Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, #01

by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Tom Waltz, S. L. Gallant

Hardcover, 224 pages

English language

Published by IDW Publishing.

ISBN:: 978-1-68405-841-9

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(14 reviews)

A New York Times Bestseller!

Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks on a seemingly hopeless mission seeking justice for the family he lost. From legendary TMNT co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, get ready for the final story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles three decades in the making!

What terrible events destroyed his family and left New York a crumbling, post-apocalyptic nightmare? All will be revealed in this climactic Turtle tale that sees longtime friends becoming enemies and new allies emerging in the most unexpected places. Can the surviving Turtle triumph?

Eastman and Laird are joined by writer Tom Waltz, who penned the first 100 issues of IDW’s ongoing TMNT series, and artists Esau & Isaac Escorza (Heavy Metal) and Ben Bishop (The Far Side of the Moon) with an Introduction by filmmaker Robert Rodriguez!

Collects the complete …

A New York Times Bestseller!

Collects the complete five-issue miniseries in a new graphic novel, an adventure as fulfilling for longtime Turtles fans as it is accessible for readers just discovering the heroes in a half shell.

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Brett Edmond Carlock reviewed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Tom Waltz (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, #01)

Last Ronin; My First TMNT Graphic Novel

5 stars

I guess this was quite the way to get introduced to the TMNT Graphic Novels instead of the early 90s cartoon and the absolutely peerless 1990 film.

The art is absolutely stellar, the colors and lighting are fantastic. The dialogue and subject material are darker and more down-trodden than I had expected, but this apparently tracks with the original graphic novels.

I loved seeing the final epiphany of the Last Ronin written in the notebook. A poignant way to try and set the next generation on the right path and to avoid the suffering that came before.

OriginalBarbas reviewed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Tom Waltz (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, #01)

A great finale

5 stars

I grew up with the TMNT but, as for the comics, I have only read the first two volumes of East and Laird's original run. This volume, The Last Ronin, is one of the best comics I have ever read. The pacing, plot, art and character development is brilliant and executed with great care. After reading this, I just want to read more of the TMNT comics.