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Where to start reading TMNT

Current TMNT or The Last Ronin?

Two clean Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles entry points that do not require reading decades of older comics.

THE SHORT ANSWERChoose the 2024 TMNT series for the current ongoing IDW story. Choose The Last Ronin for a separate, completed future continuity.

Choose your format

How do you want to read?

What to read, in order

  1. Current route: Return to New York, then NYC vs. TMNT.
  2. Continue the current series with issue #13 onward.
  3. Last Ronin route: The Last Ronin.
  4. Then The Lost Years, followed by The Last Ronin II: Re-Evolution.

What comes next

The 2024 TMNT series continues monthly. The collected Last Ronin route is complete through Re-Evolution.

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