TMNT: The Last Ronin - The Lost Years #1A (IDW Publishing 2023) Several 1st app

Fill the continuity gap left by the premiere miniseries with TMNT: The Last Ronin – The Lost Years #1A, a 32-page, full-color issue from IDW Publishing (2023) that maps Michelangelo’s multi-year global campaign.

Following the tragic loss of his brothers, Michelangelo departs New York City, travels through Japan, Europe, and Asia, and eventually returns home. Guided only by Master Splinter’s annotated journals, he navigates uncharted territories and documents every tactical lesson required for his eventual confrontation. The issue simultaneously advances the present-day timeline, introducing Casey Marie Jones as she instructs a rookie squad of terrapins in survival techniques and combat fundamentals.

Creative Credentials & Issue Details

• Script by original franchise architects Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz
• Interior illustrations by Ben Bishop
• Cover illustration by S. L. Gallant
• Standard single-issue format: 32 pages, full color, $4.99 cover price

Readers tracking the mature continuity of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will find this debut essential for understanding how isolated field training shapes the protagonist’s combat methodology. As a standalone purchase, it delivers new locations and character milestones that establish the groundwork for subsequent volumes without requiring a complete anthology collection.