TMNT

Jennswack · Post by **Jennswack** » Fri May 27, 2011 18:10 -0700

From our IDW email this week. Some information about variants ect if anyone is interested. The 1/50 sounds pretty interesting:

The Turtles are back!
I know you couldn't believe it when you opened up your catalog this week. You said to yourself, "They already launched Godzilla this year. And the Rocketeer. And G.I. JOE: Cobra Civil War. And John Byrne's Next Men. And Infestation. They can't possibly have any more launches in the tank."

You were wrong! The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back!
With plot and layouts by original co-creator Kevin Eastman!

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ongoing #1
Kevin Eastman, Tom Waltz (w) &#8226 Dan Duncan (a) Sam Keith, Duncan x 4 (c)
They're BACK! This summer, the original heroes in a half-shell make a triumphant return to comics! Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael reunite to bring their ninja aptitude and teenage attitude to IDW Publishing in this all-new, action-packed series. Featuring a cast of familiar charactersâ€”Master Splinter, April O'Neill, Casey Jones, and moreâ€”and true to the spirit of the original comics created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES are bigger and badder than ever, and ready to rock old and new fans alike!
4 regular covers will be shipped in an even ratio (1 to 1 to 1 to 1) 4 unique Dan Duncan inter-connected character covers
FC &#8226 32 pages &#8226 $3.99

*Retailer incentives:
Order 10 copies, get one free variant Kevin Eastman cover!
Order 20 copies, get one free double gatefold Dan Duncan variant cover,
featuring all 4 inter-connected character covers as one wraparound image!
Order 25 copies, get one free variant Sam Kieth cover!
Order 50 copies, get one free unique Kevin Eastman hand-drawn sketch cover!

TNMT co-creator Kevin Eastman returns to his classic creations alongside writer Tom Waltz and artist Dan Duncan to re-create the Turtles for a new generation!
Incentive cover by Maxx creator Sam Kieth!
Four "character" variants by series artist Dan Duncan! Collect all the Turtles!
Ask about the rare Kevin Eastman variant, and the super rare hand-sketched
Kevin Eastman variant!

And, what better way to celebrate the revival than putting out the DEFINITIVE collection of the original Turtles?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection
Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird (w) &#8226 Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Michael Dooney (a) &#8226 Eastman, Laird (c)
Rediscover the underground roots of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, starting with this special edition hardcover collection of Mirage Studios' issues #1â€“7 along with theRaphael one-shot by creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird! With over 300 pages of mutated-martial arts action, this volume is perfect for fans to relive the glorious days of the Turtles' origins as well as an excellent place for new readers to see where the TMNT phenomena began.
HC &#8226 B/W &#8226 312 Pages &#8226 9" x 12" &#8226 $49.99 &#8226 ISBN: 978-1-61377-007-8

The first in a series of definitive collections re-presenting the title that launched everything!
This oversize, hardcover edition features annotations and notes from Kevin Eastman!

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Sat May 28, 2011 4:54 -0700

I am trying to get a glimpse of the second kevin eastman cover, the one that is often referred to as the 'super rare' one...also the sam kieth variant cover for this first issue of ninja turtles is of interest to me. does anyone here have a pic to share?

PizzaPower · Post by **PizzaPower** » Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:42 -0700

yea i wonder what the "super rare" one is going to me myself.

Jennswack · Post by **Jennswack** » Wed Jun 15, 2011 19:14 -0700

I found a picture of the Sam Kieth cover. I assume there isn't a picture for the 1/50 variant because its supposedly "hand drawn." Which is pretty cool. Hope I can get my boss to get 50 copies of #1 and not charge me a fortune for the variant hehe.

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Thu Jun 16, 2011 1:50 -0700

well, i tried to get this one and the ultra special second eastman cover from my comic book dealer, but we'll have to wait and see how many are going to be ordered....
hey, jennswack if you'll get it would you be so kind to post the cover of eastman's second cover as well?hand drawn would be charming, yeah!;)
although a lil bumbed in the head at first I like the sam kieth cover by now...just noticed they also got nostrils in this painting...

Post by **Mayhem** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:04 -0700

Is there a release date yet for the new series?

Just for fun, I decided to stitch the four normal covers together to get the composite, presumably what you can get from one of the limited editions...

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 10:38 -0700

4th of august the turtles kick start into their fifth volume.....
yep, as you must have read, too, one of the variant covers will be all turtles collected but I was curious if that was only going to be the usual individual covers for iss #1 connected or a new painting of the fab four....

Post by **Mayhem** » Fri Jun 17, 2011 13:40 -0700

It says double gatefold wraparound, which suggests four pages, ergo one continuous shot of the four individual images.

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Sat Jun 18, 2011 9:23 -0700

I ran across these over on the Technodrome forum, seems some of the turtle people think Hembecks cover reminds them of Stan Sakai's style. It would be pretty cool (in my opinion) if Stan did get asked to do a TMNT variant cover for IDW....

Covers for #2 revealed:
Duncan:

Simonson:

Hembeck:

Eastman:

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 2:39 -0700

hey steve, you on this technodrome forums as well?what's your name there?...oh and stan did tell us here already that he would contribute to tmnt comics from idw, so it may be possible...

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Sun Jun 19, 2011 9:46 -0700

I'm pretty much just a lurker there, only made one post in something like five years.

Jennswack · Post by **Jennswack** » Mon Jun 20, 2011 20:03 -0700

Ugh, god those covers are great! I sent in my stores special orders and a request that we get the 1/50 cover. I'd imagine that kind of order for issue 1 should be doable. If we get it I'll try to get it scanned before it gets sold. Now rather I have the cash for the special cover is another matter. I pre-paid for the awesome Sergio Batman that was in this month

coolray85 · Post by **coolray85** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 8:16 -0700

thank you!that would be great!.....I am curious if some of the black and white covers of kevin eastman will be colored by him...I doubt it somehow as it needs time to do so and he has to run heavy metal as well...
I just LOVE his covers for issues 1 and 2 by him and the dan duncan covers, too....
did anyone take notice of the hembeck cover?it is an homage to an old daredevil cover froim frank miller...so back to the roots for our half shelled heroes.....

Post by **Mayhem** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 18:08 -0700

Do you have a link to the Eastman cover for issue #1?

Post by **Steve Hubbell** » Tue Jun 21, 2011 19:28 -0700

preliminary Eastman cover of #1