Description: This listing from a smoke free home is for a 9.8 (NM/MT) professionally graded CGC Signature Series copy of the exceptionally low print run MISPRINT/RECALLED/ERROR EDITION VARIANT of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 Color Special (2009). Signed in stunning turtle-green paint pen by legendary TMNT co-creator KEVIN EASTMANThere have been a number of additional printings of the original #1 issue over the years, and the "Color Special" edition of TMNT #1 was a special 25th anniversary printing where Mirage published this key book in full color for the first time ever. The first run of just 1,000 copies printed (that's a third of the print run of the original #1 issue from 1984) was manufactured with font problems and hatch patterns on interior pages in error, prompting a quick "RECALL & DESTROY" notice (see attached picture). Misprinted/recalled comics are prized by collectors for their comparable rarity. Survival count for this misprint following the recall notice was estimated by resources such as RecalledComics which pegs estimated survival count at 800 copies (source: recalledcomics.com/TMNT1ColorError.php), rendering this one of the rarest Mirage TMNT comics in existence!
Price: 500 USD
Location: Seffner, Florida
End Time: 2024-09-03T21:59:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Reprinted Issue: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 (1984)
Variant Type: Error/Recalled Variant
Signed By: Kevin Eastman
Tradition: US Comics
Variant Name At CGC: Error Edition
Vintage: Yes
Recall Reason: Printing Error
Autograph Authentication Number: 4360322019
Format: Single Issue
Publication Date: 11/2009
Language: English
Autograph Authentication: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
Superhero Team: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Style: Color
Personalized: No
Features: Collector's Edition, Key Issue, Special Edition, 1st Full Color TMNT #1 Reprint, 25th Anniversary Special, Misprint Variant, Recalled Error Variant, Low Print Run, Slabbed, CGC Certified, Professionally 3rd Party Graded
Artist/Writer: Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, Steve Lavigne
Character: Donatello, Leonardo, Michaelangelo, Rafael, Shredder, Splinter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Cover Artist: Peter Laird
Signed: Yes
Series Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Special
Ex Libris: No
Universe: Viacom / CBS
Publisher: Mirage Studios
Printing Error Description: Manufactured with hatch pattern printed on interior page margins
Inscribed: No
Story Title: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Special
Publication Year: 2009
Type: Comic Book
Issue Number: 1
Era: Modern Age (1992-Now)
Genre: Action, Superheroes, Action/Adventure, Heroic Fantasy, Mutants
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
