After teasing a major announcement in recent social posts, IDW Publishing has revealed that writer Jason Aaron will be leading a new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle ongoing series via an article on comicbook.com. Aaron’s tenure with everyone’s favorite turtles in a halfshell will kickoff with the one-shot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Alpha #1 hitting shelves in June. The new ongoing series will launch with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 in July. IDW has confirmed that this new series is a relaunch, not a reboot, and lives in the same universe as the current ongoing which concludes with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #150 in April. The publisher noted that more information on the new series’ full creative team will be announced in upcoming weeks.

"Launching a new TMNT comic series in the midst of the characters' 40th anniversary is clearly one of those dream jobs of all comic book dream jobs," Aaron says in a statement to comicbook.com. "Especially for me, a kid who first fell in love with the Turtles all those years ago because of that original Mirage Studios series, buying those groundbreaking issues fresh off the rack, comics that kicked you in the face with their action-packed grit and gloriously raw attitude. I couldn't be more honored and thrilled to get to add to that esteemed legacy of comic book face-kicking, especially as part of an amazing IDW run that has expanded the world and timeline of the Turtles in such daring and exciting ways. In terms of what's to come, the kid in me wants you to know that you can expect some good old-fashioned grit, a sprinkle of dark, new attitude and all the bone-cracking action that four mutated ninja brothers can possibly handle."

"Jason is one of the best storytellers in comics and he just gets the Turtles. Add to that the amazing artists he's working with and you have the recipe for some great TMNT comics that we cannot wait to bring to fans," added IDW Publishing’s co-Publisher Mark Doyle.