TMNT Magazine Article Index

[Roseangelo]

I have recently undertaken the task of organizing my collection of magazines that feature TMNT articles. Now that I actually have them all organized, I've compiled a list of what they are. Since this list might be of interest to some people, I'm sharing. Eventually I'm gonna HTML all this and put it on a website.

This is not even close to a complete list!! If you can add any magazines to this list, please post all of the relevant information and I'll add it below.

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Action Films '90

• Summer 1990
  -> Not much text, but lots and lots of pictures

• Fall 1990
  -> "Behind the Scenes of TMNT" - by Ric Meyers

Action Films '91

• Summer 1991
  -> Not much text, but lots and lots of pictures

Animation Magazine

• April 2007
  -> "Return of the Lean, Green Machines: Imagi thinks outside the shell for director Kevin Munroe's new CG-animated version of TMNT" - by Ryan Ball

Black Belt

• May 1991
  -> "The Ninja Turtles Are Back! And Karate Star Ernie Reyes Jr. Is Their Pizza Delivery Boy" - by Jim Coleman

• Fall 1991
  -> Special TMNT Issue

• April 1993
  -> "Behind the Scenes of TMNT III: Donatello's Double Gives Black Belt Readers a Sneak Preview" - by Douglas Jeffrey

Cinefantastique

• March 1990
  -> "TMNT: The off-the-wall comic book heroes come to live-action life" - by Daniel Schweiger

• September 1990
  -> "TMNT: The comic book craze shows how it's easy being green at the box office" - by Daniel Schweiger

• April 1991
  -> "TMNT II: The comic book blockbusters strick back, but are they still as green at the box office?" - by Gary L. Wood

• June 1991
  -> "TMNT II: Behind-the-scenes, filming the animatronic wonders of the Jim Henson Creature Shop" - by Gary L. Wood

• February 1993
  ->"TMNT III: The comic book phenomenon is back in movie action" - by Dale Kutzera

• April 1993
  ->"The Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Mutiny: Eastman & Laird put the series back on its comic book tracks" - by Dale Kutzera

Comics Scene

• #9, 1989
  -> "Lights! Camera! Turtles! Those Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will soon be slashing up the silver screen" - by T.L. Johns

• #12, April 1990
  -> "Teenage Mutant Ninja Movie Stars" - by Will Murray

• #13, 1990
  -> "Writers on the Half-Shell" - by T.L. Johns

• #18, April 1991
  -> Has a 1-page advertisement for a TMNT contest

• #19, June 1991
  -> "The Wizard of Ooze" - by Kyle Counts

Cracked

• #255, August 1990
  -> "Good News and Bad News for Teenage Mutated Ninjerk Turdles"

• #265, September 1991
  -> "Toonage Mutant Ninja Turdles II"

• #281, July 1993
  -> "Teenage Mutant Ninjerk Turdles III: The Sacred Sequel of Dumbness" + "TMNT in Japan"

Fantazia

• #1, 1990
  -> TMNT The Motion Picture

• #2, 1990
  -> TMNT The Film Review

• #3, 1990
  -> TMNT RPG Supplements

• #6, 1990
  -> "TMNT: Green, Mean and on the Screen"

• #12, 1991
  -> TMNT II Film Preview

GamePro

• February 1992
  -> Review of TMNT III: The Manhattan Project from Konami

Imagenes De Actualidad (Spanish)

• #87, November 1990
  -> First movie article and pictures.

• #94, June 1991
  -> "The Grand Adventure Continues: TMNT II"

Imagi-Movies

• #1, Fall 1993
  -> "TMNT III: Acrobatic Actors Come Out of Their Shells" by Dale Kutzera

Inside Karate

• June 1991
  -> "Meet the Real Master Tatsu" - by David Chambers

• February 1993
  -> "Steven Ho: The Man Behind Donatello; Up close and personal with the martial artist who brought the Turtle to life." - by John Steven Soet

Inside Kung-Fu

• August 1990
  -> "Call Them 'Teenage Mutant Kung-Fu Turtles'" - by Ric Meyers

• May 1991
  -> "Big Time: Little Ernie Highsteps to Stardom" - by Dave Cater

Karate and Fitness International

• June 1990
  -> "TMNT: They're Mean! They're Green! They're Superstars of the Screen!"

Inside Tae Kwon Do

• March 1992
  -> "Breaking Out Of His Shell: Ernie Reyes Jr. Takes on New Challenges" - by Rhonda J. Wilson

Kicks

• May 1990
  -> Special TMNT Movie Issue

• July 1990
  -> "Cowabunga, Dude! Get ready for TMNT-The Movie 2!"

• September 1990
  -> TMNT 2 movie news

• October 1990
  -> "Ernie Reyes, Jr.: A Turtle Speaks"

MAD

• #291, December 1989
  -> TMNT parody cover w/ "Mad's Gallery of Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles" on the back cover.

• #306, October 1991
  -> "Teen Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles II: The Secret is to Snooze"

Martial Arts Training

• September 1991
  -> "Tough Turtle's Training: Larry Lam Recalls the Regimen That Prepped Him for His Role in TMNT II" - by Marian K. Castinado

Model and Toy Collector

• #10, Fall 1988
  -> Interview with Eastman and Laird

• Special #3, 1990
  -> Special TMNT 1991 Buying Guide Issue (This sucker's got everything!)

• #22
  -> Features an ad for the Leonardo bust sculpted by A.C. Farley.

The Newfoundland Herald

• April 4-April 13, 1990
  -> "The heroes in a half-shell make their movie debut" - by Bob Hallett

Nintendo Power

• May/June 1989
  -> The first NES game from Konami

People Magazine

• April 18, 1988
  -> "Just When You Thought We Were Out of Superheroes, Along Come Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" - by Ken Gross with Cable Neuhaus

• April 16, 1990
  -> "Kids are shelling out record millions to see Judith Hoag play the Mutant Ninja Turtle dove" - by John Stark and Craig Tomashoff

• April 29, 1991
  -> "Go Ninja, Go Ninja! No hard shell, Turtles pizzaman Ernie Reyes Jr. kicks up as a second-generation martial-arts star" - by Susan Schindehette and Marie Moneysmith

Play

• January 2007
  -> "TMNT: Ubisoft's Montreal Studios take TMNT to a whole new level!"

Portland Magazine

• WinterGuide 2005
  -> "Return of the Ninja: Kevin Eastman" by Colin Sargent

Preview

• January 1990
  -> "They're Mean! They're Green! They're on the Screen! TMNT" - by Steranko and Gary Lutz

Rocket

• January/February 2007
  -> "TMNT: Something mutated this way comes" - by Dave Halverson

• April/May 2007
  -> "TMNT: The CGI move that everyone over the age of 13 has been waiting for is step one in Imagi's plan to help animation grow up" - Dave Halverson

Smithsonian

• December 1992
  -> "How a ridiculous idea mutated into a marketing star" - by Phil Patton

Speak Easy

• July 1990
  -> "TMNT The Movie!" - by Nigel Curson

Starburst

• #148, December 1990
  -> "A Pizza the Turtle Action" - by Howard Maxford

• #149, January 1991
  -> "More Turtle Action" - by Howard Maxford

Starlog

• #154, May 1990
  -> "April in Turtleland" - by Daniel Dickholtz

• #165, April 1991
  -> "Turtle Rap: The TMNT shell out a sequel" - by T.L. Johns

• #166, May 1991
  -> "Another April in Turtleland" - by Daniel Dickholtz

• #355, May 2007
  -> "Teenage Mutant Ninja Director: Kevin Munroe looks to the comics to rejuvenate the heroes in a half-shell" - by Pat Jankiewicz

TIME

• April 2, 1990
  -> "Lean, Green and on the Screen: The TMNT Go Hollywood" by Janice C. Simpson

US, The Entertainment Magazine

• #147, February 7, 1991
  -> "Shell Shocked" by Bob Spitz

[Andrew NDB]

My memory is damned fuzzy of it (aside from remembering a really cool story in it with the Dragon dude), but what about articles within the TMNT magazine itself way back?

[Roseangelo]

Well, the TMNT magazines are front to back TMNT content (mostly). The purpose of this list is more to find TMNT articles in magazines that don't also have TMNT in the title.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by Roseangelo

Well, the TMNT magazines are front to back TMNT content (mostly). The purpose of this list is more to find TMNT articles in magazines that don't also have TMNT in the title.

Gotcha.

I remember the Nintendo Power you list there implicitly, but I also could swear there were other TMNT articles in later NPs. There was even a contest in there, I think... to appear in the movie!

[Roseangelo]

There were lots of NP issues. I used to have photocopies of most of them, but they seem to have disappeared. Video game articles aren't a current priority for my personal collection, but I'll probably get around to them eventually. Right now I'm mostly focusing on movie-related articles.

[NinjaTurtlesFan]

You can check out my website www.tmntmoviesite.com. There are a lot of magazines of the three movies.

[Scandia]

Wherever it was, newspaper or magazine, I remember reading in English in 1990 about the different origins of Splinter in the movie/comic vs. the cartoon. There was no internet back then.

[Roseangelo]

Thanks, NinjaTurtlesFan! I actually meant to cross-reference my list with yours, but I think just dealing with mine was all I could take in one day.

But I've now added everything from your site that I didn't have listed (I think).

[Roseangelo]

Added tonight:

Cinefantastique

• February 1993
  ->"TMNT III: The comic book phenomenon is back in movie action" - by Dale Kutzera

• April 1993
  ->"The Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie Mutiny: Eastman & Laird put the series back on its comic book tracks" - by Dale Kutzera

Also, I've HTMLed everything and put it here.

[Roseangelo]

Added tonight:

Inside Karate

• February 1993
  -> "Steven Ho: The Man Behind Donatello; Up close and personal with the martial artist who brought the Turtle to life." - by John Steven Soet

Inside Tae Kwon Do

• March 1992
  -> "Breaking Out Of His Shell: Ernie Reyes Jr. Takes on New Challenges" - by Rhonda J. Wilson

People Magazine

• April 16, 1990
  -> "Kids are shelling out record millions to see Judith Hoag play the Mutant Ninja Turtle dove" - by John Stark and Craig Tomashoff

[Roseangelo]

One more:

Starburst

• #149, January 1991
  -> "More Turtle Action" - by Howard Maxford

[Roseangelo]

More:

Cinefantastique

• March 1990
  -> "TMNT: The comic book phenomenon comes to live action life"

Comics Scene

• #12, April 1990
  -> "Teenage Mutant Ninja Movie Stars" - by Will Murray

Preview

• January 1990
  -> "They're Mean! They're Green! They're on the Screen! TMNT" - by Steranko and Gary Lutz

[Time Mistress]

Sweet collection Rose. I still have the Black Belt TMNT special and the Cinfantastique TMNT II ones. Plus a few I just xeroxed out of some magazines in high school. Ah, the advantages of being a library aide back in the day.

[Roseangelo]

Well, I don't have all of these, but a lot of them. I used to have a bunch of xeroxed stuff, but it's gone MIA. Alas...

If you've got anything that's not on this list, please post all of the info and I'll add it!

[Roseangelo]

Made some additions to this tonight:

Cinefantastique

• March 1990
  -> "TMNT: The off-the-wall comic book heroes come to live-action life" - by Daniel Schweiger

Imagi-Movies

• #1, Fall 1993
  -> "TMNT III: Acrobatic Actors Come Out of Their Shells" by Dale Kutzera

People Magazine

• April 18, 1988
  -> "Just When You Thought We Were Out of Superheroes, Along Come Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" - by Ken Gross with Cable Neuhaus

Portland Magazine

• WinterGuide 2005
  -> "Return of the Ninja: Kevin Eastman" by Colin Sargent

TIME

• April 2, 1990
  -> "Lean, Green and on the Screen: The TMNT Go Hollywood" by Janice C. Simpson

[Drtooth]

There was also a Teenrage Moolah Nitwit Turtles 1 parody in a Mad magazine. I have the issue somewhere, but I can't remember what the number of the issue was.

[oldmanwinters]

Rose, if you are still looking to update this thread, I have a few additions:

Amazing Heroes
#107, December 1986
-> "An In-Depth Conversation with the Creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" By Thom Powers

#171, September 1989
-> "[Rick] Veitch Speaks" by Darwin McPherson

Animation Magazine
Volume 3, Issue 1, Summer 1989
-> The Making of a Phenomenon: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" by Steven Leiva

Comics Interview
#27, 1985
-> "Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird" by Lamar Waldron

Comics Scene
#32, April 1993
-> "All Shelled-Out" by Bob Rusk

Cracked
#245, July 1989
-> [cameos]

#256, September 1990
-> "Toon-Age Mutant Ninjerk Turtles" and "Yertle the Mutant Ninja Turtle!" (September 1990)

#258 (November 1990)
-> [cameos]

#263, July 1991
-> "Cracked Interviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turdles," "The Drawbacks of Being the Famous Ninja Turtles," and "Totally Turtle!"

#280, May 1993
-> [don't own this one]

#Super #8 Winter 94/95
-> "X-Mental Patients vs. the Nuked Kids on the Block," "Toon-age Mutant Ninjerk Turtles" (reprint?), + inside cover art

Garfield Magazine
Winter 1992
-> "Garfield Meets the Ninja Turtles"

Lee's Action Figure News & Toy Review
#56, June 1997
->"Meet Your Maker" (part 1 of interview with Ryan Brown)

#57, 1997
-> [I'm assuming part 2 of the Ryan Brown interview is here, but I don't own this issue]

MAD
#298, October 1990
-> "Teen-Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles!"

Model and Toy Collector
#14, Spring 1990
-> "Eastman - Laird Interview" & "Karl Aaronia Interview" by Daniel Berger (yeah!)

Tomart's Action Figure Digest
#39, April 1997
-> [coverage of Next Mutation figures]

TV Guide
March 16-22, 1991
-> "Pizza, Ooze, and Success: Talking Turkey with the Turtles" by Barbara Walters

The World of Fandom
Vol. 2 #9 (1989)
-> [don't own]

[oldmanwinters]

I've got some more updates to the list!

Speaking of which, we really need an easier to find repository!

Fantazia #11
-Brief review of the 1st film, even more brief preview of the 2nd film, and a feature on Fleetway's "Comic Relief" publication, in which the "Hero Turtles" were featured.

Collectible Toys & Values (originally titled Toy Values Monthly)
#4 (September 1991) -preview of the upcoming Playmates TMNT figures for 1991 and comic book estimated price listing

#20 (July 1993)- TMNT featured issue!

This one is awesome! It's got an informative interview with Playmates Vice-President of Marketing, Karl Aaronian, and a look at the upcoming Playmates figures for 1993 and beyond! I really should scan the interview sometime.

EDIT:
Disney Adventures (May 1993)
-> [don't own... anymore, apparently]

Nintendo Power
#237 (January 2009)
-> "Shell-Shocker!" (6 page feature on TMNT Smash-Up)

#247 (November 2009)
-> "Backup Brawl" review of Smash-Up (7.5 rating)

Wizard

#12, August 1992
-> "The Creator's Edge: Tundra" by Tom Palmer, Jr.
[3 page feature on the "creator's rights" advocate publishing arm founded by Kevin Eastman]

#20, April 1993
-> "Turtle Time Travel" by Andy Mangels

#21, May 1993
-> "Making Turtles Talk" by Andy Mangels

[oldmanwinters]

Sorry for the necroposting, but I do still try to keep an eye on TMNT magazine appearances.

I noticed that TMNT appeared on the cover and presumably in the feature article of the May 2 issue of Variety from this year as part of their "Nickelodeon Outside the Lines" story. Curious to know if anybody saw the issue and could offer a summary.
https://www.texture.com/magazines-is...-2017-edition/

[oldmanwinters]

1990 article from Studio Photography reveals some background to iconic tmnt movie poster created by Chip Simons:
https://petapixel.com/2022/10/08/the...k3jSUqAgU2N7UY