If your are into stories with anti heroes and wants to get an idea of what turtles are in comic book form or just want to experince something that are just half as crappy and shitty as i magine the original ninja turtles just in collors and just being a limited series, with only one turtle. Jul 05, 2011 the one i had had a story similar to the game master story in action 52 cheetamen. Both written and illustrated by jim lawson the book retained the continuity from the previous volume, started were the last story left off. Teenage mutant ninja turtles mirage comic book tv tropes. Ninja turtle comics, on the other hand, sell solely to a captive audience solely by virtue of their being ninja turtle comics. We tried to make those quotation marks as sarcastic as possible, because the original ninja turtles comics featured a race of.
Rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles comic to debut in. Official teenage mutant ninja turtles thread november 11. Before this one, i had never read a teenage mutant ninja turtles comic. Teenage mutant ninja turtles often shortened to the tmnt or ninja turtles are four fictional teenaged anthropomorphic turtles named after italian renaissance artists. Both written and illustrated by jim lawson the book retained the continuity from. Kevin eastman 1962 is the cocreator, with peter laird, of the teenage mutant ninja turtles, a popculture juggernaut that appeared in 1984 and has since spawned four animated television series, six feature films, countless toys, and numerous comic book series, the most recent of which is published by idw and is the longestrunning to date.
The tmnt comic was dark and gritty, featuring a nononsense group of turtles that in no way resembled their superfriendly an rarelyserious counterparts from the 1987 animated series. The comic has since evolved into the pop culture titan we know today. I grew up watching the teenage mutant ninja turtles cartoon as a kid teenage mutant hero turtles for those like me, watching it in the uk and fell in love with the gang of green heroes. Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive view pictures of their covers. Tmnts content cgc comic book collectors chat boards. Aug 14, 2019 comicpop is a few friends talking about comic books. Bodycount comic books 1996 series all regular issues are out of stock. This series slightly reimagines the origins of the turtles, as well as other characters such as april oneil, splinter and casey jones.
Scroll down to add issues to your want list and well email you when they arrive. Casey jones and raphael get caught up in a twofisted, 200gun battle when a woman tries to leave her crime family. For better or worse, bodycount certainly is an accurate reflection of john woos cinematic masterpieces. Teenage mutant ninja turtles is an ongoing comic book series published by idw publishing. Bodycount by kevin eastman meet your next favorite book. Teenage mutant ninja turtles 1993 comic read teenage. Unusually, the series switched titles and publishing labels partway through the arc. The original incarnation of eastman and lairds teenage mutant ninja turtles, and the one that, for better or worse, lit the firecracker. Casey jones, midnight, johnny woo woo, shakkur, raphael. The entire teenage mutant ninja turtles comic book universe all in one app. It was published by mirage studios in an oversized magazinestyle format using black and white artwork on cheap newsprint, limited to a print run of only 3,250 copies.
It is mainly based on the stories of the mutant turtles donatello, leonardo, michaelangelo, raphael, and their rat sensei splinter. It was also pretty much the only comic book series i grew up with and followed. The original early issues of stan sakais acclaimed longrunning series, now in full color. The teenage mutant ninja turtles are here with a series of comics ready for you to enjoy. Teenage mutant ninja turtles comics adventures kids. A ninja turtle is on a comic thats not titled tmnt. Aug 06, 2018 gory and violent for the sake of it, filled with awful language and even has raphael using disgusting slurs such as retarded. The spine features the teenage mutant ninja turtles title along with volume number stamp and a custom shell stamp at the top with 2 panel lines on either side. In 1984, eastman and laird brought to life a group of unlikely heroes that in fact started off as a. When you make a comic paying homage to one of the shallowest filmmakers in all of hollywood, youre invariably going to end up with one of the shallowest comic books to ever hit the racks.
Just about every tmnt comic ever created on your android devices. Kevin eastman 1962 is the cocreator, with peter laird, of the teenage mutant ninja turtles, a popculture juggernaut that appeared in 1984 and has since spawned four animated television series, six feature films, countless toys, and numerous comicbook series, the most recent of which is published by idw and is the longestrunning to date. The teenage mutant ninja turtles tmnt started as a comic book in 1984 by two individuals, kevin eastman and peter laird. Created by kevin eastman and peter laird and self published, the comic sold surprisingly well and kicked off the independent sales boom of. The comicpop team brings a bunch of unique points of view to every single discussion about a comic book, graphic novel, character or story arc. After the unexpected success of their first issue, kevin eastman and peter laird continued expanding their universe in a somewhat haphazard manner, both in the regular series and complementary books such as.
Bodycount idw publishing delivers a darkly pulsepounding crime drama with nonstop overthetop action. Every tmnt villain, ranked worst to best screenrant. Apr 10, 2018 first announced in march 2017, rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles is set to reinvent the tmnt mythos in several ways, along with the visual changes. They were trained by their anthropomorphic rat sensei in the art of ninjutsu. Initially, the comic book followed the 1987 tv series story by. We find that, frequently, tmnt fans come to r tmnt asking for advice on how and where to start reading the comic series. The teenage mutant ninja turtles, created by peter laird and kevin eastman in 1984, have brought joy to fans across three decades.
The tmnt as they are commonly known was once nothing more than a black and white comic strip but soon their fame sky rocketed with saturday morning cartoons, comic books, and even a series of movies. Jun 28, 2011 it was also pretty much the only comic book series i grew up with and followed. May 28, 2007 professionally bound tmnt comics with imitation leather covers and a goldcolored embossed title logos. Conceived by kevin eastman and peter laird, it was initially intended as a oneshot, but due to its popularity it became an ongoing series. Eastman and lairds teenage mutant ninja turtles adventures. Special tmnt movie 2006 video game limited edition comic. It is set in a separate reality from other tmnt stories. Starring casey jones and raphael from the pages of teenage mutant ninja turtles. From their home in the sewers of new york city, they battle petty criminals, evil overlords, mutated creatures, and alien invaders while. Teenage mutant ninja turtles initially known as teenage mutant hero turtles also simply known as tmht in the uk and some european countries due to controversy at the time, and retroactively also known as tmnt 1987 or just tmnt 87 is an american animated series produced by the studio murakamiwolfswenson and the french company iddh. I read this comic, its pretty 90s and not something that i usually would like but i enjoyed the heck out of it. Bodycount is a fourpart story arc in the mirage continuity.
Teenage mutant ninja turtles from idw is amazing back. By the time me and all the other 90s kids got squeezed out, the heroes in a halfshell were such a franchised hurricane that the comic books, like they always are when they compete against other media, were easy to miss. Comic books and video for sale comics and video games systems trade paperbacks marvel dc idw image nintendo playstation xbox. Pro wrestling superstar john cena will voice one of the. Teenage mutant ninja turtles 1st series comic books from. Additionally, the series features characters and plot devices from all over the teenage mutant ninja turtles franchise. May 28, 2007 content count 994 joined may 28, 2007. The heroes in a half shell have faced a ton of foes over the years, and some were a bit betterconceived than others.
Only from idw publishing, a leader in digital comics. That captive audience is composed entirely of guys five to ten years older than me who got swept up by the original wave. In 1984, eastman and laird brought to life a group of unlikely heroes that in fact started off as a joke turtles, not. Enjoy the tmnt comic like never before with animated scenes and some surprises. A teenage mutant ninja turtles movie produced by michael bay was release on june 6, 2014.
Inspired by the magazine heavy metal and the films of john woo, creators kevin eastman and simon bisley present a much darker take on the teenage mutant ninja turtles, spinning a pulsepounding yarn of overthetop action and more than a bit of the old ultraviolence. As i got older, i found out that the show was based upon comics and that the books were much more adult and darker in tone than the childrens series. Soon after, a second incarnation of teenage mutant ninja turtles was born, written and drawn by longtime mirage employee jim lawson, and, unlike the first volume, in full color. Eastman and lairds teenage mutant ninja turtles is an american comic book published on and off by mirage studios since may 1984. See more ideas about tmnt, teenage mutant ninja turtles and ninja turtles. Originally conceived by kevin eastman and peter laird as a oneoff parody, the comic s popularity has gone on to inspire a major pop culture franchise, including television series, five feature films, numerous video games and a wide range of toys and merchandise. Teenage mutant ninja turtles is an american comic book series published by mirage studios, featuring the characters of the same name, with a 30year run from 1984 to 2014. Professionally bound tmnt comics with imitation leather covers and a goldcolored embossed title logos. Teenage mutant ninja turtles mirage studios wikipedia.
Inspired by the magazine heavy metal and the films of john woo, creators kevin eastman and simon bisley present a much darker take on the teenage mutant ninja turtles, spinning a pulsepounding yarn of over. A month after the end of mirages teenage mutant ninja turtles comic, the book was relaunched but this time published in full color instead of simple black and white. Gory and violent for the sake of it, filled with awful language and even has raphael using disgusting slurs such as retarded. Homages and parodies since its inception, there have. Eastman and lairds teenage mutant ninja turtles adventures was a comic book series published by archie comics from august 1988 to october 1995. Created by kevin eastman and peter laird and self published, the comic sold surprisingly well and kicked off the independent sales boom of the eighties.
Teenage mutant ninja turtles idw publishing wikipedia. The tmnt were originally created as a satire on the dark and gritty superhero comic books of the. Cover a adam gorham regular cover a cover b kevin eastman regular cover b cover ri mateus santolouco 10 copy 1. Tmnt replied to mac mans topic in copper age comic books. The initial creative team consisted of the teenage mutant ninja turtles cocreator kevin eastman who collaborated on the plot and the page.
While tmnt was made mainstream through the 1987 tv series, it began as a comic in 1984. A couple valentines back, i gifted this original art to my lovely and patient. Krang also spelled kraang is a supervillain appearing in the teenage mutant ninja turtles tv shows and most frequently in the 1987 cartoon and its associated media, such as the teenage mutant ninja turtles adventures comic book and most of the classic tmnt video games. Follow their adventures in this comic in flash where you can use your mouse to pass the page. This second series featured the return of baxter stockman and nobody, introduced government organization d. Eastman and lairds teenage mutant ninja turtles fandom. When i was at the store and seen that issue, my instant reaction was, did i see that right. Use your mouse to interact with the teenage mutant ninja turtles comic. Dont miss what might just be the longestrunning gunfight in comic book history. Since its inception in august 2011, it has been the first new comic version of the turtles to debut after the sale of the franchise to nickelodeon in october 2009. Teenage mutant ninja turtles 1987 tv series wikipedia.
The initial creative team consisted of the teenage mutant ninja turtles cocreator kevin eastman who collaborated on the plot and. Hundreds of great tmnt stories, from the original black and white stories of the 80s to todays idw modern classics featuring kevin eastman. Travel to a galaxy far, far away and journey through star wars history. Bodycount is the goriest, most violent and vulgar tmnt comic ive ever read. Top 10 teenage mutant ninja turtles comics you should read.
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