History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mirage Studios Volume 2

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a now 40-year-old franchise that has spanned multiple different formats from comics, TV shows, and movies, both live-action and animated. It has had many different iterations that are largely unique. In this video series, I plan to cover every major version of TMNT in chronological order and rank them from best to worst according to my opinion. In this video, I will cover the first part of the original version of TMNT, the first volume of comics published by Mirage Studios. The TMNT comics were created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, two comic book writers from New England. Originally making a one-shot Daredevil parody, it soon became one of the largest media franchises in the world. This is where the series started. Specifically, I am covering Volume 2, a brief run of the turtles comics written by long-time Eastman and Laird collaborator and artist Jim Lawson. 00:00 Intro 02:21 Foreshadowing 04:41 Finding their own path 13:18 Battle with Baxter 21:17 Rescue Mission 27:06 Escape from D.A.R.P.A. 29:12 Final Thoughts 29:58 Outro