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Publishers / Mirage / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1984) / #57
57March 1993
$2.25; 2.75 CAD

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #57

Mirage · March 1993

First appearance: Kevin EastmanStoryline: City at War
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Identification plate

Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage, 1984 series)
Issue
#57
Publication date
March 1993
Key date
March 1993
Indicia publisher
Mirage Publishing Inc.
Price
$2.25; 2.75 CAD
Pages
36

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Why this issue matters

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

The evidence

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0City at Warcover1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. Farley; colors: A. C. FarleyKarai, Leonardo
1-foreword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman
2City at War: Part 8 of 13comic story24script: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Jim Lawson; pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Keith Aiken, Eric Talbot; letters: Mary KelleherDonatello, Casey Jones, Karai, Leonardo, Michelangelo, April O'Neil, Oroku Saki, Raphael, Shredder, Splinter
3-promo (ad from the publisher)1script: Jim Lawson, Peter Laird; pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Jason Temujin, Eric Talbot
4-promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Stan Sakai; inks: Stan SakaiMiyamoto Usagi, Murakami Gennosuke
5Dino Islandpromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Jim Lawson; inks: Jim Lawson
6Letters From Our Readersletters page1letters: typeset
7New York Comic Con: A Tripcomic story1script: Chuck Dillon; pencils: Chuck Dillon, Jim Lawson, Stan Sakai; inks: Chuck Dillon, Jim Lawson, Stan Sakai; letters: Chuck DillonKevin Eastman First, Stan Sakai
8Mirage Publishing Backstock Sale!promo (ad from the publisher)1letters: typeset
9TMNT Poster Seriespromo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: Todd McFarlane; inks: Todd McFarlaneMichelangelo
10TMNT Number 58promo (ad from the publisher)1pencils: A. C. Farley; inks: A. C. FarleyA Ninja Turtle
11-credits, title page1letters: typeset

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Where to read it

CollectionYear
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #5
ISBN 978-1-61377-553-0		2013On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics Vol. 3 #102015On eBay ›
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection #5
ISBN 978-1-68405-737-5		2020On eBay ›

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Series context

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Sources

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