Stephen Murphy

‘Tales of the TMNT’ fills in gaps in Issues 31-41 (2007)

Part of the purpose of “Tales of the TMNT” Volume 2 was to go back and fill in all those little story gaps that cropped up in

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April shines in ‘Tales of the TMNT’ Issues 19-30 (2006)

In 2006, Mirage Volume 4 stopped its bimonthly publishing schedule and went to a trickle-out approach, but that same year, “Tales of the TMNT” Volume 2 continued

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Mirage resurrects ‘Tales of the TMNT’ with Vol. 2 Issues 1-18 (2004-05)

For the editors at Mirage Comics, it was both a blessing and a curse that most of their readership got hooked on TMNT through the

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‘TMNT’ explores short form in ‘Turtle Soup’ (1987-92), ‘Challenges’ (1991)

“Shell Shock” (1989), which I reviewed in my last post, is the most significant collection of TMNT shorts from Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 1, as

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‘Shell Shock’ (1989) a treasure trove of ‘TMNT’ shorts

During the formative years of the TMNT in the late 1980s, Mirage often reprinted issues when demand warranted it. And those reprints often included what

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E&L hand off reins in ‘TMNT’ Issues 27-33, 35-37 (1989-91)

When Eastman and Laird handed off the reins of Mirage “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Volume 1 to underlings and guest writers/artists in mid-1989, the nature of

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