Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics are getting a new creative team later this year with Eisner winning writer Gene Luen Yang (Shang-Chi) and artist Freddie E. Williams II (Batman/TMNT). They will be joined by Group Editor Jake Thomas and are taking over from current ongoing series creators Jason Aaron and Juan Ferrerya. The pair will start their run with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 in December 2025 featuring a jumping on point with the team facing a deadly new assassin.

“I’ve been a fan of the TMNT since I was young. I remember watching the ‘80s cartoon with my brother and then reenacting the Turtles’ adventures with our action figures,” Yang said. “I read my first issue of TMNT at a friend’s house, and I was blown away by the melding of gritty martial arts action and wild, out-of-left-field ideas. Many years later, I began my cartooning career in American independent comics. All of us from that corner of comics owe a huge debt to Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Their talent and creativity, both as comics creators and as businessmen, carved out a path for the rest of us to follow. In fact, the very first comic I ever self-published was funded by a grant from Peter Laird’s Xeric Foundation. I’ve admired the Turtles for a long, long time. I’m absolutely thrilled to get to tell their stories at IDW.”

“Finally I’m getting to really scratch my TMNT itch! I’ve been so lucky to draw the Turtles on covers and crossovers, but it’s not enough, never enough.” Williams said. “I love the Turtles! The original Mirage comics were instrumental in making me fall in love with the comic book medium, and of course I am super inspired by the power and texture in that early Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird art! Now, after begging Editor-in-Chief Bobby Curnow for over a decade, I am so happy to draw my first full on TMNT series! My goal is to draw at least 450 Turtles per page in each issue! Can’t wait for everyone to see what we’re working on, I’m having a BLAST!”

The new story arc will feature a special blind bag variants featuring covers by Daniel Warren Johnson, David Nakayama, Clayton Crain, and others.

The Turtles have plenty on their schedule in the fall and winter, including a battle with the King of the Monsters in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles X Godzilla. The crossover from Tim Seeley and artist Fero Pe will reveal that the Foot Clan is working to stop kaiju attacks, but Shredder and General Krang have other ideas for Godzilla. The crossover will be out in November 2025.

A TMNT annual issue by writer Kenny Porter and artists Michael Shelfer and Maria Keane will be released in October. The special annual kicks off the TMNT holiday themed variants with covers by Jared Cullum across the various TMNT titles starting with a Halloween cover.

Then, the Turtles will join a multidimensional tournament in the five-week event, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Battle Nexus. It will feature various incarnations from the franchise including classic Shredder, Metalhead from the 2012 animated show, the IDW debut of Ninjara, and others.