 Sixteen years later, under the direction of Stephen Murphy, a relaunch of the series began publication in January 2004.The new "Tales of the TMNT" (as the covers read) focused on events that occur throughout the Turtles' lives, including some of the "lost" thirteen years occurring between TMNT Volumes 2 and 4.Issue #25 featured the return of the original Tales creative team of Brown and Lawson.