TMNT comic run

*wpugh2424* · 07-26-2017, 04:55 PM

Anyone out there doing a full run through all volumes? I am about 42 issues in on volume 1, anyone find some of these issues to be fun but pointless?

*CyberCubed* · 07-26-2017, 04:59 PM

I have all the old Mirage issues but that was because I started collecting them all in the early 2000's from like 2002-2007 when I was a teenager and in my early 20's getting into Mirage for the first time. I imagine it's much hard to get them all now than when I did an entire decade ago.

Mirage Volume 1 is filled with a lot of filler or slice of life issues in the middle, the series doesn't become continuity heavy till issue #45 onward and especially during City at War.

*Powder* · 07-26-2017, 05:49 PM

Been a while since I ran through stuff. I've long wanted to follow Dr. Spengler's continuity timeline, but it's a bit of a pain in the ass to go through my boxes so sporadically.

*myconius* · 07-26-2017, 06:17 PM

i've never read through Mirage (vol.1) 1-62 numerically.
i always just read the Eastman/Laird issues with the few guest stories that fit into what they started.
the other stories that are just off the wall slapstick comedy (or feel alternate universe) i'll just pick and read at random.

it too jarring an experience otherwise.

*MrPliggins* · 07-26-2017, 07:28 PM

Yeah, volume 1 is very hit and miss. It ranges from awesome to wtf? Especially in the 30s-40s. Issue 48 gets back to a coherent style until the end of the series.
I started reading it when around when #13 was released and steadily read it until the end. Some, I haven't read since. I want to go back and reread through of the series, but it would probably take me forever.

joshvox · 07-26-2017, 07:45 PM

Reading volume 1 as I aquire them, so not really in order. Not planning on collecting volumes 2-4, but I think that a lot of those issues are not available digitally and I do want to read them.

*wpugh2424* · 07-26-2017, 08:44 PM

I have almost all the vintage comics
Still a few I don't have

Going through em all in sequence
Yeah volume one can be crazy and many wtf moments. Overall it's a pretty good read

*myconius* · 07-26-2017, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshvox

Reading volume 1 as I aquire them, so not really in order. Not planning on collecting volumes 2-4, but I think that a lot of those issues are not available digitally and I do want to read them.

Mirage vol.2 is available digitally in the Tmnt Classics volumes #8 #9 #10

https://www.comixology.com/Teenage-M...JyZWFkY3J1bWJz

spookycookies · 07-27-2017, 12:15 AM

I'm going for a full IDW run. I have all the A covers and I'm working on B. I'm not sure if I can get all the exclusive stuff but I have a fair amount of them. Over 300 issues is what I currently have. I am starting to get a bit into Mirage but not anything big, I do have a first print #4.

Nortock Diab · 07-27-2017, 01:05 AM

As I was collecting Volume 1, I was also reading the issues I could find, especially the filler/one-shot issuesn not matter their #.
Major arcs such as the first eleven issues, Return to New York, City at War... were read as a whole in the right order though.

*Donnie* · 07-27-2017, 09:10 AM

I'm rereading V1 too. There are some issues I'll skip, however, specifically #38, that truly bizarre issue featuring Raphael & the cow on the cover.

Nortock Diab · 07-27-2017, 09:12 AM

Then you can skip #39 and #40 as well.

*wpugh2424* · 07-27-2017, 03:03 PM

38-40 have no real purpose but are quick reads

joshvox · 07-29-2017, 02:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by myconius

Mirage vol.2 is available digitally in the Tmnt Classics volumes #8 #9 #10

https://www.comixology.com/Teenage-M...JyZWFkY3J1bWJz

Yeah I'm on to those next. Guess I'm buying paper copies of 3 & 4 though when I get that far.

~~mrmaczaps~~ · 07-29-2017, 03:55 PM

As far as I know, I own at least one printing of everything Turtles thats out except the p0rn parody comic. I've read all of them, but that previously mentioned one.

I find that reading the hc Eastman & Laird volumes that IDW printed makes reading volume one a breeze. Then I snagged the Souls trilogy as a hard cover as well. Those are the Important issues. Volume 2 was fun but short lived. Volume 3 I didn't originally think I would like but has come to be a favorite. Volume 4 I read mostly out oforder the first time as I bouht them. I have 2 copies of 29 & 30 and then 3 copies of 31 & 32.

I like collected editions to reread but single issues to collect...

I also have some spare random issues of every series...

07-26-2017, 08:44 PM	#7
wpugh2424 Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Triceraton Republic Posts: 1,525	I have almost all the vintage comics Still a few I don't have Going through em all in sequence Yeah volume one can be crazy and many wtf moments. Overall it's a pretty good read __________________ "Go! Move it, will ya? Aw, you're letting him blow right by ya! Can you believe this guy? Come on! Don't just...! Ninja-kick the damn rabbit! Do something!"

07-27-2017, 09:12 AM	#12
Nortock Diab Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Paris, France Posts: 417	Then you can skip #39 and #40 as well. __________________ Fan Comic: Tales of the TMNT Special full PDF Fan Print: Jim Lawson's Guzzi LeMans The Collected Strips Fan Print: Jim Lawson's Secret Garage For sale: Nortock Diab's Comic Shop

07-26-2017, 04:55 PM	#1
wpugh2424 Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Triceraton Republic Posts: 1,525	TMNT comic run Anyone out there doing a full run through all volumes? I am about 42 issues in on volume 1, anyone find some of these issues to be fun but pointless? __________________ "Go! Move it, will ya? Aw, you're letting him blow right by ya! Can you believe this guy? Come on! Don't just...! Ninja-kick the damn rabbit! Do something!"

07-26-2017, 04:59 PM	#2
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 41,031	I have all the old Mirage issues but that was because I started collecting them all in the early 2000's from like 2002-2007 when I was a teenager and in my early 20's getting into Mirage for the first time. I imagine it's much hard to get them all now than when I did an entire decade ago. Mirage Volume 1 is filled with a lot of filler or slice of life issues in the middle, the series doesn't become continuity heavy till issue #45 onward and especially during City at War.

07-26-2017, 05:49 PM	#3
Powder So tired of this place Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell Ri La Posts: 26,803	Been a while since I ran through stuff. I've long wanted to follow Dr. Spengler's continuity timeline, but it's a bit of a pain in the ass to go through my boxes so sporadically. __________________ I'm convinced that none of you have ever experienced joy

07-26-2017, 06:17 PM	#4
myconius Abby Normal Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: the grave marked "Unknown" right beside Arch Stanton. Posts: 2,857	i've never read through Mirage (vol.1) 1-62 numerically. i always just read the Eastman/Laird issues with the few guest stories that fit into what they started. the other stories that are just off the wall slapstick comedy (or feel alternate universe) i'll just pick and read at random. it too jarring an experience otherwise. __________________

07-26-2017, 07:28 PM	#5
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,006	Yeah, volume 1 is very hit and miss. It ranges from awesome to wtf? Especially in the 30s-40s. Issue 48 gets back to a coherent style until the end of the series. I started reading it when around when #13 was released and steadily read it until the end. Some, I haven't read since. I want to go back and reread through of the series, but it would probably take me forever.

07-26-2017, 07:45 PM	#6
joshvox Random Punk Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Mississippi Posts: 26	Reading volume 1 as I aquire them, so not really in order. Not planning on collecting volumes 2-4, but I think that a lot of those issues are not available digitally and I do want to read them.

07-27-2017, 12:15 AM	#9
spookycookies Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: NEPA Posts: 572	I'm going for a full IDW run. I have all the A covers and I'm working on B. I'm not sure if I can get all the exclusive stuff but I have a fair amount of them. Over 300 issues is what I currently have. I am starting to get a bit into Mirage but not anything big, I do have a first print #4.

07-27-2017, 01:05 AM	#10
Nortock Diab Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: Paris, France Posts: 417	As I was collecting Volume 1, I was also reading the issues I could find, especially the filler/one-shot issuesn not matter their #. Major arcs such as the first eleven issues, Return to New York, City at War... were read as a whole in the right order though. __________________ Fan Comic: Tales of the TMNT Special full PDF Fan Print: Jim Lawson's Guzzi LeMans The Collected Strips Fan Print: Jim Lawson's Secret Garage For sale: Nortock Diab's Comic Shop

07-27-2017, 09:10 AM	#11
Donnie Something from the Past Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York Posts: 3,240	I'm rereading V1 too. There are some issues I'll skip, however, specifically #38, that truly bizarre issue featuring Raphael & the cow on the cover.

07-27-2017, 03:03 PM	#13
wpugh2424 Mad Scientist Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Triceraton Republic Posts: 1,525	38-40 have no real purpose but are quick reads __________________ "Go! Move it, will ya? Aw, you're letting him blow right by ya! Can you believe this guy? Come on! Don't just...! Ninja-kick the damn rabbit! Do something!"

07-29-2017, 03:55 PM	#15
~~mrmaczaps~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Maine Posts: 2,619	As far as I know, I own at least one printing of everything Turtles thats out except the p0rn parody comic. I've read all of them, but that previously mentioned one. I find that reading the hc Eastman & Laird volumes that IDW printed makes reading volume one a breeze. Then I snagged the Souls trilogy as a hard cover as well. Those are the Important issues. Volume 2 was fun but short lived. Volume 3 I didn't originally think I would like but has come to be a favorite. Volume 4 I read mostly out oforder the first time as I bouht them. I have 2 copies of 29 & 30 and then 3 copies of 31 & 32. I like collected editions to reread but single issues to collect... I also have some spare random issues of every series...