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*shuriken* · 01-08-2016, 01:38 PM

Quick question but I recently got the TPB of volume 12 of IDW. Do all subsequent TPB have just 3 collected issues or are 45-47 longer er what? Just curious becaus eI may need to go back just to getting the individual comic books.

*ToTheNines* · 01-08-2016, 01:50 PM

Volume 12 includes the Free Comic Book Day special, making it a 4 issue trade. TMNT #50 is double length, making Volume 13 a 4 issue trade (essentially).

From Volume 14 on they'll be 5 issues per trade.

Joey Kamikaze · 01-08-2016, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by turtlefan27

Did the cover layout change recently? If so why?

Yes, with #50 onward. As to why, if I had my guess that milestone probably felt like a good time for the redesign, and why not? It reminds me of the way "Eastman & Laird's" would appear over the logo back in the day and doesn't get in the way of the art like the old sidebar did.

Topsu · 01-09-2016, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Wentos

So who exactly wrote Tales of the TMNT vol 1? I was always under the impression that Eastman and Laird wrote the issues while Lawson and Brown only handled the art, but I've been told differently by others on this very forum. What's the story there?

Here you can see the credits for each issue. (click on covers) Issues 4-6 had Jim Lawson handling story instead of Eastman/Laird.

sethmartin · 01-09-2016, 07:00 PM

I'm new to the IDW comic. I recently got issues #52 and #53. I'm totally lost.

Joey Kamikaze · 01-09-2016, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by sethmartin

I'm new to the IDW comic. I recently got issues #52 and #53. I'm totally lost.

We just had a major reshuffling of the status quo the past year and it's a good time to jump on. Grab #51, it'll fill you in on what's going on now. All the stuff about the Turtles leading the Foot and Mikey being off on his own is a new development after the last storyline, so you haven't missed as much as it may seem. If you want a quick catch-up, go read "Attack on Technodrome" and "Vengeance," the pair of stories that got this book all its coverage last year. Those stories are the culmination of the #1-50 run and explain how we got here. "Secret History of the Foot Clan," "City Fall" and "Turtles In Time" all work as self-contained reads from that era too.

If you want the full experience, it's best just to go back and start with #1. #1-50 and the associated mini-series (which totals like 80 or 90-ish issues) are best read in chronological order. As the book has come out, there have been various one-shots and mini-series that tie into the ongoing. This series has tight editing that extends to the minis, so (almost) everything "counts," and you miss a lot of world-building if you only read the main series. The hardcover collections IDW are putting out have the issues arranged that way, though they're nowhere near catching up to the trades. There's a thread for chronology to make reading order easy here.

*CyberCubed* · 01-09-2016, 10:09 PM

The IDW comic is best enjoyed if you read everything. Thankfully IDW released trades of everything, as well as put the episodes up online digitally, so its easy for new readers to catch up.

sethmartin · 01-09-2016, 10:52 PM

I haven't read them yet. I started but couldn't get into it. So I'm going to grab the previous issues and get caught up.

Maelxich · 01-09-2016, 11:55 PM

This thread seems like a good one to ask this in, I want to buy the IDW mirage comics reprints but it gets a little confusing can someone tell me which ones I should buy to get all of them. I wish I was into comics when I was younger so I would not be having this problem.

*Mayhem* · 01-10-2016, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Maelxich

This thread seems like a good one to ask this in, I want to buy the IDW mirage comics reprints but it gets a little confusing can someone tell me which ones I should buy to get all of them. I wish I was into comics when I was younger so I would not be having this problem.

I'm not sure they are all covered by IDW, there's still a few issues missing due to copyright/licensing. Someone else can step in to answer, or the answer IS earlier in this thread!

There IS a huge book plans I think that covers a lot of important issues that was just released, but I'm struggling to recall the name!

Red Robin · 01-13-2016, 03:17 AM

Are there already infos when IDW is planning to reprint the Image comics? Haven't found anything so far.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 01-13-2016, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Red Robin

Are there already infos when IDW is planning to reprint the Image comics? Haven't found anything so far.

A couple of us have actually asked IDW about this, and the latest we have is that the Image collections will begin this year.

Unfortunately, one of our sources of info is the IDW TMNT "Ask the Editor" forums, which have been down since... I think Thanksgiving, honestly. Nobody over there seems to give an F. Bobby said he's pinged their IT or whoever, but still... no action. I'm sure he's just as frustrated.

Bobby Curnow · 01-13-2016, 11:47 AM

What do you guys think about me moving the "ask the editor" thread to... here?

(not this thread, but this forum)

*MikeandRaph87* · 01-13-2016, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

What do you guys think about me moving the "ask the editor" thread to... here?

(not this thread, but this forum)

Reads great to me. So many of us dedicated readers such as myself are not on the IDW boards and have quite a bit we would ask if such a thread exist.

*CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy* · 01-13-2016, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

What do you guys think about me moving the "ask the editor" thread to... here?

(not this thread, but this forum)

Yeah, absolutely! I've never bothered to get an account on IDW, but I checked it quite regularly to keep up on all the intel you'd dish out. Would love to have it here...

*Mayhem* · 01-13-2016, 01:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

What do you guys think about me moving the "ask the editor" thread to... here?

(not this thread, but this forum)

Given the issues with the IDW forums, why not I say?

*Powder* · 01-13-2016, 01:51 PM

We'd love it.

*DrSpengler* · 01-13-2016, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

What do you guys think about me moving the "ask the editor" thread to... here?

(not this thread, but this forum)

I think you know the answer to that.

*myconius* · 01-13-2016, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bobby curnow

what do you guys think about me moving the "ask the editor" thread to... Here?

(not this thread, but this forum)

yes please!!!!

*Powder* · 01-13-2016, 08:51 PM

He's already made it, mane.

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01-08-2016, 01:50 PM	#2362
ToTheNines [sic] Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 15,098	Volume 12 includes the Free Comic Book Day special, making it a 4 issue trade. TMNT #50 is double length, making Volume 13 a 4 issue trade (essentially). From Volume 14 on they'll be 5 issues per trade.

01-09-2016, 07:00 PM	#2365
sethmartin Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 706	I'm new to the IDW comic. I recently got issues #52 and #53. I'm totally lost.

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CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,023	The IDW comic is best enjoyed if you read everything. Thankfully IDW released trades of everything, as well as put the episodes up online digitally, so its easy for new readers to catch up.

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sethmartin Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 706	I haven't read them yet. I started but couldn't get into it. So I'm going to grab the previous issues and get caught up.

01-09-2016, 11:55 PM	#2369
Maelxich Thug Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 58	This thread seems like a good one to ask this in, I want to buy the IDW mirage comics reprints but it gets a little confusing can someone tell me which ones I should buy to get all of them. I wish I was into comics when I was younger so I would not be having this problem.

01-13-2016, 03:17 AM	#2371
Red Robin Foot Soldier Join Date: May 2013 Location: Frankfurt, Germany Posts: 165	Are there already infos when IDW is planning to reprint the Image comics? Haven't found anything so far.

01-13-2016, 11:47 AM	#2373
Bobby Curnow Official TMNT Staff/Cast Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 1,518	What do you guys think about me moving the "ask the editor" thread to... here? (not this thread, but this forum)