TMNT’s The Last Ronin Adventures Will Continue In a New Comic Series

The Last Ronin spent the final 12 months wowing TMNT followers with its tender, but brutally action-packed alt-reality story, following one final surviving member of the Hamato Clan in a future New York dominated by the descendants of the Foot. It might have come to a reasonably definitive finish by its fifth and remaining situation, however the world it created is much from over.

To rejoice IDW’s TMNT comics panel at San Diego Comic-Con at present, io9 can solely reveal that the world of The Last Ronin will proceed with The Lost Years, a five-issue “encore” miniseries that can develop the universe established in Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman, Esau & Isaac Escorza, and Ben Bishop’s critically acclaimed spinoff. Eastman and Waltz will proceed to put in writing the sequence, whereas Ben Bishop will return on artwork alongside SL Gallant.

“Continuing to expand on an idea Peter Laird and I had 35 years ago with this incredible creative team has been the adventure of a lifetime,” Eastman stated in a press launch offered to io9. “To continue exploring and telling stories within the Last Ronin universe couldn’t possibly be more exciting for me. I’m so thrilled we get to stay and play here for a while and I can’t wait to share everything we have planned. Buckle up, TMNT fans! We’ve got two turtle universes that are both about to get seriously awesome!”

As beforehand stated, the story advised within the unique Last Ronin sequence got here to a slightly set-in-stone shut by the top of its run. But that doesn’t imply The Lost Years received’t discover a approach to inform tales that might, maybe, proceed on after it, even because it fleshes out the world previous to its occasions both. “As time passed, we began to realize that Last Ronin’s story was so much bigger than we had originally anticipated–past, present, and future,” Waltz defined in a press release offered by way of press launch. “There’s so much more about this world that we still want to share with our fans. TMNT: The Last Ronin–The 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.” Check out the principle cowl to The Lost Years #1 above, by Kevin Eastman and Ben Bishop, however under, get a glimpse of a slightly coronary heart wrenching promo variant by artist Mike Deodato Jr….

What was it a sure different TMNT present would say? Anata wa, hitori ja nai. TMNT: The Last Ronin—The Lost Years will start this November.

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