![]() ![]() ![]() He's referring of course to Marvel's Conan the Barbarian #1, a 1970 release by Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith which was long considered one of the most expensive keys of the Bronze Age. Believe me - this really blows our minds!" Commenting in 1985 on the immediate success of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, Peter Laird noted, "The comic book we were afraid would sit around our living room in unsold boxes upon boxes is now being sold for approximately what a Conan #1 would go for. TMNT #1 has been considered a pricey comic book since shortly after its publication. Given the market for first printings of this issue, later printings have become sought after by collectors as well, and there's an affordable Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 Third Printing (Mirage Studios, 1985) CGC VG- 3.5 White pages up for auction at the 2022 April 17-18 Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction #122216 from Heritage Auctions. According to the Mirage Group, there have been eight versions of TMNT #1, and the first three of these had the same cover and format (early TMNT issues used an oversized 7 3/8" x 10 7/8" format). We've recently seen a first print copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 CGC 9.8 sell for Record $250,000. The debut issue that launched this now-legendary franchise created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird went to a second printing the month after its 1984 release, and a third printing followed eight months after that. ![]() Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 has been a highly sought-after comic book for a very long time. ![]()
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