(November 1988)

First, 1986 Series
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Volume
4
Price
9.95 USD; 12.00 CAD
Pages
114
On-sale Date
1988-11-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
First Publishing Inc.
Brand
First Publishing
ISBN
0-915419-43-2 Search at WorldCat
Editing
Laurel Fitch (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #153.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kevin Eastman (painting)
Inks
Kevin Eastman (painting)
Colors
Kevin Eastman (painting)
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; adventure; martial arts; superhero
Characters
Donatello; Leonardo; Michaelangelo; Raphael
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[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

credits, title page / 1 page (report information)

Letters
typeset

What Goes Around... ...Comes Around! (Table of Contents: 2)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / comic story / 30 pages (report information)

Script
Kevin Eastman ?; Peter Laird ?
Pencils
Kevin Eastman ?; Peter Laird ?; Stephen R. Bissette ?; Michael Dooney ?; Jim Lawson ?; Ryan Brown ?
Inks
Kevin Eastman ?; Peter Laird ?; Stephen R. Bissette ?; Michael Dooney ?; Jim Lawson ?; Ryan Brown ?
Colors
Steve Lavigne
Letters
Steve Lavigne
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Leo--? Is that you?
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; adventure; martial arts; superhero
Characters
Donatello; Leonardo; Michelangelo; April O'Neil; Raphael; Splinter; Klunk
Synopsis
Leonardo fights alone while everyone else prepares for Christmas.
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Indexer Notes

Credits read: "An Eastman, Laird, Bissette, Dooney, Lawson, Brown, Lavigne Production". The TPB specifies only that Steve Lavigne did colors & letters.

Silent Partner (Table of Contents: 3)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
Kevin Eastman ?; Peter Laird ?
Pencils
Kevin Eastman ?; Peter Laird ?; Michael Dooney ?; Ryan Brown ?; Jim Lawson ?
Inks
Kevin Eastman ?; Peter Laird ?; Michael Dooney ?; Ryan Brown ?; Jim Lawson ?
Colors
Steve Lavigne
Letters
Steve Lavigne
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Leo--!!! My god...!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; adventure; martial arts; superhero
Characters
Donatello; Casey Jones; Leonardo; Michelangelo; April O'Neil; Raphael; Splinter; Shredder
Synopsis
The Foot attack the Turtles at April's place.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

Credits list as a group Eastman, Laird, Brown, Dooney, Lawson and Lavigne as having done this issue. The collection specifies Steve Lavigne as colorist and letterer.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
?
Inks
?
Colors
Steve Lavigne
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; superhero
Characters
Shredder

Indexer Notes

After page 22 of Silent Partner.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 5)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Kevin Eastman
Inks
Kevin Eastman
Colors
Steve Lavigne
Genre
adventure; anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; superhero
Characters
Donatello; Leonardo; Michelangelo; Raphael

True Stories (Table of Contents: 6)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / comic story / 38 pages (report information)

Script
Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird
Pencils
Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird
Inks
Kevin Eastman; Peter Laird
Colors
Steve Lavigne
Letters
Steve Lavigne
First Line of Dialogue or Text
No...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; adventure; martial arts; superhero
Characters
Donatello; Casey Jones; Leonardo; Michelangelo; April O'Neil; Raphael; Splinter; Shredder (nightmare)
Synopsis
The aftermath and recovery from Shredder's attack.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

text article / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Letters
typeset
First Line of Dialogue or Text
Kevin Eastman was born on May 30th 1962 in Portland, Maine.
Genre
biography

Indexer Notes

Biographies of Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Steve Lavigne.

[Phantom Fighter] (Table of Contents: 8) (Expand) /

advertisement / 1 page (report information)

[Oz Graphic Novels] (Table of Contents: 9) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10) (Expand) /

promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  2. 1. [no title indexed]
  3. 2. What Goes Around... ...Comes Around!
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  4. 3. Silent Partner
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  5. 4. [no title indexed]
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  6. 5. [no title indexed]
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  7. 6. True Stories
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  8. 7. ["Kevin Eastman was born on May 30th 1962 in Portland, Maine."]
  9. 8. [Phantom Fighter]
  10. 9. [Oz Graphic Novels]
  11. 10. ["It is Christmas and the ninja saurians gather to celebrate with their teacher and friend."]
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