▁would ▁eventually ▁tie ▁into ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁popular ▁super villa in ▁Ven om . ▁Te en age ▁Mut ant ▁Nin ja ▁T urt les ▁premiers ▁at ▁a ▁com ic ▁book ▁convention ▁in ▁Port sm outh , ▁New ▁Ham pshire , ▁published ▁by ▁Mira ge ▁Studios . ▁Origin ally ▁conce ived ▁by ▁Kevin ▁East man ▁and ▁Peter ▁La ird ▁as ▁a ▁one - off ▁par ody , ▁the ▁com ic ' s ▁popular ity ▁has ▁gone ▁on ▁to ▁insp ire ▁three ▁television ▁series , ▁numerous ▁video ▁games , ▁four ▁feature ▁films , ▁and ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁to ys ▁and ▁mer ch and ise . ▁Dragon ▁Ball , ▁by ▁A ki ra ▁T ori y ama , ▁deb uts ▁in ▁Week ly ▁Sh ō nen ▁J ump . ▁▁ 1 9 8 5 ▁ ▁Cris is ▁on ▁In finite ▁Earth s ▁deb uts , ▁produced ▁by ▁DC ▁Comics ▁to ▁simplify ▁their ▁then - 5 5 - year - old ▁continu ity . ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁was ▁written ▁by ▁Mar v ▁Wolf man , ▁and ▁illustrated ▁by ▁George ▁Pérez ▁( pen c ils / layout s ), ▁with ▁Mike ▁De Car lo , ▁Dick ▁Gi ord ano , ▁and ▁Jerry ▁Ord way ▁( who ▁shared ▁in king / emb ell ishing ▁ch ores ). ▁ ▁The ▁series ▁elimin ated ▁the ▁concept ▁of ▁the ▁Mult iverse ▁in ▁the ▁fict ional ▁DC ▁Un iverse , ▁and ▁dep icted ▁the ▁death s ▁of ▁such ▁long - standing ▁super h ero es ▁as ▁Super g irl ▁and ▁the