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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: First Color Complete Story GRIMJACK #26 (TMNT) 1986

Artists: Kevin Eastman (All) , Peter Laird (All) , Steve Lavigne (Letterer)

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: First Color Complete Story GRIMJACK #26 (TMNT) 1986 Comic Art

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Title:	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: First Color Complete Story GRIMJACK #26 (TMNT) 1986
Artist:	Kevin Eastman (All)
Artist:	Peter Laird (All)
Artist:	Steve Lavigne (Letterer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Complete Story
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	14,643
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	1/19/2009
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Description

So this entire 8 page bar scene chronologically takes place during TMNT issue #5, pages 13 & 14. Eastman and Laird were huge Star Wars fans and wanted to give their take on the classic "Cantina Scene." It was originally published in Grimjack #26 and predates TMNT #7 where Kevin painted a short Corben-drawn story for an insert making this the first published color story ever. On top of that, instead of the usual small Duo-tone artboards that Mirage Studios used back then, these pages were drawn on 11 X 17 artboards that First provided, thus making these some of the largest of the early TMNT interior pages out there. The story would be reprinted a number of times through the decades well.

Kevin Eastman, in his book "Artobiography", said that this story is "By far one of the best drawn Eastman & Laird short stories." Owning a single, early TMNT page is special enough but owning a complete story is something I would have never dreamt possible.

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Duane Murray
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/19/2009

You aren't kidding. Where do you find these?

Randall Glass
Member Since 2004

Posted on 2/24/2010

hey cool. i remember buying this issue of Grimjack when it came out specifically for the color TMNT story. nice.

Robert Altamura
Member Since 2006

Posted on 9/11/2013

This is unbelievable. I recently became a fan of TMNT and love Kevin Eastmans work.

Stan F
Member Since 2019

Posted on 5/20/2025

So awesome!!

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