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Mirage Studios - Mirage Studios - "TMNT" Volume One All items are subject to availability, and supply is extremely limited on many items. Comics and books are not packed in plastic bags. All books are first printings and printed in B&W unless otherwise noted. Click the cover image to see a larger version. PLEASE NOTE: Now that Mirage is in its "ramping down" phase, Katie (our entire shipping department) is only working on Tuesdays and Wednesdays - so anything ordered from the site will only be shipped on those days. This means it can take quite a few weeks before an order goes out our door. Orders are shipped on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. If you chose "priority mail" shipping that ONLY means the order will be sent via priority mail, it does not mean the order will be packed and shipped quickly. Orders are filled on a first-in/first-out basis regardless of the shipping method chosen during check out. Order Confirmations are NOT sent due to time constraints. If you got a receipt from Paypal, rest assured that we have your order and it is in the queue and will be shipped out as quickly as possible. Please allow 4-8 weeks for delivery. Condition: while many of our recent comic books are like new, older issues are not. For collecting purposes, consider all of our books to be in Fine condition. If the books you receive are in better shape, so much the better, but please anticipate that your issues will be in Fine condition. space Description Price In Stock space --Check eBay Raphael #1 By Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Steve Bissette, Michael Dooney & Ryan Brown $4.00 Yes MICHAELANGELO #1 Second Print By Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird $7.00 Yes LEONARDO #1 By Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Steve Bissette, Michael Dooney & Ryan Brown --Check eBay Donatello #1 By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #1 Second Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #1 Third Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird - Check eBay TMNT #1 Fourth Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #1 Fifth Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #2 By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #2 Second Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #2 Third Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #3 By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #3 Second Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #4 By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #4 Second Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #5 By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #5 Second Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #6 By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #6 Second Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #7 By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #7 Second Print By Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird --Check eBay TMNT #8 By Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Dave Sim $7.00 Yes TMNT #9 By Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Michael Dooney, Ryan Brown & Jim Lawson $7.00 Yes TMNT #10 By Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Michael Dooney -- TMNT #11 By Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird $7.00 Yes TMNT #12 By Peter Laird -No TMNT #13 "The People's Choice" by Michael Dooney -No TMNT #14 "The Unmentionables" by Kevin Eastman and Eric Talbot -No TMNT #15 "Dome Doom" by Peter Laird and Jim Lawson $4.00 Yes TMNT #16 By Mark Martin -No TMNT #17 "Distractions" by Eric Talbot and Kevin Eastman $4.00 Yes TMNT #18 "The Shell of the Dragon" by Mark Bode and Kevin Eastman -No TMNT #19 "Return to New York" Part 1 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Jim Lawson $4.00 Yes TMNT #20 "Return to New York" Part 2 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Jim Lawson $4.00 Yes TMNT #21 "Return to New York" Part 3 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Jim Lawson $4.00 Yes TMNT #22 by Mark Martin $4.00 Yes TMNT #23 by Mark Martin $4.00 Yes TMNT #24 "The River" Part 1 by Rick Veitch $4.00 Yes TMNT #25 "The River" Part 2 by Rick Veitch $4.00 Yes TMNT #26 "The River" Part 3 by Rick Veitch $4.00 Yes TMNT #27 "Dreams of Stone" by Michael Dooney $4.00 Yes TMNT #28 "Sons of the Silent Age" by Stephen Murphy and Jim Lawson $4.00 Yes TMNT #29 "Men of Shadow" by A.C. Farley $4.00 Yes TMNT #30 "Sky Highway" by Rick Veitch $4.00 Yes TMNT #31 "Souls Winter" by Michael Zulli $4.00 Yes TMNT #32 By Mark Bode, Kevin Eastman and Eric Talbot $4.00 Yes TMNT #33 - FULL COLOR "Turtles Take Time" by Jan Strnad and Richard Corben $4.00 Yes TMNT #34 "Toitle Anxiety" by Rich Hedden and Tom McWeeney $4.00 Yes TMNT #35 "Souls Withering" by Michael Zulli $4.00 Yes TMNT #36 "Souls End" by Michael Zulli $4.00 Yes TMNT #37 "Twilight of the Ring" by Rick McCollum and Bill Anderson $4.00 Yes TMNT #38 "Spaced Out" Part 1 by Rich Hedden & Tom McWeeney $4.00 Yes TMNT #39 "Spaced Out" Part 2 by Rich Hedden & Tom McWeeney $4.00 Yes TMNT #40 "Spaced Out!" Part 3 by Rich Hedden & Tom McWeeney $4.00 Yes TMNT #41 "Turtle Dreams" by Matt Howarth $4.00 Yes TMNT #42 "Juliet's Revenge" by Rick McCollum & Bill Anderson $4.00 Yes TMNT #43 "Halls of Lost Legends" by Paul Jenkins & A.C. Farley $4.00 Yes TMNT #44 "The Violent Underground" by Rick Arthur $4.00 Yes TMNT #45 "Leatherhead, Too" by Dan Berger $4.00 Yes TMNT #46 "Masks" Part 1 by Michael Dooney & Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #47 "Masks" Part 2 by Michael Dooney & Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #48 "Shades of Gray" Part 1 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #49 "Shades of Gray" Part 2 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken -No TMNT #50 "City at War" Part 1 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #51 "City at War" Part 2 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #52 "City at War" Part 3 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #53 "City at War" Part 4 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Matt Banning $4.00 Yes TMNT #54 "City at War" Part 5 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #55 "City at War" Part 6 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #56 "City at War" Part 7 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #57 "City at War" Part 8 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #58 "City at War" Part 9 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #59 "City at War" Part 10 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #60 "City at War" Part 11 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #61 "City at War" Part 12 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $4.00 Yes TMNT #62 "City at War" Part 13 by Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson and Keith Aiken $3.00 Yes FREE COMIC BOOK DAY TMNT #1 Reprint ( May, 2009) By Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird $3.25 Yes TMNT Full Color #1 (December, 2009) By Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Steve Lavigne Corrected version without the printing error. -No TMNT Full Color #1 MISPRINT (November, 2009) By Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird and Steve Lavigne Exact same as the above, but eight pages have a weird grid pattern in the gutters that wasn't supposed to be there. $6.00 Yes FUGITOID #1 (1985) Origin story by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (ties into TMNT volume one #5) Over-sized comic, 8 3/8" X 12 3/4".
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