The IDW Chronological Timeline.
 

2014:
TMNT #1
TMNT #2
TMNT #3
TMNT #4

"A Lot to Learn" 30th Anniversary Special
TMNT #5
TMNT: Odyssey [page 108]
Mirco-series #1: Raphael
Micro-series #2: Michelangelo

2015:
TMNT #6
Micro-series #3: Donatello
TMNT #7
TMNT #8

Micro-series #4: Leonardo
TMNT #9
TMNT #10
Micro-series #5: Splinter/TMNT #11
TMNT #12

Micro-series #6: Casey Jones
TMNT #13
TMNT #14
TMNT: Annual 2012

Micro-series #7: April O'Neil
TMNT #15
TMNT #16
Micro-series #8: Fugitoid

TMNT #17
TMNT #18
TMNT #19
TMNT #20
“Splinter’s Day Off” FCBD 2024

Villain Micro-series #1: Krang
Villain Micro-series #2: Baxter
Secret History of the Foot Clan #1-4

TMNT #21
TMNT #22/(***TMNT: Deviations***)
Villain Micro-series #3: Old Hob/TMNT #23
TMNT #24

Villain Micro-series #4: Alopex
Villain Micro-series #5: Karai
TMNT #25
Villain Micro-series #6: Hun/TMNT #26

Villain Micro-series #7: Bebop and Rocksteady
TMNT #27
TMNT #28
Villain Micro-series #8: Shredder

TMNT #29
Utrom Empire #1
TMNT #30
Utrom Empire #2
TMNT #31
TMNT #32
Utrom Empire #3

TMNT: Annual 2014
TMNT #33
TMNT #34
TMNT #35
TMNT #36
TMNT #37
Turtles in Time #1-4

2016:
TMNT #38
TMNT #39
TMNT #40
TMNT/Ghostbusters #1-4

TMNT #41
TMNT #42
TMNT #43
TMNT #44
TMNT #45/Mutanimals #1

Mutanimals #2-4
TMNT #46/"Prelude to Vengeance" FCBD 2015
TMNT #47
TMNT #48
TMNT #49
TMNT #50
Casey & April #1-4

TMNT #51
TMNT #52
TMNT #53
TMNT #54
TMNT #55

TMNT #56
TMNT #57
TMNT #58
TMNT #59
TMNT #60

TMNT #61
TMNT #62
TMNT #63
TMNT #64

Bebop & Rocksteady Destroy Everything #1-5
TMNT Universe #1-4
"Inside Out" TMNTU #1-5
TMNT #65/TMNT Universe #5

2017:
TMNT Universe #6
TMNT #66
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Pepperoni" TMNTU #10
"What is Ninja?" TMNTU #6-9
TMNT Universe #7-8

TMNT #67
TMNT #68
TMNT #69
TMNT #70

TMNT Universe #9-10
TMNT #71
TMNT #72
TMNT/Usagi Yojimbo One-Shot
TMNT Universe #11-15
"Prey" TMNTU #12-15
TMNT Universe #19-20/“Through Red Eyes”

"Prelude to Dimension X" FCBD 2017
TMNT #73
Dimension X #1-5
TMNT #74
TMNT #75

TMNT/Ghostbusters II #1-5

TMNT Universe #16-17/“Triceratots!”
TMNT #76
TMNT #77
TMNT Universe #18
“Mutagen Maintenance” TMNTU #18
TMNT #78
“How Woody Spent His Triceraton Invasion” TMNTU #21
TMNT #79
TMNT #80
TMNT Universe #21-22/“Dangerous Waters”
“Nobody Cares” TMNTU #23

“Kingdom of Rats Prelude” TMNTU #19
TMNT #81
TMNT #82
TMNT #83
TMNT #84

Macro-series #1: Donatello
Macro-series #2: Michelangelo
TMNT Universe #23-24/“Life at Sea”
TMNT #85
TMNT Universe #25

TMNT #86
TMNT #87
TMNT #88
Bebop & Rocksteady Hit The Road #1-5
Macro-series #3: Leonardo

TMNT #89
Macro-series #4: Raphael

2018:
TMNT #90
TMNT #91
TMNT #92
TMNT #93
“Casualty of War” FCBD 2019
TMNT #94
TMNT #95
TMNT #96
TMNT #97
TMNT #98
TMNT #99
Shredder in Hell #1-5
TMNT #100

TMNT: Annual 2020

2019:
TMNT #101
TMNT #102
TMNT#103
TMNT #104
TMNT #105

Jennika #1-3
TMNT #106
TMNT #107
TMNT #108

TMNT #109
TMNT #110
TMNT #111
TMNT #112
"Father's Day" 40th Anniversary Special

Jennika II #1-3
TMNT #113
TMNT #114
TMNT #115
TMNT #116
TMNT #117

Jennika II #4-6
TMNT #118
TMNT #119
TMNT #120
TMNT#121
TMNT #122
TMNT #123

TMNT #124
TMNT: Annual 2021

2020:
TMNT #125
TMNT #126
TMNT #127
TMNT #128
TMNT #129
TMNT #130

The Armageddon Game: Opening Moves #1-2
TMNT: Annual 2022
TMNT #131
"Teen Spirit" 40th Anniversary Special
TMNT #132
FCBD 2022

The Armageddon Game #1
TMNT #133
The Armageddon Game #2
The Armageddon Game: The Alliance #1
TMNT #134
The Armageddon Game #3
TMNT #135
The Armageddon Game: The Alliance #2
The Armageddon Game: The Alliance #3
The Armageddon Game #4
TMNT #136
The Armageddon Game: The Alliance #4
The Armageddon Game #5
TMNT #137
The Armageddon Game: The Alliance #5
The Armageddon Game #6
TMNT #138
The Armageddon Game: The Alliance #6
The Armageddon Game #7
TMNT #139
The Armageddon Game #8

TMNT: Annual 2023
TMNT #140
TMNT #141
TMNT #142
TMNT #143
TMNT #144
Untold Destiny of the Foot Clan #1-5

TMNT #145
TMNT #146
TMNT #147
TMNT #148
TMNT #149
TMNT #150

2021:

Mutant Nation #5: “Pepperoni on the Side” & “Frogs vs. Punks”
Mutant Nation #1-4: “Ambush at Area 51” & “Casey Jones: Agent of the Foot Clan”
Mutant Nation #6: “Bebop Rockvegas”

FCBD 2024: “Who is... Nightwatcher?”
Nightwatcher #1-3
Alpha: “Long Way From Home” & “Monster Island”

Vol. 2 #1
Vol. 2 #2
Vol. 2 #3
Vol. 2 #4
Vol. 2 #5

Vol. 2 #6
Vol. 2 #7
Nightwatcher #4-7

Mutant Nation #9: “Haunts”
Vol. 2 #8

MN #6 backup: “Northampton Ninja”
Mutant Nation #7: “A Hale of an Afternoon” & “Moose Boot Blues”
Mutant Nation #8: “If it Ain't Broken” & “Let Stockman be Stockman”
MN #9 backup: “Your Back is Got”

Vol. 2 #9
Vol. 2 #10
Vol. 2 #11
Vol. 2 #12

TMNT: Annual 2025
TMNT: Casey Jones #1-6
TMNT: Shredder #1-6
TMNT: Battle Nexus #1-5

Vol. 2 #13
Vol. 2 #14
Vol. 2 #15
Vol. 2 #16
Vol. 2 #17
Vol. 2 #18

Vol. 2 #19

Shredder #7-9

Shredder #10/Vol. 2 #20
Vol. 2 #21
Shredder #11-12
Vol. 2 #22
TMNT: The Hunger
Vol. 2 #23
Shredder #13
Vol. 2 #24

Shredder #14-18

TMNT: Holiday Special

2022:

Vol. 2 #25
Vol. 2 #26
Vol. 2 #27
Vol. 2 #28
Vol. 2 #29
Vol. 2 #30

That's pretty much how I have it.

Curnow said he'd be posting his own timeline soon; dunno if he has yet.

He said he'd do it in August/September, once they're a year in. I'd imagine the only confusion at that point will be the Infestation Mini's placement.

Indeed, I will post a timeline after year one is complete, but this looks accurate. Infestation 1 & 2 happens before TMNT #7, after Donatello micro.

(though Infestation is extremely self contained.)

Cool, thanks for the heads up. Sounds like it takes those Mousers a little while to find Splinter and the guys, eh? It'd be neat to see Don hindering their efforts in his Micro.

Broke it down in a little more detail (with the extra info about Infestation just provided by Bobby)

Feudal Japan
Flashbacks from Secret History #1-4, TMNT MS #5 and TMNT #5

Early 2010


May 2010
Events of 18 months ago (TMNT #1)

August 2010
Events of 15 months ago (TMNT #1-4)

December 2010
Leonardo, Donatello and Michelangelo are given their weapons (TMNT #5)

November 2011
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 - Change is Constant Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 - Change is Constant Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 - Change is Constant Part 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 - Change is Constant Part 4

December 2011
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5 - Enemies Old, Enemies New (Prologue)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #1 - Raphael
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #2 - Michelangelo

Early January 2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #6 - Enemies Old, Enemies New Part 1
Hero Comics 2012 - Ready Set Go!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Mirco-Series #3 - Donatello
Infestation 2 #1
Infestation 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
Infestation 2: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2
Infestation 2 #2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #7 - Enemies Old, Enemies New Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #8 - Enemies Old, Enemies New Part 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #4 - Leonardo
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #9 - Shadows of the Past Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #10 - Shadows of the Past Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #11 - Shadows of the Past Part 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #5 - Splinter (set during TMNT #11)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #12 - Shadows of the Past Part 4

Mid/Late January 2012 - Original Chronological Order
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #7 - April
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #6 - Casey Jones
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 - Sins of the Fathers Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #14 - Sins of the Fathers Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #8 - Fugitoid
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual 2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 - Blood Brothers Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 - Blood Brothers Part 2
Mid/Late January 2012 - Revised Reading Order (no affect to chronology)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #6 - Casey Jones
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 - Sins of the Fathers Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #14 - Sins of the Fathers Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #7 - April
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Annual 2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #15 - Blood Brothers Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #16 - Blood Brothers Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series #8 - Fugitoid

February 2012
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #17 - Krang War Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #18 - Krang War Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #19 - Krang War Part 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20 - Krang War Part 4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #1 - Krang

March/April 2012 (Approx)
Secret History of the Foot Clan #1-4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #21 - City Fall (Prologue)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #2 - Baxter Stockman (thematic placement is after Krang, release/chronological here)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #4 - Alopex
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22 - City Fall Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #23 - City Fall Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #3 - Old Hob (set during TMNT #23)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #24 - City Fall Part 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #5 - Karai
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #25 - City Fall Part 4

May 2012 (Approx)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #6 - Hun
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #26 - City Fall Part 5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #7 - Bebop & Rocksteady
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #27 - City Fall Part 6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #28 - City Fall Part 7
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Micro-Series Villains #8 - Shredder


UPCOMING
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #29 - Northampton Part 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #30 - Northampton Part 2
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #31 - Northampton Part 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #32 - Northampton Part 4
Utrom Empire #1-3




The 2 orders for the events of mid/late January are due to a new, approved reading order by Editor Bobby Curnow. According to original editor's notes the April micro took place before the Casey micro and discussion at the time placed the Fugitoid micro in release order after #14. With hindsight Bobby has agreed that the story flows better if the micros are read before their respective thematic arc. There are no chronological problems with either order.

Cool, good job bud. I'd combine it with mine but I'd reach the max for a post real quick. If you just wanna keep your post edited, this thread's first page will be an even better reference for timeline stuff.

Thanks Nines! I'm sure between everyone in this thread we'll keep the timeline up to date and accurate as things go along (rather than face the massive task Dr Spengler did 25 years later!)

Lol yeah, as fun as it is to go back through old stuff and sort it all out, it's equally exciting to finally be ahead of the game on a TMNT book. Other than Tales (which doesn't really count) this is the first Turtles book I'll be able to read in proper order.

One awesome thing I realized from your time line though... the events that get things rolling from "18 months ago" take place in May 2010. The same real-world time that Mirage published their last book.

Hey, that is awesome. Nice one door closes, another one opens kinda thing :tsmile:

There's one thing I noticed here, I'm nitpicking really but I'm going to say it anyway.

in the Raphael Micro Leo orders the guys to only go out in pairs. Yet Michelangelo is out all alone in his micro. I guess it's reasonable to say he snuck out even though he doesn't mention any of this and no one seems to be looking for him.

I suppose it's because Leo's referring to their training runs, and Mike was just out at the movies and just used that excuse to be gone all day.

I'm quite sure Leo means they have to go out in pairs all the time. The point of his order is for them to be less vulnerable to their enemies when they go out, it doesn't really matter what they go out for.

That's the best I got homie.

It's ok, I'm content with the "Mikey snuck out" explanation. :)
It's not like he wouldn't.

Yeah, the way Michelangelo talked, he snuck out for the night to avoid his brothers, which explains why he's alone.

That Mikey-he's so cheeky! I love him!

Great work on the timelines, gang! Keep at it! :)

Brilliant timeline, it helps bring stories together.

I want em all

where does infestation fit in?

Um, it's on the list.

Updated my post based on Bobby's new information on Hero Comics 2012.

I've put it last in the "between #6 and #7" adventures purely because it comes out after the others, but I've asked Bobby if he can clarify over on the IDW boards in case this is wrong.

I'm waiting til I read it first. Never know what minute detail we might catch.

Probably for the best. Bobby's just said straight after #6 but it really doesn't matter. I'm gonna move it there for now and if we want to move it again after reading it then we can.

So far my best guess is the guys, especially Don, wanted to clear their heads and get some air after speaking with Splinter. Rooftop race (which ther first page and title seem to imply) would be a fun way to do that.

Finally picking up #8 tomorrow!

Right now I'm liking it before #5. It looks like they're out and about with out their weapons, which wouldn't be a good idea after the Alopex incident in the Raph micro.

Updated the timeline with the current arc "Shadows of the Past" and the correct placement for Splinter.

Updated with Fugitoid and Sins of the Fathers

Just getting started with the series and it's awesome! Bringing back some great memories of my childhood and making new ones!

Looking forward to getting into this series. Gonna buy some TPBs soon. Hope it isn't like the GI Joe IDW series (let's introduce a favorite character from your childhood, and 2 panels later - he's dead).

8/21/12: read the first 3 graphic novels last week on my birthday. Wasnt feeling he first change is constant volume, but really enjoyed the micro series 1 volume, and volume 2 of the main line. Looking forward to the future graphic novels.

Updated with the new placement for April's micro series.

I'm debating where to put the Fugitoid issue...

It's mostly a flashback issue, and when it catches up to "present day" it seems to run into the whole Shadows of the Past arc, but the plot points from it won't really pick up until #17. Any thoughts?

I honestly debate with myself whether or not the Infestation issues should actually canon to the series.
It's never referenced, not even when Donatello lists the different events that have gone on in the series, and I personally think, almost being devoured by an Occult God would be a really big deal. And I doubt it ever will be referenced again.
Plus, the story line just reads much more smoothly without those two issues between issues 6 and 7... =/

I really like the Infestation issues, but I agree. They don't fit well with the rest of the series at the moment. I don't know if they will ever tie back in. I hope they do. Tristian did an amazing job with those issues, and I'd love to see him come back.

Don't forget Splinter has brown fur in that issue, unlike the gray fur Splinter.

To be honest that issue felt like part of the 4kids universe to me. Especially with Raph hitting Mikey on the head like he did in that show.

I just like to tell myself that IDW gave us a Mirage canon two parter with that one. It just embodied Tales Of The TMNT. :)

What about the colored bandanas? ;)

Chalk it up to an error. There were a few Mirage features that accidentally had colors, after all.

Accidentally? Name a canon instance of Playmates dictated masks.

:D

The only time I can think of is in the Turtle Soup specials the one with Chet, the turtles have colored bandanas even if its Mirage canon.

That's a good short. I agree with Doc Spengler's assesment.
http://tmntentity.blogspot.com/2010/...ars-later.html