Editing Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (section)

==Comics==
===Mirage Studios (1984–2014)===
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Eastman and Laird's ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' premiered in May 1984, at a comic book convention held at a local Sheraton Hotel in [[Portsmouth, New Hampshire]]. It was published by their company [[Mirage Studios]] in an oversized magazine-style format using black and white artwork on cheap newsprint, limited to a print run of 3000 copies.<ref>{{cite news|title= DYNAMIC DUO: Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird; Turning Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Into a Monster|work= The New York Times|date= December 25, 1988|url= https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/25/business/dynamic-duo-kevin-eastman-peter-laird-turning-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-into.html?scp=1&sq=ninja%20turtles&st=cse&pagewanted=2|access-date= August 7, 2010|first= Douglas C.|last= McGill|archive-date= October 21, 2019|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191021193108/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/25/business/dynamic-duo-kevin-eastman-peter-laird-turning-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-into.html?scp=1&sq=ninja%20turtles&st=cse&pagewanted=2|url-status= live}}</ref> It was initially intended as a one-shot, but due to its popularity it became an ongoing series.<ref name="Mental Floss-2015" />

After publication was temporarily assumed by Image Comics for the third volume (see below), Laird (by then the sole owner of the franchise) and Lawson relaunched the main series at Mirage with a fourth volume in 2001. Following the sale of the franchise to Nickelodeon in late 2009, Laird retained the right to continue the Mirage series,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Marnell |first1=Blair |title=Does Nickelodeon's 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Deal Mean the End of Mirage? |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2595341/does-nickelodeons-turtles-deal-mean-the-end-of-mirage/ |website=[[MTV News]] |date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-date=June 14, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614192242/http://www.mtv.com/news/2595341/does-nickelodeons-turtles-deal-mean-the-end-of-mirage/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> but no issues have been released since the release of No. 32 in 2014,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Edwards |first1=Matt |title=Celebrating 30 years of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/celebrating-30-years-of-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/ |website=[[Den of Geek]] |date=June 25, 2014 |access-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-date=February 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220210054837/https://www.denofgeek.com/comics/celebrating-30-years-of-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and Mirage Studios was wound down in 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Laird |first1=Peter |url=https://miragelicensing.com/ |title=September, 2021 |website=Mirage Studios |date=September 19, 2021 |access-date=August 16, 2022 |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006004159/https://miragelicensing.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In total, the main Mirage series lasted for 129 issues, spanning four separate volumes of 62, 13, 23, and 32 issues, respectively.<ref name="Mental Floss-2015" /> Additional one-shot issues and miniseries were published over the years. Mirage also published a companion book entitled ''[[Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', which was designed to fill in the gaps of continuity in the TMNT universe.<ref>{{Cite web |last=DeRider |first=Mathias |date=2018-12-29 |title=The Failure of Media Preservation and 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' |url=https://geekdad.com/2018/12/the-failure-of-media-preservation-and-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=GeekDad |language=en-US |archive-date=January 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230118183112/https://geekdad.com/2018/12/the-failure-of-media-preservation-and-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Image Comics (1996–1999)===
In 1996, [[Image Comics]] co-founder [[Erik Larsen]], seeing that there were no TMNT comics in active publication, oversaw a relaunch of the comics through Highbrow Productions, his studio at Image, with writing by [[Gary Carlson]] and art by Frank Fosco. This third volume of the main series, intended as a continuation of the Mirage comics, saw Splinter become a bat, Donatello a cyborg, Leonardo lose a hand and Raphael become scarred and assume the identity of the new Shredder. The series was canceled in 1999 after 23 issues without a conclusion.<ref name="Mental Floss-2015" /> In 2018, IDW began reprinting the series in full color as ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Urban Legends'', and commissioned Carlson and Fusco to create three additional issues to tie up the unfinished story.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/tmnt-urban-legends-1|title=TMNT: Urban Legends|access-date=July 18, 2022|archive-date=August 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811031117/https://www.idwpublishing.com/product/tmnt-urban-legends-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Archie Comics (1988–1995)===
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From 1988 to 1995, [[Archie Comics]] published ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures'', a series aimed at a younger audience.<ref name="Mental Floss-2015" /> Initially adapting episodes of the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|first animated series]], it soon moved to original storylines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/30-years-of-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-a-chat-with-tmnt-adventures-writer-dean-clarrain/|title=30 Years of TMNT: Looking Back on "TMNT Adventures" with Dean Clarrain and Chris Allan [Interview]|last=Bowers|first=Chad|website=Multiversity Comics|date=May 27, 2014|access-date=January 2, 2022|archive-date=January 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220103040411/http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/30-years-of-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-a-chat-with-tmnt-adventures-writer-dean-clarrain/|url-status=live}}</ref> The main series ran for 72 issues;<ref>{{Cite book|title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures|year=1988}}</ref> in addition, there were numerous annuals, specials and miniseries. An ongoing spinoff series, ''[[Mighty Mutanimals]],'' features a team of supporting characters.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-07-10|title=The Mighty Mutanimals|url=http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/archie/mutanimals.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710133406/http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/archie/mutanimals.htm|archive-date=10 July 2007|access-date=2022-01-02|website=ninjaturtles.com}}</ref>

===Dreamwave Productions (2003)===
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A monthly comic inspired by the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 TV series)|2003 TV series]] was published by [[Dreamwave Productions]] from June to December 2003. Leonardo told her to do it. It was written by [[Peter David]] and illustrated by [[LeSean Thomas]]. In the first four issues, which were the only ones directly adapted from the TV series, the story was told from the perspectives of April, Baxter, Casey, and a pair of New York City police officers.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

===IDW Publishing (2011–present)===
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In 2011, [[IDW Publishing]] acquired the license to publish new collections of Mirage storylines and a new ongoing series.<ref>[http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/1677/ IDW Announces New Comic Series Based on the Original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110407141041/http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/1677 |date=April 7, 2011 }} [[IDW Publishing]] April 1, 2011, Accessed April 7, 2011</ref> The first issue of the new series was released in August of that year. Eastman and Tom Waltz wrote the book, and Eastman and Dan Duncan provided the art. In 2017 issue No. 73 of the comic was published, making it the longest-running comic series in the franchise's history.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-15|title=Tom Waltz on "TMNT" Bringing in Triceratons, 'The Trial of Krang,' and Moving Towards Issue 100|url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/tom-waltz-tmnt-interview/|access-date=2021-10-12|website=Multiversity Comics|language=en|archive-date=October 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026172032/http://www.multiversitycomics.com/interviews/tom-waltz-tmnt-interview/|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to the main series and spin-offs set within its continuity, IDW also published comics based on the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series)|2012 ''Turtles'' animated series]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-04-22 |title=TMNT New Animated Adventures CANCELED |url=https://tmnt-ninjaturtles.com/tmnt-new-animated-adventures-canceled/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=TMNT: A Collection |language=en-US |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103071422/https://tmnt-ninjaturtles.com/tmnt-new-animated-adventures-canceled/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sims |first=Chris |title=IDW Announces 'TMNT Amazing Adventures' |url=https://comicsalliance.com/idw-tmnt-amazing-adventures/ |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=ComicsAlliance |date=May 15, 2015 |language=en |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103071413/https://comicsalliance.com/idw-tmnt-amazing-adventures/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the 2018 animated series, ''[[Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Comic to Debut in Advance of TV Series|url=https://www.cbr.com/rise-of-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-comic-books/|access-date=2021-10-13|website=CBR|date=April 10, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=May 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531020819/https://www.cbr.com/rise-of-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-comic-books/amp/|url-status=live}}</ref> The series ended in April 2024 at issue 150, with a relaunch planned<ref>{{Cite web|title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Series Is Ending With Issue #150|url=https://comicbook.com/comics/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-series-ending-issue-150/|access-date=2024-01-12|website=[[Comic Book Resources]]|date=January 12, 2024 |archive-date=January 13, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240113023951/https://comicbook.com/comics/news/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-series-ending-issue-150/|url-status=live}}</ref> for July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic will relaunch this summer with writer Jason Aaron|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-comic-190610863.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall|access-date=2024-01-20|website=[[GamesRadar+]]| date=January 16, 2024 }}</ref>

===Manga===
The Turtles have appeared in several ''[[manga]]'' series.
*{{Nihongo|'' Mutant Turtles''|ミュータント・タートルズ|Myūtanto Tātoruzu}} is a 15-issue series by Tsutomu Oyamada, Zuki mora, and Yoshimi Hamada that simply adapted episodes of the original American animated series.
*'' Super Turtles'' ({{lang|ja|スーパータートルズ}} ''Sūpā Tātoruzu'') is a three-issue miniseries by Hidemasa Idemitsu, Tetsurō Kawade, and Toshio Kudō that featured the "TMNT Supermutants" Turtle toys that were on sale at the time. The first volume of the anime miniseries followed this storyline.
*{{Nihongo|''Mutant Turtles Gaiden''|ミュータント・タートルズ外伝|Myūtanto Tātoruzu Gaiden}} by Hiroshi Kanno is a reinterpretation of the Turtles story with no connection to the previous manga.
*{{Nihongo|''Mutant Turtles III''|ミュータント・タートルズ３|Myūtanto Tātoruzu Tsuri}} is Yasuhiko Hachino's adaptation of the third feature film.
*{{Nihongo|''Mutant Turtles '95''|ミュータント・タートルズ９５|Myūtanto Tātoruzu Kyūjūgo}} is a 1995 series by Ogata Nobu which ran in Comic BomBom.
*{{Nihongo|'' Mutant Turtles '96''|ミュータント・タートルズ９６|Myūtanto Tātoruzu Kyūjūroku}} is a continuation of the 1995 series that continued to run through 1996.

===Comic strip===
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A [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (comic strip)|daily comic strip]] written and illustrated by Dan Berger began in 1990. It featured an adventure story Monday through Friday and activity puzzles on weekends (with fan art appearing later). The comic strip was published in [[Print syndication|syndication]] until its cancelation in December 1996. It was published in more than 250 newspapers at its highest point in popularity.