Your First Ninja Turtles Comic

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I was browsing through the official web page when I thought of this topic about what your first TMNT comic was.

I guess technically my first comic was this collection of the TMNT Adventures mini series.

http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/2834/8640366570716thprintvn4.gif

I had a copy that came with a cassette tape of voice actors reading the comic. I think the voice acting is why I distinctly remember April O'Neil's line about having put on some weight when she's squeezing through the sewer drain, and almost confusing it with a line in the cartoon when it is only in the comic. I still have the cassette tape, and have found the first two original issues that became this collected book.

My first single issue would have been issue 27. The TMNT site jogged my memory regarding this issue.

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/archie/27/27.htm

http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/5222/coverfl0.jpg

I remember reading this issue for my first grade assignment about encouraging kids to read. I also remember as a kid being nitpicky about the fact that April apparently decided to get a pair of blue boots for a change. :)

I don't think I saw the Mirage books until I was about seven or eight. I picked up a City At War issue and had no idea what was going on.

[Jester]

I had both it and the Return of the Shredder comic on tape. I wanna say that was my first TMNT comic...I really don't remember if it was that or the Jaguar issue.

[Umeko]

My first Turtle comic was the Archie Comic,TMNT adventures #10. I remember browsing through a local flee market and stumbling across it. I fell in love with it and made it my duty to collect the next issue and locate the issues I missed. :)
Ahhh sweet memories.....

[Masked Ninja]

My first was one of the martial arts training manuals - my friend gave that to me as a present a few years back, along with a copy of the 1990 TMNT soundtrack.

My first Mirage comic was Donatello #1, and I was ecstatic to find it. :)

[gobo]

Archies TMNT Adventures #7 with the first appearance of Raph's wrestling costume. With all the Archie-influence in Tournament Fighters, shouldn't they have put at least Raph in his costume?

[Jon]

From what I recall, think my first was Archie's TMNT #20. Then went looking for the previous issues -- which, at the time, was rather easy for many of them. As, for some reason, Kay-Bee Toys had a bunch.

Though, strangely, had some trouble with finding issues 15 and 18. Wasn't til years later I finally got those.

[SLASH!!!]

The first comic I ever read was issue five of the Image series. I remember being surprised by the violence and cursing, and being confused by the conditions of Don and Raph, and the fact that Leo and Mike had red bandanas on the cover added to the confusion. But I welcomed the violence with open arms.

[Roseangelo]

I started with the Archie comics not long after they first started.

For Mirage my first issue was either Vol. 1 #17 or Michaelangelo #1, but those were just random issues I got. I didn't start reading the series regularly until quite a few years later.

[Aignatius]

Crumbs, I don't remember a particular issue. After seeing the interview with Eastman and Laird on 60 minutes back in 1991 or so, I was so intrigued with their mentioning the publications I went to the nearest comic shop and bought one each of all the TMNT issues they had.
One of them was the Michaelangelo Christmas issue where he has Klunk in his jacket. ;)
The other memorable find was the huge collected novel (phonebook style) of the first 20 issues or so. Was pretty broke after buying all those books, but I was very happy with them. Spent evenings reading them and was transported to another world. :D

[ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael]

My first issue would be an issue of the archie series. I forget which one, but it was around the time Raph ewas wearing that all-black costume.

[Ecto Jedi]

My first issue would be an issue of the archie series. I forget which one, but it was around the time Raph ewas wearing that all-black costume.

All...black...costume? :-?

[ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael]

All...black...costume? :-?

Yeah, he wore it when the Turtles briefly became wrestlers for STUMP, and for a while he didn't take it off.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

Archies TMNT Adventures #7 with the first appearance of Raph's wrestling costume. With all the Archie-influence in Tournament Fighters, shouldn't they have put at least Raph in his costume?

I now have that in a trade that was part of a set of TMNT merchandise this place was selling on eBay, along with some trading cards from the UK ("Hero" Turtles).

When I first saw Raphael in that costume as a kid I was really confused. I really didn't have process of elimination down yet as a concept and was wondering if it was a 5th turtle or something.

[MrPliggins]

Mine was volume 1 #16 by Mark Martin...the one with the weird alien girl. I LOVED this issue at the time. The store Hills had stocked hundreds of this issue, and I read it over and over again. It's worn and tattered now.

[Aignatius]

Yeah, he wore it when the Turtles briefly became wrestlers for STUMP, and for a while he didn't take it off.

Yeah, he looked a bit like a silhouette. Pretty neat looking. Probably saved the artist having to do much detail on Raph for a while. :)

[Ecto Jedi]

I have no idea what was the first TMNT comic I read when I was younger...Though I still vividly remember the first issue I purchased a few years back when I got the interest to start collecting;

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/archie/movie1/prestigecover.jpg (http://www.xanga.com/Retro_Playback/343199622/item.html)

A "prestige" edition of the TMNT movie comic book adaptation. Incredible condition, beautiful colouring and incredible quality overall. 'Still one of my favourite TMNT comics.

[Time Mistress]

Archie - Issue #2 of the mini-series, before it became a monthly comic

Mirage - #28 - Sons of the Silent Age

[RskimB]

I cant remember exactly but it told the origin story and the turtles fought a giant exosuit Krang.

[Raven]

I'm not sure what exact one it was but it was an archie comic. The local grocery story would have a rack of comics and they would only carry the archie version but of course that didnt matter because for quite awhile I didnt even know that Mirage was around.

Needless to say most of those comics I bought at the time have been sold, thrown away or torn apart or colored on.........heh

[Spawn Guy]

either the fifth issue of the Archie series or the final part of Return to New York. Probably the Archie issue as I didn't know the Mirage versions wore red bandanas until they showed up in an issue of Savage Dragon.

[discordiatookie]

All...black...costume? :-?

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/5314/11coversp9.th.jpg (http://img105.imageshack.us/my.php?image=11coversp9.jpg)

I think he wore it between issue 7 and 17 of the Archie comics run, wearing only the bottoms in issues 15-17, with no bandana! (I might be wrong!!)

As a kid, my only turtles comic was the movie adaptation (normal comic book format) I remember thinking that it was called 'ninja' instead of 'hero' and how the artwork was totally different to the cartoon. Then randomly, years later (in the year of 2003) I found the colour Mirage TMNT reprints (books 1 - 4) which collect vol1 issues 1 - 11, plus Leo book 1. This was in a charity book shop and were dirt cheap. I then went to a comic store and found vol4 issues 9 and 10. And then the new toon came out, it was a perfect time to get back into the TMNT!!! I got all the figs getting released, I was addicted! I went into which is now my local comic shop, and asked if they had any old issues of the turtles. They only had Corben's colour issue (33) and a bunch of vol4, so I picked them up. I then turned to ebay: my first ebay win being vol1 issue 28. And now i'm a total turtle-head, picking up what I can, whenever I can!!!

[cowabunga14]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/TMNTguy/extreme%20things/08cover.jpg

and

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v719/TMNTguy/extreme%20things/coversoup.jpg

I remember that one day at my local comics shop when I asked the clerk if there was any old Ninja Turtle comics left. He directed me to the back issue area and pulled out Volume 1 #8. Then, he told me to also look under "Turtle" and I found Turtle Soup #1. The comics were (each) a little more than the cover price, but they were worth it.

[Aztec General]

A friend of mine showed me all of the Mirage comics (it was up to Vol. 1 #24 or something). I fell in love and I raced out to buy any TMNT comics I could. I came home with Graphic Novel #4 (Leo #1, Vol. 1 #10-11) and Vol. 1 #26. I fell in love. I know own them all.

[Cascadia]

My first TMNT comic was the 4th printing of the first issue...Vol. 1, Issue 1. I found it several years ago.




http://ninjaturtles.com/comics/mirage/volume01/01/01cover4.jpg

[Raph86]

Mine was #41 of the original run of the comics, Turtle Dreams. Matt Howarth did everything on that issue.

[Chef Boyarquoa]

My first was the fifth issue of the original Mirage TMNT series, where they fight Triceratons and soldiers in an Intergalactic Sports Bar, the cover is sweet.
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/mirage/volume01/05/05cover.jpg

[OA]

My first was one of the original 3,000 volume 1, #1....

Yea right, I wish...:P

Anyways, mines was one of the 3-issue Archie mini-series though which one im not sure as I got them all around the same time and i was pretty young...I still got em too, though they are in ROUGH condition...

[diegojourdan]

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/archie/42/cover.jpg

Mine was TMNT Adventures #42 ...needless to say i didn't understand anything story-wise, but loved the art! :D

[CudleyCowlick]

The first TMNT comic I remember having was actually an issue of Mighty Mutanimals. I don't believe the TMNT even appeared in it. I do remember a Triceraton appearance. I've collected the mini-series and a few of the issues from the regular series, but so far I have not found this one again. I didn't discover the comic shop until I was 8, but I had my cousin's collection of the Mirage series. At hat age I didn't like the B&W as much. Why wasn't Baxter a fly? Why was April with him? Because he wasn't a fly? It made no sense then, but it's all so clear to me now.

[TheShowstoppa]

I got TMNT Volume 1 #7 years ago. It wasn't in any good shape, but it was worth it. after that, I totally HAD to have every one of the comics. So far, I'm only missing a few from volume 2

[xChri5x]

Mine were probably the Archie digests which I remember loving as a kid and shortly after that I aquired the original comics in the first 4 full colour volumes. I'm not sure how many issues that makes entirely though.

[Karai]

Mine was the first Archie too - I didn't make a habit of collecting them and picked up maybe 3 or 4 after that the following 5 years.

[blue_angel99]

The first I read was The Collected Book #1. I was taking my little bro to our local comic shop to help him buy Pokemon cards when I saw it.

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/comics/books/volone1990.jpg

[Zog the Equalizer]

Im 17 and have been a TMNT fan as long as i can remeber. However i didnt start reading the comics until about 3 years ago, so my first was Volume 4 #16

[NinjaFootClan75]

hi all! my first post here!
well my first turtles books were:
TMNT Adventures #12 (Archie)
TMNT #33 Richard Corben+ full color=WOW!:D (Mirage)
and the graphic collected book 1 (First)