Ninja kick the damn rabbit!
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 14

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #14 Universal
Grade: 9.4
Page Quality: WHITE
Certification #: 0767857006
Owner: Turtle

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: Ninja kick the damn rabbit!
Date Added: 4/11/2011
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

9.4.....Top Census Universal Grade<br />2........Universal Copies in Top Grade<br />N/A....Top Census Signature Series Grade<br />N/A....Signature Series Copies in Top Grade<br /><br /><br />1st Printing: May 1988<br />NUMBER OF STORY PAGES: 37<br />COVER:.........Kevin Eastman<br />STORY:..........Kevin Eastman<br />PENCILS:.....Kevin Eastman<br />INKING:.........Kevin Eastman and Eric Talbot<br />TONING: ......Kevin Eastman and Eric Talbot<br />LETTERS:.....Steve Lavigne<br /><br />NOTES: <br />"The Unmentionables" <br />To me, this is one of the more memorable covers from the early Eastman & Laird years. I think it’s because the turtles are all dressed the way Raph did in the 1st live action movie when he met Casey...a memorable scene for me. <br /><br />SOURCE:<br />This was purchased already-graded from Motor City Comics from the former Brian Tatge collection at Gem City Comic Con 2011.<br /><br />SYNOPSIS:<br />Casey is patrolling the sleepy streets of Northampton looking for some crimes to prevent. Northampton is nothing like New York however. Jones is a little homesick for the Big Apple, but he's also reminiscing about the good times he had in this town as a kid with his cousin Sid. As Casey walks familiar ground, he passes Louie's Variety store and is stunned by what he sees... the brass cow that once served as a rooftop landmark for the business has been stolen!<br />As Casey interviews Louie for details, a local cop walks in and assures the shopkeeper that the theft was probably just a college prank and that the cow will show up soon. Casey storms off, vowing to find the cow.<br />Cut to the Blue Bonnet Diner, where April is waiting tables. As Ms. O'Neil is going through her stubs, she overhears two men plotting something about a cow. One of the men slaps the other and tells him that if he has any info he should leave it at the front desk of Hotel Northampton, room 213. April is suspicious and tries to remember where she heard about a cow earlier in the day when she sees the newspaper headlines - the top story is about the missing cow!<br />Back at the farm house, Casey is trying to get the disinterested Turtles to help him when April calls. She tells him about the conversation she overheard, but unfortunately the man who slapped his partner overhears April's phone conversation and becomes alarmed. <br />Casey gets to the hotel and tries to get the woman at the front desk to tell him who's in room 213, but all he manages to do is get thrown out. As Jones sits on the stoop outside wondering what to do next, April arrives. April thinks she’ll have better luck getting the information, and she goes inside. As fate would have it, just as she gets into the lobby, the slapping man (whose name is Howard) walks through with another fellow. April overhears the two making plans. Apparently Howard works for the older Texan man and they're making elaborate plans for a graduation party.<br />Later that night, April, Casey and the TMNT arrive at the parking lot of the Hotel Northampton. Casey has asked the Turtles to search room 213, and while the guys aren't happy about doing it, they agree. Casey and April crash the graduation party inside.<br />The Turtles find a bunch of paperwork and photographs of the Texan, Howard and the Brass Cow - however, they also discover they're in room 215 - the wrong place!<br />As April is prowling the party looking for clues, she's spotted by Howard. She darts out into the lobby, where she's accosted by three men, Mikal Smengie and his brothers Luka and Luka (a Bob Newhart joke for those of you old enough to remember his show). Unfortunately April has stumbled into a rendezvous between the Smengie Brothers and the Texan... a ten million dollar meeting that they all want to keep secret. Howard gags April and tells the Brothers to take her with them. Howard also gives Mikal a briefcase full of money and an address. <br />Back in the hotel room, the TMNT decide that this case is too complicated and the police need to be notified. As they head out, they see April being kidnapped. The guys scramble down to the parking lot, but they're too late to stop the van holding their friend from escaping. The Turtles pile into their truck and head off to chase the van.<br />Casey goes into a restroom inside the hotel to gather his thoughts. He sits on top of a toilet in an empty stall as two guys come in. Jones overhears the two talking about a "prize cow" at Whitty's place. After the men leave, Casey dashes out to the parking lot to get his truck so he can investigate... except the truck is gone!
  
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