Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus #1-5

by Tom Waltz, Sophie Campbell, Erik Burnham

An epic showdown brings TMNT heroes and villains from across the multiverse together for the very first time in this comic series by five incredible creative teams!
The raddest TMNT event of the decade kicks off here! When one of the Turtles’ closest allies is taken hostage by a mysterious adversary, the brothers are drawn into a new dimension of adventure in Battle Nexus. This blistering five-part series finds the Ninja Turtles fighting for their lives in a martial arts challenge unlike anything they’ve faced, with four deadly champions selected from across 40 years of TMNT media to destroy the Ninja Turtles—every Ninja Turtle!
For the first time, IDW’s Heroes in a Half-Shell meet allies from other fan-favorite TMNT universes, such as the comics worlds of Mirage and Archie, the animated characters from the Rise of the TMNT and Tales of the TMNT series, and more as they fight for their lives and discover the unbelievable secrets of the Battle Nexus!
Brought to you by a host of talent, including Tom Waltz, Esau & Isaac Escorza, Paul Allor, Ben Bishop, Sophie Campbell, Vitor Cafaggi, Caleb Goellner, Omar Francia, Erik Burnham, and Hendry Prasetya!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

128 pages, Paperback

First published August 11, 2026

About the author

Tom Waltz is the Senior Staff Writer and Editor in IDW Publishing, better known as the writer of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles titles.

Reviews

[Chris Lemmerman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I mostly went back and read this after seeing Slash and Ninjara in the latest TMNT one-shot, but I got most of what I needed from that issue, it seems.

The Turtles get thrown into Battle Nexus, which has been taken over by an old time-traveling foe, and are forced to fight various versions of themselves from across realities. We get to see some of the cartoon Turtles from across the ages, some video game ones, and the Mirage guys for a bit too, but it all feels a little empty, like they were all thrown in here for the sake of it.

I did like that this actually affects the main TMNT book though, with the aforementioned Slash and Ninjara stuff, and also a resolution to Raph and Alopex's unresolved feelings post-Armageddon Game.

Still, not my favourite multiversal madness story.

[elika lor. · Rating 4 out of 5]

CUTEEEE love it loveeeee turtles ahhhhh

this was exciting to see all of the versions drawn and interacting/fighting with each other im so glad im getting into comics now and bought this hehehe

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“Whoever she is, she looks like your type, Raph.” (Leo)

[Chad · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just a complete waste of time. This should have been a lot of fun and pretty easy to do given all of the different eras of TMNT. Instead, all of the characters looked pretty much the same. The writing was poor. The whole thing was just a poorly made cash grab.

[iamjacsmusings · Rating 4 out of 5]

Turtley good fun, if ultimately inconsequenshell.