Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin Comic Prequel Preview

It’s been two years since IDW’s runaway hit comedian Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin arrived on cabinets, an alternate-universe story starring a bitter Michaelangelo as the only real survivor of the Turtles and their pal. Soon, fans can return to Mike’s gritty adventures in a brand new follow-up: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—Lost Years, a prequel first introduced at this yr’s San Diego Comic-Con, and io9 has an unique first look.

“We began to realize that Last Ronin’s story was so much bigger than we had originally anticipated—past, present, and future,” co-writer Tom Waltz stated in a press release launched alongside the SDCC announcement in July. “There’s so much more about this world that we still want to share with our fans… Lost Years represents the first expansion of what we now fondly call the ‘Ronin-verse.’ It offers our many loyal readers a much more detailed look at the Ronin’s past, as well as sharing a glimpse of an exciting future for the many allies he’s been forced to leave behind.”

Here are the total particulars on the comedian, whose first concern arrives on January 25. Click by the slides to learn a 5-page preview, together with the duvet by S.L. Gallant!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin—Lost Years #1

Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz, Ben Bishop, SL Gallant

RETURN TO THE RONIN-VERSE! In the smash-hit miniseries TMNT: The Last Ronin, readers had been taken on a pulse-pounding trek by time—previous, current, future—to witness the ultimate gut-wrenching days of the Heroes in a Half Shell. For Michelangelo particularly, the march to his heartbreaking final battle was lengthy and harmful, taking him from New York City, to Japan, throughout Asia and Europe, after which again house once more to manage remaining justice towards these responsible of killing his household. But what occurred throughout these fateful years when he had solely the necessity for vengeance and Master Splinter’s journal to information him? What battles did he battle? What arduous classes did he be taught? The time has come to seek out out as unique miniseries writers Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz be part of artists Ben Bishop (TMNT: The Last Ronin) and SL Gallant (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero) to lastly reveal what adventures the Last Ronin skilled throughout his vengeful journey. While within the current, a brand new grasp, Casey Marie Jones, prepares her younger terrapin college students to be the subsequent era of…Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!