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Publishers / Mirage / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) / #53
53November 1992
$2.25; 2.75 CAD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #53

Mirage · November 1992

First appearance (promotional): SpotStoryline: City at War
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Identification plate

Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series)
Issue
#53
Publication date
November 1992
Key date
November 1992
Indicia publisher
Mirage Publishing Inc.
Price
$2.25; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (promotional) of Spot - the earliest appearance on record is a publisher promotion, not a story; a canonical story debut may come later.

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0City at Warcover1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. Farley; colors: A. C. FarleyFoot Elite
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird
2City At War: Part 4 of 13comic story24script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson; pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Matt Banning, Eric Talbot; letters: Mary KelleherDonatello, Casey Jones, Karai, Leonardo, Michelangelo, April O'Neil, Raphael, Splinter
3-cartoon1script: Peter Laird, Jim Lawson; pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Keith Aiken, Eric Talbot, Charles Yoakum; letters: Mary KelleherLeonardo
4Letters From Our Readersletters page1letters: typeset
5TMNT Number 54: Part 5 of 13promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. FarleyMichelangelo
6Xenotechpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Michael Dooney; inks: Michael Dooney
7Plastron Cafepromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas
8Subscribe!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
9Mirage Publishing Backstock Sale!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
10-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan Sakai; letters: Stan SakaiMiyamoto Usagi, Spot First
11-credits, title page1letters: typeset

Plus 1 page of advertisements and other matter across 1 sequence, as published.

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 #62015On 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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