Shell Shock (book)

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Shell Shock is a collection of 26 short stories set mostly in the Mirage continuity, 19 are reprints from other sources, 7 are all new material, published by Mirage Studios in December 1989. It was released to help get money for work against illiteracy in America, and Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman donated their profits on the book to Literacy Volunteers of Chicago, Inc.

Stories collected

• "Bottoming Out" (never before published)
• "The Treaty" (never before published)
• "Junk Man" (never before published)
• "New York Ninja" (reprint from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures!)
• "New Comic Day!" (reprint from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Book I without coloring)
• "Teen Techno Turtle Trio Plus One!" (never before published)
• "Word Warriors" (reprint from Quest For Dreams Lost)
• "49th Street Stompers" (reprint from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Book III without coloring but with added greytones)
• "Terror by Transmat!" (reprint from The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Guide to the Universe)
• "Ghouls Night Out" (reprint from TMNT #5 (2nd print))
• "O-Deed" (never before published)
• "Crazy Man" (reprint from Gobbledygook #1)
• "D'Ants Fever" (reprint from Grimjack #26 without coloring and changes, see Notes)
• "The Road Trip" (reprint from Anything Goes! #5 without coloring but with added greytones)
• "Don't Judge a Book..." (reprint from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness)
• "Fun with Guns" (reprint from Raphael (2nd print))
• "The Survival Game" (reprint from TMNT #4 (2nd print))
• "Not One Word!" (reprint from TMNT #1 (5th print))
• "A Splinter in the Eye of God?" (never before published)
• "You Had to Be There" (reprint from TMNT #7 without coloring but with added greytones)
• "Complete Carnage an' Radical" (reprint from TMNT #3 (2nd print))
• "The Howl" (reprint from Turtle Soup #1)
• "Technofear!!!" (reprint from Gobbledygook #1)
• "Night Life" (reprint from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Book I without coloring)
• "It's a Gas" (reprint from TMNT #6 (2nd print))
• "Meanwhile... 1,000,000 B.C." (never before published)

Notes

• ”Shell Shock” collects a large number of the Ninja Turtles back-up strips and guest strips published over the years as well as several original pieces. However, the trade paperback falls short of collecting them all, omitting several.

• Many of these back-up and guest strips were originally published in color, but have been reprinted in black and white for this publication. The only other alteration happened in regards to the short D'Ants Fever (mistakenly listed in the contents page by the title "Rick's Dive"), which was edited from its original version. Originally published in Grimjack #26, it had the Turtles visiting a favorite local of that series, Munden's Bar. The name of the bar was changed from "Munden's" to "Rick's", presumably for rights issues as Munden's is owned by the creators of Grimjack. The bartender's name was also changed from Gordon to Rick, except for one missed piece of dialogue.