TMNT: Journeys, Vol. 1

by Peter Laird (Writer / Inker / Letterer), Jim Lawson (Penciler), Eric Talbot (Inker)

A lost piece of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles history, uncovered. The last TMNT series printed by Mirage is finally reprinted by IDW in this outstanding series of collected editions for the first time! In 2001, legendary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird joined forces with Jim Lawson and the legendary talent at Mirage Studios to continue the epic journey of the Ninja Turtles in the fourth volume of their ongoing series. TMNT: Journeys reprints that epic series here for the very first time! The Ninja Turtles are growing up and facing off against frightening new dangers that could tear the four brothers apart and change New York City forever. Meanwhile, April and Casey prepare for the next step in their relationship as they're expecting a baby. And Master Splinter trains with Shadow Jones for the dark forces threatening the family ahead. TMNT: Journeys will collect all 32 issues currently available in six total volumes! Volume 1 collects issues #1-5 of the series and is featured in the original black and white format.

Genres: Comics

200 pages, Paperback

Published July 14, 2026

About the author

Peter Alan Laird is an American comic book writer and artist. He is best known for co-creating the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with writer and artist Kevin Eastman.

Reviews

[Joel Jorden · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Early rating and review from reading the monthly single issues)

There are good TMNT comics, there are decent TMNT comics, and there are bad TMNT comics.

This is decent. For me, personally, it's fantastic; but for most readers, I imagine this would be somewhere between 2-3 stars. The art is rough in places, the story is a very slow burn but moves the TMNT universe forward in interesting ways, and there are a lot of callbacks to minor TMNT issues I don't care for. Namely, superheroes in a TMNT comic. I hate it. This arc of five issues involves Mirage-unique superheroes a LOT.

But the Utroms making First Contact with Earth is awesome. Just don't expect hardly any of the plot threads started in these first issues to be resolved already... we've got a long road ahead of us!

+1 star to the rating for IDW making old out-of-print collector's comics easily available AND keeping the OG black and white art.

[Chad · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is just cool that they finally started to collect this run. It takes place with the Turtles being a little older. April and Casey Jones have a teenage daughter, Shadow. The pace is a bit slow but it's cool to just have old TMNT comics that I haven't read before.

[Andres Pasten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Entretenido, lastima que es el volumen 4 original, y no el primero

[Matthew Ledrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

TMNT: Journeys will collect all 32 issues currently available in six total volumes! Volume 1 collects issues #1–5 of the series and is featured in the original black and white format.