Bean

Hatched from the wild creative energy of the early '90s TMNT boom, Bean made their debut in 1991's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Present Mighty Mutanimals Special [Invasion from Space], brought to life by Dean Clarrain, Ken Mitchroney, and Garrett Ho for Archie Comics. Part of the gloriously strange extended universe that Archie built around the Turtles franchise, Bean shares the page with fan favorites like Raphael, Donatello, Dreadmon, and Man Ray — vivid company that signals just how richly populated this corner of comics was. With appearances spread across TMNT Adventures and the Mighty Mutanimals series, Bean is a genuine artifact of that brief, imaginative window between 1991 and 1994 when Archie pushed the Turtles' world into wonderfully unexpected territory — a compact but authentic piece of Copper/Modern Age comics history well worth seeking out.