Here is a list of shelf-friendly collected editions of stories from the Volume 1 era of Mirage Studios’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Due to there being a high number of releases, this list focuses on the books released prior to Peter Laird selling the TMNT property to Viacom. For a list of the various collected editions put out by IDW Publishing see:
TMNT Volume 1 Bookshelf: IDW Publishing link coming soon
Books are ordered based on the Volume 1 Story List. Following this list there is a summary of what wasn’t collected.
Like the Story List, any non-canon stories that were written to be part of the main Mirage continuity are listed in blue. Other non-canon stories are listed in red. Short stories are indicated with “(short)” after their name and colour stories with “(colour)”.
* - indicates reprinted story differs notably from the original version in some way. Details are provided in the notes.
None of these books were released digitally.
Book I  First Publishing (Softcover), 1986 ISBN: 0915419092  Penguin Books (Softcover), 1990 ISBN: 0140149457 | Reprints: The Turtles' Origin is Told (colour) * (Vol. 1) #1 TMNT VS the Mousers (colour) * (Vol. 1) #2 The Great Chase (colour) * (Vol. 1) #3 New: New Comic Day! (short) (colour) Night Life (short) (colour) Notes: - (Vol. 1) #1-3 have been colourised for this release. - The Epilogue from The Great Chase is removed. It is repurposed as a Prologue in TMNT – Book II. - Includes an introduction by Stanley Wiator. - Includes three pinups of the Turtles: one from 1983 (Eastman/Laird), one from 1984 (Eastman/Laird) and one from 1985 (Laird). - “Book I” is absent from the cover (and interior) of the US printing of this book, but was used elsewhere as seen in the pictured UK edition from Penguin Books. |
Book II  First Publishing (Softcover), 1987 ISBN: 091541922X | Reprints: Prologue (colour) * (Vol. 1) #3 Turtles in Space arc Rescuing Master Splinter (colour) * (Vol. 1) #4 Teaming up with Fugitoid (colour) * (Vol. 1) #5 The Triceraton Homeworld (colour) * (Vol. 1) #6 Notes: - All issues have been colourised for this release. - The Prologue was originally an Epilogue. It was left out of TMNT - Book I’s reprinting of (Vol. 1) #3, but used here instead. - Fugitoid #1 is left out of this presentation of the “Turtles in Space” arc. The concluding part from (Vol. 1) #7 is also absent, but that is included in TMNT – Book III. |
Book III  First Publishing (Softcover), 1987 ISBN: 0915419289 | Reprints: All is Revealed (colour) * (Vol. 1) #7 (Vol. 1) #8 The Passing (colour) * (Vol. 1) #9 New: 49th Street Stompers (short) (colour) Notes: - (Vol. 1) #7-9 have been colourised for this release. |
Book IV  First Publishing (Softcover), 1988 ISBN: 0915419432 | Reprints: What Goes Around... ...Comes Around! / Silent Partner (colour) * Leonardo #1, (Vol. 1) #10 (Vol. 1) #11 Notes: - All issues have been colourised for this release. - For the three-page spread in Silent Partner the left and middle pages are used as a two-page one and the right page is presented by itself. |
The Collected Book - Volume One  [First Edition] Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1988  [First Edition] Mirage Studios (Hardcover), 1988  [Second Edition] Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1990  [Third Edition] Mirage Studios (Softcover), 2009 ISBN: 0981949703 | Reprints: The Turtles' Origin is Told (Vol. 1) #1 TMNT VS the Mousers (Vol. 1) #2 The Great Chase (Vol. 1) #3 Me, Myself and I Raphael #1 Turtles in Space arc Rescuing Master Splinter (Vol. 1) #4 The Fugitoid's Origin [Third Edition only] Fugitoid #1 Teaming up with Fugitoid (Vol. 1) #5 The Triceraton Homeworld (Vol. 1) #6 All is Revealed (Vol. 1) #7 The Christmas Aliens Michaelangelo #1 Team-up with Cerebus the Aardvark (Vol. 1) #8 Kirby and the Warp Crystal Donatello #1 The Passing (Vol. 1) #9 What Goes Around... ...Comes Around! / Silent Partner * Leonardo #1, (Vol. 1) #10 True Stories (Vol. 1) #11 Notes: - The first and second editions lack an ISBN. - Fugitoid #1 was only included in the Third Edition. - The three-page spread in Silent Partner has been shrunk down to fit two pages, with black borders at the top and bottom. - The first edition contains introductions from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. - The Third Edition contains a text piece detailing the creation of the TMNT. It had some errors so Peter Laird posted an errata on his blog. |
The Collected Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1989 | Reprints: A Tale of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tales (Vol. 1) #1 Nobody's Fool! Tales (Vol. 1) #2 All Hallow's Thieves Tales (Vol. 1) #3 I, Monster Tales (Vol. 1) #4 Complete Carnage and Radical Tales (Vol. 1) #5 Leatherhead Tales (Vol. 1) #6 The Return of Savanti Romero! Tales (Vol. 1) #7 New: [untitled Nobody story] (short) Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. - Includes an introduction by Steve Bissette. |
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Original Vol. 1 Series Treasury Edition  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 2007 ISBN: 0978702999 | Reprints: A Tale of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles * Tales (Vol. 1) #1 Nobody's Fool! * Tales (Vol. 1) #2 All Hallow's Thieves * Tales (Vol. 1) #3 I, Monster * Tales (Vol. 1) #4 Complete Carnage and Radical * Tales (Vol. 1) #5 Leatherhead * Tales (Vol. 1) #6 The Return of Savanti Romero! * Tales (Vol. 1) #7 New: Spinal Tapped Epilogue (short) Notes: - The original seven issues have had their frontispieces replaced with new ones that connect to the Epilogue. |
The Collected Book - Volume Two  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1990 | Reprints: Survivalists (Vol. 1) #12 The People's Choice (Vol. 1) #13 The Unmentionables (Vol. 1) #14 Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. |
The Collected Book - Volume Three  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1990 | Reprints: Dome Doom (Vol. 1) #15 Distractions (Vol. 1) #17 The Shell of the Dragon (Vol. 1) #18 Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. |
The Collected Book - Volume Four: Return to New York  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1990 | Reprints: Return to New York (Vol. 1) #19-21 Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. |
The Collected Book - Volume Five  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1990 | Reprints: A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Story/Bill's TV Repair Ser. - A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Story/Totally Hacked! (Vol. 1) #16, 22-23 Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. |
The Collected Book - Volume Six: The River  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1991 | Reprints: The River (Vol. 1) #24-26 Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. - The introduction to Soul’s Winter: The Collected TMNT Work of Michael Zulli indicates a second trade paperback release of this story was planned (one that would also have included (Vol. 1) #30), but that never materialised. |
The Collected Book - Volume Seven  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1991 | Reprints: Sons of the Silent Age (Vol. 1) #28 Men of Shadow (Vol. 1) #29 Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. |
Shell Shock  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 1989 | Contents: [New] Bottoming Out (short) [New] The Treaty (short) [New] Junk Man (short) New York Ninja (short) TMNT Adventures! role-playing game supplement New Comic Day! (short) * TMNT: Book I trade paperback [New] Teen Techno Turtle Trio Plus One! (short) Word Warriors (short) Quest for Dreams Lost #1 49th Street Stompers (short) * TMNT: Book III trade paperback Terror by Transmat! (short) TMNT Guide to the Universe role-playing game supplement Ghouls Night Out (short) (Vol. 1) #5 (2nd print) [New] O-Deed (short) Crazy Man (short) Gobbledygook (Vol. 2) #1 D'Ants Fever (short) * Grimjack #26 The Road Trip (short) * Anything Goes! #5 Don't Judge a Book... (short) TMNT & Other Strangeness role-playing game Fun With Guns (14 pages) Raphael #1 (2nd print) The Survival Game (short) (Vol. 1) #4 (2nd print) Not One Word! (short) * (Vol. 1) #1 (5th print) [New] A Splinter in the Eye of God? (short) You Had to be There (short) * (Vol. 1) #7 (1st print) Complete Carnage an' Radical (short) (Vol. 1) #3 (2nd print) The Howl (short) Turtle Soup (Vol. 1) #1 Night Life (short) * TMNT: Book I trade paperback Technofear!!! (short) Gobbledygook (Vol. 2) #1 It's a Gas (short) (Vol. 1) #6 (2nd print) [New] Meanwhile… 1000000 BC. (short) Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. - New Comic Day!, 49th Street Stompers, D’Ants Fever, The Road Trip, You Had to be There and Night Life are all stories that were originally in colour, but which are presented here in black and white. - D’Ant’s Fever is listed on the contents page as Rick’s Dive. Artwork and dialogue have also been altered throughout the story to replace references to “Munden” and “Munden’s Bar” with “Rick” and “Rick’s Dive”. The instructional sign on the door at the start has also been altered to a cautionary one: “No Standards, No Morals, No Ethics, No Conscious. Enter At Your Own Risk”. - The final page in Not One Word! Was originally a landscape image rotated to fit on a single page. Here it is turned into a two-page spread. It is slightly cropped, losing some of the laughter effects that extend outside the border of the artwork. |
Soul’s Winter: The Collected TMNT Work of Michael Zulli  Mirage Studios (Softcover), 2007 ISBN: 097870293X | Reprints: Soul’s Winter/Soul’s Withering.../Soul’s End (Vol. 1) #31, 35-36 A Splinter in the Eye of God? (short) Shell Shock trade paperback O-Deed (short) Shell Shock trade paperback Failed Instant (short) * Turtle Soup (Vol. 2) #4 Notes: - The contents page lists Soul’s End as Soul’s Withering Part Two, with Soul’s Withering… being titled Soul’s Withering Part One. - Failed Instant which was originally in colour, is presented here in black and white. - Includes an introduction by Steve Bissette. |
TMNT 25th: A Quarter Century Celebration ISBN: 9781935351153  [First Edition] Heavy Metal (Softcover), 2009  [First Edition] Heavy Metal (Hardcover), 2009  [Second Edition] Heavy Metal (Softcover), 2011  [Second Edition] Heavy Metal (Softcover), 2011  [Second Edition] Heavy Metal (Softcover), 2011  [Second Edition] Heavy Metal (Softcover), 2011 | Reprints: Me, Myself and I (colour) * Raphael #1 Complete Carnage an' Radical (short) (Vol. 1) #3 (2nd print) You Had to be There (short) (colour) (Vol. 1) #7 (1st print) Fun With Guns (14 pages) (colour) * Raphael #1 (2nd print) The Shell of the Dragon (Vol. 1) #18 49th Street Stompers (short) (colour) TMNT: Book III trade paperback The Unmentionables * (Vol. 1) #14 Turtles Take Time (colour) (Vol. 1) #33 Notes: - The same ISBN is used for each edition. - Me, Myself and I and Fun With Guns have been colourised for this release. - The black and white artwork in The Unmentionables is presented here sepia-toned. - Includes an introduction by Kevin Eastman. - The second edition adds a Gallery, mostly featuring clean cover art from various releases. - IDW Publishing would later release a hardback version of this book. |
Challenges  Mirage Studios (Softcover, Hardcover), 1991 | Challenges An original Graphic Novel, split in to short tales (Origin, Splinter, Raphael, Michaelangelo, Leonardo, Donatello). Notes: - This book lacks an ISBN. - Printed significantly smaller than other books on this list (digest size). |
Not Collected (but available elsewhere)
With the stories listed above, the original graphic novel Challenges is the story that is furthest along on the Volume 1 Story List, with nothing past that point collected. However, most of the stories before then were collected, although D’Ant’s Fever and The Road Trip were unavailable in their original form. That’s also true of Silent Partner and Not One Word!, but to a much lesser extent.
Although some stories have yet to be collected anywhere, a lot of them would later be collected by IDW Publishing. Full details are on the IDW Bookshelf page, but for quick reference, the following stories were later collected by IDW in some form:
The Lesson: A Tale of the Triceraton Marines (short) Grunts#1
Choices (short) The Puma Blues #20
Casey Jones, Private Eye (short) Mirage Mini Comics
Donatello: The Ring (short) (colour) Turtle Soup (Vol. 2) #1
Twilight of the Ring (Vol. 1) #37
Juliet's Revenge (Vol. 1) #42
Halls of Lost Legends (Vol. 1) #43
The Violent Underground (Vol. 1) #44
Leatherhead, Too (Vol. 1) #45
Masks (Vol. 1) #46-47
Shades of Gray (Vol. 1) #48-49
City at War (Vol. 1) #50-62
In addition to the IDW releases, Dark Horse Comic would release Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Collection which includes the shorts Turtle Soup and Rabbit Stew (Turtle Soup (Vol. 1) #1) and The Crossing (Usagi Yojimbo (Vol. 1) #10).
Not Collected
The story King For a Day which appeared in The Collected Gizmo trade paperback is not available in a TMNT-branded book, nor is Gizmo and The Fugitoid (Gizmo and the Fugitoid #1-2), but as neither feature the Turtles, that is understandable.
Many of the other stories that feature on the Story List, but which haven’t been collected can be summarised as “stuff from Turtle Soup”. From the original one-shot there is Turtle Dreams and Apparition. From the mini-series there is Turtles Attack!!! which ran across all four issues, The Purpose of Fear and The Name is Lucindra from #1, Raphael: Snapper from #2, Sweat, Sweat, Sweet Renet, The Ring of Death and Crack in a Hard Heart from #3 and finally, from the fourth issue, Fifteen Years Later... and Thoughts on Paper.
The remaining uncollected stories from the Volume 1 era are Sky Highway ((Vol. 1) #30), A Christmas Carol (Michaelangelo Christmas Special), Muscle & Faith (only available on the Flying Color Comics website), North By Downeast (Casey Jones #1-2) and Old Times (Plastron Café #1).
