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Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters: America the Beautiful           Limited Hardcover
Writer: Don Chin
Artist: Christopher Parsonavich
Editor: Cat Yronwode

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.

Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters: America the Beautiful, a satire of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, collects the first four issues of the black & white series along with a brand-new short story.

Story/Spoilers
In issue #1, Four hamsters become astronauts to save the planet from cosmic jello. After crash landing in Tibet, they train in a monastery for several years. Flying to San Francisco in first class, they confront hijackers.

Next in issue #2, The hamsters try to figure out what they want to be. Later, the young hamsters are sent by their master to find the Legendary Man of the Mountains.

Next in issue #3, Myron and Chuck try to break Jackie, Clint and Bruce out of prison; the boys encounter a Yeti couple while on a Himalayan excursion.

Next in issue #4, The ARBBH run afoul of a cult that worships Colonel Sanders but escape with help from The Heap.

…story continues in Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters (1987-1988) Issues #5-9. Eclipse Comics

Limited to 350
Publisher: Eclipse Comics
Publication Date: June 1990
Format: BW, 114 pages, HC, 10.5″ x 7″
ISBN: None Stated

Collectible Entertainment note: Limited Hardcover is Brand New & Factory Sealed.  Very Fine + Condition.  Beautiful!  Please See Scans!!  A must have for any serious Black Belt Hamsters and/or Martial Arts collector / enthusiast.  A fun & entertaining read.  Recommended.  

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