Here is a list of stories from the second and third volumes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, a handful of other stories that appeared elsewhere during these runs and a conclusion that came much later.
Compared to the Volume 1 era, it is more straightforward thanks to out-of-continuity tales not being included in the main titles. Also, even with combining Volumes 2 and 3, there are a lot less stories than during Volume 1.
Mirage Studios launched the colour Volume 2 not long after Volume 1 concluded. Colour had been an occasional thing during the Volume 1 era, but now everything was in colour. Following this short-lived volume, Mirage handed the Turtles over to Image Comics and it was they who produced the third volume, which now returned to black and white.
Later declared non-canon (like most material produced by non-Mirage creators) and with the next era making no reference to it, Volume 3 is often thought of as something separate to the Mirage comics. However, it was very much written as a continuation of the previous volumes and so the Image run is included here, listed in blue like the non-canon guest issues on the Volume 1 list.
Note: A handful of non-Turtle stories where they popped in for a cameo for a few panels have not been included.
Stories are listed in order of release (ish) as well as details of where and when they first appeared. Any stories that originally appeared in colour are indicated by “(colour)” after their name.
For a guide to shelf-friendly collected editions where these stories can be read, see:
Additional notes can be found at the end of the list.
Usagi Yojimbo (Vol. 2) #1-3
March – July 1993
The Savage Dragon #2, The Savage Dragon/TMNT #1
July 1993, September 1993
(Vol. 2) #1
October 1993
(Vol. 2) #2-3
December 1993, February 1994
(Vol. 2) #4-5
April 1994, June 1994
(Vol. 2) #6-9
August – December 1994
(Vol. 2) #10-13
August – October 1995
Bodycount #1-4
March – July 1996
TMNT/The Savage Dragon #1, The Savage Dragon #22 [+ 2 extra pages in TPB]
August – September 1995
Volume 3 (1996 – 1999)
Creed/TMNT #1
May 1996
June – December 1996
January – April 1997
Big Bang Comics (Image series) #10
May 1997
June 1997
August 1997, October 1997
December 1997 – August 1998
September – October 1998
January – October 1999
July – August 2020
NOTES
As Volume 1 was coming to an end with ‘City at War’, a few other stories were released. The first two were included on the Volume 1 list and the second two are included here, listed under Volume 2. What went where was based on whether the stories were originally in black and white or colour.
These two crossovers consist of an issue of The Savage Dragon (published by Image Comics) and a Mirage-produced one-shot. Three of the four issues lack a story title (the first one-shot is titled ‘Enter the Savage Dragon!’) so the titles used here are based on the covers of the one-shots.
When The Savage Dragon #22 was reprinted in Trade Paperback it included two extra story pages (more information on the Book Shelf page).
(Vol. 2) #2-13 were printed without titles. The titles used here are the ones listed on the Mirage website. The entirety of Volume 3 (and later Urban Legends) was also printed without titles and in the absence of alternatives, arcs are simply listed by their issue numbers.
Listed as the Image-published Bodycount #1-4 for simplicity, it should be noted that this story started as Casey Jones & Raphael at Mirage. Only one issue was released (in October 1994) and the story remained unfinished until the Image release.
Placement on the list is based on the release date of Casey Jones & Raphael #1, bumped to after Volume 2 as the final two arcs (which the issue was published between) fit together well.
Similar to the Volume 1 guest issues, this story (published by Lightning Comics) is non-canon, but non-contradictory and thus included on the list.
When Image Comics collected this arc for Trade Paperback release it included an extra story page (between #2 and #3). This page has yet to appear elsewhere.
Page count noted due to being longer than a short story, but not quite the length of a full issue. The issue that this story appeared in was released after (Vol. 3) #9 according to that issue’s letter page. PREVIEWS disagrees with that, putting the Volume 3 issue’s “in shops” date as three weeks after the Big Bang Comics one. In any case ‘Galahad’ is placed before (Vol. 3) #9 as the story features the character’s first meeting with the Turtles and the Volume 3 story features the second.
Beginning in May 2018, IDW Publishing began a colourised release of Volume 3 entitled Urban Legends. Following the original twenty-three issues, three new issues from the original creative team were released, providing a conclusion to the series.
This was not the first time Volume 3 had received a conclusion. In 2011 and 2012, a fan-produced (with original creator input) (Vol. 3) #24-25 was released. See <link... at some point>
No comments:
Post a Comment