Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #18

Archie's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #18 (1991) brings the energy with a cover by penciler Ken Mitchroney and inker Ryan Brown that puts the skateboarding mutant Mondo Gecko front and center, launching out of a half-pipe alongside Raphael while the rest of the Turtles and a crowd of chaotic figures fill the smoky urban backdrop behind them. The skull-and-crossbones shirt, wild grin, and mid-air attitude say everything about what kind of character Mondo is. With the story titled "Mondo Metal," this issue looks like a high-octane good time for fans of the animated era's more offbeat corners of the TMNT universe.