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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20
TMR-000485Comics
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #20

300th Issue Special · Legacy #300 · Cover A by Freddie E. Williams II · Collect Forever Soft Slab

22 July 2026

The publisher-designated 300th issue of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mainline comic, issued as #20 of IDW's 2024 series. The oversized milestone special begins “The City That Never Dies” and combines the current Gene Luen Yang / Freddie E. Williams II material with a retrospective sequence involving Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz and artists from earlier eras of the franchise.

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Issue
#20 · Legacy #300 · 22 July 2026
Publisher
IDW Publishing
State
Collect Forever Soft Slab · ungraded encapsulated comic
Condition
Excellent apparent condition while encapsulated; no significant defects are visible in the supplied front and rear photographs. Collect Forever Soft Slab is protective identification/encapsulation rather than a numerical third-party grade.
Completeness
Complete as an encapsulated standard Cover A comic based on the supplied front and rear views. No separate free gift or supplement is identified for this edition. The 52-page pagination stated by the distributor cannot be physically checked while encapsulated.
Rarity
Not assessed

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Catalogue note

The publisher-designated 300th issue of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles mainline comic, issued as #20 of IDW's 2024 series. The oversized milestone special begins “The City That Never Dies” and combines the current Gene Luen Yang / Freddie E. Williams II material with a retrospective sequence involving Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz and artists from earlier eras of the franchise. Freddie E. Williams II's Cover A presents all four Turtles beneath the large “300” milestone device. This copy is preserved in a Collect Forever Soft Slab, whose label records the issue as #20A and legacy #300.

Writer: Gene Luen Yang · Kevin Eastman · Tom Waltz

Artist: Freddie E. Williams II · Ben Bates · Eric Talbot · Chris Allan · Frank Fosco · Jim Lawson · Dan Duncan · Sophie Campbell

Cover: Freddie E. Williams II — Cover A

Edition: Cover A · standard main cover · original 22 July 2026 release

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ComicsIDW PublishingCollect ForeverGene Luen YangFreddie E. Williams IIKevin EastmanTom WaltzBen BatesEric TalbotChris AllanFrank FoscoJim LawsonDan DuncanSophie CampbellPopular Culture

Why this object matters

The publisher-designated 300th issue combines new material and a retrospective creator sequence, giving it strong franchise-history usefulness. This is a modern milestone anthology rather than a foundational Turtles publication. The evidence supports 8.2 with Gold removed.

Evidence limits: Complete as an encapsulated standard Cover A comic based on the supplied front and rear views. No separate free gift or supplement is identified for this edition. The 52-page pagination stated by the distributor cannot be physically checked while encapsulated.

Score and assessment method

Archive Importance: 8.2 / 10.

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