Mirage comics that still haven't been collected or re-released

*CyberCubed* · 05-29-2021, 12:53 PM

- All of Volume 4. I do hope we get a Vol. 4 collection someday even if the story isn't finished.

- Tales V. 2 from about issue 25 onward. There's still over 50+ issues of Tales that need to be collected

- "The River" story from Vol. 1 and "Sky Highway" because IDW doesn't have the rights to re-print them. Issue #41 as well.

- Various Mirage specials. The Turtle Soup issues, Casey Jones one-shots, etc...there's a lot.

I hope all this stuff gets collected at some point.

*IMJ* · 05-29-2021, 02:42 PM

I'd love some legit IDW Omnibus of the Mirage series and the Archie series.

Jeeves · 05-30-2021, 09:12 PM

Has the Challenges graphic novel been reprinted by IDW? If it hasn't, I'd love a deluxe edition with other Dooney Turtle comics similar to what as done with Zulli's Soul trilogy.

Honestly, it baffles me that there's so much that hasn't been reprinted. Spengler's timeline kind of eliminates the excuse of ignorance. I understand the legal impediments preventing the reprinting of Veitch's work, but there's little reason the rest couldn't be made available to us. In the end they only hurt themselves, as I'm one of those folks who won't bother to buy reprints if I own the original issues, and the longer we go without reprints, the more robust my collection of original printings grows.

*oldmanwinters* · 05-30-2021, 09:26 PM

"Muscle & Faith" (the Casey Jones helps the nuns comic) hasn't even received a print release!

ZedsDead · 05-30-2021, 09:57 PM

I recently watched an interview with Rick Veitch on the Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel and he does address this. He talks about Mirage/TMNT/Tundra around 1:05:20

https://youtu.be/Uj7HNBvDJ_c

*Coola Yagami* · 05-31-2021, 09:55 AM

I'd literally LOL if they released all of Volume 4 (what there is of it) in one big fat collected collection, and then like since the story is left unresolved, the last page of the book, which immediately follows the last page of that lat issue...ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee333333 3333 is straight up just a note saying 'AND THEN THE TURTLES WON. THE END'. LMAO

*CyberCubed* · 05-31-2021, 09:57 AM

I think they should collect Vol. 4 like they did for Image even if there's no planned conclusion so far. They can leave it off the same place Mirage left off if we never get a conclusion.

We were lucky enough to finally get an official Image conclusion that ties it back into canon and into Volume 4. I never believed such a thing would ever happen.

*Leo656* · 05-31-2021, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

I'd literally LOL if they released all of Volume 4 (what there is of it) in one big fat collected collection, and then like since the story is left unresolved, the last page of the book, which immediately follows the last page of that lat issue...ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee333333 3333 is straight up just a note saying 'AND THEN THE TURTLES WON. THE END'. LMAO

Ah dude, you turn to the last page of the Vol. 4 Omnibus and just get something like this...

That would be f*cking brilliant.

~~AquaParade~~ · 05-31-2021, 10:24 AM

I'd like to see all the softcover-only collections released in hardcover now. It's a personal preference, but I find softcovers to be pretty disposable, so at that point, I'd just read the issues digitally.

Plus, they just look nice. I can more or less live without owning most TMNT comics, other than the small collection of single issues I have, but if they start putting these comics in well-designed hardcovers, I'll definitely buy them.

DevilSpooky · 05-31-2021, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by AquaParade

I'd like to see all the softcover-only collections released in hardcover now. It's a personal preference, but I find softcovers to be pretty disposable, so at that point, I'd just read the issues digitally.

Plus, they just look nice. I can more or less live without owning most TMNT comics, other than the small collection of single issues I have, but if they start putting these comics in well-designed hardcovers, I'll definitely buy them.

So much this, whatever they release in a Hardcover I'll get it, even if it's those crappy Volume one guest issues or the Rise of the TMNT comics.

rs_jr · 05-31-2021, 09:06 PM

I hope they go back and reprint the whole series in oversized black and white hardcover archive volumes similar the dynamite vampirella books

*Andrew NDB* · 05-31-2021, 09:34 PM

I think the last word from Laird is that even if IDW wanted to, IDW doesn't even have the rights to reprint, like, the last slew of issues of Vol. 4.

And I don't think they want to, anyway.

rs_jr · 05-31-2021, 09:41 PM

Andrew maybe you and other super fans with the blessing of Lair due a kickstarter for a reprint series

*Andrew NDB* · 05-31-2021, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by rs_jr

Andrew maybe you and other super fans with the blessing of Lair due a kickstarter for a reprint series

Don't really have any interest unless we were to facilitate a conclusion... but Lawson won't budge so that's never going to happen.

Diorm · 06-01-2021, 06:23 AM

AlZarkovski can make reprints but not us? Why? We just need an english limited fan release or something...

And Lawson did make those fake covers for a follow up to Volume 4 (and went overboard with unicorn and sh*t but whatever)

slashpieturtlemix · 06-01-2021, 09:16 AM

I would love an ending to volume 4 but we all pretty much know its a lost cause sadly. It would be nice to have them in graphic novel form though...

*CyberCubed* · 06-01-2021, 11:13 AM

I don't care if something is a hardcover or softcover, just as long as most of it is re-released. A lot of the comics are of course long out of print and if you didn't buy them when they came out they can be hard to track down on ebay or online comic shops.

Sharman · 06-02-2021, 12:59 PM

I'd absolutely love it if IDW re-printed all the Mirage stuff in hardback, oversized editions a la the "Ultimate Collection" series. I'd also really like it if they reprinted them in the original Black & White rather than the inconsistent re-coloring they do. It would be neat if they would print them in order of publication also.

As for volume 4 - of course I'd like the entire run to be reprinted, even if it did remain incomplete. If it did ever happen the publishers could always try and obtain the synopsis that Laird mentioned in his blog, which has a run down of the remainder of the story, and print that as a sort-of-conclusion.

If only ...

05-29-2021, 12:53 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	Mirage comics that still haven't been collected or re-released - All of Volume 4. I do hope we get a Vol. 4 collection someday even if the story isn't finished. - Tales V. 2 from about issue 25 onward. There's still over 50+ issues of Tales that need to be collected - "The River" story from Vol. 1 and "Sky Highway" because IDW doesn't have the rights to re-print them. Issue #41 as well. - Various Mirage specials. The Turtle Soup issues, Casey Jones one-shots, etc...there's a lot. I hope all this stuff gets collected at some point.

05-29-2021, 02:42 PM	#2
IMJ Emperor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Midwest, U.S.A. Posts: 6,991	I'd love some legit IDW Omnibus of the Mirage series and the Archie series. __________________ Wave 1 Collectibles Online Market Watch Blog Collection Photography

05-30-2021, 09:12 PM	#3
Jeeves Random Punk Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 18	Has the Challenges graphic novel been reprinted by IDW? If it hasn't, I'd love a deluxe edition with other Dooney Turtle comics similar to what as done with Zulli's Soul trilogy. Honestly, it baffles me that there's so much that hasn't been reprinted. Spengler's timeline kind of eliminates the excuse of ignorance. I understand the legal impediments preventing the reprinting of Veitch's work, but there's little reason the rest couldn't be made available to us. In the end they only hurt themselves, as I'm one of those folks who won't bother to buy reprints if I own the original issues, and the longer we go without reprints, the more robust my collection of original printings grows. __________________ This era of clerical errors? Hysterical! Check out my first volume of poetry, Clarion Carcinogen: Poetry of a Wasted Youth.

05-31-2021, 09:55 AM	#6
Coola Yagami Overlord Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 14,009	I'd literally LOL if they released all of Volume 4 (what there is of it) in one big fat collected collection, and then like since the story is left unresolved, the last page of the book, which immediately follows the last page of that lat issue...ceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee333333 3333 is straight up just a note saying 'AND THEN THE TURTLES WON. THE END'. LMAO __________________ "I was down with TMNT once, but then they changed what TMNT was. Now what I was down with is no longer TMNT and what TMNT now is seems weird and scary. And it'll happen to YOU." Check out my blog for Comic Reviews and other things. https://markepicblogofrandomness.blogspot.com/ I also started The AEW Crew, the All Elite Wrestling Fan Club! https://www.facebook.com/groups/637508120044168/

05-31-2021, 09:34 PM	#12
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 29,273	I think the last word from Laird is that even if IDW wanted to, IDW doesn't even have the rights to reprint, like, the last slew of issues of Vol. 4. And I don't think they want to, anyway. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ]

05-30-2021, 09:26 PM	#4
oldmanwinters Overlord Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Between yesterday and tomorrow! Posts: 14,939	"Muscle & Faith" (the Casey Jones helps the nuns comic) hasn't even received a print release! __________________ Experience the TMNT Fan Commentaries! Check out my TMNT fan comic, "Nothing to Fear"! View my sketch work! I'm selling some of my hard-to-find TMNT items!

05-30-2021, 09:57 PM	#5
ZedsDead Random Punk Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: NY Posts: 48	I recently watched an interview with Rick Veitch on the Cartoonist Kayfabe YouTube channel and he does address this. He talks about Mirage/TMNT/Tundra around 1:05:20 https://youtu.be/Uj7HNBvDJ_c

05-31-2021, 09:57 AM	#7
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	I think they should collect Vol. 4 like they did for Image even if there's no planned conclusion so far. They can leave it off the same place Mirage left off if we never get a conclusion. We were lucky enough to finally get an official Image conclusion that ties it back into canon and into Volume 4. I never believed such a thing would ever happen.

05-31-2021, 10:24 AM	#9
~~AquaParade~~ Banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 8,450	I'd like to see all the softcover-only collections released in hardcover now. It's a personal preference, but I find softcovers to be pretty disposable, so at that point, I'd just read the issues digitally. Plus, they just look nice. I can more or less live without owning most TMNT comics, other than the small collection of single issues I have, but if they start putting these comics in well-designed hardcovers, I'll definitely buy them.

05-31-2021, 09:06 PM	#11
rs_jr Random Punk Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 39	I hope they go back and reprint the whole series in oversized black and white hardcover archive volumes similar the dynamite vampirella books

05-31-2021, 09:41 PM	#13
rs_jr Random Punk Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 39	Andrew maybe you and other super fans with the blessing of Lair due a kickstarter for a reprint series

06-01-2021, 06:23 AM	#15
Diorm Hench Mutant Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Québec Posts: 457	AlZarkovski can make reprints but not us? Why? We just need an english limited fan release or something... And Lawson did make those fake covers for a follow up to Volume 4 (and went overboard with unicorn and sh*t but whatever)

06-01-2021, 09:16 AM	#16
slashpieturtlemix Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2013 Location: Metairie, LA Posts: 1,259	I would love an ending to volume 4 but we all pretty much know its a lost cause sadly. It would be nice to have them in graphic novel form though... __________________ Owner of Hkohles1gaming, kohlesgoods, and hkohles1. https://www.youtube.com/user/hkohles1 https://www.ebay.com/usr/kohlesgoods https://www.facebook.com/hkohles1gaming

06-01-2021, 11:13 AM	#17
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,050	I don't care if something is a hardcover or softcover, just as long as most of it is re-released. A lot of the comics are of course long out of print and if you didn't buy them when they came out they can be hard to track down on ebay or online comic shops.

06-02-2021, 12:59 PM	#18
Sharman Foot Soldier Join Date: Mar 2019 Location: UK Posts: 190	I'd absolutely love it if IDW re-printed all the Mirage stuff in hardback, oversized editions a la the "Ultimate Collection" series. I'd also really like it if they reprinted them in the original Black & White rather than the inconsistent re-coloring they do. It would be neat if they would print them in order of publication also. As for volume 4 - of course I'd like the entire run to be reprinted, even if it did remain incomplete. If it did ever happen the publishers could always try and obtain the synopsis that Laird mentioned in his blog, which has a run down of the remainder of the story, and print that as a sort-of-conclusion. If only ...