CATALOG RECORD
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1
first Turtles, Mirage
WHY COLLECTORS WANT IT
first Turtles, Mirage
- Leonardo (Mirage) — introduction · origin
- Raphael (Mirage) — introduction · origin
- Donatello (Mirage) — introduction · origin
- Michelangelo (Mirage) — introduction · origin
- Splinter (Mirage) — introduction · origin
- Shredder (Oroku Saki, Mirage) — introduction · origin
- Hamato Yoshi (Mirage) — introduction
Dates
- Cover date
- May 1984
- On sale
- May 5, 1984
- Pages
- 44
Editions and covers (3)
Copies of #1 are not all the same book. Here is how to tell each one apart.
- Original editionSource ↗
- 2nd printing
Second Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page - 3rd printing
Third Printing
Marked as a later printing on the cover or in the indicia.
This edition’s page
Creators
Stories
- Untitled · 40 pages
Splinter sends the Turtles to avenge his master's death.
Characters
Reprinted in
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1986), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1988), The Collected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness Revised Edition (1990), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 FCBD Edition (2009), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Collected Book (2009), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection (2011), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics (2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection (2017), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Compendium (2022), TMNT FCBD 2022: The Armageddon Game (2022)