Talk:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/@comment-4087607-20191215104826/@comment-38133431-20191216034225

In their IDW run, they still are. But within Earth-27, NYC was destroyed by energy bombs that had the same signature as Doctor Manhattan planted by Ozymandias. NYC was never rebuilt. Roy is going with a more mystical background for the Turtles, similar to what's going on the comics, making them reincarnated souls of Hamato Yoshi's sons who were murdered by Shredder.