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Here is a list of stories set in the main Mirage Studios’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continuity. These stories were released following the sale of the property to Viacom and the final issue of the second volume of Tales of the TMNT being released.
Previous eras had a sustained run of stories, but following the Viacom purchase, adventures with the original version of the TMNT became an occasional thing. An occasional thing that wasn’t necessarily “official”. However, this list is not looking for a Viacom seal of approval to include stories.
Instead this list includes stories set in the main Mirage continuity, written by writers whose work has appeared on previous Story Lists. There is one exception to this, which is explained in the notes.
Although there is no longer someone ruling on canon, some presumptions have been made. Anything that would likely have been declared “non-canon” but is non-contradictory has been included, listed in blue if only to keep consistency with previous Story Lists.
This particular list also introduces a listing in grey, for a story where the declared fit with main Mirage continuity is somewhat dubious.
Short stories (the bulk of this list) are indicated by “(short)” after their name and stories that appeared in colour are indicated with “(colour)”.
It should be noted that alongside these stories trickling out, there was the Andrew Modeen-led expansion of the TMNT story – something that is directly responsible for a couple of the stories listed below being available. Whilst the Modeen TMNT itself is not included on this list, it’s worth a read and more details can be found <link coming soon>
Additional notes can be found at the end of the list.
Post-Sale (2010 – date)
Practical Jokes (short)
Technodrome Forums
August 2010
Conflict Resolution (short)
Technodrome Forums
February 2011
Slash! (short)
[digital]
April 2011
Ready Set Go! (short)
Hero Comics 2012 #1
May 2012
Rest in Pieces (short) (colour)
TMNT 30th Anniversary Special
May 2014
Night of the Ninja Girl (short) (colour)
TMNT 30th Anniversary Special
May 2014
My Mutagen Mother
Turtles 2030 #1, TMNT 2030
May 2020, June 2023
Mirage 1 Story (short)
TMNT 40th Anniversary Comics Celebration
July 2024
Monsters (short) (colour)
TMNT 40th Anniversary Comics Celebration
July 2024
Gang Wars (short) (colour)
TMNT 40th Anniversary Comics Celebration
July 2024
Downtime (short) (colour)
TMNT 40th Anniversary Comics Celebration
July 2024
NOTES
Practical Jokes/Conflict Resolution
These two shorts were originally pitched for Tales of the TMNT. They were eventually produced as backup strips for the fan-produced (Vol. 3) #24. Prior to their print appearance, digital versions of both stories were posted to the Technodrome Forums.
The ending for each story frames these as tales told during Volume 3 and so are listed in blue (like the rest of Volume 3), but are included here as they fit just fine.
Slash!
This story was produced as part of a fan tribute book being put together by Go Green Machine. The book was greenlit by Mirage, but then cancelled during the Viacom buyout. It seems it was first posted online in the comment section of one of Peter Laird’s blog posts, but a better place to view it would be this TMNT Entity post, which has it at a higher resolution (and also provides some background information).
Listed in blue as had this seen print, it would have probably been declared non-canon, much like This Mortal Shell in Tales (Vol. 2). Like that tale, however, it fits fine so is included on the list.
Rest in Pieces/Downtime
These two shorts are written to be part of Volume 3, so are listed in blue (like the rest of Volume 3), but included here as they fit just fine.
My Mutagan Mother
The title is taken from the cover of the collected edition of this three-part story. Part one was printed as Turtles 2030 #1, available as part of Jim Lawson’s “The Box City Wallops Color Specials!” Kickstarter. The second and third parts were never released individually, but the full tale was later available to purchase as a collected edition (TMNT 2030) from Lawson’s website.
Mirage 1 Story
The title given for this Black and White (and Blue) Kevin Eastman tale is taken from the contents page of the issue in which it appeared, but it seems like a placeholder one. An alternative name could be “Alone” after the Edgar Allan Poe poem that provides the text to this short story.
The (presumed) placeholder title and the fact the contents page groups it under “Mirage” is the reason for its inclusion on this list. However… it’s very clearly a tie-in to The Last Ronin.
Although the original idea started off as being part of the main Mirage continuity, in its final published form The Last Ronin is incompatible with it. This short story’s labelling then, could be considered a mistake, but an alternative interpretation could be that Eastman is implying that a version of The Last Ronin still occurs in the main Mirage continuity.
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