they strike hard and fade away into the
night welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we will explore the comic book origins
of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in 1984 s Eastman and
Laird Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue
number one a tale with a rich story and
beloved characters few fans would
suspect that artists Kevin Eastman and
Peter Laird originally developed their
turtles idea from little more than a
joke sketch as well as their
appreciation for the Ronin and Marvel
New Mutants comic book series influenced
by these works their characters borrowed
story elements from superheroes like
daredevil namely his encounter with a
toxic chemical spill his old mentor and
deadly ninja clan called the hand as
such they were introduced within a
colorless gritty and violent story of
revenge and honor specifically it
centered on the origin of an old mutant
rat named splinter and his four likewise
mutated turtle apprentices the tale
began in 1960s Japan where splinter once
lived as the pet of master Hamato Yoshi
the finest warrior of the Foot Clan whom
he studied from his cage mimicking his
movements from my cage and learning the
mysterious odd of an Jitsu unfortunately
Yoshi was pitted in a fierce competition
with fellow clan member named Oroku Nagi
and the two fought for everything
including the love of a woman this came
to a head when Aggie beat the woman out
of jealousy and anger enraged Yoshi took
it upon himself to kill his rival an
action that shamed him in the eyes of
the clan and forced him to escape to
America after arriving in New York City
yo she was soon pursued by Nagas younger
brother
Oroku Saki who had become the clans
deadliest warrior and the leader of the
American branch taking on the identity
of the shredder
Saki tracked down and killed both Yoshi
and his wife surviving the onslaught
splinter was forced to wander alone
until he eventually witnessed a canister
of toxic waste fly from a truck and
knock a bowl from a boy’s hands into the
sewer finding four young turtles
splinter gathered them up from the ooze
that had spilled from the canister
before discovering that they had all
grown larger intelligent and able to
speak me
that pizza serving as their surrogate
father splinter taught them his
knowledge of ninjutsu and gave them
names from a Renaissance art book that
he had found in a storm drain Leonardo
Michelangelo it’s me
Donatello Raphael when the turtles
turned 13 they completed their training
under four separate weapon skills and
splinter finally tasked them with
avenging his master to do so he sent
Raphael to infiltrate the foot
headquarters and deliver a challenge for
a duel that would restore Hamato Yoshi’s
honour arriving as requested
shredder examined the creatures from a
far-off rooftop and pondered their
connection to Yoshi before sending in
his ninjas to destroy them emerging
victorious from the battle the turtles
were injured and shredder used the
opportunity to try to finish them off
however he underestimated them and was
stabbed in the torso by Leonardo
defeated shredder was offered an
honorable death by committing seppuku
refusing he pulled out a bomb before
Donatello struck him off the roof with
his bo staff with their mission complete
the turtles returned home having slipped
away into the night as full-fledged
ninja an overnight sensation followed
the release of the comic and the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles were quickly given
a family-friendly animated series in
1987 and the live-action film franchise
in 1990 awesome while the origin tale
remains similar changes were made to
make the Turtles appear to a younger
demographic this was accomplished by
giving them a lighter tone catchphrases
love of Pizza
unique personalities and individualized
bandanas as they all wore read in the
comic book covers in 2003 and 2007
respectively the turtles reemerged
in an all-new series and animated film a
cultural phenomenon the turtles have
since starred in countless comics and
media and will once again reintroduce
themselves in Michael Bay’s 2013 film
this promises to not only reintroduce
the classic heroes to a new generation
but present fans with an all-new if
controversial origin tale these turtles
are from an alien race and they are
going to be tough edgy funny and
completely lovable
night welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we will explore the comic book origins
of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as with most comic book characters there
are often reimagining and different
versions to a character’s past we have
chosen to primarily follow the storyline
which unfolded in 1984 s Eastman and
Laird Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles issue
number one a tale with a rich story and
beloved characters few fans would
suspect that artists Kevin Eastman and
Peter Laird originally developed their
turtles idea from little more than a
joke sketch as well as their
appreciation for the Ronin and Marvel
New Mutants comic book series influenced
by these works their characters borrowed
story elements from superheroes like
daredevil namely his encounter with a
toxic chemical spill his old mentor and
deadly ninja clan called the hand as
such they were introduced within a
colorless gritty and violent story of
revenge and honor specifically it
centered on the origin of an old mutant
rat named splinter and his four likewise
mutated turtle apprentices the tale
began in 1960s Japan where splinter once
lived as the pet of master Hamato Yoshi
the finest warrior of the Foot Clan whom
he studied from his cage mimicking his
movements from my cage and learning the
mysterious odd of an Jitsu unfortunately
Yoshi was pitted in a fierce competition
with fellow clan member named Oroku Nagi
and the two fought for everything
including the love of a woman this came
to a head when Aggie beat the woman out
of jealousy and anger enraged Yoshi took
it upon himself to kill his rival an
action that shamed him in the eyes of
the clan and forced him to escape to
America after arriving in New York City
yo she was soon pursued by Nagas younger
brother
Oroku Saki who had become the clans
deadliest warrior and the leader of the
American branch taking on the identity
of the shredder
Saki tracked down and killed both Yoshi
and his wife surviving the onslaught
splinter was forced to wander alone
until he eventually witnessed a canister
of toxic waste fly from a truck and
knock a bowl from a boy’s hands into the
sewer finding four young turtles
splinter gathered them up from the ooze
that had spilled from the canister
before discovering that they had all
grown larger intelligent and able to
speak me
that pizza serving as their surrogate
father splinter taught them his
knowledge of ninjutsu and gave them
names from a Renaissance art book that
he had found in a storm drain Leonardo
Michelangelo it’s me
Donatello Raphael when the turtles
turned 13 they completed their training
under four separate weapon skills and
splinter finally tasked them with
avenging his master to do so he sent
Raphael to infiltrate the foot
headquarters and deliver a challenge for
a duel that would restore Hamato Yoshi’s
honour arriving as requested
shredder examined the creatures from a
far-off rooftop and pondered their
connection to Yoshi before sending in
his ninjas to destroy them emerging
victorious from the battle the turtles
were injured and shredder used the
opportunity to try to finish them off
however he underestimated them and was
stabbed in the torso by Leonardo
defeated shredder was offered an
honorable death by committing seppuku
refusing he pulled out a bomb before
Donatello struck him off the roof with
his bo staff with their mission complete
the turtles returned home having slipped
away into the night as full-fledged
ninja an overnight sensation followed
the release of the comic and the Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles were quickly given
a family-friendly animated series in
1987 and the live-action film franchise
in 1990 awesome while the origin tale
remains similar changes were made to
make the Turtles appear to a younger
demographic this was accomplished by
giving them a lighter tone catchphrases
love of Pizza
unique personalities and individualized
bandanas as they all wore read in the
comic book covers in 2003 and 2007
respectively the turtles reemerged
in an all-new series and animated film a
cultural phenomenon the turtles have
since starred in countless comics and
media and will once again reintroduce
themselves in Michael Bay’s 2013 film
this promises to not only reintroduce
the classic heroes to a new generation
but present fans with an all-new if
controversial origin tale these turtles
are from an alien race and they are
going to be tough edgy funny and
completely lovable
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