Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 29

"Hey, kid! We're kinda lost! Can ya give us some directions?!"

- Casey Jones

Men of Shadows" is the title to the twenty-ninth issue of the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic book series by Mirage Studios. The story was written and illustrated by A.C. Farley, who also provided the cover artwork for this issue. This issue shipped with a May, 1990 cover date and carries a cover price of $1.75 per copy (US).

Appearances

 * Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
 * Leonardo
 * Donatello
 * Raphael
 * Michelangelo


 * April O'Neil
 * Casey Jones
 * Master Splinter
 * Clark Ashton Allard


 * Barry
 * Dagon
 * Lord Mallet
 * Master Traquer


 * Max
 * Purvis


 * Ninja turtles


 * Bats
 * Humans
 * Mutant Turtles
 * Vampires
 * Zombies


 * Massachusetts
 * Arkham
 * University of Massachusetts
 * Amherst
 * Whatley House


 * Northampton


 * Computer
 * Necronomicon
 * Turtlebot
 * Wooden stake


 * Healing pod
 * Spacecraft
 * Truck


 * Accelerated healing
 * Computer hacking
 * Ninjitsu
 * Transformation

Notes & Trivia

 * This issue is reprinted in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Collected Book, Volume Seven and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Classics, Vol. 3.


 * This is the first and only issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with A.C. Farley as a writer.


 * This is the first issue of the series with A.C. Farley as an artist and inker. He also works on issue #43.
 * This is the first issue of the series with A.C. Farley as a cover artist. He draws the covers to sixteen issues of the series in total. His next issue is #43.


 * This is the first and only appearance of Clark Ashton Allard.


 * This is the first and only appearance of Lord Mallet.


 * This is the first and only appearance of Master Traquer.


 * This issue draws heavily from the works of Gothic horror author H. P. Lovecraft; specifically, the town of Arkham in Massachusetts and the being known as Dagon.


 * A.C. Farley and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Peter Laird both hail from Massachusetts.