Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Compendium, Vol. 2 - by Dean Clarrain (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Discover every issue from Archie Comics for the first time! Done in the same style as the classic animated TV show, they are presented in a deluxe, oversized hardcover that contains over 650 pages of content!

This series of compendiums collects all issues of the ongoing series, specials, and miniseries from Archie Comics that ran from 1988 to 1995 in recommended reading order, giving fans of the comics a reading experience like never before!

Volume 2 collects:

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures issues #18-26
• Mighty Mutanimals three-issue miniseries
• "Monsters Are the Rage!" from TMNT Adventures Special #3
• "Louie's Pasture" and "Pig Heaven" from TMNT Adventures Special #4
• "The Darkest Hour" from TMNT Adventures Special #5

• "The Darkest Hour II" from TMNT Adventures Special #6
• "It Takes Guts..." from TMNT Adventures Special #7
• "Cleaver's Critters" TMNT Adventures Special #8
• "Full Circle" from TMNT Adventures Special #9
• April O'Neil: The May East Saga three-issue miniseries.

About the Author

Stephen Murphy is an American comic book writer and editor known for his work on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. With Michael Zulli, he was co-creator of the critically acclaimed 1980s independent comic The Puma Blues. Alongside fellow Mirage staffer Ryan Brown, he revamped the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures title for Archie Comics, beginning in 1989 with issue #5. In their hands, the comic immediately diverged from the cartoon series into unique new story arcs, often incorporating social, environmentalist, and animal rights themes. It also introduced several new characters of various races and backgrounds, including humans, mutants, aliens, and other anthropomorphic creatures. The stories were often seen as "deeper" and more "serious" than the cartoon. During that period, Stephen co-created the characters Jagwar, Nova Posse, Snake-Eyes, and Sarnath; he united several of the series' recurring characters as a separate team, the Mighty Mutanimals. He wrote the majority of his work on TMNT Adventures under the name Dean Clarrain.