Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal Comics

Ralston Purina published a Ninja Turtles comic in 1989.

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal Comics are TMNT comics published by Ralston Purina. They were published in 1989, accompanying the TMNT breakfast cereals.

Credits

• Peter Laird: Story and Art
• Ryan Brown: Inks (unconfirmed)
• Steve Lavigne: Colors

All three comics in the series were drawn by Peter Laird, and these comics would feature the first appearances of Wingnut and Man Ray. The two characters appeared in these comics months before showing up in the Archie Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures series.

Each issue was only the size of a trading card, with each of the “pages” being just one panel. In the first issue, Baxter Stockman has already been mutated into a humanoid fly.

Characters

• Ninja Turtles
  • Donatello
  • Leonardo
  • Michelangelo
  • Raphael

• Casey Jones

• Shredder
• Baxter Stockman
• Man Ray
• Wingnut

Robots

• Giant Mouser

Volumes

1. Volume 1
2. Volume 2
3. Volume 3

Sketches

Trivia

• Each issue of the series ranges between $15 and $40 today on the secondary market. A full set, all 3 issues, ranges from $50 to $100. Sealed sets cost the most, with issue 3 alone being the most expensive.