Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures Free Comic Book Day #[nn] for Sale - First Appearance of Leonardo - Where to Buy

Identification plate

Series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles New Animated Adventures Free Comic Book Day (IDW, 2013 series)
Issue: #[nn]
Publication date: May 2013
Key date: 2013-05-00
On-sale date: 2013-05-04
Indicia publisher: IDW Publishing
Price: 0.00 FREE
Pages: 32
Barcode: 82771400448900111

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Why this issue matters

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Dario Brizuela; inks: Dario Brizuela; colors: Ronda Pattison	Donatello First, Leonardo First, Michelangelo First, Raphael First, Splinter First, Hamato Yoshi First
1	-	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
2	-	comic story	22	script: Erik Burnham; pencils: Dario Brizuela; inks: Dario Brizuela; colors: Ronda Pattison; letters: Shawn Lee	Donatello First, Leonardo First, Michelangelo First, Raphael First, Splinter First, Baxter Stockman First, Hamato Yoshi First
3	The Adventures of Augusta Wind	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Vassilis Gogtzilas; inks: Vassilis Gogtzilas
4	My Little Pony	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset	Fluttershy
5	The New Ghostbusters	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
6	Popeye	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
7	Dorothy of Oz Prequel	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
8	Rocketeer Hollywood Horror	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	letters: typeset
9	Star Trek Countdown to Darkness	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: David Messina; inks: David Messina
10	The Action Continues	promo (ad from the publisher)	1	pencils: Dario Brizuela; inks: Dario Brizuela; colors: Ronda Pattison	Michelangelo; Leonardo; Raphael

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Series context

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Sources

Grand Comics Database, issue record (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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