Now, the Tear in Time is adding another chapter to that legacy, and it’s a wild one. Per the official solicitation, “The Turtles are traveling through time, and this time it isn’t all fun and video games. In the far-off and totally not far-out future of 2037, the world is under Triceraton control! Everyone’s favorite Timestress, Renent, recruits the Turtles to the future to save their slightly older, no-longer teenage friends from Triceraton destruction!”
Renet Tilley is a time-traveling sorceress, first introduced back in the Turtles’ 1984-2014 Mirage comics era. Armed with the mystical Time Scepter (or, depending on the continuity, borrowed cosmic tools she’s not always supposed to have), Renet has a habit of popping into the Turtles’ lives at the worst yet most narratively convenient moments.
The Triceratons are a warmongering species of anthropomorphic, triceratops-esque aliens. Interestingly, they predate the Turtles themselves, created by Eastman and Laird originally for the Mirage Studio’s Fugitoid comic series. Their rivalry with the Turtles has carried through decades of comics, cartoons, and video games, making them one of the franchises’ most enduring threats.
Now, with Renet and the Triceratons set to collide with the Turtles once more, it’s up to writer Andrew Joustra and artist Louie Joyce to bring the story to life, a task that Joustra doesn’t take lightly.
“Tear in Time is the largest scale story I’ve written for TMNT to date,” Joustra says. “It brings together characters and storylines from Mutant Mayhem, the Tales animated series, and our previous comic arcs in a big way.”
Joustra also teased just how central Renet will be to the story’s stakes. “Longtime fans may be excited to see Renet journey to our timeline, and newer fans will get to meet her for the first time. Whenever she shows up, the turtles are inevitably thrust into a harrowing adventure, and this one will have implications for the entire time-space continuum.”
