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Mixed Lot of 5 #4, 5, Mirage 12, 16, Secret Weapons 4 Valiant (1993) Comics
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Mirage Studios · 1993 · Raw, not graded
Mixed Lot of 5 #4, 5, Mirage 12, 16, Secret Weapons 4 Valiant (1993) Comics (Mirage Studios, 1993). Raw, not graded.
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Mixed Lot of 5 #4, 5, Mirage 12, 16, Secret Weapons 4 Valiant (1993) Comics, published by Mirage Studios in 1993 (Modern Age). The listing describes more than one book sold together; see the photo for what is included.
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Background on Mixed Lot of 5 #4, 5, Mirage 12, 16, Secret Weapons 4 Valiant (1993) Comics, the grade and what drives the price.
Collecting
The TMNT debut is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, published by Mirage Studios in May 1984, which introduced the four Turtles. Only the first printing, of about 3,000 copies, is the high-value key; later printings look similar but carry the printing in the indicia.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
Collecting
A variant cover is an alternative cover printed for the same issue, usually in smaller numbers than the regular cover: retailer incentive variants distributed in ratios such as 1:25 or 1:100, convention exclusives, store exclusives, sketch (black-and-white) covers, and second printings with new covers. Variants are a Modern Age phenomenon and their value depends on the print ratio, the artist and the demand for the issue itself.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
Collecting
From the late 1970s to around 2013, most Marvel and DC comics were printed in two editions: newsstand copies sold on returnable terms through news outlets, and direct editions sold non-returnable to comic shops. They share the same interior; the difference is on the cover, where newsstand copies carry a UPC barcode and direct editions show a logo, a blank box or a different barcode. Newsstand copies from the 1990s onward are scarcer in high grade and often sell at a premium.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
History
Mirage Studios was the name Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird gave the company they formed to self-publish Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 in May 1984 from Dover, New Hampshire — a mirage because there was no studio. The black-and-white comic's success made it the model for the 1980s independent boom, and the licensing that followed built a global franchise. Laird bought out Eastman in 2000 and sold the property to Viacom (Nickelodeon) in 2009.
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