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While it is no secret thatLeonardois arguably the most skilled and disciplined of theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , it was always a toss - up over which of them was actually the strong . From Raphael ’s brute power to Donatello ’s cagy advantages to Michelangelo ’s surprising rage , any one of them could dispute Leo for the title of strongest . However , one mirthful issue prove that Leonardo is by far the strong of his comrade , and it is all thanks to his darkest era .
Leonardo made his debut alongside his three brothers in Mirage Studio’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#1 by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird , though he would n’t become the character fans get laid him as today until some clock time later , and through a whole dissimilar medium . The originalTMNTcomic was a darkand mealy tale of four mutated turtles trained by their revengeful father to kill the nefarious Shredder . No decipherable positions on the team were made , and no personalities shone through the inglorious and ashen landscape painting . It was n’t until the ‘ 90 animise serial that Leonardo became the team ’s focused loss leader , equipped with his iconic blue masquerade party and more serious personality . However , while it seemed as though Leonardo and the balance of the Turtles pulled themselves out of the shadows and find their footing as sillier and more well - rounded versions of their former selves , the ongoing IDW PublishingTMNTcomic series shows Leonardo backsliding into a dark function once again – only this metre , or else of killing the Shredder , Leo was train under him .
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InTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#60 by Kevin Eastman , Tom Waltz , Bobby Curnow , and Dave Wachter , Splinter and the Turtles are being attacked by the evil idol - like entity hump as Kitsune and her intellect - hold in minions . Kitsune has the index to get in someone ’s mind and falsify their actions , and that is precisely what she does to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles themselves . At this spot in the serial , Splinter has take control over the Foot Clanafter wipe out the Shredder . Kitsune was using Shredder for her own gain , so with him deadened , her plans for world mastery were greatly set back – which is precisely why she spark this lethal onset against Splinter and his children . While Kitsune was able-bodied to turn Donatello , Raphael , and Michelangelo against Splinter , there was one Turtle who she could n’t manipulate : Leonardo .
TMNT’s Leonardo Couldn’t Be Controlled, He Was Immune to Kitsune
Before Splinter killed Shredder and took over the Foot Clan himself , Shredder seduced Leonardo to the dark sideand was made the baddie ’s star schoolchild . Throughout that time preparation under Shredder – which was well the dark point in Leo ’s lifespan – Kitsune regularly pass through Leonardo ’s brain to reward the idea that he was have the right choice by side with Shredder . Kitsune ever so subtly bear on Leo further and further into Shredder ’s hold , all the while only aid herself as she gain another powerful warrior in her plan for world supremacy . Little did Kitsune know , she was helping Leonardo work up up a permissiveness to her influence every time she infiltrate his cognisance .
After some time , Leonardo turned his back on Shredder and Kitsune , and by doing so , made her ineffectual to pull strings his thoughts ever again . This experience gave Leonardo an bound over his sidekick as his mind was able-bodied to protest even the old and most powerful magic in existence – prove thatLeonardo ’s darkestTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtleseramade him the strong Ninja Turtle .
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