I was there for the release week of the first TMNT comic in 1984. I grabbed one at Hi De Ho in Santa Monica, a second one at Graphiti Comics in Westwood, and a 3rd at Forbidden Planet in NYC a week later at the old spot on 13th. I was there on day one four years later when the first toys by Playmates hit the same stores. Hooked!
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