Other notable events include Splinter's transformation into a bat-like creature the introduction of Pimiko, a female ninja who was eventually revealed to be the Shredder's daughter and the expansion of Shredder mantle to a full-blown legacy, with both Raphael and an unknown female (Karai, according to Word of God after the fact) taking on the identity. It is mostly remembered for mutilating three out of the four turtles: Raph lost an eye and got various facial scarring Leo lost a hand and Don was so badly hurt he was forced to become a cyborg. The book was soon revived under a third volume, published by Image Comics as the official continuation of the Mirage continuity.
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However, the series proved short-lived, folding after only 13 issues.
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Braunze, the mysterious man with psychic powers living in April's apartment building. This second series featured the return of Baxter Stockman and Nobody, introduced government organization D.A.R.P.A., and Mr.
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Soon after, a second incarnation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was born, written and drawn by long-time Mirage employee Jim Lawson, and, unlike the first volume, in full color. This first series concluded with the aforementioned "City at War", which ended the Foot/Turtle conflict, introduced regular characters Karai and Shadow, and is considered by many to be the definitive TMNT story. Several, particularly those by guest creators, now have dubious canonicity. These stories would fluctuate wildly in tone and content.
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In between those stories, the book would focus on mostly stand-alone stories created either by Mirage employees themselves or guest creators. Over time, an overall arc emerged, dealing with the turtles' enmity with the Foot, which is at the heart of the book's four major stories: the initial issue, which featured the Shredder's death a two-parter which featured his return and the turtles' exile from New York "Return to New York", in which the Shredder is killed off for real, and "City at War", which dealt with the aftermath. The first issue appeared in May 1984.Īfter the unexpected success of their first issue, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird continued expanding their universe in a somewhat haphazard manner, both in the regular series and complementary books such as Tales of the TMNT and various one-shots and specials. The original incarnation of Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the one that lit the firecracker.