If there was a prize for the most defiantly old school comic to be published in 2025 (even if it has been published before; thanks to a reader for pointing that out so delicately to me!), it wouldn’t be a surprise to see TMNT Journeys #1 win it. Despite being 25 years old, both the visual and narrative style of TMNT Journeys #1 feels even older than that; this is a comic which directly continues the original 80s adventures of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, by one half of the creators of the series, so it’s no wonder it feels like such a throwback.

In this story, the Turtles take on the Manhattan Maulitia (not a typo), and find them geared up and smarter than expected. Plus, April and Casey have domestic worries that could have a big impact on their future.

Though of course original Turtles fans do still exist (I’m over here waving frantically of course), it’s definitely the case that it’s difficult to know, so many years on, who this is truly for. It’s an intriguing slice of missing history, but with so many cool, contemporary TMNT comics now available in a modern, slick and even more mature style than these OG comics (which now feel like they’re trying too hard to be edgy, having long passed the point at which they were considered satire), I’m really not sure that it works right now.

It’s interesting, for sure, but I don’t think it’s something I’ll be keeping up with, and I don’t think it’s going to make much of an impact after the two and a half decades since it was originally published.

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