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Publishers / Mirage / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) / #59
59May 1993
$2.25; 2.75 CAD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #59

Mirage · May 1993

First appearance: Shadow JonesStoryline: City at War
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Identification plate

Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series)
Issue
#59
Publication date
May 1993
Key date
May 1993
Indicia publisher
Mirage Publishing Inc.
Price
$2.25; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0City at Warcover1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. Farley; colors: A. C. FarleyDonatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
2City at War: Part 10 of 13comic story24script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson; pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Keith Aiken, Eric Talbot; letters: Mary KelleherDonatello, Casey Jones, Leonardo, Michelangelo, April O'Neil, Raphael, Splinter, Inky, Shadow Jones First, Karai
3-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: Jim Lawson, Peter Laird; pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Keith Aiken, Eric TalbotFoot Elite
4Letters From Our Readersletters page2letters: typeset
5What's Next...promo (ad from the publisher)2pencils: A. C. Farley, Peter Laird, Michael Dooney; inks: A. C. Farley, Peter Laird, Michael Dooney
6-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird; inks: Kevin Eastman, Peter LairdDonatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
7-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan SakaiLeonardo, Miyamoto Usagi
8TMNT Number 60: Part 11 of 13promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. FarleyDonatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
9-credits, title page1letters: typeset
10Plastron Cafe No. 4promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. Farley

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #5
ISBN 978-1-61377-553-0		2013On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Vol. 3 #122015On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #5
ISBN 978-1-68405-737-5		2020On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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