The Best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Storylines In Comics
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Enemies Old, Enemies New
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5-8
Details: In this excellent compilation, the Turtles begin their journey as a team, taking their bond as brothers to the next level, but there is still a distance remaining between them. It's going to take some time and a lot of work to build their bond as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Meanwhile, General Krang and Baxter Stockman are working behind the scenes, but their time has finally come to step out into the light! Krang wants to see some results, and Baxter's new invention may just deliver exactly what the General wants: the Turtles!
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Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Story Found In: Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! #1-6
Details: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles may be the best martial artists in their universe, but have they ever met up with DC's Dark Knight? Yes. Yes, they have, and it was an amazing adventure in a six-issue miniseries, which was aptly titled Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!
This incredible crossover takes place in New York City, where the TMNT face one of the deadliest foes yet, when the Foot Clan, Shredder, and Krang creates a dimensional warp as part of his villainous scheme. Meanwhile, the Caped Crusader finds himself fighting against a new enemy when Shredder and the Foot Clan appear in Gotham City!
It's going to take the combined might of Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Batman to counter this new threat, and the result is one of the greatest team-up crossovers in comics history!
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Return Of The Shredder
Story Found In: Leonardo #1 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #10-11
Details: On Christmas Eve, the Turtles, Splinter, and April are working on a turkey while setting up their tree, but Leonardo is ambushed by the Foot while he was out exercising. He's beaten so badly, he almost dies, at the hands of Shredder, who was believed dead!
He's thrown through April's skylight in her store, Second Time Around, and when everything looks bleak, a savior in the form of Casey Jones shows up just in the nick of time to save the day. Of course, now that Shredder has returned, the Turtle's world will forever be changed, as the Foot Clan regains its strength.
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Change Is Constant
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1-4
Details: It was quite a long time before the Turtles returned to the pages of comics, and they did so in this incredible adventure published by IDW! The heart and soul of the team is at stake as an entirely new origin story unfolds for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and it's a completely different world!
The group breaks up, and Raphael wanders the streets of New York City. He's without food, water, or shelter, and his brothers head out to find him alongside Master Splinter. Of course, they don't find him as easily as they find trouble, and it isn't long before Old Hob, and his gang of criminals meet up with the TMNT!
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Everyone Versus Bebop & Rocksteady
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #39-40
Details: There's a lot going on in these two issues of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which sees Donatello doing his own thing while Splinter, Michaelangelo, Leonardo, and Donatello find themselves meeting up with Old Hob. The new Mighty Mutanimals are looking for recruits.
The team, which consists of Slash, Gecko, Pigeon Pete, Mondo, and Herman, the Hermit Crab, are looking good, but when Pete shows up with his two potential recruits, things get crazy. His guys are none other than Bebop and Rocksteady, and when Old Hob learns that they are half-human, the battle blows up, and everyone is involved!
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Shadows of the Past
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9-12
Details: When the Turtles' home in the sewers is destroyed by Baxter Stockman and Old Hob, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles find themselves in a horrible situation: they're homeless! Not only that, but one of their own has been captured, and it's truly a dark time for the TMNT!
With one turtle down, the other three aren't sure what to do, but it can't get any worse, right? Nope! Here comes the Shredder, and the Turtles will have to go up against their greatest enemy from a disadvantage in having lost their base of operations as well as their buddy!
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Sins Of The Fathers
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13-16
Details: "Sins of the Fathers" sees both sides of good and evil marshaling on a front, where there looks to be no way of avoiding the war to come. The Turtles have a new mission they must face, but Shredder is on the scene to ensure their work stops before it even has a chance to begin!
Meanwhile, General Krang isn't sitting this one out, as he unveils his master plan! The Turtles are left wondering what to do with both sides on the road to war. Will they be able to stop Krang in his goal of conquest, or will Shredder put a stop to their plan, and endanger the entire world?
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City At War
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #96-100
Details: When someone as big as the Shredder is (apparently) killed, there's going to be a power vacuum, and the one threatening the city may be worse than Shredder ever was. The city's criminals are going to war, and the biggest players are the Mob, the Foot Clan, and the Purple Dragons.
It's open warfare in the streets of New York City, and the four Turtles are right in the middle of it. Leonardo feels somewhat responsible for the events taking place across the city, but he's the only one. It doesn't matter who's at fault in the end, as giant robots and everything else comes after the Turtles and the criminals of NYC.
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Krang War
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17-20
Details: Rock Soldiers are marching on the capital city, so the Neutrino royal family dispatched Dask, Kala, and Zak to retrieve the Fugitoid from Earth. At the same time, April, Casey, and the Turtles are interrogating him in his human form (Chet) about completely different events.
Through some shenanigans, the Turtles wind up being transported to Dimension X's Planet Neutrino, where they become involved in a plot to take out Krang while working to rescue the King and Queen! It's all-out war and the Turtles engage in the fight of their life for the Neutrino royal family in this epic adventure!
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder In Hell
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder in Hell #1-5
Details: The death of Oroku Saki, otherwise known as the Shredder, was just the beginning for the Turtles' greatest enemy. He must now journey through the deepest, darkest depths of the underworld, but it's nothing like Dante's Divine Comedy, and Shredder truly must learn what it is to be damned!
Will there be anything left of the villain's soul after he faces all the horrors Hell has in store for him, or will his path take him even deeper into the depths of the underworld? Shredder must face off with the demonic forces of the underworld, and if he succeeds, he may just learn the truth about his very soul.
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Sons Of The Silent Age
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #28
Details: After the Turtles return to New York, they find themselves in an encounter with the Bloodsucker! This comes at a time when the Turtles have become somewhat aimless, having spent most of their time living in the old farmhouse.
Splinter offers his pupils a suggestion to take a raft down the river. They do exactly that, but on their journey, they find the body of a dead mermaid and the last four mermen of her species. April is unable to revive the young merwoman, and it doesn't take long before she makes allusions between her four friends and the fish-folk.
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The Slash Trilogy
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23-25
Details: Krang finally escapes Dimension X's planet Morbus, which is the dumping ground for the dregs of the universe. He only manages to get free with the help of the mutant turtle, Slash, and another convict named Bellybomb. He even bumped into Rocksteady and Bebop on his way to get Shredder.
Unfortunately for Krang, things aren't like they were before, and neither Rocksteady nor Bebop are interested in being bad guys after spending so much time on their Eden Planet. What's more, the only way Krang can get Shredder to fight by his side is to best him in a fight, and by this point, the story is just beginning...
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate B&W Collection Vol. 1
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: #1-7
Details: You can't have a list of the best Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ever told, and not include the very first issue of the debut series that launched them into fame and fortune! Fortunately, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate B&W Collection Vol. 1 presents the first seven issues in all their black & white glory.
See the origin of Master Splinter and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as they go from crawling pet shop turtles into teenage heroes who terrorize the criminal underworld of New York City! This is where it all started, so no fan of the Turtles should be without this collection... unless you have the originals. That's actually better!
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Terracide
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #55-57
Details: In "Terracide," the Turtles travel home from Jerusalem, but when their plane crashes in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, the situation looks grim. Michaelangelo is picked up by the U.S. Coast Guard ship, the USCGS Dator.
Meanwhile, Leonardo and Donatello are out to rescue him with the assistance of Splinter, Slash, and the future Turtles. They hop in the Stratoray on a trip to the Moon, where Maligna's hive is set to destroy Earth! The story also features the death of the Mutanimals and the impact that had on the TMNT.
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TMNT/Ghostbusters
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / Ghostbusters #1-4
Details: Over the years, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been paired up with some strange characters, but their weirdest crossover may just be the one involving the Ghostbusters! This amazing series from IDW pairs up everyone's favorite teenage ninjas with Ray, Egon, Peter, and Winston in an incredible adventure!
It's not what you think... it's better! The Turtles have always gone up against mutants, aliens, half-breeds, and minions, but they've never had to tango with the astral phenomenon the Ghostbusters take down day after day. Now, it's their time to shine as both teams come together in this hilarious and fun story!
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I, Monster
Story Found In: Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4
Details: The Turtles are recuperating in Northampton with Casey Jones, but they don't stay down for very long. They begin to investigate a haunted factory, but all the while, they are being haunted by an unknown monster, who turns out to be the Rat King!
When the Rat King gets a hold of Michelangelo, he ties up the turtle, and tries to feed him to his rats! That's just the start of this crazy story featuring the turtles in a strange and tense situation, far from their home in the sewers of New York City.
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Trial Of Krang
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #71-75 and TMNT Free Comic Book Day 2017
Details: The Turtles have once more been transported to the dangerous Dimension X, but this time, they're there to end Krang's reign of villainy and terror, once and for all.; Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael find themselves facing off against insane new enemies in a whole new world.
It's classic martial arts up against zany science-fiction action, and it gets more interesting with each page flip! While all their craziness is going on, the centennial reunion of the Pantheon is at hand, and seeing as they are the immortal family, who has driven the course of history, they might have something to say about the fate of the TMNT.
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Allies & Enemies
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Allies & Enemies
Details: "Allies & Enemies" focuses its attention on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' best friends and greatest enemies with individual stories tailored to each of them! The book has tales for April O'Neil, Casey Jones, Bebop & Rocksteady, and General Krang!
This book takes place in the current IDW world of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and details their enemies and allies in a way that hasn't been done before (at least, in this universe). This is a great read if you want to learn everything possible about the people closest to the TMNT!
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Odyssey
Story Found In: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Odyssey
Details: Just as he lay dying after Renet dealt him a deadly blow, Donatello is plucked from death with barely a second to spare. He is then imbued with the ability to travel through time, and this begins his odyssey, wherein he recruits his brothers for one last fight before they die of natural causes.
They aren't fighting against one of their typical foes from their younger days; they are going after the Shogun, which is set up at the end of time. Their goal is to destroy the universe with the Turnstone, and it's up to the no-longer-teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to stop them!
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Fifteen Years Later…
Story Found In: Turtle Soup #4
Details: While making their way to a battle against the Foot Clan, Raphael thinks he knows a city worker the group runs into. His hunch was correct, because, little do the Turtles know, the city worker is Chet, the boy who once bought the Turtles as pets, but lost them in the sewer 15 years ago.
Those events led to the creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but Chet has lived the past 15 years in grief and sorrow over losing them. Now that they are grown and able to speak for themselves, the Turtles can finally give the young man the peace he so desperately deserves.
