As Leonardo leads the Foot Clan on a war against New York's other gangs, Raphael goes on a rampage throughout the city. When the Ninja Turtles invade the Foot Clan's headquarters, Leonardo disavows his former family, casts aside his blue mask in favor of some Foot Clan apparel, and proceeds to wipe the floor with his brothers. As doctors operate on Casey, a Japanese witch and long-time Foot Clan ally named Kitsune casts a spell on Leonardo, corrupting his memories and making him think that the Shredder, not Splinter, is his true master. With Casey hovering near death, the remaining Turtles must abandon their brother in order to take Casey to the hospital-and that's where the trouble begins. In the ensuing melee, Casey is mortally wounded, and Leonardo disappears. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #22, Foot Clan soldiers ambush Casey Jones, and the Turtles rush to their friend's aid. Exasperated, Donatello gives in and promptly kicks Casey's butt, straining their relationship even further but giving Casey the insight he needs to forgive himself and move on-eventually. Casey challenges Donatello to a fight, and makes fun of Donny when the Turtle refuses to accept. Of all of the Turtles, Casey knows Donatello the least, and that makes him the perfect outlet for Casey's anger. When that doesn't soothe his troubled soul, Casey heads out into the woods, where he finds Donatello contemplating a stream. In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #49, which takes place about a week later, Casey spends the first half of the issue alternately drinking and throwing up. Unlike the Turtles, Casey wasn't raised to be an assassin, and the teen's death-even though it was an act of self-defense-hits Mr. Unfortunately, Casey hits one of the attackers too hard, and the kid falls to the ground dead. During a training exercise, Casey is mugged by a group of knife-wielding teenagers, and he defends himself with one of his signature hockey sticks. Casey isn't exactly stable-if you strap on a hockey mask and fight crime with baseball bats and golf clubs, you're definitely not all there-but in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #48, things get especially bad for the sports-themed vigilante. It's not exactly Casey Jones nonchalantly crushing Shredder's head with a garbage compactor, but it is a spectacularly cold-blooded moment, especially for a quartet of supposed heroes.Īnd so, when Casey Jones does something terrible, it's just as memorable as an infraction by one of the Turtles themselves. Shredder decides to take the Turtles out with him-but before he can unpin a hand grenade, Donatello knocks him off of the roof with his bo staff, sending Shredder plummeting to his demise. That's when Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' darkness reveals itself for the first time: as Shredder bleeds out, Leonardo offers him a sword, telling his defeated nemesis to kill himself before the Turtles take care of it for him. One thrust of Leonardo's katana later, and Shredder kneels before them, defeated. They're assassins who have been trained by their master to take down one specific target: Oroku Saki, better known as the Shredder.Īt the end of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, Splinter's adopted sons fulfill their mission: after dispatching Shredder's ninja soldiers, they take on the big boss himself. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles aren't superheroes. That exaggerated savagery extends to the Turtles themselves, too. But, as part of the gag, creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird cranked Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' violence up to 11, making the whole adventure wildly over-the-top.
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