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[Marksenad]

Cheers man, ill have to pick it up somehow

[Redrumh2o]

Are there any places online that sell bags and boards for the oversize first few issues from vol 1??

[Venom]

Originally Posted by Redrumh2o

Are there any places online that sell bags and boards for the oversize first few issues from vol 1??

Use either Golden Age or magazine bags/boards. I faced that same prob a few years back - you'll even find a few isues of volume 1 differ slightly in size and will fit a little tighter in modern bags than other issues.

#2 seems a little taller than the other early books though, because my board is still a tiny bit shorter than the book is tall.

[Redeemer]

I have a question are the original archie issues in color??

[Plasticplayhouse]

Originally Posted by Redeemer

I have a question are the original archie issues in color??

yes. colorwise, they looked like the sunday comic you'd see in a newspaper.

[Azrael Macool]

Okay, when I was a kid, I saw a turtles comic in the magazine stand of a local grocery store. This could pretty much be anytime from 93 to 97 or so. I'm pretty certain it was in color, and I think it only actually had 1 turtle in it. He didn't wear a bandana I don't think, as I recall he wore pants and that's it. I also seem to remember there being other characters I didn't know there too, so it might have been a crossover. I also remember thinking it was Raphael, and he swore and possibly killed people, because this was the first time I had ever seen that. Now, I don't remember it beige necessarily good, mind you, I just remember never being able to find it, or any mention of it, again. I suspect it may have been Bodycount, since it matches the time period, but I dunno.

[DonatelloFan]

Is IDW really just going to print one 'Color Classic' per month? I'm sure everyone can do the math. That would mean the series won't be finished until five years from now. I just don't want to get invested into the Volume One story, then IDW just quit publishing the comics.

I know I can just buy the older comics, or the Collected Volume's in paperback or hardcover, but I plan on just buying the new ones. Any chance they'll start publishing them more frequently? Or will it really take another five years?

[Cowabunga Carl]

is there a list of what IDW is reprinting? I mean I know they are doing the Mirage books but are they reprinting the Archie also?

[DrSpengler]

Originally Posted by Old Hob

is there a list of what IDW is reprinting? I mean I know they are doing the Mirage books but are they reprinting the Archie also?

I can't link to Amazon because I'm on my work computer, but IDW's already begun rereleasing the Archie stuff.

They've already come out with a reprint of the initial 3-issue miniseries a month or so back. They were collected in a "floppy" rather than a trade format and I can't seem to find it on Amazon.

The first proper trade paperback collection is scheduled for August 14, though it'll only contain TMNTA #1-4.

Volume 2 comes out November 6, but again, only 4 issues (#5-8).

They're $20 bucks a pop, too.

[DonatelloFan]

That's TPB's though, right? I think he's talking about actual issues, a la the 'Color Classics'.

And what about the Color Classics? Is it really going to take another 5 years to release them all?

[DrSpengler]

Originally Posted by DonatelloFan

That's TPB's though, right? I think he's talking about actual issues, a la the 'Color Classics'.

And what about the Color Classics? Is it really going to take another 5 years to release them all?

Oops, my bad.

[Cowabunga Carl]

I found the floppy Archie at my Comic store today. That's why I was wondering. I wanted to know what to tell him to pull for me. Now that I know the others will be trades it will make it a lot easier for me to let him know what to pull. Thanks.

[PizzaPower]

What issues are compiled into this http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Mutant...=ninja+turtles

ITs TMNT Classics Vol 1.

[rich]

Collects TMNT Vol. I (Mirage) issues #13 & 18 along with a collection of stories from the Shell Shock TPB, including “Bottoming Out,” “Junkman,” “O Deed,” “A Splinter in the Eye of God?”, and “Meanwhile… 1,000,000 B.C.”

[John Pannozzi]

Question for Spengs:

What characters from the guest-written issues of TMNT Vol. 1 are owned by their respective creators (according to legal notes in the issues)? I know that Rick Arthur owns Lucindra, and Michael Zulli apparently owns Desolution (and Rick Veitch never signed away the rights to the characters in his TMNT stories), any more? (and yes, I know that guest star characters like Dave Sim's Cerebus, Mark Martin's Gnatrat and Lasagna Lagna, Matt Howarth's Those Annoying Post Bros, and Michael Dooney's Gizmo and Fluffy Brockleton are owned by their respective creators).

[PizzaPower]

well thats cool, are they going to do a hardcover on this as well or keep these paperbacks?

[rich]

I suppose it's always possible that a HC would be made of this if sales are good enough on the TPB. However, to my knowledge, a HC is not in the works or being planned at this time.

[PizzaPower]

ok do we know what issues are being made to hardcover then?

[rich]

None of the Archie TMNTA stuff so far has been slated for HC. The only TMNT HC books to date are the Ultimate Collection HCs and the TMNT, Vol. 1: Change Is Constant Deluxe Edition HC

[Chris]

Originally Posted by DonatelloFan

That's TPB's though, right? I think he's talking about actual issues, a la the 'Color Classics'.

And what about the Color Classics? Is it really going to take another 5 years to release them all?

No. The single issue Color Classics are only covering the Eastman and Laird material from the Ultimate Collections. And according to Bobby on the IDW forums they're currently only planned to go up to #11 (Ultimate Vol. 1+2), sales will determine if they do more after that.

The rest of Mirage Volume 1 (and 2, 4 and Image Vol. 3) are being colored and will be collected in the TMNT Classics TPBs and (as far as I'm aware) there are no plans for these to be released as single issues.