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Kevin eastman and peter laird had been collaborating in comics for a couple of years without notable success, when, while working on something entirely different, they started batting ideas about weapontoting turtles back and forth. Mirage studios teenage mutant ninja turtles volume 1 number 1 comes to life in this voice comic. Teenage mutant ninja turtles volume 1 number 1 voice comic. Originally conceived by kevin eastman and peter laird as a oneoff parody, the comic s popularity has gone on to inspire a major pop culture franchise, including television series, five feature films, numerous video games and a wide range of toys and merchandise. Eastman and lairds teenage mutant ninja turtles tmntpedia. Eastman and lairds teenage mutant ninja turtles is an american comic book published on and off by mirage studios since may 1984.
A third track was added on december 10, 1990, when creators syndicate miss peach, baby blues launched the turtles daily newspaper strip. Teenage mutant ninja turtles survived script fights, horrifictowear 70pound costumes, and a major studio pulling out at the last moment. Marine, desert storm vet, and former california national guard military policeman. Based on kevin eastman and peter lairds phenomenally successful comic book creation, teenage mutant ninja turtles takes the dynamic characters off the page and throws them onto the screen for their very first liveaction origin adventure.
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