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Return to New York was so fucking badass.
It was my introduction to Mirage TMNT when I was 8 years old. I was a at a comic shop in Vancouver with my dad (one that sadly closed many moons ago), and spotted #19 on the rack. Being the massive Turtles fan that I was, I asked my dad to buy it for me. My dad was familiar with the comics, so he carefully explained that it was NOT the Turtles I was familiar with.
"It's much darker than what you're used to. They're not party dudes, eating pizza and surfing. It's going to be violent, and not funny. Are you SURE you want it?"
Of course, I wanted it even more now because that made it sound awesome. And holy shit, was it ever. He bought me #20 and 21 as they came out, knowing how much I loved that first issue he bought me. #21 blew my fucking mind.
I remember taking the comics to school, and all the kids in my class thought I had brought some fake knockoff. when I tried to tell them that this was the real thing, they all called me a liar.
I wish I still had my original copies. But, hand a black and white comic to an 8 year old, and he's going to colour the fucking thing lol. I bought replacement copies in my teens while doing my best to get a full run of the og Mirage stuff (though sadly not first prints of #1 and 2. I did manage to score the recalled 2nd print of #4 for under 10 bucks though)
