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** Kevin Eastman made statements that implied that the story that eventually became ''[[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesTheLastRonin The Last Ronin]]'' was originally conceived as a potential GrandFinale for the Mirage comics as a whole before the idea was shelved and eventually retooled into its own continuity, well after the Mirage comics went a direction that made ''The Last Ronin'' difficult, if not impossible to work in.
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* FollowTheLeader: Even before the late-80s mainstream popularity of the Turtles led to a slew of kid-focused imitators, the unexpectedly huge success of the comics in the mid 80s resulted in the "black-and-white boom", a large if short-lived surge in the number of independent publishers producing cheap black-and-white comics. Though most merely copied ''TMNT'''s visual style, a fair number of them did attempt to ape the premise: ''Adult Thermonuclear Samurai Elephants'', ''Mildly Microwaved Pre-Pubescent Kung Fu Gophers'', ''Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils'', ''Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters''...
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* FollowTheLeader: Even before the late-80s mainstream popularity of the Turtles led to a slew of kid-focused imitators, the unexpectedly huge success of the comics in the mid 80s resulted in the "black-and-white boom", a large if short-lived surge in the number of independent publishers producing cheap black-and-white comics. Though most merely copied ''TMNT'''s visual style, a fair number of them did attempt to ape the premise: ''Adult Thermonuclear Samurai Elephants'', ''Mildly Microwaved Pre-Pubescent Kung Fu Gophers'', ''Geriatric Gangrene Jujitsu Gerbils'', ''Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters''... as you'd imagine, none of them managed the Turtles' staying power.
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* FlipFlopOfGod: In issue 4 of volume 1, a panel shows a mysterious man with a cigarette, spying on April and the Turtles with a telescope but his identity is never revealed. Kevin Eastman believes that [[AbortedArc they simply forgot to do a payoff on that scene]]. Both him and Peter Laird used to believe that it might have been someone from the Foot clan until Laird found some old notes that seem to indicate that this was Casey Jones. A lot of fan seem to agree that this was Casey anyway as he seemingly arrives to the [[BigDamnHeroes Turtles' rescue out of nowhere]] in issue #10 and [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 the 1990 movie]] has a brief moment where Casey watches Raph on the roof of April's home with binoculars, seemingly referencing the unseen observer.
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** After #28, Volume 4 was no longer released to comic book stores and further issues could only be purchased directly through Mirage, with print runs limited to 1000 copies each. While they were previously made available to read online as well, the links have gone defunct, leaving those 1000 copies the only legal way to read them.
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** After #28, Unlike the other three volumes, Volume 4 was has never been collected into trade paperback form and there is no longer indication of when it ever will. As such, the only way to access the run without piracy is to track down the physical issues. In particular, the issues after #28 were not released to comic book stores and further issues could only be purchased directly through Mirage, with print runs limited to 1000 copies each. While they were previously made available to read online as well, the links have gone defunct, leaving those 1000 copies the only legal way to read them.
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* BreakthroughHit: This comic made Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird the media titans they are today.
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* QuietlyCancelled: Appears to have been the fate of the series. Already suffering severe ScheduleSlip from 2006 onwards, Peter Laird's sale of the IP to Viacom in 2009 led to progress on the Mirage series slowing to a crawl. While Laird retained the right to write and publish issues of the Mirage series post-sale, he would only publish a handful of subsequent issues, the last of which arrived in 2014. In 2021, Laird announced on his website that Mirage Studios as a whole had been dissolved, effectively cancelling the series.
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* OffModel: [[https://www.miragelicensing.com/comics/mirage/volume01/22/22.html The cover]] of Volume 1 issue 22 features a turtle wearing a purple mask, even though the turtles all wear red in this continuity. This was the first issue of the "Guest Era", so it can be chalked up to a flub by guest artist Mark Martin. Whether this turtle is meant to be Donatello or it's simply a coloring mistake is anyone's guess.
** The earlier issues had their pages alternate between Eastman and Laird drawing and inking each other's pages. This is the most obvious in the third issue as April's facial features vary in detail between pages from soft and round to more realistic.
** The earlier issues had their pages alternate between Eastman and Laird drawing and inking each other's pages. This is the most obvious in the third issue as April's facial features vary in detail between pages from soft and round to more realistic.
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* RecursiveAdaptation: A special one-shot issue adapted [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the 1990 movie]], and another one-shot adapted [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} the 2007 movie]] years later.
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* RecursiveAdaptation: A special one-shot issue adapted [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 the 1990 movie]], and another one-shot adapted [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} the 2007 movie]] years later.
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* ApprovalOfGod: Creator/JackKirby was apparently very flattered by the homage to him in the ''Donatello'' miniseries.
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*** It was noted that issue 8 was conspicuously absent from the ''Compendium'' collections from IDW. Turned out it was because of a Kickstarter to remaster issue 8 and give it a separate release. Time will tell if future reprints will contain the book.
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* RefittedForSequel: Killing off [[spoiler: Splinter]] was Mirage's idea, and they suggested to Gary Carlson, who wrote Volume 3, but he refused, feeling he was too important to the series, and he didn't want to irritate the loyal fans who had stuck with the franchise even through its AudienceAlienatingEra. Eventually, Peter Laird did the deed himself in Volume 4, [[spoiler:though this may have been subverted later]].
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* RefittedForSequel: Killing off [[spoiler: Splinter]] was Mirage's idea, and they suggested it to Gary Carlson, who wrote Volume 3, but he refused, feeling he was too important to the series, and he didn't want to irritate the loyal fans who had stuck with the franchise even through its AudienceAlienatingEra. Eventually, Peter Laird did the deed himself in Volume 4, [[spoiler:though this may have been subverted later]].
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* RefittedForSequel: Killing off [[spoiler: Splinter]] was Mirage's idea, and they suggested to Gary Carlson, who wrote Volume 3, but he refused, feeling he was too important to the series, and he didn't want to irritate the loyal fans who had stuck with the franchise even through its AudienceAlienatingEra. Eventually in Volume 4, Eventually, Peter Laird did the deed himself in Volume 4, [[spoiler:though this may have been subverted later]].
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* ShrugOfGod: Gary Carlson has admitted that he has no idea why Mirage asked Erik Larson to publish the book for Volume 3.
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* WordOfSaintPaul: Peter Laird's current opinion on the canon status of "The River" trilogy boils down to this; while it was considered CanonDiscontinuity, when a fan pointed out that it was referenced in Sons of the Silent Age, he admitted "The River" could work nicely in the Mirage continuity, but as [[GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld he no longer owns the franchise]], he stated this is only his own personal opinion, with the implication that Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} is now the final authority on what is and isn't canon in the Mirage comics.
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* RefittedForSequel: The idea of killing Killing off [[spoiler: Splinter]] had been was Mirage's idea, and they suggested to Gary Carlson, who wrote Volume 3, but he refused, feeling he was too important to the series, and he didn't want to irritate the loyal fans who had stuck with the franchise even through its AudienceAlienatingEra. Eventually in Volume 4, Peter Laird did the deed himself in Volume 4, [[spoiler:though this may have been subverted later]].
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* RefittedForSequel: The idea of killing off [[spoiler: Splinter]] had been suggested to Gary Carlson, who wrote vol. Volume 3, but he refused, feeling he was too important to the series, and he didn't want to irritate the loyal fans who had stuck with the franchise even through its AudienceAlienatingEra. Peter Laird did the deed himself in vol. Volume 4, [[spoiler:though this may have been subverted later]].
