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|name = The Great Chase
[[Image:03cover.jpg|thumb|250px|right]]
 
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|image = The Great Chase cover.png
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|series = [[Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]
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|volume = 1
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|issue = 3
 
|date = March [[1985]]
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|pages = 38
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|cover = [[Kevin Eastman]]
 
|writer = [[Kevin Eastman]] & [[Peter Laird]]
 
|pencils = [[Kevin Eastman]] & [[Peter Laird]]
 
|inks = [[Kevin Eastman]] & [[Peter Laird]]
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|letters = [[Kevin Eastman]]
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|assistant editor =
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|editor =
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|editor in chief =
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|publisher = [[Mirage Studios]]
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|previous = [[TMNT vs. the Mousers]]
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|next = [[Me, Myself, and I]]
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'''''[[Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' volume 1 issue #3''', later retroactively titled '''''The Great Chase''''', was published on March 1985 by [[Mirage Studios]].
   
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== Characters ==
'''Splinter is kidnapped and the Turtles asks April for help to find him.'''
 
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* {{miragelink|Donatello}}
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* {{miragelink|Hamato Splinter}}
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* {{miragelink|Leonardo}}
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* {{miragelink|Michelangelo}}
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* {{miragelink|Mousers}}
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* [[Nick]]
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* {{miragelink|April O'Neil}}
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* [[Ralphie]]
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* {{miragelink|Raphael}}
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* [[Rico]]
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* [[Slim]]
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* {{miragelink|Utroms}} (Unnamed) {{1st}}
   
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== Plot ==
<noinclude>
 
 
[[File:The Great Chase lair 1.png|thumb|260px|The brothers are shocked to find their home destroyed, and their master missing.]]
{{Template:comicnav | List_of_TMNT_Mirage_Comics#Volume_1 | 3 | seriesname=Mirage Studios Volume 1 | prev=Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 2 (Mirage) | next=Me, Myself and I}}
 
 
In this issue, the {{miragelink|turtles}} return to their {{miragelink|first sewer lair|sewer lair}} to find their home badly damaged, littered with broken Mousers, and Splinter missing. They call the only person who they know that might help them... April! She shows up in a van, and a wild car chase ensues when the police mistakenly think that April's vehicle was the one used in a recent robbery. As luck would have it, the chase leads the cops to the actual robbers in their van... which looks exactly like April's vehicle! O'Neil and the turtles make their escape and head for her apartment to rest and make plans to find Splinter.
</noinclude>
 
   
 
Meanwhile, Splinter takes a serious blow to the head while battling the Mousers in the sewer. Just as the rabid robots are about to make mouse meat out of the Sensei, they mysteriously march off in another direction. Splinter, dazed and nearly unconscious, takes this opportunity to escape by crawling into the tepid waters of the sewer system. The Master is discovered by two [[human]] guards, who take him to the {{miragelink|TCRI}} laboratories. At the hi-tech facilities, Splinter discovers that the humans that work there are actually [[Utroms (Mirage)|small alien creatures]] that utilize [[Utrom exoskeleton|humanoid robotic bodies]] to disguise themselves.
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== Transcript ==
'''Script:''' [[Kevin Eastman]] & [[Peter Laird]]<br />
 
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* [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Transcript]]
'''Pencils:''' Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird<br />
 
'''Inks:''' Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird<br />
 
'''Lettering:''' Kevin Eastman<br />
 
   
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== Trivia ==
*''Major characters:'' [[Donatello (Mirage)|Donatello]], [[Leonardo (Mirage)|Leonardo]], [[Michelangelo (Mirage)|Michelangelo]], [[Raphael (Mirage)|Raphael]], [[Splinter (Mirage)|Splinter]], [[April O'Neil (Mirage)|April O'Neil]], [[Mousers]], [[Utroms]], [[Ralphie]], [[Nick]], [[Slim]], [[Rico]]
 
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* [[Carter]] from the [[1987 TV series]] looks very much like the [[human]] on the cover.
*''Cover date:'' March, [[1985]]
 
 
* This issue featured the first appearance of the Utroms, the precursors to what would become {{1987link|Krang}} in the [[1987 TV series]].
 
* This story is continued from [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 2 (Mirage)|TMNT (Vol. 1) #2]]. The story continues in [[Me, Myself and I|Raphael (microseries) #1]].
 
* The {{miragelink|first sewer lair}} will be revisited in [[Return to New York, Book One|TMNT (Vol. 1) #19]].
 
* The second printing of this comic (November 1988) featured a new cover by Peter Laird and [[Jim Lawson]], redone lettering by [[Steve Lavigne]], a bonus pin-up by [[Bernie Shuman]] and a new back-up story, ''[[Complete Carnage an' Radical]]''.
 
* For the color TPB, TMNT Book II published by First Comics, the epilogue to this issue was changed to a prologue for [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 4 (Mirage)|TMNT (Vol. 1) #4]] (this issue having actually been collected in their TMNT Book I TPB).
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* The first part of this story was adapted into the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|1990 movie]], with the Foot Clan being responsible for attacking the lair and kidnapping Splinter, rather than the Mousers and the Utroms, respectively.
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* April's van from the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)|1990 movie]] directly resembles her van in the Mirage comics.
   
==Synopsis==
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== Reprinted in ==
 
* 2nd printing, with added back-up story "[[Complete Carnage an' Radical]]" (November 1988)
[[File:Splinter Find.png|thumb|260x260px|The brothers are shocked to find their home destroyed, and their master missing. ]]
 
 
* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Book I]], in color.
In this issue, the [[Turtles]] return to their [[sewer lair]] to find that Splinter has been abducted by the Mousers. They call the only person who they know that might help them... April! She shows up in a van, and a wild car chase ensues when the police mistakenly think that April's vehicle was the one used in a recent robbery. As luck would have it, the chase leads the cops to the actual robbers in their van... which looks exactly like April's vehicle! O'Neil and the [[TMNT]] make their escape and head for her apartment to rest and make plans to find Splinter.
 
 
* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Collected Book 1]]
 
* [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Volume 1]]
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* [https://turtlepedia.fandom.com/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles_Color_Classics_Vol_1 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Color Classics, Volume 1] (April 2018)
   
 
== Gallery ==
Meanwhile, Splinter takes a serious blow to the head while battling the Mousers in the sewer. Just as the rabid robots are about to make mouse meat out of the Sensei, they mysteriously march off in another direction. Splinter, dazed and nearly unconscious, takes this opportunity to escape by crawling into the tepid waters of the sewer system. The Master is discovered by two [[human]] guards, who take him to the [[TCRI]] laboratories. At the hi-tech facilities, Splinter discovers that the humans that work there are actually [[Utroms|small alien creatures]] that utilize [[Utrom exoskeleton|humanoid robotic bodies]] to disguise themselves.
 
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* [[The Great Chase/Gallery]]
   
 
== External links ==
==Notes==
 
 
* [http://www.miragelicensing.com/comics/mirage/three/cover.htm Complete issue avaliable to read at the Mirage Group website]
*The person on the cover looks very much like [[Carter]] from the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|1987 TV series]].
 
*This issue featured the first appearance of the [[Utroms (Mirage)|Utroms]], the precursors to what would become [[Krang (1987 TV series)|Krang]] in the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series)|television cartoon]].
 
*This story is continued from [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 2 (Mirage)|TMNT (Vol. 1) #2]]. The story continues in [[Me, Myself and I|Raphael (microseries) #1]].
 
*The sewer lair will be revisited in [[Return to New York, Book One|TMNT (Vol. 1) #19]].
 
*The second printing of this comic (November, [[1988]]) featured a new cover by Peter Laird and [[Jim Lawson]], redone lettering by [[Steve Lavigne]], a bonus pin-up by [[Bernie Shuman]] and a new back-up story, [[Complete Carnage an’ Radical]].
 
*For the color TPB, TMNT Book II published by First Comics, the epilogue to this issue was changed to a prologue for [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue 4 (Mirage)|TMNT (Vol. 1) #4]] (this issue having actually been collected in their TMNT Book I TPB).
 
   
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==Reprinted in==
 
*2nd printing, with added back-up story "[[Complete Carnage an' Radical]]" (November 1988)
 
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Book I]], in color.
 
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Collected Book 1]]
 
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection Volume 1]]
 
*[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Color Classics: The Works Volume 1]]
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery orientation="portrait" spacing="small">
 
tumblr_ncomtxZ92q1tgoqndo2_1280 (1).jpg
 
0303.gif
 
</gallery>
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.miragelicensing.com/comics/mirage/three/cover.htm Complete issue avaliable to read at the Mirage Group website]
 
 
[[Category:Mirage Volume 1 issues]]
 
[[Category:Mirage Volume 1 issues]]
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[[Category:April-focused comics]]
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[[Category:Splinter-focused comics]]

Revision as of 03:53, 7 October 2020

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Some TMNT stuff really isn't for little kids.

Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles volume 1 issue #3, later retroactively titled The Great Chase, was published on March 1985 by Mirage Studios.

Characters

Plot

The Great Chase lair 1

The brothers are shocked to find their home destroyed, and their master missing.

In this issue, the turtles return to their sewer lair to find their home badly damaged, littered with broken Mousers, and Splinter missing. They call the only person who they know that might help them... April! She shows up in a van, and a wild car chase ensues when the police mistakenly think that April's vehicle was the one used in a recent robbery. As luck would have it, the chase leads the cops to the actual robbers in their van... which looks exactly like April's vehicle! O'Neil and the turtles make their escape and head for her apartment to rest and make plans to find Splinter.

Meanwhile, Splinter takes a serious blow to the head while battling the Mousers in the sewer. Just as the rabid robots are about to make mouse meat out of the Sensei, they mysteriously march off in another direction. Splinter, dazed and nearly unconscious, takes this opportunity to escape by crawling into the tepid waters of the sewer system. The Master is discovered by two human guards, who take him to the TCRI laboratories. At the hi-tech facilities, Splinter discovers that the humans that work there are actually small alien creatures that utilize humanoid robotic bodies to disguise themselves.

Transcript

Trivia

  • Carter from the 1987 TV series looks very much like the human on the cover.
  • This issue featured the first appearance of the Utroms, the precursors to what would become Krang in the 1987 TV series.
  • This story is continued from TMNT (Vol. 1) #2. The story continues in Raphael (microseries) #1.
  • The first sewer lair will be revisited in TMNT (Vol. 1) #19.
  • The second printing of this comic (November 1988) featured a new cover by Peter Laird and Jim Lawson, redone lettering by Steve Lavigne, a bonus pin-up by Bernie Shuman and a new back-up story, Complete Carnage an' Radical.
  • For the color TPB, TMNT Book II published by First Comics, the epilogue to this issue was changed to a prologue for TMNT (Vol. 1) #4 (this issue having actually been collected in their TMNT Book I TPB).
  • The first part of this story was adapted into the 1990 movie, with the Foot Clan being responsible for attacking the lair and kidnapping Splinter, rather than the Mousers and the Utroms, respectively.
  • April's van from the 1990 movie directly resembles her van in the Mirage comics.

Reprinted in

Gallery

External links