Issue Description

Splinter meditates upon his life, from the time that he was a young man named Yoshi learning the martial arts from his Uncle Gyogi, to his years at Osaka University studying history and philosophy, to his life as a member of the Foot Clan. Eventually Yoshi left the Foot to continue his religious studies in Tibet, where for one year he was taught by the Charlie Llama. At the end of World War Two, Yoshi returned home and witnessed the atomic bomb being dropped on Japan. He managed to escape death and later rejoined the Foot, where he was framed for murder by none other than Oroku Saki, who desired Yoshi's position in the Clan.

Yoshi was cast out of the Foot Clan and traveled to America, where he took up residence in the sewers of New York City. Soon, he discovered four turtles in a green ooze and cleaned them up. That night, Yoshi transformed into the mutant rat we know as Master Splinter. As you know, the turtles also mutated. Splinter decided that since they would be outcasts from society, he must teach the turtles how to survive, thus he became their sensei and taught them ninjitsu.

Years later, Saki arrived in New York City with his branch of the Foot and began his criminal empire. Splinter decided that he and the Turtles must stop his old foe, and the battle was on.

After contemplating his past, the Sensei investigates a noise in the sewer and discovers that his students and Ninjara have prepared a birthday celebration for him.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures (1989)

Publisher

Archie Adventure Series

Volume Description

Published by Archie Comics, this comic was based on mainstream version of the turtles. It started out simply retelling episodes of the then popular animated series but with the fifth issue the book branched out into telling it's own stories. Primarily written by Dean Clarrain the stories would often have an underlying environmentalist themes, over time the storylines grew darker and more mature. The series drew negative press when a storyline saw the death of the turtle's allies The Mighty Mutanimals in a massacre.

The three part "Future Shark Trilogy" which saw the turtles, Splinter and their ally Ninjara come to the aid of the older turtles in dystopian future proved popular with fans and elements and characters from the story were revisited many times in the series. For five issues the comic was renamed Cyber Samurai Mutant Ninja Turtles in a storyline that was set soley in the aforementioned future. By now the turtles fad of the eighties and early nineties had faded which meant lagging sales. Mirage wanting to put out their own color TMNT book made the publishers nervous of competition leading them to consider cancellation. Growing frustration of darker storylines came to a head when Clarrain and co plotter and artist Chris Allen submitted a time travel story involving the the future turtles Archie was displeased. The covers for the seven part epic "Forever War" were made with the belief that this would be final storyline of the series. Clarrain and Allen were dropped from the book and it was cancelled two issues later with the final storyline focused on a present Splinter telling the story of how pre-teen turtles picked their weapons written by Steve Sullivan and drawn by Brian Thomas.

Years later Clarrain and Allen would work on the second volume of Tales of the TMNT writing the original turtles for Mirage. It has also been confirmed they are working on completing the final storyline of TMNT Adventures "Forever War" with Mirage publishing it as part of the TMNT's 25th anniversary in 2009.

Collected EditionsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 1 (#1-4)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 2 (#5-8)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 3 (#9-12)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 4 (#13-16)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 5 (#17-20)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 6 (#21-22)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 7 (#23-27)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 8 (#28-31)Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures Vol. 9 (#38-40)

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