Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #59

Part ten of thirteen in the sprawling "City at War" saga, this May 1993 Mirage issue delivers a cover by A. C. Farley that puts all four Turtles front and center — Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, and Donatello packed tightly together, weapons drawn and expressions fierce, radiating a sense of unity under pressure. The bold black background throws their green forms into sharp relief, giving the whole image a gritty, street-level intensity that suits the tone of an extended wartime storyline. With the creative team of Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and Jim Lawson driving the narrative, this is the Mirage-era TMNT at its most serious and ambitious.