1991 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #39 - NM

Add another unique guest-creator installment from the classic Mirage Studios Volume 1 run to your archival catalog with this original 1991 issue: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Vol. 1) #39! Written and illustrated by indie creator Mark Martin, this standalone issue presents the wild, slapstick storyline "Vegas or Bust." The vibrant front cover art by Mark Martin features a cartoonish red convertible speeding down a desert highway toward a "VEGAS OR BUST" sign—carrying a hat-wearing Turtle, a manic driver, and a vampire passenger—while a "SMART BOMB!" wearing a mortarboard hat flies overhead against a jet-black sky and hot-pink title lettering ($2.00 U.S.A. / $2.75 CANADA cover price).

Published by Mirage Studios, this issue features a sleek full-bleed black back cover anchored at the bottom by the white-and-black splash graphic logo for MIRAGE PUBLISHING, INC.. An essential entry for TMNT Volume 1 completionists, Mark Martin fans, and early-90s independent comic book archivists!

Structural & Visual Inspection

• Cover & Spine Condition - NEAR MINT (NM): Original high-gloss cover preserves intense pitch-black background density, radiant magenta title lettering, and crisp primary colors across the vehicle and desert cacti with no fading, surface scuffs, or color-breaking tears. Spine is tight, flat, and square with clean staple alignment and minimal surface stress; corners remain sharp and intact.

• Interior & Back Cover Integrity: Interior newsprint pages remain clean, supple, and un-marred. The back cover preserves a deep, solid black ink field with zero color breaking, crisp white MIRAGE PUBLISHING, INC. logo contrast, and square edge margins with no creasing or foxing.

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