolen mutagen get lost in the sewer, they are covered with the spilled mutagen and transformed into enlightened, humanoid beings.
Yoshi, now called Splinter, remembers his past life and begins to train the turtles in the art of ninjutsu. Unfortunately, the seemingly trivial event which led to the creation of the Turtles and Splinter is part of an escalating conflict between several powers trying to take control of the Earth:
- The Foot Clan, with their leader Shredder, who has survived into the new age due to the machinations of the shape-shifting witch Kitsune;
- the Utrom warlord Krang, who plans to terraform Earth into a new home for the last survivors of his race;
- the zealous government agent John Bishop, leader of the Earth Protection Force, who seeks to eradicate mutantkind and aliens;
- the mysterious Madame Null and her enterprise Null Group, a business conglomerate with its hands in many ventures and ties to other dimensions which deliberately creates mutants as a slave workforce;
- and a mysterious Pantheon of immortal creatures, with some of them are seeking to subvert humanity to their will, as they once did in bygone times.
Characters
The series re-imagines the origins of the Turtles, as well as other characters such as April O'Neil, Splinter, The Shredder, Casey Jones, and Baxter Stockman. Notably, the series, like the original Mirage version, initially gives all four Turtles red eye masks until issue #5, where Splinter gives Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo their well-known blue, purple and orange masks, respectively.The series features characters and plot devices from all over the to-date TMNT franchise, including:
- Tang Shen, Karai, the Purple Dragons, the Utroms, the Triceratons, the Rat King, Professor Honeycutt, Leatherhead, Renet, Savanti Romero, the vigilante Nobody, Klunk and the Pantheon from the Mirage Comics;
- Antoine Puzorelli from the by Image Comics;
- Dimension X, Krang, Bebop and Rocksteady, Slash, Metalhead, the Technodrome, the Neutrinos, the Stone Soldiers, Mutagen Man, Antrax, Dark Water, Channel 6, Burne Thompson, Vernon Fenwick, Irma Langinstein, the Punk Frogs, Mona Lisa, Don Turtelli and Big Louie from the 1987 cartoon series;
- the Mighty Mutanimals, the Warrior Dragon, Null, the Gang of Four, Wyrm, Manmoth, Maligna and the Malignoids, Ace Duck, Cryin' Houn', Stump and Sling from the Archie Comics series;
- Ch'rell, Angel, Hun, Agent Bishop and the Earth Protection Force, Darius Dun, the Street Phantoms, the Battle Nexus Tournament and the Triceraton invasion of Earth from the 2003 cartoon series;
- Pigeon Pete from the contemporary 2012 CGI series.
- Old Hob, a mutated alley cat and former enemy of Master Splinter; now founder and leader of the Mutanimals gang. Stemming from his bitter personal experience with humans, Hob intends to prepare for what he perceives an inevitable war between mutants and humans, eventually resorting to terroristic means to recruit his Mutanimals army.
- Alopex, a mutant polar fox who begins her new life as an assassin of the Foot Clan, but later becomes a friend of the Turtles. It is later revealed that she was intended to be a pawn for Kitsune, a role Alopex eventually rebelled against.
- Woody Dirkins, a young pizzeria employee and one of the first human friends of the Turtles. He later develops a crush on Angel after meeting her at the Turtles' Christmas party.
- Harold Lillja, a middle-aged and highly paranoid, but extremely gifted inventor who befriends the Turtle family through Donatello.
- Kitsune, a shape-shifting immortal witch, sister of the Rat King and the youngest member of the Pantheon, who has helped the Shredder through the ages with the intention of making him the new host for the Pantheon's long-lost patriarch, the Dragon, and who seeks the destruction of humanity so that only the Pantheon will remain masters of Earth.
- Takeshi Tatsuo, a samurai from medieval Japan who became the founder of the Foot Clan. Betrayed by his clanspeople for his ruthlessness, but aided by Kitsune, he was reborn in the body of Oroku Saki/the Shredder.
- Oroku Maji and Masato, two chunin of the Foot Clan who brought down Takeshi Tatsuo for his bloodthirsty ways and were later killed by his reincarnation, Maji's son Saki.
- Kid Demon, a lesser demon and guardian of Yomi who encounters the Shredder during his journeys into the afterlife.
- Koya and Bludgeon, two loyal mutated henchmen of the Foot Clan: Shredder's pet reconnaissance falcon and a hammerhead shark.
- Toshiro, an elderly mentor of the Foot Clan who is often consulted by Karai for his wisdom and serenity.
- Lindsey Baker, a former aspiring biochemist researcher at Stock Gen, later recruited by Old Hob to create his mutant army. She is also the first TMNT character in an official storyline to be outed as a lesbian.
- Herman, a mutated hermit crab and member of Hob's Mutanimals gang with a soldier's personality and bearing who acts as the Mutanimals' "tank".
- Sally Pride, a mutated lioness and talented vehicle operator, and a member of Hob's Mutanimals gang.
- Brooklyn S. Bridge, Angel's father and a former member of the Purple Dragons who now runs a bar named Skara Brae.
- Kara Lewis, a young New York police officer and a friend of Michelangelo and Casey Jones. Because of her personal experiences with mutants, she is made an NYPD liaison to Agent Bishop, but she strongly disapproves of his fanatically hostile attitudes towards all mutants.
- Ma'riell, a moderate-minded Utrom who disapproves of her brother Ch'rell's brutality and loyalty to Krang. After the Utroms' revival on Earth, she becomes their official leader.
- Lieutenant Kleve and Corporal Montuoro, two Utrom military officers and loyal followers of Krang. After Krang is killed by Leatherhead during the conclusion of his war crime trial on Neutrino, they revive Krang's loyal second-in-command, Ch'rell, from his stasis sleep.
- Chi-You, a temperamental member of the Pantheon and the template for the ancient Chinese war deity of the same name.
- Aka, the eldest member of the Pantheon who is amicably neutral in human affairs.
- Jennika, a young Foot Assassin. Initially loyal only to the clan than its leader, she now pledges her service to the Foot's new leader, Splinter and his sons. In time, she begins a relationship with Casey Jones. When she is fatally stabbed by Karai, she is administered Leonardo's mutagen-infused blood in order to speed her healing, but is in the process transformed into a mutant turtle.
- Libby Meitner, an inventor and Harold's former wife and partner, who betrayed him for her own profit and has become the chief engineer for Darius Dun and his Street Phantoms. She has since made up with Harold, but his concern about her welfare has caused Harold to break his ties with the Turtles until Donatello eventually manages to reconcile with him.
- Pepperoni, a baby protoceratops befriended by Raphael. Originally from the Cretaceous period, she met the Turtles during a couple of time-travelling adventures with Renet and accompanied them back to the present day, where she stays as a pet.
- Anchovi, a young velociraptor or deinonychus picked up by the Turtles and Renet during the Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything! storyline, and later Bebop and Rocksteady's companion in the Hit the Road! miniseries.
- Jill Amante, Lindsey's ex-girlfriend and a leading geneticist at Null Industries.
- Zodi, a female scorpion mutant created by Null Industries as a secret operative.
- Doctor Shevlin, the Earth Protection Force's leading technical scientist.
- Maureen Lin, a young New York Police Detective who befriends Michelangelo while looking for her missing brother-in-law, who is revealed to have been killed by Wyrm.
- Toad Baron, a hedonistic member of the Pantheon who strives to be the perfect host for anyone who enters his realm, even against their will.
- The Dragon: The allfather of the Pantheon, and a child of Brahma, who was entrapped in the netherworld by his sister, The Dreamer. Kitsune seeks to restore him to his "rightful" place on Earth by using Shredder as his host.
- The Dreamer: A daughter of Brahma, the allmother of the Pantheon, and the Dragon's opposite in the aspect of creating and preserving life, whereas the Dragon stands for the destruction of life. She entered sleep and watched humanity through her dreams; when the Dragon perverted them, she imprisoned him in Oroku Saki's soul to neutralize him.
- Gothano, a Cthulhu-esque, soft-voiced member of the Pantheon who wreathes himself in a black robe.
- Ocho: A yokai guardian of the Kira no Ken. She was transformed by Kitsune into a giant anthropomorphic mole, and quartered in the last chamber of the cave where the sword resided. She joins Karai's entourage when she receives the sword.
- Hayashi Natsu: A young woman who was a part of a Japanese Yakuza clan, but has since sworn allegiance to Karai. She is a femalized new version of Tatsu, a character from the 1990 and live-action films.
- Hakk-R, a cyborg bounty hunter and assassin from Dimension X, hired by Krang to dispose of accusatorial witnesses before his trail.
- Commander Zom, a commanding Triceraton officer and General Zog's love interest, who seeks to establish a home for her people – who were artificially created from Terran triceratops DNA as a slave race for the Utroms – and therefore becomes an inadvertent menace to Earth.
- Krisa, a python mutated to serve the Null Industries.
- The Foot Orphans: A group of pre-adolescent New York children orphaned during the Triceraton invasion who were saved from the Rat King by the Turtles and entrusted with their master Splinter, who was at that time master of the Foot Clan. After Karai's hostile takeover of the Foot, they are evacuated to Dimension X, where they are taken in by the Neutrinos.
- Wayne Bishop, the former founder and director of the Earth Protection Force, and father of its current director, Agent John Bishop. After investigating the Roswell incident, he used the technology and alien DNA recovered from the site to aid his son, a preemie, which left John intellectually fully developed but physically a stunted, dwarfish mutant. Long a retiree, Wayne is killed by his son when Hob attempts to use him as a bargaining chip for Slash's release.
- Special Agent Ravenwood, a member of the Earth Protection Force. She is revealed to be the result of a secret government experiment which split her body into six separate entities with a collective consciousness, and bestowed her with superhuman strength, body elasticity, and longevity. Her state makes her empathize with other mutants, including the miscreants Bebop and Rocksteady.
- The Mutanimal Enforcers, a gang of bullying mutants recruited by Hob to "keep the order" in the newly created Mutant Town, a part of Manhattan quarantined after Hob's mutagen attack against the local population. They are Diamond, Puggle, and Bandit.
- Lita, a small New York child mutated into an albino turtle who is taken in by Clan Hamato.
- Zanna, Zink and Mushroom, three mutant weasel children bred by Hob to serve as merchandise for the Foot Clan in exchange for vital supplies. After escaping their captivity, they are taken in by Clan Hamato.
Comics
Main series
The main ongoing comic started in August 2011 and has released 106 issues as of 2020.''Micro-'' and ''Macro-Series''
As per TMNT tradition, four one-shots were released focusing on each turtle, with issue #4 tying into #9 of the main series. Due to the heavy popularity of the series, IDW announced another four issues, focusing on Master Splinter, Casey Jones, April O'Neil and the Fugitoid. Associate Editor, Bobby Curnow, says that if popularity increases, the Micro-Series will become the IDW equivalent of Mirage's Tales of the TMNT.In April 2013, a new series of eight one-shots was started, under the title Villains Micro-series. The first four issues focus on Krang, Baxter Stockman, Old Hob and Alopex. Other issues focused on Karai, Hun, Bebop & Rocksteady and Shredder.
Between October and December 2018, four issues of a "Macro-Series" were published which focussed on the Turtles, but featured much longer respecitve stories.
''Infestation 2''
The Turtles were included in the IDW crossover event Infestation 2. They appeared in one panel in the first issue of the main series. Raphael also appeared on the covers for both issues of the main series; as does Donatello on a variant cover of #1.The Turtles were also given their own two-part miniseries. A series of strange occurrences leads the Turtles into long forgotten tunnels, where they are forced to confront the Lovecraftian creature Shub-Niggurath and its cult of warped monstrosities.
''TMNT Annual 2012''
A 48-page black-and-white annual issue was released in October 2012. Its plot focuses on the loss of a valuable peace offering to the Foot Clan from the Savate Ninja syndicate, which inadvertently proves the catalyst for a vicious gang war that threatens New York City.''Secret History of the Foot Clan''
A four-part mini-series, titled Secret History of the Foot Clan, was published from January through March 2013. The series tells the story about the founding of the Foot Clan, and additionally provides clues to the impact the conflict in the past will have on the present.''Utrom Empire''
A three-part mini-series, titled Utrom Empire, was started in January 2014. The series focuses on Krang, Professor Honeycutt and Baxter Stockman, as their struggles against each other put the last of the Utrom race into dire peril, as well as including a story about the last days of the titular Utrom empire.''The X-Files: Conspiracy''
A one-shot, out of continuity issue was published in February 2014 as part of the mini-series crossover event The X-Files: Conspiracy. Guest characters include the Lone Gunmen and the vampire characters from the X-Files episode "Bad Blood".''TMNT Annual 2014''
This annual edition features apprentice time mistress Renet and the Battle Nexus Tournament from the Mirage Comics volume 4/TMNT 2K3. Originally slated for April 2014, the release was rescheduled to August due to production difficulties. The Turtles are taken from their home by a dimension-hopping Renet and forced to participate in an interdimensional gladiator contest which by the whim of their initiator, Councilman Nieli, has no winners; but the Turtles, the stubborn Renet and some irritated gladiators intend to change this unbearable condition for the better.''TMNT 30th Anniversary Special''
A special edition commemorating the brand's 30th anniversary. Featuring five short stories, one of them entitled "Ready Set Go!" was previously released in Hero Comics 2012; the other four short stories are each set in one of the comic continuities – Mirage, Image, Archie Comics, and IDW – which arose with the franchise.''Turtles in Time''
A four-issue mini-series running from June to September 2014. It was a continuation from the story in TMNT Annual 2014. Some intertemporary after-effect from their trip with Renet displaces the Turtles successively into the age of the dinosaurs, medieval Japan, the age of pirates, and even the future; and in each time period they are forced to make decisions which have shaped – and still might shape – their own fate and that of the world around them.''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters''
A four-issue mini-series crossover with IDW's Ghostbusters comic series, celebrating the 30th anniversaries of both franchises. It began publication in October 2014. The story deals with the Turtles and their friends testing a teleportation device whose plans were provided by Professor Honeycutt. Due to a slight mishap during activation, they end up in the Ghostbusters' reality, along with an immortal, hostile creature once known as Chiyou, who seeks domination over mankind.''TMNT: Mutanimals''
Another four-issue mini-series dealing with the latest incarnation of the Mighty Mutanimals, published from February to June 2015. Lindsey Baker, Old Hob's human ally and scientific creator of his mutant army, is kidnapped by the security forces of the Null Group, a genetics firm headed by the fiendish Madame Null, who wishes to conquer the world's economy by creating hybrid mutants. As the Mutanimals fight to get Lindsey back, the team – and especially Hob – are forced to seriously reconsider their conduct as mutant liberators.''TMNT: Free Comic Book Day 2015''
A story was published as part of the May 2015 Free Comic Book Day. It was a prelude to the Vengeance story arc of the main series.''Casey & April''
A four-issue mini-series that started publishing in June 2015. Its plot deals with April O'Neil and Casey Jones investigating the contents of a scroll found in the Foot Clan's archives which points out the resting place of a book dealing with a group of immortal entities called the Pantheon, which includes the Rat King and Kitsune in its ranks. During this journey, Casey and April are also forced to do some soul-searching and exploring of their budding relationship.''Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''
DC Comics published the six-issue miniseries Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles It is the second intercompany crossover between IDW and DC Comics, after Star Trek/Green Lantern. The story, out of continuity, deals with the Turtles and their master Splinter, along with Shredder and a good number of his Foot Ninjas, having been interdimensionally displaced by their common enemy Krang; an eviction which landed them in Gotham City in the DC Universe.''Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything!''
A weekly five-part miniseries published in June 2016. In this story, Bebop and Rocksteady get their hands on Renet's time scepter and, as the simpletons they are, wreak havoc to all creation as they use the artifact to hop all over time and space, forcing the Turtles and Renet to fix the damage before it becomes irreversible.''TMNT Universe''
A spin-off series similar to Mirage's Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which started publication on August 31, 2016. It serves as a narrative expansion to the main series with the introduction of crucial sideplots and additional characters. The series ended after 25 issues in August 2018.''TMNT: Free Comic Book Day 2017''
A story was published as part of the May 2017 Free Comic Book Day. It was a prelude to the Dimension X story arc of the main series.''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo''
A one-shot crossover story re-uniting the Turtles franchise with Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, which also references Usagi's earlier encounters with the Mirage-Turtles. Here, the Turtles must join forces with Miyamoto Usagi and the mystic Kakera against Usagi's sinister enemy Jei und Namazu. This issue was published in July 2017.''Dimension X''
A five-issue limited series which started weekly publication on August 2, 2017. Its plot is a tie-in to the main series' "The Trial of Krang" storyline, dealing with the Turtles and Professor Honeycutt trying to locate several material witnesses for Krang's trial before Krang's hired assassin, Hakk-R, can get to them first.''TMNT Day Sampler''
A free sampler comic reviewing the series from issues #1 to #73 and Dimension X, which was distributed on October 25, 2017 by selected comic stores for the occasion of issue #75's publication.''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Ghostbusters II''
In July 2017, IDW announced a sequel series to the 2014–2015 TMNT/Ghostbusters crossover, scheduled for weekly publication starting November 1, 2017. Setting in upon the conclusion of issue #75, the Turtles are stranded in a spirit dimension where they are beset by the vengeful ghost of their late adversary Darius Dun and must get help from the Ghostbusters in order to ever stand a chance of returning home again.Guest appearances within the story include the Dark Turtles from the 2003 series' Fast Forward season, and Shibano and an alternate version of the Punk Frogs from the 1987 TMNT cartoon series. Additionally, an action figure assortment named Ninja Ghostbusters was issued for sale parallel to the publication of the mini-series; the Ninja Ghostbusters also have a guest appearance within the comic story itself.
''Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II">Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#Volume II">Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II''
On September 14, 2017, the impending publication of a six-issue sequel series to Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was announced, with the first two issues being planned for release on December 6 and December 20, respectively. The plot deals with Donatello's desire to become a stronger fighter, which drives him into activating an interdimensional doorway to ask Batman for help. Unfortunately, this deed accidentally unleashes Bane on New York City, who loses no time uniting the Foot Clan, which is fractured by internal discord, under his rule. Batman and Robin therefore must travel to the Turtles' reality to aid their mutant friends in bringing down their common foe.''Bebop & Rocksteady Hit the Road''
Another weekly five-part miniseries starring Bebop and Rocksteady which entered publication in August 2018, as a follow-up to the Destroy Everything! storyline. Bebop and Rocksteady engage on a two-man roadtrip across the United States, but new and old enemies, as well as a number of hazards lying on the way – including their inexplicable transformation back into their former human forms – begin to pose a collection of serious obstacles for their plans.''TMNT: IDW 20/20''
IDW 20/20 is a multiple-issue, 20th-anniversary comic special with plot settings in the main comic franchises published by IDW: Ghostbusters, Jem and The Holograms, My Little Pony, Star Trek, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Each issue features a one-shot story set 20 years in the respective franchise's future; in the case of the Turtles, it entails the aftereffect of a civil war between the Utroms which threatens to destroy Earth once again. The TMNT issue was released on January 16, 2019.''Shredder in Hell''
Shredder in Hell is a limited five-issue series picking up on The Secret History on the Foot Clan, Villains Micro-Series #8: Shedder, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #50. As the Shredder wanders the afterlife, companions and enemies of old join him on or try to hinder his journey to find redemption from his cruel, ruthless past in life and his forced destiny to become the Dragon's vessel. The mini-series was released for publication in January 2019.''Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III">Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#Volume III">Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III''
The publication of a third and final installment of the successful crossover miniseries was announced on February 15, 2019 for May in the same year. In this series, Krang is presented as the main adversary, and with the most dangerous technology from the DC Universe in his hands, he merges the DC and the TMNT universes into an amalgam reality, where Batman was raised by Splinter alongside the Ninja Turtles following his parents' murder. Escaping from Krang after being abducted along the rest of the original Mirage turtles and Pre-Crisis Batman, Mirage Raphael alerts the Batman and Ninja Turtles of this merged world about Krang's meddling with reality. Now, in order to separate the merged world back, the five heroes need to find their old allies, regain their memories of the original universes, and stop Krang and the Laughing Man.''TMNT: Casualty of War''
A Free Comic Book Day issue connected to the main story issues #93-#95. A secondary story, Road to War, is also included, and is subsequently updated in TMNT: Road to 100.''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles''
On July 15, 2019 the upcoming publication of a crossover project between the Power Rangers and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchises was announced. The series went into publication on December 4, 2019. The non-canon story deals with the Power Rangers confronting - and later teaming up with - the Turtles while looking for one of their number, Tommy, who has to everyone's surprise joined the Foot Clan.''TMNT: Jennika''
A three-issue miniseries starring the original IDW character Jennika was announced for a 2020 publication in November 2019. In this plot, past, present and future collide for Jennika when she is forced to face the ghosts from her former human life and is given a chance to permanently reverse her mutation.''TMNT Annual 2020''
Another special annual story, scheduled for publication in June 2020 but delayed until late July due to the 2020 corona pandemic. It deals with the aftermath of The Dragon's defeat during the "City at War" storyline, the Rat King's attempt to find himself a new pawn to carry on his game of eternal intrigue, and an old enemy returning from the dead.''TMNT: The Last Ronin''
A limited five-issue story based on an unused idea by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird for the Mirage comics. Its plot tells a story set in the future where a lone surviving Turtle seeks vengeance for his lost family and friends.Chronological comic order
This is a chronological listing of the in-continuity comics in which the timeline of events developed.Collected editions
The IDW series has been compiled into the following deluxe hardcover collections which feature micros spliced into story in reading order.| Title | Release date | ISBN | Collected material |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 1 | June 9, 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–12, A Lot to Learn, Micro-Series: Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo and Splinter | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 2 | March 29, 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13–20, Micro-Series: Casey Jones, April and Fugitoid, Villains Micro-Series: Krang and Baxter Stockman, The Secret History of the Foot Clan #1–4 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 3 | September 6, 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21–28, Villains Micro-Series: Old Hob, Alopex, Karai, Hun, Bebop and Rocksteady and Shredder, 2012 Annual | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 4 | January 17, 2017 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29–37, Utrom Empire #1–3, 2014 Annual | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 5 | September 5, 2017 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #38–44, Turtles in Time #1–4, TMNT/Ghostbusters #1–4 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 6 | February 27, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45–50, 2015 FCBD issue, Mutanimals #1–4, Casey & April #1–4 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 7 | July 31, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51–64 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 8 | December 4, 2018 | Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1–5, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #1–8, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #65–66 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 9 | July 19, 2019 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #67–72, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #9–15, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/Usagi Yojimbo | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 10 | January 28, 2020 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #73–75, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #19–20, 2017 FCBD issue, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dimension X #1–5, TMNT/Ghostbusters II #1–5 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 11 | September 30, 2020 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #76-84, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #16–18 + 21–22, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Macro-Series Donatello | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The IDW Collection Volume 12 | January 21, 2021 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #85-89, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #23-25, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Macro-Series Leonardo and Michelangelo, Bebop and Rocksteady: Hit the Road #1-5 |
The various series have been collected in the following trade paperbacks:
| Title | Release date | Collected material |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol.1: Change is Constant | February 21, 2012 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series Vol. 1 | June 26, 2012 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 2: Enemies Old, Enemies New | July 24, 2012 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5–8 |
| Infestation 2 Vol. 3 | August 28, 2012 | Infestation 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1–2 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 3: Shadows of the Past | October 9, 2012 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9–12 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series Vol. 2 | November 20, 2012 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Micro-Series #5–8 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4: Sins of the Fathers | February 19, 2013 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13–16 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 5: Krang War | May 14, 2013 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17–20 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan | June 12, 2013 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Secret History of the Foot Clan #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 6: City Fall Part 1 | October 29, 2013 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21–24 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Villain Micro-Series Vol. 1 | November 26, 2013 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Villain Micro-Series #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 7: City Fall Part 2 | February 18, 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25–28 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Villain Micro-Series Vol. 2 | March 25, 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Villain Micro-Series #5–8 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 8: Northampton | June 11, 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29–32 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire | July 29, 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire #1–3 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 9: Monsters, Misfits, and Madmen | October 21, 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #33–36 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time | December 17, 2014 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 10: New Mutant Order | February 10, 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #37–40 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters | May 5, 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 11: Attack On Technodrome | June 30, 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #41–44 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals | September 1, 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutanimals #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 12: Vengeance Part 1 | October 22, 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #45–47 and the 2015 FCBD issue |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April | December 31, 2015 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Casey & April #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 13: Vengeance Part 2 | January 19, 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #48–50 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 14: Order from Chaos | May 17, 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #51–55 |
| Batman/TMNT | August 23, 2016 | Batman/TMNT #1–6 |
| TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything | October 4, 2016 | Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1–5 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 15: Leatherhead | October 18, 2016 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #56–60 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 16: Chasing Phantoms | April 11, 2017 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #61–65 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 1 | April 18, 2017 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #1–5 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 17: Desperate Measures | September 12, 2017 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #66–70 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 2: The New Strangeness | October 10, 2017 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #6–10 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dimension X | January 30, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Dimension X #1–5 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 18: Trial of Krang | February 20, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #71–75 and the 2017 FCBD issue |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters Vol. 02 | February 28, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters II #1–5 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 3: Karai's Path | March 13, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #11–15 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 19: Invasion of the Triceratons | July 3, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #76–80 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 4: Home | August 14, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #16–20 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 20: Kingdom of Rats | October 9, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #81–85 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe Vol. 5: The Coming Doom | November 6, 2018 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Universe #21–25 |
| TMNT: Bebop & Rocksteady Hit the Road | February 9, 2019 | Bebop & Rocksteady Hit the Road #1-5 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 21: Battle Lines | May 1, 2019 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #86–89 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Macro Series | June 18, 2019 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Macro Series #1–4 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 22: City at War Part 1 | October 9, 2019 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #90–95 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder in Hell | March 10, 2020 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder in Hell #1-5 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 23: City at War Part 2 | March 17, 2020 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #96–100 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Reborn Vol. 1: From the Ashes | September 2, 2020 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #101–105 |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika | September 30, 2020 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika #1–3 |
Other TMNT publications by IDW
Graphic novels
Collections of the original Mirage comics series:- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #1–7, and Raphael #1
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 2, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #8–11, along with the Michaelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello "micro-series" one-shots
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 3, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #12, 14, 15, 17, and 19–21
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 4, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #48–55
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 5, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #56–62
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 1, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issue #13 along with a collection of stories from the Shell Shock TP; "Bottoming Out", "New York Ninja", "Word Warriors", "49th Street Stompers", "Junkman", "O Deed", "Road Trip", "Don't Judge a Book", "A Splinter in the Eye of God?", "Night Life", and "Meanwhile... 1,000,000 B.C.".
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 2, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #16, 22, and 23
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 3, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #27–29
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 4, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #32, 33, and 37 along with "The Ring"
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 5, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #34 and #38–40
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 6, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #42–44
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 7, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #45–47 and six short stories from Shell Shock: "Ghouls Night Out," "Crazy Man," "The Survival Game," "The Howl," "Technofear," and "It's A Gas"
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 8, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 2 issues #1–5
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 9, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 2 issues #6–9
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Vol. 10, collecting Mirage Studios' Vol. 2 issues #10–13
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1, Tales of the TMNT Volume I #1–4 + Extras
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 2, Tales of the TMNT Volume I #5–7
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 3, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #1–4
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 4, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #5–8
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 5, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #9–12
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 6, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #13–16
- Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 7, Tales of the TMNT Volume II #17–20
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 1, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #1–7, and Raphael #1
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 2, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #8–11, Michaelangelo #1, Donatello #1, and Leonardo #1
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 3, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #12, #14–15, #17, and #19–21
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Works, Volume 4, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #48-#55
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Legends: Soul's Winter, collecting colorized versions of Mirage Studios' Vol. 1 issues #31, 35, 36
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 1
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 2
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 3
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 4
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 5
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 6
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 7
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 8
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 9
Comics
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 100-Page Spectacular – Collects the 3-issue miniseries that preceded the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures ongoing.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics – This series reprints issues 1–11 of TMNT Vol. 1 by Eastman and Laird and the four Micro-Series issues in full color with coloring by Tom Smith.
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Urban Legends – Reprints in full color TMNT Volume 3 issues 1–23 originally published by Image Comics. As the series ended abruptly without a narrative conclusion, IDW commissioned original Volume 3 writer Gary Carlson and artist Frank Fusco to produce concluding issues 24–26.