Does anyone know the origin of The Rat King because I've always wondered about this.

He originally appeared in the Mirage b/w comics. It was in the mini run call the "Tales of the TMNT", kinda during the time when they were younger.

I forget what made the Rat King who he was, but he was this crazy human who lived in an abandoned warehouse, and of course, befriended the rats.

I need to reread that comic when I get home before I get any further. But when the cartoon introduced him, I think they built more into his character to make him even more memorable. :evilgrin:

where can you get that mini-run? is it hard to find?

Well, I got this particular comic from ebay. Just do a search for Ninja Turtle comics, and then look through the hits that come up. :smile:

Some comic stores might also have em in the back issue boxes, if they happened to carry any of the old Mirages.

Cool. As i am sure everyone knows, i like young TMNT stuff. Stories, pics, anything.

hehe... you'll prolly like the Ratking tale. Mike nearly gets 'eaten' by him. ;p

The Tales of the TMNT also introduce Leatherhead and Lord Savanti. There's also another one you'll really like, Machias, where Splinter helps this Japanese guy defeat a demon in his past.

*hopping up and down excitedly* ooh ooh I wanna see!!! Mike almost gets eaten?! Ratking mustve been pretty darn hungry to try and eat HIM!

I want SO much to get all these things, but i am dangerously low on money...

yeah... *looks around the crooks and crannies* And now Laird's copyright police are watchin me like a hawk. *sai*

BTW.. the RatKing one is Tales #4. Not sure how many issues total are in the TMNT tales run though.

*whimper* i want to get it SO bad now! You said you can get them at Ebay?

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yeppers! sometimes you can even be lucky and get a whole bunch of comics for a few bucks too.

This one has Tales #1, #6 and a few others.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1523071830

:smile:

Im signing up to ebay and THATS the one im planning to get!!!

iTS ALL MINE! muahahahaaaaa! *coughcough* *hack*

Thanks for the info.

great post. hehe

Hrmm... Oh Great Rat King... you didn't even have anything more to add?

no Mr ed i don't have anything else to add because the post has been answered.

*tsk* ...and that's Mrs. Ed to you. :wink:

hehe