Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 08 Mar 2026 21:31:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 X-Men United and a magazine for comics in our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/11/x-men-united-and-a-magazine-for-comics-in-our-staff-picks/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56211 Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants can come together to teach one another the skills needed for their survival, in X-Men United #1.

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]]> 56211 Peach Momoko sends Sai on a journey and DC K.O. continues in this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/14/peach-momoko-sends-sai-on-a-journey-and-dc-k-o-continues-in-this-weeks-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55543 Illustrator Peach Momoko assembles a collective of artists, all telling one story with many parts, as Sai makes her way through the multiverse.

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]]> 55543 A nightmare-fuel Joker debuts in DC’s Absolute Batman, and more CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/10/a-nightmare-fuel-joker-debuts-in-dcs-absolute-batman-and-more-cxf-staff-picks/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55166 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Absolute Batman #15: Alfred reveals to Bruce the story...

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]]> 55166 Say Hello to Halloween and more Age of Revelation books in this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/22/staff-picks-oct22/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54568 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Hello Halloween #1: What if Hello Darkness but Halloween?...

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]]> 54568 The CXF Interview Podcast Ep. 365: Dan Watters & Alex Paknadel talk Shredder and Casey Jones https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/02/tcxfip-365-dan-watters-alex-paknadel/ Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53984 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Ep. 365: Dan Watters & Alex Paknadel talk Shredder and Casey Jones Writers Dan Watters and Alex Paknadel join the show to talk about their respective Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spinoff series at IDW, Shredder and Casey Jones, plus their respective DC work. You can listen...

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]]> 53984 Absolute Superman saves the day, or at the very least this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/06/staff-picks-nov6/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50718 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Bonus pick: Absolute Superman #1: Without the fortress, without the family,...

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]]> 50718 DC Goes All In as the X-Men’s Storm flies solo in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/02/staff-picks-oct2/ Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50323 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: DC All In Special: Following the events of Absolute...

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]]> 50323 Wolverine makes with the stabby-stabby while more Avengers Assemble in our Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/11/staff-picks-sept11/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50096 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Jake’s pick: Wolverine #1: There’s a killer in the woods, and...

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]]> 50096 Who will be the Heir of Apocalypse, and what else will be in this week’s Staff Picks? https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/12/staff-picks-june12/ Wed, 12 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49195 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s pick: X-Men: Heir of Apocalypse #1: For centuries, Apocalypse tested the mutants of Earth to guarantee that only the strong would survive. Now, as he takes his throne on Arakko, another must rise...

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]]> 49195 Ba studies Robin, tri-color Turtles and more of this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/08/staff-picks-may8/ Wed, 08 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48846 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: The Boy Wonder #1: The young prince Damian Wayne was raised to be the heir to the fearsome League of Assassins. But everything changed when his father, the Batman, reclaimed him and...

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]]> 48846 The Creature from the Black Lagoon lives to lead off this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/24/staff-picks-april24/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48686 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives #1: Journalist Kate Marsden hunts for a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she...

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]]> 48686 Mutant Pizza trading cards dig into the deepest corners of Ninja Turtle history https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/21/mutant-pizza/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47202 Forty years ago this month, Kevin Eastman drew a masked, bipedal turtle with nunchucks to make his buddy, Peter Laird, laugh in their New Hampshire apartment. And thus a pop culture franchise was born, spanning comics, animation, toys, live-action rubber-suit movies, video games and one unforgettable Vanilla Ice song. And sure, you know Leo, Mikey,...

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]]> 47202 A Big Batman Issue and 3 Kyle Starks Comics in This Week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2023/05/03/a-big-batman-issue-and-3-kyle-starks-comics-in-this-weeks-staff-picks/ Wed, 03 May 2023 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45359 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Matt’s pick: Batman #135/#900: It’s Batman versus Red Mask in a brutal Gotham that’s never known hope and a comic so big it needs two separate issue numbers!. Can the Dark Knight overcome the terrifying...

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]]> 45359 BatChat With Matt & Will Episode 69: Nice https://comicsxf.com/2023/01/12/batchat-with-matt-will-episode-69-nice/ Thu, 12 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44485 So, this is, to quote Will, by far our stupidest episode ever. But it’s episode 69, so Will wanted to go wild with it, and Matt really didn’t want to find a new co-host, so he agreed to this. It’s three Batman stories with panels that have spawned internet memes. Batman/ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...

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]]> 44485 WMQ&A Episode 228: Morphin Time Is Over with Ryan Parrott https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/04/wmqa-episode-228-morphin-time-is-over-with-ryan-parrott/ Tue, 04 Oct 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43272 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 228: Morphin Time Is Over with Ryan Parrott Writer Ryan Parrott joins the show to talk about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #100, the upcoming Power Rangers/Ninja Turtles II, his creator-owned series Rogue Sun and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and...

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]]> 43272 Ninjas and Frogs Square Off In TMNT #126 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/16/ninjas-and-frogs-square-off-in-tmnt-126/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37967 The Splinter Clan’s home base and dojo has been burned down by a new and dangerous gang in Mutant Town—the Punk Frogs. The Frogs aren’t one for peaceable solutions, and are more than a match for the Turtles in a fight, putting the Splinter Clan in a bind until they can give the Frogs what...

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]]> 37967 The Turmoil of Mutant Town Continues in TMNT #121 https://comicsxf.com/2021/10/04/the-turmoil-of-mutant-town-continues-in-tmnt-121/ Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34281 Old Hob created Mutant Town – much against the will of its residents. Separated its citizens from their families, possibly for the rest of their lives, and policed all who fell beneath his purview, and after a rally turn riot, the old feline fascist has finally been taken down. The question now is: what next?...

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]]> 34281 Lines Get Crossed in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #120 https://comicsxf.com/2021/08/26/lines-get-crossed-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-120/ Thu, 26 Aug 2021 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33080 Hob’s Mutanimal Enforcers are on the run. After an attempted assassination at a rally leads to rioting, the Splinter Clan and their allies storm Hob’s stronghold – and we find out for the first time just how in over his head Hob really is. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #120 is written by Sophie Campbell, drawn...

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]]> 33080 The Game Between Gods Is Laid Bare in TMNT Annual https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/28/the-game-between-gods-is-laid-bare-in-tmnt-annual/ Wed, 28 Jul 2021 18:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31980 There have always been gods, and they have always played their game using mortal lives as chess pieces, and the world of IDW’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is no different. The Pantheon has been in the thin places of the world for the longest time, making their mysterious moves according to rules unknown. The Game...

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]]> 31980 Fly with Superman’s Son, Go to Horny Jail with Demons: Staff Picks for July 28 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/26/fly-with-supermans-son-go-to-horny-jail-with-demons-staff-picks-for-july-28/ Mon, 26 Jul 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31863 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Superman, Son of Kal-El #1: Walk with me for a minute. Y’know how Cannonball ended up being a great hero and father because he was trained by a mix of Xavier, Magneto and...

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]]> 31863 Elections Are Attempted in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #119 https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/14/elections-are-attempted-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-119/ Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=30915 April O’Neil is on the run, as confined to Mutant Town as the rest of its residents. She’s just in time for the fireworks, though, as a rally to depose Old Hob and hold free and fair elections is being held. With the future of Mutant Town at stake, you can bet there are going...

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]]> 30915 Musical Melee in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #117 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/09/musical-melee-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-117/ Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29188 Jennika’s brought her band together, and it’s time to battle it out, heavy metal style, to see Bebop and Rocksteady leave Mutant Town for good in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #117. However, that’s not the only thing on the Splinter Clan’s plate, as they’ve still got a time-traveling turtle they need to return to the...

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]]> 29188 Pride, More Hellfire Gala, Six Sidekicks & Other Staff Picks for 6/9 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/07/pride-more-hellfire-gala-six-sidekicks-other-staff-picks-for-6-9/ Mon, 07 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29102 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: DC Pride: DC spotlights its LGBTQIA+ characters in an anthology featuring stories about Batwoman by James Tynion IV and Trung Le Nguyen, Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn by Mariko Tamaki and Amy Reeder,...

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]]> 29102 WMQ&A Episode 161: Feelin’ Blue (Flame) with Adam Gorham https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/25/wmqa-episode-161-feelin-blue-flame-with-adam-gorham/ Tue, 25 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28076 Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 161: Feelin' Blue (Flame) with Adam Gorham Artist Adam Gorham joins the show to talk about his new Vault series The Blue Flame, his upcoming Dune book, Ninja Turtles, the pandemic year, his pets and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher and at...

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]]> 28076 Jennika Gets @&$% Metal in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #116 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/21/jennika-gets-metal-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-116/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25506 After a time-travelling turtle from the future brings dire warnings of a dark timeline should Jennika not pursue her passions, Jennika challenges Bebop and Rocksteady to a Battle of the Bands. With the weight of a dark future pressing in on her, Jennika’s got a lot riding on this battle — but first, she needs...

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