Michael_D._Kupfer.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA (10/29/85)
From: Kupfer.osbunorth@Xerox.ARPA > ... a band of four kids who are turtle shaped [with > shells]... No, they're really turtles. When they were young they got zapped with some sort of radiation, making them bigger and smarter. (This is all detailed in an earlier issue.) I've been told they were thought up as a parody of current trends in comics (teenagers, "mutants", Ninja), with the turtle part thrown in for weirdness. > I heartily recommend it. Me, too. mike
TYG%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA (10/29/85)
From: "Thomas Young Galloway" <TYG%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA> As has been mentioned, TMNT started as a parody of Daredevil/Frank Miller's Ronin/Marvel Mutants. In a recent Eclipse Comics flyer, they advertise the upcoming shipping of... Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters. No, I'm not kidding. -------