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Publishers / Mirage / Leonardo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (1986) / #1

1December 1986
$1.50; 2.25 CAD

Leonardo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle #1

Mirage · December 1986

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Identification plate

Series: Leonardo Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (Mirage, 1986 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: December 1986
Key date: December 1986
Indicia publisher: Mirage Studios
Price: $1.50; 2.25 CAD
Pages: 36

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	2	pencils: Peter Laird; inks: Peter Laird; colors: Peter Laird	Leonardo
1	Turtle Tracks	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Peter Laird
2	What Goes Around... ...Comes Around!	comic story	30	script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; pencils: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; inks: Stephen R. Bissette, Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Ryan Brown, Michael Dooney, Jim Lawson; letters: Steve Lavigne	Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, April O'Neil, Raphael, Splinter, Klunk
3	Training Exercises	illustration	1	pencils: Andy; inks: Andy

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Collected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1	1990	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #4 ISBN 0-915419-43-2	1988	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1	1988	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collected Book #1	2009	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics: Leonardo Micro-Series One-Shot #[nn]	2013	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #2 ISBN 978-1-61377-088-7	2011	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #2 ISBN 978-1-68405-161-8	2018	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Compendium #1 ISBN 978-1-68405-931-7	2022	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Microseries #4	2012	On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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