TMNT Volume 2 and 3 Bookshelf

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Here is a list of shelf-friendly collected editions of stories from the Volume 2 and Volume 3 eras of Mirage Studios’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (well, Image Comics in the case of Volume 3).

Compared to Volume 1, there are less options available, but the bulk of the stories have been collected, albeit sometimes in a different form to their original release.

Books are ordered based on the Volume 2 and 3 Story List. Only TMNT collected editions are detailed here, but this is followed by a brief summary of other releases. Finally there is a list of what hasn’t been collected.

Like the Story List, any non-canon stories that were written to be part of the main Mirage continuity (so Volume 3) are listed in blue and any colour stories are indicated by “(colour)” after their name.

* - 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.

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The Mirage Years: 1993 - 1995 IDW Publishing (Hardcover), 2025 ISBN: 979-8887242743

Reprints: Memories of the Future (colour) (Vol. 2 #1) Winds of Change / Evolution (colour) (Vol. 2 #2-3) Intruders / Death Race (colour) (Vol. 2) #4-5 Killer on the Loose / Confrontations / Face Off / Victory? (colour) (Vol. 2) #6-9  Descending into D.A.R.P.A. / The Rescue / The Escape/ The Final Battle (colour) (Vol. 2) #10-13 Notes: - Includes an introduction by Jim Lawson.

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Classics Vol. 8 IDW Publishing (Softcover), 2014 ISBN: 1613779613

Reprints: Memories of the Future (colour) * (Vol. 2 #1) Winds of Change / Evolution (colour) * (Vol. 2 #2-3) Intruders / Death Race (colour) * (Vol. 2) #4-5 Notes: - All issues are recoloured rather than using the original colours.

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Classics Vol. 9 IDW Publishing (Softcover), 2015 ISBN: 1631401107

Reprints: Killer on the Loose / Confrontations / Face Off / Victory? (colour) * (Vol. 2) #6-9  Notes: - All issues are recoloured rather than using the original colours.

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Classics Vol. 10 IDW Publishing (Softcover), 2015 ISBN: 1631402845

Reprints: Descending into D.A.R.P.A. / The Rescue / The Escape/ The Final Battle (colour) * (Vol. 2) #10-13  Notes: - All issues are recoloured rather than using the original colours.

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Bodycount Image Comics (Softcover), 1996 ISBN: 1887279369 Heavy Metal (Hardcover, Softcover), 2008 Hardcover ISBN: 0981489506 Softcover ISBN: 1932413991 IDW-Topshelf (Hardcover), 2018 ISBN: 1603094320

Reprints: Bodycount (colour) Bodycount #1-4 Notes: - Only the IDW-Topshelf version was released digitally. - The Heavy Metal and IDW-Topshelf versions change all the white page borders to black. - The Heavy Metal release has a printing error: the thirty-sixth story page is replaced with a duplicate of the thirty-ninth. - All releases include a seven-page bonus “A Look Back” by Kevin Eastman, providing background information on the story as well as small images including sketches, layouts and inked pages. The Heavy Metal edition removes the 1996 date from the final page sign-off, but is otherwise the same as the original Image presentation of the bonus material. The IDW-Topshelf edition has a different layout style for the bonus, but uses the same images and text, until the final page which replaces the 1996 text with a 2018 written piece, similar in tone and including additional thanks. - The IDW-Topshelf release was also available with a (convention exclusive) Black and White cover.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles     Image Comics (Softcover), 1997                ISBN: 1887279563

Reprints: (Vol. 3) #1-5  * Notes: - This book has not been released digitally. - This reprinting of the first Volume 3 arc features an extra story page between the second and third issues. - Includes an introduction from Eric Larson, with comments from members of the Image creative team as well as (Mirage CEO) Gary Richardson, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.

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Urban Legends  Omnibus     IDW Publishing (Hardcover), 2026                 ISBN: 9798887245188

Not yet released, but set to reprint (Vol. 3) #1-23 and black & white versions of Urban Legends #24-26 and the short stories "Rest in Pieces" and "Downtime". Notes: - notes to be added upon release

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Urban Legends  - Volume One     IDW Publishing (Softcover), 2019                 ISBN: 1684050197

Reprints: (Vol. 3) #1-5 (colour) * (Vol. 3) #6-8 (colour) * (Vol. 3) #9 (colour) * (Vol. 3) #10-11 (colour) * (Vol. 3) #12-#13 (colour) * Notes: - Issues are listed here as Volume 3 for simplicity, but these are the Urban Legends versions that colourise the issues. - The #1-5 arc lacks the extra page that was added in the Image trade paperback. - With this volume only printing up to #13, the arc from #12-16 is split across volumes. - "Volume One" is absent from the cover of this release, but is used in the indicia.

Urban Legends  - Volume Two     IDW Publishing (Softcover), 2021                 ISBN: 1684057302

Reprints: (Vol. 3) #14-16 (colour) * (Vol. 3) #17-18 (colour) * (Vol. 3) #19-23 (colour) * Urban Legends #24-26 (colour) Notes: - Issues are listed here as Volume 3 for simplicity, but these are the Urban Legends versions, so (Vol. 3) #14-23 are now colourised. - With each volume printing thirteen issues, the arc from #12-16 is split across volumes.

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Non-Turtles reprints of interest

Much like TMNT there have been numerous collected editions of Usagi Yojimbo and Savage Dragon and these reprints have included stories the Turtles guest starred in. Whilst this summary doesn’t aim to be comprehensive, here are some options for the crososvers of the Volume 2 era:

Shades of Green which originally appeared in Usagi Yojimbo (Vol. 2) #1-3 was included in Usagi Yojimbo – Volume 8: Shades of Death and also The Usagi Yojimbo Saga – Book 1. Both of these ditch the colour of the original issues and present the story in black and white. Both books have also received a digital release.

Perhaps the best option for Shades of Green (at least from a TMNT point of view) is Usagi Yojimbo/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Collection which not only reprints the Volume 2 era crossover (again in black and white), but the three Volume 1 era stories as well.

There are also multiple options for the Savage Dragon crossovers, though it should be noted that only the Savage Dragon issue for each is included and not the Mirage one-shots. This means the conclusion is missing from the first crossover and the opening part is absent from the second.

For the first crossover, The Savage Dragon #2 was included in Savage Dragon - Volume 2: A Force to Be Reckoned With, Savage Dragon Archives - Volume 1 (also released digitally) and Savage Dragon: Ultimate Collection – Vol. 1 (also released digitally). The Archives release is in black and white.

For the second crossover, The Savage Dragon #22 was included in Savage Dragon - Volume 6: Gang War, Savage Dragon Archives - Volume 2 (also released digitally) and Savage Dragon: Ultimate Collection – Vol. 3 (also released digitally). The Archives release is in black and white.

The Savage Dragon #22 was slightly expanded for the collected edition release, with the addition of two extra (single image) pages towards the end. As it is the first issue in the collections, the Kindle previews for both Archives – Volume 2 and Ultimate Collection - Vol. 3 allow the full issue (including the extra pages) to be read.

Not Collected

Most stories from the Volume 2 and 3 eras are available in collected book format, although it should be noted that some (including the bulk of Volume 3) are unavailable in their original form.

As mentioned, the Mirage halves of the Savage Dragon crossovers (The Savage Dragon/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/The Savage Dragon #1) have not been collected.

Sticking with crossovers, Dreamstone from Creed/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 has not been collected either.

Finally Galahad from Big Bang Comics (Image series) #10 also lacks a shelf-friendly book release.

TMNT Story List: Volume 2 and 3 Eras (1993 – 1999)

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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:

TMNT Volume 2 and 3 Bookshelf

Additional notes can be found at the end of the list.

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Volume 2 (1993 – 1995)

Shades of Green (colour)
Usagi Yojimbo (Vol. 2) #1-3
March – July 1993

The Savage Dragon/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (colour)
The Savage Dragon #2, The Savage Dragon/TMNT #1
July 1993, September 1993

Memories of the Future (colour)
(Vol. 2) #1
October 1993

Winds of Change / Evolution (colour)
(Vol. 2) #2-3
December 1993, February 1994

Intruders / Death Race (colour)
(Vol. 2) #4-5
April 1994, June 1994

Killer on the Loose / Confrontations / Face Off / Victory? (colour)
(Vol. 2) #6-9
August – December 1994

Descending into D.A.R.P.A. / The Rescue / The Escape/ The Final Battle (colour)
(Vol. 2) #10-13
August – October 1995

Bodycount (colour)
Bodycount #1-4
March – July 1996

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/The Savage Dragon (colour)
TMNT/The Savage Dragon #1, The Savage Dragon #22 [+ 2 extra pages in TPB]
August – September 1995

Volume 3 (1996 – 1999)

Dream Stone (colour)
Creed/TMNT #1
May 1996

(Vol. 3) #1-5 [+ extra page in TPB]
June – December 1996

(Vol. 3) #6-8
January – April 1997

Galahad (16 pages)
Big Bang Comics (Image series) #10
May 1997

(Vol. 3) #9
June 1997

(Vol. 3) #10-11
August 1997, October 1997

(Vol. 3) #12-16
December 1997 – August 1998

(Vol. 3) #17-18
September – October 1998

(Vol. 3) #19-23
January – October 1999

Urban Legends #24-26 (colour)
July – August 2020

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NOTES

Overlap with Volume 1 era
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.

Savage Dragon Crossovers
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).

Story Titles
(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.

Bodycount
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.

Bodycount issues split the story differently to how Casey Jones & Raphael planned to, so whilst the bulk of Bodycount #1 originally appeared in Casey Jones & Raphael #1 there are some additional pages too.
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.

Dreamstone
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.

Vol. 3 #1-5
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.

Galahad
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.

Urban Legends #24-26
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>