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Publishers / Mirage / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) / #52
52October 1992
$2.25; 2.75 CAD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #52

Mirage · October 1992

First appearance: KaraiStoryline: City at War
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Identification plate

Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series)
Issue
#52
Publication date
October 1992
Key date
October 1992
Indicia publisher
Mirage Publishing Inc.
Price
$2.25; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance of Karai - the earliest non-flashback appearance on record for this character.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. Farley; colors: A. C. FarleyDonatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
2City at War: Part 3 of 13comic story28script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson; pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Keith Aiken; letters: Mary KelleherDonatello, Casey Jones, Karai First, Leonardo, Michelangelo, April O'Neil, Raphael, Splinter
3TMNT Number 53: Part 4 of 13promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. FarleyFoot Elite
4Letters From Our Readersletters page1letters: typeset
5-illustration1pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); letters: typesetPeter Laird; Kevin Eastman
6Mirage Publishing Backstock Sale!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
7-credits, title page1letters: typeset

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Where to read it

CollectionYear
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #4
ISBN 978-1-61377-496-0		2011On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Vol. 3 #52015On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #4
ISBN 978-1-68405-570-8		2019On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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