Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Mirage Years 1984-1987 (IDW Classic Collections)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Mirage Years 1984-1987 goes back to where it all started. This IDW Classic Collection gathers the first 10 issues of Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the four Micro-Series one-shots from Mirage Studios in one pocket-sized book.
What's Collected
The Turtles burst onto the comics scene in 1984. This volume reprints the first 10 issues plus the Raphael, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Leonardo Micro-Series one-shots by co-creators Eastman and Laird. Everything is presented in black and white, the way it first appeared, so longtime fans can revisit the series in a new format and new readers can see the comics that started the phenomenon.
Preview Art
Interior preview pages. Art by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. © IDW Publishing.
Early Work From Future Turtles Contributors
Along with Eastman and Laird's own pages, the book includes the first work of Michael Dooney, Ryan Brown, Jim Lawson, and Steve Bissette, all of whom became longtime contributors to the TMNT series.
Why the Mirage Era Matters
Per IDW, the Turtles have since spawned four animated television series, six feature films, countless toys, and numerous comic series, with IDW's current series the longest-running to date. This book collects the earliest comics behind all of it.
Format and Details
The book runs 552 pages in a 6 x 9 inch format. IDW lists it under ISBN 9798887245133. Epic Panels Comics price: $13.99. Stock is limited.
Who Is It For?
Opinion: at this length and price, it is an easy way to read the original black-and-white Turtles without hunting down early printings, and it suits readers who know the cartoons and films but not the source comics.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does it collect? The first 10 issues of Eastman and Laird's TMNT plus four Micro-Series one-shots.
Is it in color? No. It is presented in black and white as first published.
Who made the original comics? Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, with early work from Michael Dooney, Ryan Brown, Jim Lawson, and Steve Bissette.
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Sources: IDW Publishing and the publisher's product description. Interior pages © IDW Publishing.