Publishers / Mirage / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) / #18

18February 1989
$1.50; 2.25 CAD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #18

Mirage · February 1989

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Identification plate

Series: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series)
Issue: #18
Publication date: February 1989
Key date: February 10, 1989
Indicia publisher: Mirage Studios
Price: $1.50; 2.25 CAD
Pages: 52

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Contents

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	Wraparound Cover	cover	2	pencils: Mark Bodé; inks: Kevin Eastman	Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
1	Greetings!	foreword, introduction, preface, afterword	1	script: Kevin Eastman
2	Title page	filler	1
3	Frontispiece	credits, title page	1	letters: typeset
4	The Shell of the Dragon	comic story	40	script: Mark Bodé, Kevin Eastman; pencils: Mark Bodé; inks: Kevin Eastman, Eric Talbot; letters: Steve Lavigne	Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
5	Promotional Advertisements	promo (ad from the publisher)	5
6	Endpage	filler	1
7	Interior Back Cover	illustration	1	letters: typeset

Where to read it

Collection	Year
The Collected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3	1990	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: 25th Anniversary Collection #[nn] ISBN 978-1-61377-742-8	2013	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics #3 ISBN 978-1-68405-639-2	2020	On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #18 Color Reprint	1990	On eBay ›

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Series context

‹ #1726 of 72#18 Color Reprint ›

Sources

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