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Kevin Eastman/Peter Laird cover/art; Origin/1st app of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Splinter, & Shredder; Wraparound cover.
Quentin Eastman Collection
Anybody who grew up in the 1980s understands the significance of this comic book. It is the Action #1, the Showcase #4, and Amazing Fantasy #15 of the 80s. Self-published by scrappy creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, this book contains the origin stories of the Ninja Turtles and the Splinter, as well as the introduction of Shredder, and the Foot. The moody cover, an homage to Frank Miller's Ronin mini-series, features deep blacks and bloody reds with muscular cross-hatched renditions of our heroes standing ready against the forces of evil. Eastman and Laird's characters were soon to be toned down and made more child-friendly, but in these early books, they pulled no punches on the way to devouring their beloved pizza pies.

A Copper Age classic, not many comics can be referred to as that, but this particular issue, one which gave rise to numerous films, cartoons, video games and the like, has truly earned that accolade. This book is notoriously difficult to find in such good condition, the black motif displays creases and dimples as easily as light covers show dirt and stains. With a sequel to the latest iteration of TMNT released upon the world the time is nigh to grab your own copy before the price begins to climb once again.
The whole thing started as a parody of contemporary mainstream comics. The X-Men, the world’s most famous teenage mutants, ruled the waves, and Frank Miller’s introduction of ninjas into the works had taken hold. The idea of “teenage mutant ninjas'' slapped the two trends together, and, well, what could be more absurd than making them turtles? The first TMNT comics first showed up in hole-in-the-wall comics shops, and somewhere along the line, some insightful publishers got ahold of this bizarre-sounding property, saw its potential, liked it, enriched it, and made it a worldwide phenomenon.

Overstreet Guide 2022 VF/NM (9.0) value = $15,000.

Includes signed COA from Quentin Eastman.

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