When Worlds Collide: Batman Meets The TMNT & One Staff Writer Loses His Mind

Continuing a long-running relationship between DC Comics and IDW Publishing, IDW recently announced at San Diego Comic-Con that this fall the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be teaming up with none other than Batman himself in a six-issue miniseries helmed by veteran Batman writer James Tynion IV and artist Freddie E. Wiliams II. Williams will also get the privilege of illustrating the cover art along side TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman.

The plot, via an official press release, is as follows: “In the ongoing power struggle between the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, General Krang, and the Foot Clan, allegiances have shifted and the battle lines have been drawn. Krang concocts a plan to rid himself of both the Turtles and Shredder by transporting them to another dimension, where they land in the dark and dangerous streets of Gotham City. It isn’t long before they encounter Gotham’s most famous resident, Batman. The Caped Crusader may be their only hope of overcoming their enemies and getting back home. But not before they encounter a whole cast of Gotham’s most infamous rogues.” Actually reaction while reading the presser. As BNP’s resident TMNT enthusiast (I could seriously teach a course, Oxford holla at your boy!) nobody is more excited by this news than I am. Yes, TMNT fans, we have sat through many, many, many terrible crossovers since the 80’s, but good or bad this is a win for all my nostalgic people everywhere. Let me tell you, my inner child is rocking that too-tight …