(May 1984)

Mirage, 1984 Series
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Volume
?
Price
1.50 USD
Pages
44
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
1984-05-01
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
Mirage Publishing Inc.
Editing
Kevin Eastman (editor); Peter Laird (editor)

Issue Notes

WARNING: There are numerous forgeries of the first printing out there! The bogus copies are easy to spot because the interior pages were printed on stark white paper, not the off-white newsprint of the originals.

Another forgery trick is to take legitimate copies of the second or third printings and bleach out the printing notation text to make them appear to be first printings. Second and third printings are labeled as such on the top left corner of the inside front cover directly beneath the "Special thanks to Quentin Eastman" text (there is no printing notation on first printings).

Also of note: the inside back cover of first printings features an ad for the two "Gobbledygook" zines. The inside back cover of second and third printings features an ad for TMNT t-shirt iron-ons. Also of note is that the address for Mirage Studios changed from Dover, NH to Sharon, CT on the indicia of the third printings.

On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #47.
This issue has variants:
Parts of this issue are reprinted:

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / cover / 2 pages (report information)

Pencils
Kevin Eastman
Inks
Kevin Eastman
Colors
Kevin Eastman

Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; superhero
Characters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello; Leonardo; Michaelangelo; Raphael
Shredder [Oruku Saki]
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 1)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / comic story / 40 pages (report information)

Script
Peter Laird; Kevin Eastman
Pencils
Peter Laird; Kevin Eastman
Inks
Peter Laird; Kevin Eastman
Letters
Kevin Eastman

First Line of Dialogue or Text
My name is Leonardo.
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals; martial arts; adventure; superhero
Characters
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello; Leonardo; Michaelangelo; Raphael
Splinter; Purple Dragon Gang; Hamato Yoshi; Oroku Nagi; Tang Shen; Shredder [Oroku Saki]; Mr McAdam; Foot Clan
Synopsis
Splinter sends the Turtles to avenge his master's death.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  2. 1. ["My name is Leonardo."]
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Steve Coates
  • Lou Mazzella
  • John Pannozzi
  • Mark Q
  • Jonathan Sari