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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 after Peter Laird sold the TMNT property to Viacom. For a list of the various collected editions put out before the sale, see:
TMNT Volume 1 Bookshelf: Mirage Studios, First Publishing and Heavy Metal
IDW first collected the Volume 1 era across a variety of different titles. This list orders those books based on the Volume 1 Story List. The Color Classics series and the short-lived digital-only Black and White Classics series are not included, but for quick reference the former featured colourised versions of (Vol. 1) #1-21, 48-62 and the four micro-series across several different releases. The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 7 has also been omitted as it is a collection of covers and other artwork, but does not contain any stories.
Beginning in 2022 IDW took a second stab at collecting the era with the Compendium series and these volumes are placed at the end of the list.
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.
All books were also released digitally unless indicated otherwise.
The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1  Hardcover, 2011 ISBN: 1613770073  Softcover, 2017 ISBN: 1631409905 | 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 Teaming up with Fugitoid (Vol. 1) #5 The Triceraton Homeworld (Vol. 1) #6 All is Revealed (Vol. 1) #7 Notes: - Fugitoid #1 is left out of this presentation of the “Turtles in Space” arc - Each story (apart from #6) is followed by thoughts from Kevin Eastman, with Peter Laird providing additional thoughts on #1, 2, 4 and 5. Page annotations are then provided by Kevin Eastman. - Includes plate sketches for (Vol. 1) #1-3 and Raphael #1 by Kevin Eastman. - The Hardcover release was also available with a limited edition Black and White cover. - Additional limited edition Hardcover releases were available. Largely the same but with some differences including a signature page (signed by Kevin Eastman) and vellum title page overlay. The cover features a rough version of the artwork.
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The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2  Hardcover, 2012 ISBN: 161377088X  Softcover, 2018 ISBN: 1684051614 | Reprints: 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: - On page 12 of Kirby and the Warp Crystal, the final panel featuring an empty room is replaced with one showing part of the (full-page) image from the thirteenth page. The thirteenth page itself is omitted. - The three-page spread in Silent Partner has been shrunk down to fit two pages, with black borders at the top and bottom. It is slightly cropped at the sides. - Each story is followed by thoughts from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Page annotations are also provided (for all issues bar Donatello #1 and (Vol. 1) #9), credited to both but seemingly provided by just Kevin Eastman. - The Hardcover release was also available with a limited edition Black and White cover. - Additional limited edition Hardcover releases were available: Red Label, Black Label and Blue Label editions. |
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 1  Softcover, 2012 ISBN: 1613774168 | Reprints: A Tale of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (colour) * Tales (Vol. 1) #1 Nobody's Fool! (colour) * Tales (Vol. 1) #2 All Hallow's Thieves (colour) * Tales (Vol. 1) #3 I, Monster (colour) * Tales (Vol. 1) #4 Notes: - All issues have been colourised for this release. - Includes an introduction by Kevin Eastman. - "Volume 1" is absent from the cover of this release, but is used in the indicia. - This book (minus the introduction) was included as part of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Omnibus - Volume One, along with Volumes 2-4 of the series. |
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Volume 2  Softcover, 2013 ISBN: 1613776241 | Reprints: Complete Carnage and Radical (colour) * Tales (Vol. 1) #5 Leatherhead (colour) * Tales (Vol. 1) #6 The Return of Savanti Romero! (colour) * Tales (Vol. 1) #7 Notes: - All issues have been colourised for this release. - Colouring oddities: Complete Carnage and Radical features a yellowy-brown Complete Carnage, whilst The Return of Savanti Romero! features a purple costume for Renet and a yellow Savanti Romero. - This book was included as part of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Omnibus - Volume One, along with Volumes 1, 3 and 4 of the series. |
Classics, Vol. 1  Softcover, 2012 ISBN: 1613772343 | Reprints: The People's Choice (colour) * (Vol. 1) #13 Bottoming Out (short) (colour) * Shell Shock trade paperback Junk Man (short) (colour) * Shell Shock trade paperback New York Ninja (short) (colour) * TMNT Adventures! role-playing game supplement Word Warriors (short) (colour) * Quest for Dreams Lost #1 49th Street Stompers (short) (colour) * TMNT: Book III trade paperback O-Deed (short) (colour) * Shell Shock trade paperback The Road Trip (short) (colour) * Anything Goes! #5 Don't Judge a Book... (short) (colour) * TMNT & Other Strangeness role-playing game A Splinter in the Eye of God? (short) (colour) * Shell Shock trade paperback Night Life (short) (colour) * TMNT: Book I trade paperback Meanwhile… 1000000 BC. (short) (colour) * Shell Shock trade paperback Notes: - All stories have been colourised for this release or re-coloured in the case of 49th Street Stompers, The Road Trip and Night Life. - Colouring oddities: Bottoming Out features a grey Splinter whilst Junk Man and Meanwhile... 1000000 BC. give the Turtles coloured knee/elbow pads based on the colours introduced with the Playmates toyline (although the red masks remain). - Includes an introduction by Kevin Eastman. |
The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 3  Hardcover, 2012 ISBN: 161377138X  Softcover, 2018 ISBN: 1684053307 | Reprints: Survivalists (Vol. 1) #12 The Unmentionables (Vol. 1) #14 Dome Doom (Vol. 1) #15 Distractions (Vol. 1) #17 Return to New York (Vol. 1) #19-21 Notes: - Each story is followed by thoughts from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Page annotations are then provided (for all issues bar (Vol. 1) #17) by Peter Laird. - The Hardcover release was also available with a limited edition Black and White cover. - Additional limited edition Hardcover releases were available: Red Label, Black Label and Blue Label editions. |
Classics, Vol. 2  Softcover, 2012 ISBN: 1613773579 | Reprints: A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Story/Bill's TV Repair Ser. - A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Story/Totally Hacked! (colour) * (Vol. 1) #16, 22-23 Notes: - All issues have been colourised for this release. |
Classics, Vol. 3  Softcover, 2013 ISBN: 1613775385 | Reprints: Sons of the Silent Age (colour) * (Vol. 1) #28 Men of Shadow (colour) * (Vol. 1) #29 Notes: - All issues have been colourised for this release. - Colouring oddity: Dreams of Stone features a grey Splinter and a yellowy-brown Complete Carnage. |
The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 6  Hardcover, 2015 ISBN: 9781631403897  Softcover, 2022 ISBN: 1684058570 | Reprints: Don't Judge a Book... (short) TMNT & Other Strangeness role-playing game You Had to be There (short) * (Vol. 1) #7 (1st print) D'Ants Fever (short) * Grimjack #26 New York Ninja (short) * TMNT Adventures! role-playing game supplement Night Life (short) * TMNT: Book I trade paperback New Comic Day! (short) * TMNT: Book I trade paperback Technofear!!! (short) Gobbledygook (Vol. 2) #1 Crazy Man (short) * Gobbledygook (Vol. 2) #1 Terror by Transmat! (short) TMNT Guide to the Universe role-playing game supplement The Survival Game (short) * (Vol. 1) #4 (2nd print) Word Warriors (short) Quest for Dreams Lost #1 Turtle Dreams (short) Turtle Soup (Vol. 1) #1 The Road Trip (short) * Anything Goes! #5 The Lesson: A Tale of the Triceraton Marines (short) Grunts#1 Ghouls Night Out (short) * (Vol. 1) #5 (2nd print) Fun With Guns (14 pages) * Raphael #1 (2nd print) 49th Street Stompers (short) * TMNT: Book III trade paperback The Howl (short) Turtle Soup (Vol. 1) #1 It's a Gas (short) (Vol. 1) #6 (2nd print) Choices (short) The Puma Blues #20 Complete Carnage an' Radical (short) (Vol. 1) #3 (2nd print) Not One Word! (short) * (Vol. 1) #1 (5th print) Casey Jones, Private Eye (short) Mirage Mini Comics A Splinter in the Eye of God? (short) Shell Shock trade paperback O-Deed (short) Shell Shock trade paperback Junk Man (short) Shell Shock trade paperback Meanwhile… 1000000 BC. (short) Shell Shock trade paperback Bottoming Out (short) Shell Shock trade paperback [untitled Nobody story] (short) The Collected Tales of the TMNT trade paperback Notes: - You Had to Be There, D'Ants Fever, Night Life, New Comic Day!, The Road Trip and 49th Street Stompers are all stories that were originally in colour, but which are presented here in black and white. - The Duotone shading is missing from New York Ninja, Crazy Man, The Survival Game, Ghouls Night Out and Fun With guns. - 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. - Each story is followed by thoughts from Kevin Eastman and (not always) Peter Laird. - The Hardcover release was also available with a limited edition Black and White cover. |
Legends: Soul's Winter  Hardcover, 2014 ISBN: 1631400517 | Reprints: Soul’s Winter/Soul’s Withering.../Soul’s End (colour) * (Vol. 1) #31, 35-36 A Splinter in the Eye of God? (short) (colour) * Shell Shock trade paperback Failed Instant (short) (colour) Turtle Soup (Vol. 2) #4 O-Deed (short) (colour) * Shell Shock trade paperback Notes: - All stories have been colourised for this release, except Failed Instant, which uses the original colours. |
25th Anniversary ISBN: 1613777426  [Standard Edition] Hardcover, 2013  [Blue Label Edition] Hardcover, 2013 | 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: - This book has not been released digitally. - 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. - Includes a Gallery, mostly featuring clean cover art from various releases. - Versions of this book were previously published by Heavy Metal in 2009 and 2011, with the title TMNT 25th: A Quarter Century Celebration. |
Classics, Vol. 4  Softcover, 2013 ISBN: 9781613775677 | Reprints: Turtles Take Time (colour) * (Vol. 1) #33 Donatello: The Ring (short) (colour) Turtle Soup (Vol. 2) #1 Twilight of the Ring (colour) * (Vol. 1) #37 Notes: - Although it had already been colourised for (Vol. 1) #32's second printing, Egyptian Adventure is recoloured for this release. - Although it was already in colour, Turtles Take Time has been recoloured for this release. - Twilight of the Ring has been colourised for this release. |
Classics, Vol. 5  Softcover, 2013 ISBN: 9781613776391 | Reprints: Notes: - All issues have been colourised for this release. |
Classics, Vol. 6  Softcover, 2013 ISBN: 1613777124 | Reprints: Juliet's Revenge (colour) * (Vol. 1) #42 Halls of Lost Legends (colour) * (Vol. 1) #43 The Violent Underground (colour) * (Vol. 1) #44 Notes: - All issues have been colourised for this release. |
Classics, Vol. 7  Softcover, 2013 ISBN: 1613777981 | Reprints: Leatherhead, Too (colour) * (Vol. 1) #45 Masks (colour) * (Vol. 1) #46-47 Ghouls Night Out (short) (colour) * (Vol. 1) #5 (2nd print) Crazy Man (short) (colour) * Gobbledygook (Vol. 2) #1 The Survival Game (short) (colour) * (Vol. 1) #4 (2nd print) The Howl (short) (colour) * Turtle Soup (Vol. 1) #1 Technofear!!! (short) (colour) * Gobbledygook (Vol. 2) #1 It's a Gas (short) (colour) * (Vol. 1) #6 (2nd print) Notes: - All stories have been colourised for this release. - The back cover states the short stories are from Shell Shock. Although they were reprinted there, it is not where they originated. |
The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 4  Hardcover, 2013 ISBN: 1613774966  Softcover, 2019 ISBN: 1684055709 | Reprints: Shades of Gray * (Vol. 1) #48-49 City at War [parts 1-6] * (Vol. 1) #50-55 Notes: - The Duotone shading is missing from Shades of Gray part 2 and City at War parts 4 and 5. The shading is also partially missing from City at War part 3. - Each story is followed by thoughts and/or page annotations from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. - Due to the books only containing eight and seven issues, City at War is split across two volumes. - The Hardcover release was also available with a limited edition Black and White cover. - Additional limited edition Hardcover releases were available: Red Label, Black Label and Blue Label editions. |
The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 5  Hardcover, 2013 ISBN: 1613775539  Softcover, 2021 ISBN: 168405737X | Reprints: (Vol. 1) #56-62 Notes: - Each story is followed by thoughts and/or page annotations from Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. - Due to the books only containing eight and seven issues, City at War is split across two volumes. - The Hardcover release was also available with a limited edition Black and White cover. |
Compendium, Vol. 1  Hardcover, 2022 ISBN: 1684059313 | Reprints: (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 Fugitoid #1 Teaming up with Fugitoid (Vol. 1) #5 D'Ants Fever (short) * Grimjack #26 The Triceraton Homeworld (Vol. 1) #6 All is Revealed (Vol. 1) #7 -------------------------------- Michaelangelo #1 Donatello #1 The Passing (Vol. 1) #9 What Goes Around... ...Comes Around! / Silent Partner * Leonardo #1, (Vol. 1) #10 True Stories (Vol. 1) #11 Tales (Vol. 1) #1 Nobody's Fool! * Tales (Vol. 1) #2 Survivalists (Vol. 1) #12 All Hallow's Thieves * Tales (Vol. 1) #3 I, Monster Tales (Vol. 1) #4 The People's Choice (Vol. 1) #13 The Unmentionables (Vol. 1) #14 Complete Carnage and Radical * Tales (Vol. 1) #5 Notes: - This book has not been released digitally. - D’Ants Fever which was originally in colour is presented here in black and white. Its placement between Vol. 1 issues 5 and 6 is presumably due to it taking place during #5. - On page 12 of Kirby and the Warp Crystal, the final panel featuring an empty room is replaced with one showing part of the (full-page) image from the thirteenth page. The thirteenth page itself is omitted. - The three-page spread in Silent Partner has been shrunk down to fit two pages, with black borders at the top and bottom. It is slightly cropped at the sides. - The Duotone shading is missing from Nobody's Fool!, All Hallow's Thieves and Complete Carnage and Radical. |
Compendium, Vol. 2  Hardcover, 2023 ISBN: 979-8887240190 | Reprints: Dome Doom (Vol. 1) #15 Leatherhead * Tales (Vol. 1) #6 A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Story (Vol. 1) #16 Distractions (Vol. 1) #17 The Shell of the Dragon (Vol. 1) #18 Return to New York (Vol. 1) #19-21 The Return of Savanti Romero! Tales (Vol. 1) #7 Bill's TV Repair Ser. - A Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Story/Totally Hacked! (Vol. 1) #22-23 Sons of the Silent Age (Vol. 1) #28 Men of Shadow (Vol. 1) #29 Soul’s Winter (Vol. 1) #31 Turtles Take Time * (Vol. 1) #33 (Vol. 1) #34 Soul’s Withering.../Soul’s End (Vol. 1) #35-36 Donatello: The Ring (short) (colour) Turtle Soup (Vol. 2) #1 Twilight of the Ring (Vol. 1) #37 Notes: - This book has not been released digitally. - The Duotone shading is missing from Leatherhead. - Turtles Take Time which was originally in colour, is presented here in black and white. - Includes four small images showing different stages of the development of (Vol. 1) #19 and 21’s covers (two for each issue). |
Compendium, Vol. 3  Hardcover, 2024 ISBN: 979-8887241562 | Reprints: 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 Notes: - This book has not been released digitally. - Turtle Dreams adds a title page (based on the original issue's editorial page) between pages 1 and 2 of the story. - The Duotone shading is missing from Shades of Gray part 2 and City at War parts 4 and 5. The shading is also partially missing from City at War part 3. |
Not Collected (but available elsewhere)
With the many different releases, IDW managed to release a large chunk of the stories on the Volume 1 Story List, although some were not released in their original form.
Books previously put out by Mirage Studios help plug some of the gaps:
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Original Vol. 1 Series Treasury Edition
trade paperback
trade paperback
The Collected Book Volume Six: The River
(Vol. 1) #24-26
Challenges
original Graphic Novel
The short story The Treaty was included as part of Shell Shock, however this was also included in Dark Horse Comics' Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Collection which (as far as the Volume 1 list is concerned) also 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).
