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Publishers / Archie / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (1989) / #23
23August 1991
$1.25; 1.50 CAD; 0.70 GBP

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #23

Archie · August 1991 · on sale May 14, 1991

First appearance (cover): SlashFirst appearance: Bellybomb2 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (Archie, 1989 series)
Issue
#23
Publication date
August 1991
Key date
August 1991
On-sale date
May 14, 1991
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$1.25; 1.50 CAD; 0.70 GBP
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (cover) of Slash - the earliest appearance on record is a cover, not an interior story.

First appearance of Bellybomb - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Ken Mitchroney; inks: Ryan Brown; colors: Steve LavigneDonatello, Krang, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Slash First, Bellybomb First
1Search and Destroycomic story26script: Dean Clarrain; pencils: Chris Allan; inks: Brian Thomas; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Gary FieldsDonatello, Krang, Leonardo, Michelangelo, April O'Neil, Raphael, Slash First, Splinter, Hamato Yoshi, Bellybomb First

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandprice 1.25 USD; barcode 00912846970608
Canadianprice 1.50 CAD; barcode 00912846970608

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Digest #71994On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #7
ISBN 978-1-61377-940-8		2014On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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