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Publishers / Archie / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (1989) / #9
9March 1990
$1.00

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #9

Archie · March 1990 · on sale December 12, 1989

First appearance (cover): Chameleon3 variants
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Identification plate

Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (Archie, 1989 series)
Issue
#9
Publication date
March 1990
Key date
March 1990
On-sale date
December 12, 1989
Indicia publisher
Archie Comic Publications Inc.
Price
$1.00
Pages
36
Rating
Approved by the Comics Code Authority

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Ryan BrownRaphael, Chameleon First
1Codename: Chameleoncomic story28script: Dean Clarrain, Ryan Brown; pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Gary Fields; colors: Barry Grossman; letters: Gary FieldsBebop, Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, April O'Neil, Oroku Saki, Raphael, Rocksteady, Shredder, Splinter, Hamato Yoshi, Chameleon First

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Newsstandbarcode 07189646970703
Canadian - Newsstandprice 1.25 CAD; barcode 07189646970703
Canadian - Directprice 1.25 CAD

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics Digest #21993On eBay ›
The Collected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #2
ISBN 1-879450-04-6		1991On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
ISBN 1-879450-00-3		1991On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #3
ISBN 978-1-61377-554-7		2013On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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