Turtle power! The original incarnation of the heroes in a half shell was in a creator-owned comic book that took off in a big way.
by Rich Watson
The eighties saw a wave of independently-produced comic books hit the market, created by entrepreneurial artists of wildly varying talent. Many went unnoticed against the likes of Spider-Man and Superman.
One that launched in 1984 was an odd martial arts book with a cumbersome title—Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
It became a juggernaut.
