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TMNT Season 2

‘TMNT’ Season 2 (1988) stumbles through opening Sarnath arc

August 14, 2023June 9, 2025 John Hansen Superhero TV

‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): The writers stop overtly cribbing from the comics and instead riff on Eighties films. The rushed nature of these five episodes is evident.

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TMNT Season 1

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ Season 1 (1987) bridges Mirage comics with movie

August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 John Hansen Superhero TV

‘TMNT’ flashback (TV review): Eastman and Laird created the Turtles, but David Wise popularized them among kids with these five animated episodes.

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TMNT Out of the Shadows

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows’ (2016) opens toy box

December 12, 2020June 27, 2021 John Hansen Movies

Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The sequel in the Michael Bay “TMNT” universe has too many characters, not enough of each.

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TMNT 2014

‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ (2014) takes some getting used to

November 21, 2020June 28, 2021 John Hansen Movies

Superhero Saturday (Movie review): Well, this re-imagining of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” isn’t my “TMNT,” but it’s not as bad as it could’ve been.

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‘X-Files’ meets ‘TMNT’ in IDW’s ‘Conspiracy’ miniseries (2014)

April 9, 2016August 22, 2023 John Hansen Comic Books

‘X-Files’ flashback (Comic book review): “The X-Files” crosses paths with “TMNT,” “Ghostbusters,” “Transformers” and “The Crow.”

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TMNT toys

Exploring ‘TMNT’ multiverse: 12 different continuities!

May 6, 2014August 14, 2025 John Hansen Comic Books

Commentary: In one last 30th anniversary “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” post, I look at all the different continuities, from movies to TV to comics to games.

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TMNT Michelangelo

Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello get ‘TMNT’ miniseries (2007-09)

April 27, 2014August 1, 2023 John Hansen Comic Books

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Raph, Mike and Don get their own four-issue miniseries amid Mirage’s “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2.

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Tales of the TMNT No. 69

‘Tales of the TMNT’ comes to bittersweet end in Issues 54-70 (2009-10)

April 25, 2014June 30, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 goes out with sweet and bittersweet, finished and unfinished, tales in Issues 54-70.

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Tales of the TMNT No. 46

Lawson joins team for ‘Tales of the TMNT’ Issues 42-53 (2008)

April 24, 2014June 30, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Jim Lawson regularly contributes art to “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 in Issues 42-53. Here are my reviews.

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Tales of the TMNT No. 35

‘Tales of the TMNT’ fills in gaps in Issues 31-41 (2007)

April 23, 2014June 30, 2021 John Hansen Comic Books

‘TMNT’ flashback (Comic book reviews): Dan Berger takes over as editor and “Tales of the TMNT” Vol. 2 begins to fill in story gaps in Issues 31-41.

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