are those unofficial image 24-25 comics on eBay worth the money?

[Nortock Diab]

Arseniy Dubakov is selling some copies very frequently. Maybe he is reprinting them. At first they were on auction but gradually less people were interested in (probably because more people were having the issues already) and Arseniy decided to sell them at a fixed price.
Currently the run is I believe over 135 or so copies.

You can find his ebay store here:
http://www.ebay.com/sch/demonalukard...84.m1423.l2654

I assumed this seller Demonalukard87 is Arseniy. I hope I am not mistaken.

My copie are from him and are specified as First Printing in the inside cover. Yet I do not have in these copies the TMNT/Predator add for instance. Not that it does matter much.
Does someone know more about different prints of these issues ?

Good thing is that they are signed and sketched in the inside by Arseniy.

[Parabellum]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

If I recall the E-mails all the way back in 2005 or so correctly, Gary Carlson's intention for Pimiko was for her to be the (apparently) dead daughter of Karai from "City at War." The one that took a full machine gun clip to the gut, somehow still alive. Implying that Saki and Karai had a child together -- Pimiko. And Lady Shredder was to be Karai herself, still in disgrace. Headhunter from Big Bang #10 was originally intended to be Pimiko's mother but by the time Gary introduced Lady Shredder, those plans had been discarded in favor of having it be Karai.

To me, though, when plotting the conclusion over ten years removed from where Vol. 3 had been left, it seemed a bit like this: we could do that, you know... we could make Lady Shredder into Karai (who had yet to even appear once in Vol. 3) and we could make Pimiko into Karai's dead daughter seemingly out of nowhere... but rather than introduce all these new questions and new directions with very little time or space in which to do it, why not bring in Tang Amaya and merge that Lady Shredder logically into the one we've already got and not only wrap up one unfinished story, but two while we're at it and in a meaningful fashion?

Gary was supportive of the change in direction and Ross was heavily involved in assisting writing much of the Lady Shredder material.

Thanks for the run down.

[darthsmozers]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

If I'm not mistaken, I think #24 only received an English language print run of 135 issues (100 first printing, 35 second print) and #25 also only received 135 issues for it's single run (with an additional 15 in Russian?).

They're actually some of the least printed TMNT issues out there, so worth scooping up while you can.

Maybe a dumb question, but why were they printed non-English?

Also, is there a review of these that can sum up the story for me. I have no image issues, but just curious how it moves into vol 4. (Goes to check TMNT Entity)

[DrSpengler]

Originally Posted by darthsmozers

Maybe a dumb question, but why were they printed non-English?

Dubakov, the artist and co-publisher is Russian and there's a sizeable Russian TMNT fanbase, so the comics were published in both languages to appease both groups.

Also, is there a review of these that can sum up the story for me. I have no image issues, but just curious how it moves into vol 4. (Goes to check TMNT Entity)

TMNT #24 summary
TMNT #25 summary

[darthsmozers]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

Dubakov, the artist and co-publisher is Russian and there's a sizeable Russian TMNT fanbase, so the comics were published in both languages to appease both groups.



TMNT #24 summary
TMNT #25 summary

Thanks for the info!

[ToTheNines]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Apparently they're pretty rare. Eventually I might do a 3rd print of #24 and 2nd print of #25 (or maybe combine them together into a single "UNFINISHED BUSINESS" special)... but certainly no imminent plans.

I never realized that you’ve had that title picked out for so long. Interesting.