IDW’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlescomic serial publication has hire the titular paladin and their half - shells on some wild adventures , play with establish TMNT canon insome fascinating way . Now , their current tale is going to include a major shock to the system : the getting even of a controversial , major figure from the team ’s TV past .
io9 can exclusively discover that the TMNT comic ’s current electric discharge — from writer Sophie Campbell , artist Pablo Tunica , colorist Ronda Pattison , and letterer Shawn Lee — will culminate with the retort of Venus , the first distaff member of the team introduced in the 1997 serial Ninja Turtles : The Next Mutation .
The Fox Kids serial publication , which run for just a single season of 26 episodes , was set up in the same universe as the live - actionTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles moviesfrom the ‘ ninety , as Raph , Leo , Donnie , and Mikey give out up against new foes in the form of the mysterious Dragonlord and his draconic horde , the Rank . To fight Modern threats , the team found a surprising new ally in the form of Venus — full name Venus de Milo , of course — a long - recede turtleneck who had likewise been exposed to the mutagen that transformed the other turtles into Hero of Alexandria , bring up in China , and teach the shinobi arts .
Look who’s back…Image: Sophie Campbell/IDW
When The Next Mutation came to an end after just one season , Venus vanished into the quintessence , seemingly never to be see again . Other TMNT series and comic have made shadowy allusions to her existence ( even with the wider stipulation that there could never be a distaff Ninja Turtle again ) , but Venus was left to linger as a peculiarity . In 2019 , Tom Waltz , Ken Garing , and Sophie Campbell created a brand newfemale turtle named Jennika — with a twist , a human member of the Foot Clan who was mutated into a turtleneck after receiving a rake blood transfusion from Leonardo — for the on-going IDW comic serial , who became , and remains , a member of the squad in the series . But now , 32 issues after Jennika ’s shift was premise , she ’s no longer about to be the sole female Turtle on the block .
“ I ’d been trying to make a Venus comeback happen for a while , ” Campbell said in a press release provided to io9 . “ I almost ca n’t believe it ’s finally happening ! ”
“ It ’s been awesome to watch Sophie Campbell keep our long - running TMNT serial publication with such careful thoughtfulness and commitment to the variety of character - driven storylines that have always been the fundament for what make all things Turtles so beloved and eternal , ” editor and former TMNT scribe Tom Waltz , bring in the same press release . “ And now she ’s crafted a clever programme to introduce a character from the past that many thought would never see the luminousness of day again . She ’s doing it in fine fashion , continue the IDW custom of making the old feel both conversant and refreshing all at once … just in time for our big Armageddon Game event , no less ! ”
Sophie Campbell’s full design for the returned Venus.Image: Sophie Campbell/IDW
Venus will make her first prescribed launching in next month ’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles # 127 , by Campbell , Tunica , Pattison , and Lee . As part of the on-going arc that has seen the Turtle brothers struggle to keep the peace in Mutant Town — a quarantined segment of Manhattan ’s East Side populate by the mutated human victims of a mutagenic bomb explosion — the team has been investigating a mysterious surgeon named Dr. Jasper Barlow , a mutant doctor who has been operating a ornamental surgery lab offering to graft human skin grafts onto willing mutant residents of Mutant Town . As they explore deeper , well … you may see for yourself what they will uncover in Pablo Tunica ’s covering fire for TMNT # 128 below , making its debut here on io9 !
Although the current storyline will wrap up in TMNT # 130 , Venus ’ story will continue in the human body of IDW ’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Free Comic Book Day issue , due out May 7 as part of the yearly comic strip celebration , which itself will specify the stage for a major case in the ongoing series , the aforementioned Armageddon Game , set to begin later this year . Check out Sophie Campbell ’s full cover nontextual matter for the Free Comic Book Day Release below , which sees Venus haunt her fellow Ninja turtles from the shadows .
TMNT # 127 will strike shelf on March 16 .
Image: Pablo Tunica/IDW
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