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TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1, 2, 3, 4 SET FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL EASTMAN LAIRD 1988/89

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1, 2, 3, 4 SET FIRST GRAPHIC NOVEL EASTMAN LAIRD 1988/89

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Series Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (First Graphic Novel series)

Issue #: Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, Book 4 (Complete Set)

Story Title:

  • Book 1: Collects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series) #1–3
  • Book 2: Collects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series) #4–6
  • Book 3: Collects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series) #7–9 + short story “Stompers”
  • Book 4: Collects Leonardo (Mirage, 1986 one-shot) #1 + Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series) #10–11

Date of Publication:

  • Book 1: 5th Printing, 1989
  • Book 2: 3rd Printing, 1989
  • Book 3: 2nd Printing, 1988
  • Book 4: 1st Printing, 1988

Edition: First Graphic Novel Edition (colourised reprints)

Publisher: First Publishing (Mirage Studios)

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English

Cover Price: $5.95–$9.95 USD per volume (softcover editions)

ISBN: 

  • Book 1: 0-915419-09-2
  • Book 2: 0-915419-22-X
  • Book 3: 0-915419-28-9
  • Book 4: 0-915419-43-2

Cover Artists: Kevin Eastman (cover painting for Book 4; similar for other volumes)

Artists: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird

Writers: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird

Characters: Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael, Splinter, Shredder, Foot Clan, April O’Neil, Casey Jones, and various villains and supporting characters from the early Mirage stories

First Appearances: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (origin), Splinter, Shredder, Foot Clan (reprint from original issues)

Key Facts: This is the complete set of the first four full-colour graphic novel collections published by First Publishing, adapting the earliest black-and-white Mirage Studios issues created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. These volumes present the foundational stories of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in colourised form with new covers by Eastman. Softcover editions with higher production values than the original comics. Highly sought after by collectors as the first major collected editions of the TMNT origin and early adventures. Part of the groundbreaking independent comic boom of the 1980s. Book 4 specifically has cover painting by Kevin Eastman and lettering/colours by Steve Lavigne.

Page Count: Varies per book (approximately 60–100+ pages each)

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