Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Compendium, Vol. 1

Hardcover
$99.99 US
On sale Apr 29, 2025 | 784 Pages | 9798887240855

Discover every issue from Archie Comics for the first time! Includes the ongoing series, specials, and miniseries done in the same style as the animated TV show!

Presented in a deluxe, oversized hardcover that contains over 780 pages of content!


The original animated TMNT series debuted in December 1987 and began airing full-time in October 1988 by which time the comic series had already been on sale for two months. The first three-issue series proved so popular that it turned into an ongoing series that would run for 72 issues, multiple specials, and various miniseries until its end in 1995. This compendium will collect all the issues in recommended reading order for the first time, giving fans of the series a reading experience like never before!

Volume 1 collects:
  • The original three-issue miniseries
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures issues #1–17
  • “Origin of the Species” and “Red Sails in the Sunset” from TMNT Meet Archie #1
  • “Metamorphosis" from TMNT Adventures, Vol. 1
  • “A Forgotten TMNT Adventure” from Mirage Mini Comics Collection
  • “The Night of Monsterex” from TMNT Adventures Special #3
  • "Yo-Ho-Ho! And a Bottle of Mutagen!” from TMNT Adventures Special #5
  • “Doomsday Hassle in Banshee Castle” from TMNT Adventures Special #6
  • “Zen Million Year to Birth” from TMNT Adventures Special #10
Stephen Murphy is an American comic book writer and editor known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. With Michael Zulli, he was co-creator of the critically acclaimed 1980s independent comic The Puma Blues. Alongside fellow Mirage staffer Ryan Brown, the two men revamped the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures title for Archie Comics, beginning in 1989 with issue #5. In their hands the comic immediately diverged from the cartoon series into unique new story arcs, often incorporating social, environmentalist, and animal rights themes. It also introduced several new characters of various races and backgrounds, including humans, mutants, aliens, and other anthropomorphic creatures. The stories were often seen as "deeper" and more "serious" than the cartoon. During that period, Murphy co-created the characters Jagwar, Nova Posse, Snake-Eyes, and Sarnath; he united several of the series' recurring characters as a separate team, the Mighty Mutanimals. Murphy wrote the majority of his work on TMNT Adventures under the name "Dean Clarrain."

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Discover every issue from Archie Comics for the first time! Includes the ongoing series, specials, and miniseries done in the same style as the animated TV show!

Presented in a deluxe, oversized hardcover that contains over 780 pages of content!


The original animated TMNT series debuted in December 1987 and began airing full-time in October 1988 by which time the comic series had already been on sale for two months. The first three-issue series proved so popular that it turned into an ongoing series that would run for 72 issues, multiple specials, and various miniseries until its end in 1995. This compendium will collect all the issues in recommended reading order for the first time, giving fans of the series a reading experience like never before!

Volume 1 collects:
  • The original three-issue miniseries
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures issues #1–17
  • “Origin of the Species” and “Red Sails in the Sunset” from TMNT Meet Archie #1
  • “Metamorphosis" from TMNT Adventures, Vol. 1
  • “A Forgotten TMNT Adventure” from Mirage Mini Comics Collection
  • “The Night of Monsterex” from TMNT Adventures Special #3
  • "Yo-Ho-Ho! And a Bottle of Mutagen!” from TMNT Adventures Special #5
  • “Doomsday Hassle in Banshee Castle” from TMNT Adventures Special #6
  • “Zen Million Year to Birth” from TMNT Adventures Special #10

Author

Stephen Murphy is an American comic book writer and editor known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. With Michael Zulli, he was co-creator of the critically acclaimed 1980s independent comic The Puma Blues. Alongside fellow Mirage staffer Ryan Brown, the two men revamped the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures title for Archie Comics, beginning in 1989 with issue #5. In their hands the comic immediately diverged from the cartoon series into unique new story arcs, often incorporating social, environmentalist, and animal rights themes. It also introduced several new characters of various races and backgrounds, including humans, mutants, aliens, and other anthropomorphic creatures. The stories were often seen as "deeper" and more "serious" than the cartoon. During that period, Murphy co-created the characters Jagwar, Nova Posse, Snake-Eyes, and Sarnath; he united several of the series' recurring characters as a separate team, the Mighty Mutanimals. Murphy wrote the majority of his work on TMNT Adventures under the name "Dean Clarrain."

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