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TMNT Holiday Special Brings Friends and Foes Together for Dinner
IDW Publishing’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Holiday Special #1 arrives December 9.
The comic brings the Turtles and a mix of allies and enemies together for a holiday dinner hosted by the Hamato Clan.
The gathering is inspired by Michelangelo’s love of the holiday season, with Tang Shen helping bring everyone together.
Guests include Shredder, Bebop, Rocksteady and Baxter Stockman, who appear to set aside their weapons for the meal.
The truce offers a pause from the current storyline’s conflict, in which the boundary between the living and the dead has disappeared.
But the dinner may not stay peaceful: the story teases outside forces threatening the gathering.
The preview does not reveal what happens next or whether the group’s fragile peace survives.
A preview of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Holiday Special #1 shows friends and foes gathering for a holiday meal.
The preview features the Ninja Turtles alongside Shredder, Bebop, Rocksteady and other characters.
The gathering is inspired by Michelangelo’s love of the holiday season, with Tang Shen bringing everyone together.
The special is scheduled for release on December 9, 2026.
The story is expected to shift from the franchise’s current tense storyline, though a threat outside the meal may disrupt the gathering.
- Who
- The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and a group of allies and adversaries, including Shredder, Bebop and Rocksteady.
- What
- A holiday special features the characters sharing a meal. A preview shows a temporary gathering of friends and foes.
- When
- The issue is scheduled for release on December 9, 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- Michelangelo’s love of the holiday season inspires the gathering, and Tang Shen brings everyone together.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
IDW Publishing shared preview pages showing characters from the special gathering for a holiday meal.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Holiday Special #1 is scheduled for release.
- Issue
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Holiday Special #1
- Release date
- December 9, 2026
- Writer
- Pallie Paul Allor
- Artist
- Enid Balám
- Colorist
- Luis Antonio Delgado