The Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters

    (Eclipse, 1986-1989)
™ and ©1986 Eclipse Comics

Bruce, Chuck, Jackie, and Clint are just four normal young rodents, selected to serve as guinea pigs (how humiliating for hamsters!) on the test launch of a new NASA rocket. Cosmic rays transform them into the Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, who, after years of martial arts schooling, turn their powers to the benefit of all mankind.

They say that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, and if that’s true, then who could doubt the sincerity of writer Don Chin, artist Parsonavich, and editor Cat Yronwode in their efforts to flatter (and capitalize on) the most surprising comics success story of the mid-1980s, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1986
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Christopher Parsonavich
    1st appearance of The Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters; Origin of The Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters; B&W
    6 copies from $2.25
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    2nd Printing Cover by Christopher Parsonavich
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Christopher Parsonavich
    1st appearance of The Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters; Origin of The Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters
    4 copies from $4.00
  • 1/GO
    #1 Gold Edition
    Cover: $3.95
    500 copies printed; Published by Parody
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 2
    #2
    Feb 1988
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Christopher Parsonavich
    Spring 1986
    9 copies from $0.50
  • 3
    #3
    Jul 1986
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Christopher Parsonavich
    6 copies from $1.00
  • 4
    #4
    Nov 1986
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Christopher Parsonavich
    2 copies from $2.20
  • 5
    #5
    Feb 1987
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Christopher Parsonavich
    3 copies from $4.00
  • 6
    #6
    May 1987
    Cover: $1.50
    A: Sam Kieth
    1 copy for $19.99
  • 7
    #7
    Aug 1987
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Sam Kieth
    Death of Bruce; B&W
    1 copy for $21.98
  • 8
    #8
    Oct 1987
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Sam Kieth
    B&W
    1 copy for $19.99
  • 9
    #9
    Jan 1988
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Don Chin  ·  A: Sam Kieth
    Final Issue; B&W
    1 copy for $39.99