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40-page printer's proof of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)
A printer's proof is a sample that is printed to examine the correctness of the issue before printing the entire run
This one-of-a-kind, historical proof was found in a small print shop in Biddeford, Maine a few years after the publication of issue #1, after the Turtles had already exploded in popularity
The men who found it traded it to Downeast Comics which operated between the years of 1986 - 1994, in Brunswick, Maine
The owner paid for the proof with store stock and held onto it before auctioning it on Comic Link in 2020 for $12,472 with 77 bids
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40-page printer's proof of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)
A printer's proof is a sample that is printed to examine the correctness of the issue before printing the entire run
This one-of-a-kind, historical proof was found in a small print shop in Biddeford, Maine a few years after the publication of issue #1, after the Turtles had already exploded in popularity
The men who found it traded it to Downeast Comics which operated between the years of 1986 - 1994, in Brunswick, Maine
The owner paid for the proof with store stock and held onto it before auctioning it on Comic Link in 2020 for $12,472 with 77 bids
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1st team appearance and origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo
1st appearance of Splinter, the Turtles' mentor
1st appearance and death of the Shredder
First printing: 3,000 copies
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1st team appearance and origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Donatello, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo
1st appearance of Splinter, the Turtles' mentor
1st appearance and death of the Shredder
First printing: 3,000 copies
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Image begins publishing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from June 1996 thru October 1999
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Image begins publishing the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from June 1996 thru October 1999
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
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Dreamwave ⋅ 2003
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Premiere issue of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series at IDW
Connecting cover that assembles all four turtles with the additional three variants
1st appearance of Old Hob, a one-eyed mutant cat and the first major enemy of the turtles in IDW continuity
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Premiere issue of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ongoing series at IDW
Connecting cover that assembles all four turtles with the additional three variants
1st appearance of Old Hob, a one-eyed mutant cat and the first major enemy of the turtles in IDW continuity
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Premiere issue of the second main Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series published by IDW
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Premiere issue of the second main Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series published by IDW
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Variant cover art by Kevin Eastman
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Gatefold Variant
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Variant cover art by Sam Kieth
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Variant cover art by Sean Gordon Murphy
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Second printing: 6,000 copies
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Second printing, red title text
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Third printing
The third printing is nearly identical to the first and second printings except for a splash of blood on the second T in Turtles
Print run: 36,000
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Third printing
The third printing is nearly identical to the first and second printings except for a splash of blood on the second T in Turtles
Print run: 36,000
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Third printing, green title text
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1st cover appearance of the Shredder
4th printing, wraparound cover
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1st cover appearance of the Shredder
4th printing, wraparound cover
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Fifth printing, wraparound variant cover
Back-up story featuring Donatello
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Fifth printing, wraparound variant cover
Back-up story featuring Donatello
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Softcover 'Special Deluxe Edition' magazine-sized reprint
Sixth printing, limited to 500 copies
Signed by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
There also exists a hardcover edition
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Softcover 'Special Deluxe Edition' magazine-sized reprint
Sixth printing, limited to 500 copies
Signed by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
There also exists a hardcover edition
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Reprint of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)
2014 San Diego Comic Con exclusive, limited to 200 copies
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Reprint of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)
2014 San Diego Comic Con exclusive, limited to 200 copies
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Reprint of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)
48-pages, oversized format
May 2020 Loot Crate exclusive
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Reprint of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)
48-pages, oversized format
May 2020 Loot Crate exclusive
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