COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 50
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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1114826004
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Owner:
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Turtle
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
This cover features co-creator Peter Laird's take on Kevin's original cover. With a publication date of 1992, this was the first time this artwork was used for a cover, but it would be far from the last.
First Printing: August, 1992
NUMBER OF STORY PAGES: 40
COVER:..........Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
WRITERS:......Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
PENCILERS:.Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
INKING:...........Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
LETTERS:...... Mary Kelleher
NOTES:
"City at War" Part 1
What’s not to like about this issue? It the first time Eastman and Laird have done the art and story for the TMNT title since the end of “Return to New York” (issue 21). It has Laird’s interpretation of Eastman’s iconic TMNT #1 cover. It brings the Turtles back to the gritty roots that made fans fall in love in the early issues. It’s the beginning of a 13-part story that remains highly revered in the eyes of the fans. And if all that weren’t enough, it even has some great pin-ups in the back including one by none other than Todd McFarlane. This issue has it all. This first volume of TMNT is loaded with guest artists and writers. The stories are usually 1-3 issues long and some are more memorable than others, but City At War brought it all back to the humble New York beginnings and this issue started off a story that fans still talk about now.
SOURCE:
I bought this from a fellow CGC board member. Thanks, Jesse!
SYNOPSIS:
This issue lays the ground work for the 13 part story in the typical artistic Eastman and Laird fashion, utilizing the theme of shards - both literally and metaphorical.
Much of what goes on in this issue occurs simultaneously - revealing only fragments of everyone's lives. Hence, this synopsis will be fragmented as well, to maintain the theme. :)
Splinter meditates in the woods of Northampton.
A Foot soldier plants a bomb in a New York City pornography shop.
An old man gets back to his ragged apartment, above the porno shop, and begins to watch the world news, which is filled with depressing stories.
Casey Jones is packing his bags. As he picks up a photograph of himself with April and the Turtles, he focuses his view onto O'Neil and then throws the picture angrily against the wall, breaking the glass of the frame.
April is startled awake. She's seated at an airport waiting area.
The Turtles prepare to leave Casey's farm in Northampton, Massachusetts.
April boards her flight to Los Angeles.
Casey finishes packing, but before he leaves, he picks up the broken frame and retrieves the photo.
The old man in the apartment eats his dinner as he watches the news.
Everyone is feeling isolated, upset and unhappy.
Cut to New York City, where we see a gang of Foot Soldiers beneath a bridge. As one advances, he is quickly slain by a Foot Elite who appears out of nowhere. The Elite proceeds to kill all of the remaining Foot, hunting the last one who flees to the City's rooftops. The retreating Soldier slips on the ledge of building, but is saved by the Elite. As the underling pleads for his life, the Elite beheads him with his own blade.
Casey fires up his Chevy and heads out.
April's flight lifts off.
The TMNT stow away on the roof of a bus, making their way back to the Big Apple.
Splinter continues his meditation.
The old man continues to watch the television, growing more morose as the news of the world appears to get more grim.
The bomb in the porno shop explodes, sending shards of metal, stone, glass and humanity into the night sky.
Splinter continues to meditate.
Continued in TMNT #51.
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