Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo, four mutant turtle brothers trained in ninjutsu who protect New York from criminals, mutants and interdimensional threats. Created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the team grew from an independent black-and-white comic into a major multimedia franchise.

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CHARACTER PROFILE

The story of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Four ordinary turtles are exposed to mutagen in a New York sewer and transformed into intelligent humanoids. Their rat sensei Splinter trains them in ninjutsu, and the brothers become a close-knit fighting team whose earliest conflicts centre on the Foot Clan and the Shredder.

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COLLECTOR ESSENTIALS

Key Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics

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KEY ISSUE

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)

Major key — first appearance and origin of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Splinter and Shredder.nTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #2 (1984)