Official Image TMNT conclusion at IDW is HAPPENING -- "TMNT: Urban Legends"

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Powder

In future issues, Raph drank, & Mike had love interests. So I like to think of it as cut & dry.

Elementary, eh, Holmes?

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by AquaParade

An "omnibus" that's not a hardcover is a sad omnibus.

I don't think so. I don't need a hard back and front that's just going to take up more real estate on the bookshelf unnecessarily and cost $15 more than it needs to.

[CyberCubed]

Yeah, as much as I love the Ultimate Collections hardcovers, they really do take up so much space on a shelf.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Yeah, as much as I love the Ultimate Collections hardcovers, they really do take up so much space on a shelf.

An acceptable trade-off for original black and white.

[AquaParade]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I don't think so. I don't need a hard back and front that's just going to take up more real estate on the bookshelf unnecessarily and cost $15 more than it needs to.

Sure. I don't mean to speak for everyone.

Personally, I just can't stand paperbacks due to the ease at which they bend, fold, and generally look like crap. And I do take care of my books, but these things are unavoidable in the long run.

[TurtleWA]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Yeah, as much as I love the Ultimate Collections hardcovers, they really do take up so much space on a shelf.

If you have all six volumes they literally take up 6 1/2 inches of shelf space. That’s tiny compared to a comic box.

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

From Vol. 1 the only stories they didn't reprint is Rick Veitch's 4 issues. "Sky Highway" and "The River trilogy." They also didn't reprint "Turtle Dreams" which was issue #41, because it had some original owned characters there from the guest artist. Besides that everything in Vol. 1 has been reprinted.

Thanks for all that info Cubed.

So I own a trade of Soul's Winter. Is that not part of Volume 1?

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by pferreira

Thanks for all that info Cubed.

So I own a trade of Soul's Winter. Is that not part of Volume 1?

It is, but it's "Guest Era" Volume 1, aka non-canon to the main storylines of Volume 1.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by pferreira

Thanks for all that info Cubed.

So I own a trade of Soul's Winter. Is that not part of Volume 1?

Yes, the rest of the guest issues were collected in the "Classics" collections.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Yes, the rest of the guest issues were collected in the "Classics" collections.

It's irritating that "Masks" and "Leatherhead, Too" are under "Classics" instead of... whatever different titles ended up in the canon collections.

Or, wait, are the Classics editions the canon stuff that AREN'T the main storyline?

Man, so many reprints... I'm confusing myself now.

[CyberCubed]

The classics feature a lot of canon issues, the Ultimate collections were strictly for the issues Peter/Kevin specifically had a role in. A lot of Mirage staff issues like Michael Dooney's issues, etc. are in classics. Not just non-canon issues

[TurtleWA]

Ultimate Collection doesn’t have issues #22 through #47

[pferreira]

Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy

Man, so many reprints... I'm confusing myself now.

You guys are explaining this to me and I'm getting confused.

At the end of the day I just want to own all Mirage Volume 1 stuff in one place. It's complicated what stories I have collected and which I don't.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by TurtleWA

Ultimate Collection doesn’t have issues #22 through #47

no.

issue #22-#47 were stories done by guest writer/artists that MOSTLY didn't take place within the Mirage Eastman/Laird continuity.

there are just a handful of stories that are canon, or could actually fit within the Mirage time-line.

some of this also has to do with work-for-hire contracts.

here's an example of some of what you can expect from the Mirage 'Guest Era'.

Spoiler:

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by myconius

no.

issue #22-#47 were stories done by guest writer/artists that MOSTLY didn't take place within the Mirage Eastman/Laird continuity.

there are just a handful of stories that are canon, or could actually fit within the Mirage time-line.

some of this also has to do with work-for-hire contracts.

here's an example of some of what you can expect from the Mirage 'Guest Era'.

Spoiler:

https://tmnt-ninjaturtles.com/assets...-July-1991.jpg

Yeah, ignore that sh!t... makes Fred Wolf look like "City at War" or "Attack on Technodrome"...

[CyberCubed]

Most of the guest issues were written to take place in canon, outside of the wacky parody stuff like Mark Martin's or those Mcweeny comics. Or stuff that was blatantly an alternate universe/take on TMNT like the "Souls Winter" trilogy.

All the other guest issues fit in fine with Mirage, they were written as part of the same world even if Pete didn't acknowledge the events in them. Which didn't matter because they're all essentially self contained stories.

[myconius]

there were some really good stories in the guest era

issues 29 & 43 drawn by AC Farley



issue 33 drawn by Richard Corben



^ this was the first time the Turtles traveled through time as far as i know.

i also really enjoyed issue 37 by Rick McCollum & Bill Anderson

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

they're all essentially self contained stories.

that's one of my favorite aspects about Mirage vol. 1

[Coola Yagami]

So I noticed this topic started in 2014 or so and suddenly came back to life and started talking about drunk turtles and the volume 1 guest era.

Is this Urban Legends thing still happening or not?

[Powder]

The shell are you talking about? This thread was started February 2018. It's happening.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Is this Urban Legends thing still happening or not?

yep!

https://www.previewsworld.com/Catalog/MAR180421

https://www.comixology.com/Teenage-M...-series/115039