![]() ![]() Development initiated with a creative team of companies and individuals: Jerry Sachs, famous ad man of Sachs-Finley Agency, brought together the animators at Murakami-Wolf-Swenson, headed by award-winning animator Fred Wolf. Not entirely willing to risk marketing a small cult comic book, Playmates insisted that a cartoon series be produced first. Only one company expressed interest, a little-known California company by the name of Playmates. Freedman took the idea to a variety of toy companies, only to be turned down by those who felt the concept was not popular enough to support a toy line. These sold well, and Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were soon contacted by Mark Freedman, a licensing agent who believed he could make something of the Turtles. Within a year, First Comics began to reprint the early issues in color volumes four were produced, stopping at issue 11. The first TMNT license came in the form of a role-playing game by Palladium, followed by miniatures from Dark Horse. ![]()
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