TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES URBAN LEGENDS OMNIBUS HC

Read the entire Image Comics TMNT run (a.k.a. TMNT Volume 3) in the original black and white, in one collection, for the first time!Join creators Gary Carlson and Frank Fosco as they take the Heroes in a Half-Shell on some of their most amazing, dangerous, and bizarre adventures ever! Issues #1-23 were originally released from 1996 to 1999, but the series stopped before it could be completed. In 2020, IDW commissioned Carlson and Fosco to properly close out this long-beloved storyline! Now, the entire 26-issue epic is collected in black and white for the first time, including the final three issues, which were only available in color when originally published! Also included are two short stories completed for the 30th and 35th anniversary issues, "Rest in Pieces" and "Downtime."To kick off this action-packed series, the TMNT are attacked in their lair by a group of cyborgs led by a mysterious female ninja named Pimiko. When the smoke clears, the villains have escaped with Master Splinter and Donatello as their captives. Can Raph, Leo, and Mikey save the day?Long unavailable in its original black and white, and unfinished, now is your chance to pick up the complete story in this all-new edition! Gary Carlson self-published and created the black-and-white superhero anthology Megaton back in the early '80s, which introduced many new comic book talents-including artists Erik Larsen, Rob Liefeld, and Angel Medina, to name a few-as well as featuring the work of Butch Guice, Mike Gustovitch, Sam Grainger, Sam DeLaRosa, and the late Gene Day. He co-created Vanguard with comic book artist Erik Larsen. Carlson later wrote Vanguard, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Supreme for Image Comics. He also co-wrote Aquaman and Nova with Erik Larsen. Carlson is the major creative force behind Big Bang Comics, serving as editor, writer, and publisher.Frank Fosco is a penciller/inker who started off with Gary Carlson's independent comic book Megaton, which featured his very own creation, Ethrian. After that, he ghosted layouts for The Strangers from Malibu Comics. The Strangers gig landed him work as a fill-in artist at DC. He is most well known for a 23-issue run on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from Image Comics. He has done work for Marvel on the Worlds Greatest Comics Magazine and back-up stories in Erik Larsen's Savage Dragon.