{"product_id":"1993-mirage-studios-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-56-nm","title":"1993 Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #56 - NM","description":"\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCatalog another copy of this major Copper\/Modern Age milestone for your archival inventory:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"92\"\u003eTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Vol.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1) #51!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Written by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird with artwork by Jim Lawson,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this key issue delivers Part 2 of the legendary 13-part storyline \"City at War\" (\"City at War:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Part Two of Thirteen\").\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The iconic front cover illustration by A.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Farley depicts Ninja Turtles perched atop and surrounding an \"N.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eY.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eC.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH\" street sign against a purple textured backdrop on a black field,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e featuring white sculpted \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"546\"\u003eTURTLES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e title lettering and the \"CITY AT WAR\" emblem in the lower right ($2.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e00 USA \/ $2.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e75 CANADA cover price).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished by Mirage Publishing,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e this issue features a full-page back cover house advertisement for Tundra Publishing titled \"AVAILABLE TODAY AT YESTERDAY'S PRICES,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" promoting Mark Martin's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"189\"\u003e20 Nude Dancers 20\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Year One Posterbook ($12ppd) and Year Two ($5ppd,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e or $15ppd for both).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The ad includes cover previews,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e ordering details to Tundra Publishing in Northampton,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e MA,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a quote from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"382\"\u003eThe Comics Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e #149 review by Kenneth Smith,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and a P.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eS.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e note referencing Mark Martin's comic strip \"Mr.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Pumpie's World\" in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2\" data-index-in-node=\"509\"\u003eHeavy Metal Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e An essential entry for TMNT Volume 1 completionists,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \"City at War\" collectors,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and early-90s independent comic book archivists!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eStructural \u0026amp; 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