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Mirage Studios   ·   Released May 1st, 1984

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

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The Turtles' Origin is Told: 

The Turtles are cornered by the Purple Dragon gang and a fight erupts. After the Turtles defeat the Purple Dragon gang they evade the police by entering the sewers.Master Splinter tells the Turtles for the first time their origins and asks the Turtles to kill the Shredder.Raphael breaks into the foots compound, takes out a few guards, and leaves a note for the Shredder. The note asks Shredder to meet Splinters four deciples and fight to the death. Potential clients saw the defeated guards and immediately left saying that anyone who could not protect their own compound was not worthy of protecting theirs.Later, Shredder meets the Turtles and brings foot soldiers. The Foot are defeated. One on one combat with the Shredder fails so they switch to team tactics. The Shredder is defeated. Leonardo hands Shredder one of his swords to kill himself with. Shredder then pulls a grenade. Donatello knocks him from the roof and he explodes in midair.

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Creators

Peter Laird
Writer, Penciller, Inker
Peter Laird
Kevin Eastman
Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer, Cover Artist
Kevin Eastman
Letterer
Steve Lavigne

Characters

Chet Manley
Chet Manley
Donatello (Mirage)
Donatello (Mirage)
Hamato Splinter
Hamato Splinter
Hamato Yoshi (Mirage)
Leonardo (Mirage)
Leonardo (Mirage)
Matt Murdock
Matt Murdock
Earth-616
Michelangelo (Mirage)
Michelangelo (Mirage)
Oroku Nagi
Oroku Nagi
Oroku Saki (Mirage)
Oroku Saki (Mirage)
Raphael (Mirage)
Raphael (Mirage)
Oroku Saki (Mirage)
Shredder
Tang Shen (Mirage)
Tang Shen (Mirage)

Key Events

First Appearance
Donatello (Mirage)
First Appearance
Leonardo (Mirage)
First Appearance
Chet Manley
First Appearance
Michelangelo (Mirage)
First Appearance
Raphael (Mirage)
First Appearance
Hamato Splinter
First Appearance
Oroku Nagi
First Appearance
Hamato Yoshi (Mirage)
First Appearance
Oroku Saki (Mirage)
First Appearance
Tang Shen (Mirage)

Collected In

  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Book I TP
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Book I TP
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
    Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984-1993) #1-3. By Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Featuring the origin of the heroes in a half-shell and their first fateful duel to the death with the sinister Shredder! Softcover, 124...
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Collected Book, Volume 1
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Collected Book, Volume 1
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1 (1984 - 1993)
    Collects stories 1-11, along with the four issues micro-series.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Collected Book Vol. 1 TP 3rd Printing
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Collected Book Vol. 1 TP 3rd Printing
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Collected Book (1988 - 2009)
    Collects issues #1-11, "Fugitoid" #1 and the four micro series.
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 HC
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 HC
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection (2011 - 2019)
    Rediscover the underground roots of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, starting with this special edition hardcover collection of Mirage Studios' issues #1-7 along with the Raphael one-shot by creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird! With over 300 pages...
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 6 HC
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Vol. 6 HC
    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection (2011 - 2019)

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