1st appearance ???? [Archive] - The Technodrome Forums

to_count

12-31-2006, 06:18 AM

Hi, this is my first time on the forum but im looking for the 1st appearances of the TMNT characters....I know about the turtles but all the other characters....can any one help me out with the titles of the books and the characters ?????

:P davis

Anarky

12-31-2006, 07:04 AM

The first issue of Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered in May, 1984, at a comic book convention held at a local Sheraton Hotel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It was published by Mirage Studios in an oversized magazine-style format using black & white artwork on cheap newsprint, limited to a print run of only 3,000 copies. The small print runs made these early comics instant collector items, and within months they were trading for over fifty times their cover price. The name "Mirage Studios" was chosen because of Eastman and Laird's lack of a professional art studio at the start of their career, before their creation made them both multi-millionaires.

The first issue is available online on the official site.

Sewer Bull

12-31-2006, 07:16 AM

I think to_count wanted to know in which issues the exact non-turtle characters first appeared, not when Mirage #1 was released.

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/html/comic.htm - this site might be helpful. Lots of synopses avalaible.

Sabacooza

12-31-2006, 09:28 AM

Fugitoid number one is where the turtles make their first appearance. However, if you want to get technical, they appeared in the back of Gobbledygook #1 (first printing) as an add for TMNT issue #1

Oops, you were talking about other characters. I need to read posts more carefully. Sorry, don't know off the top of my head.

Spawn Guy

12-31-2006, 09:52 AM

Fugitoid number one is where the turtles make their first appearance.
What are you talking about?

Kendamu

12-31-2006, 02:12 PM

Sabacooza

12-31-2006, 03:06 PM

So I made a mistake. The TMNTs first appearance was in Gobbledygook #1 (first prinitng) as an add. Mistake corrected.

Coola Yagami

12-31-2006, 08:48 PM

Offhand I'd say, the TMNT, Splinter, Shredder and the Foot made their first appearance in the first issue. April and Baxter made their appearance in the second issue. Like issue 4-6 or something deals with Fugitoid, the Triceratons and the Ultroms. Raphael # 1 marked the first appearance of Casey Jones. Michealangelo # 1 marked the first appearance of Klunk.

to_count

12-31-2006, 11:00 PM

THank you all for the help.....i know that there are alot of characters in the TMNT world and would love to have them all.....if any one can let me know about which comic book a character 1st appears would really HELP me out !!!!

:P davis

MrPliggins

01-01-2007, 06:56 PM

I don't understand why Gobbledygook #1 would be considered their first appearance if it was only an ad. I've never heard of an advertisement being considered a first appearance. That being said, isn't that one of the hardest damn books to find?

Katie

01-01-2007, 07:00 PM

hey to_count....

Try This (http://www.fortunecity.com/victorian/muses/353/tmntdictaf.html) site. It's something I found in my surfing. Kinda interesting. (and kudos to whoever compiled all this stuff.)

01-02-2007, 06:42 PM

That being said, isn't that one of the hardest damn books to find?

I dunno...i see this book all the time (and pretty cheap too) on ebay...

And like you, I dont really consider that a first appearance per se...

Roseangelo

01-02-2007, 06:52 PM

I dunno...i see this book all the time (and pretty cheap too) on ebay...

And like you, I dont really consider that a first appearance per se...

You're confusing the books MrPliggins is referring to with the 1986 book. There are two issues of the original Gobbledygook, which were published before the first TMNT and are harder to find than the first TMNT.

Although the price guides often state Gobbledygook #1 was the first appearance of the TMNT, that "appearance" was nothing more than an ad on the back cover. I, personally, don't consider an ad an appearance.

01-02-2007, 08:32 PM

Yep thats right..my bad...my first thought when i read the post was of that widely available '86 one...i've never even seen the earlier 2 books...

Roseangelo

01-02-2007, 08:39 PM

I've got pics, but that's it.

Gobbledygook #1:
Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/gobbledygook1front.jpg)
Back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/gobbledygook1back.jpg)

Gobbledygook #2:
Front (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/gobbledygook2front.jpg)
Back (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v36/roseangelo/gobbledygook2back.jpg)

MrPliggins

01-02-2007, 08:45 PM

Rose, thanks for the pics! I've never seen the back covers...I didn't know both issues had the ad.

Roseangelo

01-02-2007, 08:49 PM

NP. The pics are from not too long ago on eBay. I tried to force myself to bid and win no matter the cost, but it just got way too high for me. *sigh*

01-02-2007, 09:06 PM

Sweet pics...btw, how much did it go for?

Roseangelo

01-02-2007, 09:09 PM

I think close to $2000 each. :tcry:

01-02-2007, 09:12 PM

Sheesh!!! Thats right around the $$$ for a tmnt #1.... hopefully I can find them at a flea market or something...:P

MadPirateBunny

01-02-2007, 10:11 PM

Better never than late. :twink:

but welcome!

BigApple3AM

01-02-2007, 11:53 PM

If you email Dan he says that Mirage considers TMNT #1 to be the first appearance of the turtles. He said they've tried contacting the price guides like overstreet/wizard but they haven't changed it.

The gobbledygook stuff is just xerox paper stapled at the center. It's hardly even a comic book. And I don't count an ad as a first appearance, because then most comic book first appearances would be in the solicitation magazine "Previews".

So in short TMNT #1 is the official first appearance of the turtles (according to Mirage).

01-03-2007, 11:45 AM

I think that sums it up nicely Ecto...

to_count

01-03-2007, 06:43 PM

Sorry to keep confusing everyone....

im not looking for the turtles themselves, Im looking for the other characters in the TMNT universe.....Like Beebop, leatherhead and the other characters.....

sorry !!!

:P davis

Katie

01-03-2007, 06:48 PM

go back up thread and check out my first post. that's a darn good web site, (though it doesn't cover vol 4)

and on bebob and rocksteady and Krang...those aren't mirage characters so you won't find 'em in the mirage comics....

MrPliggins

01-04-2007, 05:40 AM

NP. The pics are from not too long ago on eBay. I tried to force myself to bid and win no matter the cost, but it just got way too high for me. *sigh*

I too recently saw some on ebay but didn't have the extra money just lying around. They went for $700 for the pair. Not a bad price, just not affordable for me.

Spawn Guy

01-04-2007, 06:23 AM

Leather head and Nobody both showed up in the first volume of Tales of the TMNT. Not sure about the rest.

Roseangelo

01-04-2007, 08:34 AM

I too recently saw some on ebay but didn't have the extra money just lying around. They went for $700 for the pair. Not a bad price, just not affordable for me.

Yup, I saw those, too. And I had to decide it was too much for me. I just paid $600+ two weeks ago to fix my car. :dead: