I came across the Mirage comics pretty early on in the form of Mark Martin's TMNT #16, which was overstocked at my local Hills Department store. In that book, I saw ads for the Mirage Turtles' books. At the local mall's Waldenbooks, I bought the First Graphic Novel with allowance money, and read the original books that way.
When the movie was released I was about 11. Most of my friends at the time were confused as to why the Turtles' origin in the movie was different than the cartoon, so I enlightened them about Mirage. Most kids didn't seem to know about it at the time.
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