Article Summary

• Rick Veitch’s classic Mirage-era Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics may finally return in a new collection.
• Longstanding rights disputes with Mirage, Nickelodeon, and IDW delayed reprints of Veitch’s TMNT stories for decades.
• A new hardcover, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: River Tales, was briefly listed with planned release details for 2026.
• Veitch confirms talks with IDW and Paramount are ongoing, but no official deal for TMNT reprints exists yet.