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A lost piece of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles history, uncovered. The last TMNT series printed by Mirage is finally reprinted by IDW in this outstanding series of collected editions for the first time!In 2001, legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird joined forces with Jim Lawson and the legendary talent at Mirage Studios to continue the epic journey of the Ninja Turtles in the fourth volume of their ongoing series. TMNT: Journeys reprints that epic series here for the very first time! The Ninja Turtles are growing up and facing off against frightening new dangers that could tear the four brothers apart and change New York City forever. Meanwhile, April and Casey prepare for the next step in their relationship as they’re expecting a baby. And Master Splinter trains with Shadow Jones for the dark forces threatening the family ahead. TMNT: Journeys will collect all 32 issues currently available in six total volumes! Volume 1 collects issues #1–5 of the series and is featured in the original black and white format.

Discover a lost piece of TMNT history in this collection of all 13 issues in their original colors from Mirage Studios, previously out of print!After the original 62-issue run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mirage continued the series with a new #1 in 1993 and it ran for 13 issues in total. This 13-issue run by TMNT veteran Jim Lawson is now known as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Vol. 2. Picking up after the events of “City At War" (collected in TMNT Compendium Vol. 3), Donatello and Splinter recuperate in Northampton while the rest of the Turtles are in New York City with April. Meanwhile, Baxter Stockman wreaks havoc in the desert at a top-secret D.A.R.P.A. facility. As the family drifts apart a killer robot controlled by Stockman has April in its sights and the boys have to come together to fight it off!

The TMNT turn 40! Revisit some of their greatest eras with stories told by some of the many creators of the page and screen who made each iteration of the Turtles so special!This all-new anthology takes a look all the way back to the start, celebrating that initial spark of creativity from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, and then works its way through the next four decades, highlighting fan-favorite touchstones from comic books and beyond. Includes a new story and a full art gallery. Kevin Eastman leads a host of incredible talent who are contributing new stories and pinups from a gaggle of legendary TMNT contributors, including Jim Lawson, Tristan Jones and Paul Harmon, Ronda Pattison and Pablo Tunica, Tom Waltz and Michael Dialynas, Ciro Nieli, Lloyd Goldfine with Khary Randolph and Emilio Lopez, Andy Suriano, Chris Allan and many more, all hearkening back to the era of TMNT they are best known for, ranging from the initial Mirage series through the 1990s and up until now, as well as the Tales of TMNT and Rise of the TMNT.

Volume 2 continues IDW’s commitment to collecting the legendary TMNT: Volume 4 produced by Mirage Studios, unavailable for years, into new editions!The critically acclaimed reprint of the Mirage series continues! The Ninja Turtles are getting older, and their lives are getting stranger and more dangerous. On the Cosmic side of things, The Utroms have come back into contact with the Ninja Turtles and have brought a great deal of mysteries with them. And the personal lives of the Turtles Family and allies is just as intense…April O’Neil’s lineage comes into question and Master Splinter confronts becoming an elder. How will all of these changes impact the lives of our heroes forever? Find out in the second volume of this epic saga! Collects TMNT: Journeys issues #6–10.