Rumour: Jason Aaron Reportedly Writing IDW TMNT Relaunch

[ZariusTwo]

Jason Aaron, the recent writer of Marvel's Avengers titles, has currently taken over the Superman comic books at DC Comics. He first wrote Jane Foster as Thor as well as writing Ghost Rider, Wolverine, X-Men, Star Wars, Punisher, Doctor Strange, Hulk, Conan and more for Marvel Comics. He also has creator-owned comic books Scalped and The Other Side from DC Comics and Southern Bastards, The Goddamned, Sea of Stars, from Image Comics. And recently Once Upon a Time at the End of the World from Boom Studios.

Expect an announcement any day now. Heroes In A Scalped Shell, anyone? Could it be May? How about June? Definitely before San Diego Comic-Con in July…

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/jaso...nja-turtles-1/

[Bahamut810]

I dont read DC/Marvel but if that's the case I will take a look at his stuff. If he had anything to do with the new socially aware son of superman stuff...I will just pass on everything

[BornAgain]

He’s done some recent Marvel stinkers but almost everything at Marvel stinks now.

“Scalped” is an awesome comic. Hopefully he can bring some of that energy to the book. Much bigger name than I expected but TLR probably put some respect on TMNT again in the industry.

[MikeandRaph87]

I looked over his writing credits and the single issue I have of his is Joker's Asylum, Penguin one-shot that he wrote specifically. However, he is just starting a run on Action Comics, a year long initiative with different arcs under it. I know writers can do two to three monthlies at a time, but being the main architect behind another comic's rebooted franchise and this Allstars initiative seems a bit much for someone.


It doesn't bode well for the majority in our wish to toss Jennika if he is the one that had Jane Foster go from damsel girlfriend to equal rights superhero replacement.

[Monty Mole]

Was his Punisher run any good? Was really turned off with him changing Frank into a ninja

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by MikeandRaph87

It doesn't bode well for the majority in our wish to toss Jennika if he is the one that had Jane Foster go from damsel girlfriend to equal rights superhero replacement.

Oh, he's one of those guys? And he's the one that changed the Punisher symbol into a weirdo demon thing? lol... yeah, enjoy your Vol. 2, guys. hahah...

[CyberCubed]

I don't understand why IDW is being so secretive of the future of the comic after issue 150. They won't confirm who the writer is, if it's #151 or a new #1, etc. It's bizarre.

[Bahamut810]

They are probably waiting for various levels of approval to make the press release. I wouldn't be surprised if the re-up of the license gave Nick more oversight to large events.

[Cowabung-Gal]

If he is chosen, I have no doubt that he will:

1.) Feminize the turtles and make them critics of “bro culture” and “toxic masculinity”

2.) Keep Jennika around and have her steal the spotlight from the og turtles…again

3.) Sprinkle in some identity politics and MAGA parodies/references to persuade the readers to be socially aware

4.) Go for that “girls rule and boys drool” rhetoric

5.) Call the fandom toxic for criticizing his writing

6.) Come up with more pointless, boring crossovers like MLP X TMNT or Goosebumps X TMNT

7.) Prove me right

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

I don't understand why IDW is being so secretive of the future of the comic after issue 150. They won't confirm who the writer is, if it's #151 or a new #1, etc. It's bizarre.

Seems pretty conclusive there won't be a #151.

[CyberCubed]

Since they're apparently keeping the same continuity they can't change too much of the established characters or current direction of the series. Also how does a new writer even catch up on 10+ years of history? Does he get like a story bible or "cliffnotes" version of all the important events? I doubt anyone is going back reading 200+ IDW TMNT comics.

[joe-eyeball]

Originally Posted by Monty Mole

Was his Punisher run any good? Was really turned off with him changing Frank into a ninja

When he took over The Punisher Max run from Garth Ennis it was pretty good in my opinion but his later runs with the character left little to be desired.

[Bahamut810]

6.) Come up with more pointless, boring crossovers like MLP X TMNT or Goosebumps X TMNT

...I want to read MLPXTMNT. Pinkie Pie and Michelangelo would totally be besties.

Since they're apparently keeping the same continuity they can't change too much of the established characters or current direction of the series. Also how does a new writer even catch up on 10+ years of history? Does he get like a story bible or "cliffnotes" version of all the important events? I doubt anyone is going back reading 200+ IDW TMNT comics.

I would read the backlog of good comics...

However, the past does not matter. If he is the guy who went out of his way to ruin punisher then the past will just be re-written so that all the boys are retroactively bad people and then will be written out. The new series will be them being outted ad dangerous abusers then the comic will focus on Jennika, Sheena, Aleopex and the rest of the band.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Also how does a new writer even catch up on 10+ years of history?

The same way writers caught up with 40+ years of history when they'd end up on DC books: editors. But they don't really do that anymore.

[ProphetofGanja]

Well this guy wrote Southern Bastards, and I enjoyed that series quite a bit until almost the very end (I could expand on that, if anyone's curious) so I'm intrigued, at least.

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Since they're apparently keeping the same continuity they can't change too much of the established characters or current direction of the series. Also how does a new writer even catch up on 10+ years of history? Does he get like a story bible or "cliffnotes" version of all the important events? I doubt anyone is going back reading 200+ IDW TMNT comics.

You seem to be vastly underestimating the power of a new #1's ability to retcon past events

[Icegaze]

So long as Jennika and the mutant town support cast are no longer the focus of the story, and we shift away from the slice of life tone, I’m all ears. I’m curious to see what direction our turtle bros are headed.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Icegaze

So long as Jennika and the mutant town support cast are no longer the focus of the story, and we shift away from the slice of life tone, I’m all ears. I’m curious to see what direction our turtle bros are headed.

Yeah, I wouldn't be too worried about those characters sticking around. You know how each spider-Man writer may have their original characters in the supporting cast they like to show a lot, but when someone else takes over it's pretty much just the Lee/Ditko/Romita characters who sticks around? I kinda get the feeling that the new writer is just going to default to more established characters and eventually forget these newer ones.

[MikeandRaph87]

I miss the days where the worst thing forced upon readers was environmentalism and Islam and Buddhism basics.

I may just sit this out.

Here is his bibliography that dates back to 2007. Most of it is Thor, Avengers and Punisher. His DC work is more sporadic and the Action Comics run seems to be the first long-term title commitment to DC.

Spoiler:

DC Comics
The Other Side #1–5 (with Cameron Stewart, Vertigo, 2006)
Scalped (with R. M. Guéra, John Paul Leon (#12), Davide Furnò (#18–20, 36–37, 44), Francesco Francavilla (#27), Danijel Žeželj (#35) and Jason Latour (#43), Vertigo, 2007–2012)
Joker's Asylum Volume One Penguin one-shot (200
X-Men:
Wolverine by Jason Aaron: The Complete Collection Volume 1 (tpb, 392 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-8541-0) includes:
Wolverine vol. 2 #175: "A Good Man" (with UDON Studios, Aaron's first published work — a co-feature, 2002)
Wolverine vol. 3:
"The Man in the Pit" (with Howard Chaykin, in #56, 2007)
"Get Mystique!" (with Ron Garney, in #62–65, 200
"A Mile in My Moccasins" (with Adam Kubert, in #73–74, 2009)
Wolverine: Manifest Destiny #1–4 (with Stephen Segovia, 2008–2009)
Wolverine: Weapon X (with Ron Garney, Yanick Paquette (#6–9), C. P. Smith (#10) and Davide Gianfelice (#16), 2009–2010)
Wolverine vol. 4 (with Renato Guedes, Jefte Palo (#5.1), Daniel Acuña (#6–9), Goran Sudžuka (#15–16), Ron Garney (#17–19) and Steven Sanders + Billy Tan (#300–304), 2010–2012)
6-issue spin-off limited series Astonishing Spider-Man & Wolverine (written by Aaron, art by Adam Kubert, 2010–2011)
X-Force Special: Ain't No Dog: "Hunters and Killers" (with Werther Dell'Edera, co-feature in one-shot, 200
Wolverine: Japan's Most Wanted #1–13 (co-written by Aaron and Jason Latour, art by Paco Diaz and Alé Garza (#8–9), 2014) pages, 2020, ISBN 1-3029-2341-2)
Black Panther vol. 3 #39–41: "See Wakanda and Die" (with Jefte Palo, 200 Richard Isanove, digital one-shot, 200
Punisher MAX #1–22 (with Steve Dillon, 2010–2012)
Fear Itself #7: "Epilogue: Saturday" (with Mike Choi, co-feature, 2011)
The Incredible Hulk vol. 3 #1–15 (with Marc Silvestri, Whilce Portacio, Jefte Palo, Steve Dillon (#, Pasqual Ferry (#9), Tom Raney (#10), Dalibor Talaji? (#11) and Carlos Pacheco (#12), 2011–2012)
Avengers vs. X-Men (20212) co-writter
"The Invincible Iron Man vs. Magneto" (with Adam Kubert, in #1, 2012)
"Angel vs. Hawkeye" (with John Romita, Jr., in #5, 2012)
"Iron Fist vs. Iceman" (with Ramón K. Pérez, in #6, 2012)
BrooklyKnight (with Mike Deodato, Jr., free promotional one-shot, 2013)
Thor:
Thor: God of Thunder (with Esad Ribi?, Butch Guice (#6), Nic Klein (#12), Ron Garney, Das Pastoras (#1, Agustín Alessio (#24) and R. M. Guéra + Simon Bisley (#25), 2012–2014)
Thor)
the 8-issue fourth volume of the Thor ongoing series (written by Aaron, art by Russell Dauterman and Jorge Molina (#5), 2014–2015) 4-issue spin-off limited series Secret Wars: Thors (written by Aaron, art by Chris Sprouse and Goran Sudžuka (#2–3), 2015–2016)
The Mighty Thor vol. 2 (with Russell Dauterman, Frazer Irving (#12), Steve Epting (#13–14), Valerio Schiti (#19–23) and James Harren (#701), 2016–201
5-issue spin-off limited series The Unworthy Thor (written by Aaron, art by Olivier Coipel and various artists, 2017)
Generations: the Mighty Thor and the Unworthy Thor one-shot (written by Aaron, art by Mahmud Asrar, 2017)
The Mighty Thor: At the Gates of Valhalla one-shot (written by Aaron, art by Ramón K. Pérez and Jen Bartel, 201
Thor by Jason Aaron: The Complete Collection Volume 5
King Thor #1-4 limited series with Esad Ribi? and Das Pastoras (#3), 2019–2020)
Thor vol. 6 #24: "Who Wields Who?" (with Das Pastoras, co-feature, 2022)
Original Sin:
Original Sin #1–8 (with Mike Deodato, Jr., 2014)
Original Sin: Thor and Loki — The Tenth Realm six issue limited series
Star Wars
Star Wars vol. 4 (with John Cassaday, Simone Bianchi, Stuart Immonen, Mike Deodato, Jr. (#13–14), Mike Mayhew (#15, 20), Leinil Francis Yu, Jorge Molina and Salvador Larroca, 2015–2017) collected as:
Vader Down (collects #13–14, Star Wars: Darth Vader #13–15 and the Star Wars: Vader Down one-shot, tpb, 152 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9789-3)
Volume 2 (collects #11–20, hc, 272 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-3029-0897-9)
Doctor Strange by Jason Aaron #1–20 and Land and Mike Deodato, Jr., one-shot, 2017)
The Avengers:
The Avengers vol. 7 (with Ed McGuinness, Paco Medina, Sara Pichelli (#7), David Marquez, Andrea Sorrentino (#13 and 26), Jason Masters (#21), Stefano Caselli, Dale Keown (#26 and 39), Javier Garrón, Luca Maresca (#42 and 45), Flaviano (#49), Aaron Kuder + Carlos Pacheco (#50), Juan Frigeri (#51–54) and Ivan Fiorelli (#61–62), 2018–2023)
Challenge of the Ghost Riders #22–62
Avengers 1,000,000 B.C. one-shot (written by Aaron, art by Kev Walker, 2022)
Avengers Assemble: Alpha one-shot (written by Aaron, art by Bryan Hitch, 2023)
Includes the Avengers Assemble: Omega one-shot (written by Aaron, art by Aaron Kuder, Ivan Fiorelli, Javier Garrón and Jim Towe, 2023)
Incoming!: "The Avengers" (with Andrea Sorrentino, anthology one-shot, 2020)
Avengers Forever vol. 2 (with Aaron Kuder, Carlos Magno (#2) and Jim Towe (#4–6, 10–11, 14), 2022–2023) 1469-3)
War of the Realms: War Scrolls #1–3: "The God without Fear" (with Andrea Sorrentino, anthology, 2019
Valkyrie:
Jane Foster: Valkyrie (co-written by Aaron with Al Ewing (#1–7) and Torunn Grønbekk (#8–10), art by CAFU, Pere Pérez (#6–7) and Ramon Rosanas (#9–10), 2019–2020)
King in Black: Return of the Valkyries #1–4 (co-written by Aaron and Torunn Grønbekk, art by Nina Vakueva, 2021)
The Mighty Valkyries #1–5 (co-written by Aaron and Torunn Grønbekk, art by Mattia de Iulis, 2021
The Amazing Spider-Man: Full Circle: "Part Seven" (with Cameron Stewart and Mark Bagley, anthology one-shot, 2019)
Heroes Return: "The Man Who Rebooted the World" (with Ed McGuinness, one-shot, 2021)
Miracleman #0: "The Man Whose Dreams Were Miracles" (with Leinil Francis Yu, co-feature, 2022)
Image Comics
24Seven Volume 2: "This Mortal Coil" (with Miguel Alves, anthology graphic novel, 240 pages, 2007
Pilot Season: Ripclaw (with Jorge Lucas, one-shot, Top Cow, 2007with Moritat, anthology, 2009)
Southern Bastards (with Jason Latour):
Southern Bastards (with issues #12 and 18 written by Jason Latour and drawn by Chris Brunner, 2014–201
Here Was a Man (collects #1–4, tpb, 128 pages, 2014,
Gridiron#5–20
Thought Bubble Anthology #6: "Earl Around the World" (2017)
The Goddamned (with R. M. Guéra):
The Goddamned #1–5 (2015–2016)
The Goddamned: The Virgin Brides #1–5 (2020–2021)
Sea of Stars (co-written by Aaron and Dennis Hallum, art by Stephen Green, 2019–2021)
The People of the Broken Moon #6–11
The Old Guard: Tales Through Time #5: "An Old Soul" (with Rafael Albuquerque, anthology, 2021)
Other publishers
Country Ass-Whuppin': A Tornado Relief Anthology: "Ass Kicked in Alabama" (with Ryan Cody, one-shot, 12-Gauge Comics, 2012)
Love is Love (untitled one-page story, with Jason Latour, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, IDW Publishing, 2016
Sound and Fury (co-written by Aaron and Ryan Cady, art by Takashi Okazaki, Vasilis Lolos, Rosi Kampe, Rufus Dayglo and Josan González, graphic novel, 144 pages,
Once Upon a Time at the End of the World (with Alexandre Tefenkgi (#1–5), Leila del Duca (#6–10) and Nick Dragotta (#11–15), Boom! Studios, 2022–23(

[CyberCubed]

Characters they can easily get rid of:

- Jennika and Sheena can simply stay in a band somewhere away from the Turtles adventures.

- Alopex and the weasels are already written out

- Lita can go to the future with Renet/Future Lita for training as a time travel apprentice.

- Bob and Camen are kinda boring, so I don't really care about them

- Venus will likely stick around, I assume.

Everyone else is already a recurring character so it doesn't matter if we see them much or not. But i do think something should be done with Sally, the Regenta to wrap up the Utrom/Triceraton stuff.

[TigerClaw]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Characters they can easily get rid of:

- Jennika and Sheena can simply stay in a band somewhere away from the Turtles adventures.

- Alopex and the weasels are already written out

- Lita can go to the future with Renet/Future Lita for training as a time travel apprentice.

- Bob and Camen are kinda boring, so I don't really care about them

- Venus will likely stick around, I assume.

Everyone else is already a recurring character so it doesn't matter if we see them much or not. But i do think something should be done with Sally, the Regenta to wrap up the Utrom/Triceraton stuff.

Not happening as they are gonna do spinoff comics, and those characters can easily get there own spinoffs, If Jennika can get her own spinoff, so can Alopex.