In the first issue of theoriginal Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesseries by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird , the Shredder is introduced in a story being told by Master Splinter . In Splinter ’s story , he explains to the turtles that the Shredder had mangle his former owner and Master ,   Hamato Yoshi . After break loose his John Cage , a pre - mutation Splinter   made his way to the   sewers , where he come into link with the four turtles and a foreign ooze that transform them into theirmutated forms . While rear them , Splinter check his adoptive turtle children in the ways of the ninja so that he could one twenty-four hours avenge the death of Hamato Yoshi .

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After finishing the narrative , sliver inform the turtles that they are now ready to take on such a task and sends Raphael to go forth a challenge to the Shredder . easy fight down his room into the Shredder ’s compound , Raphael throws a sticker through his windowpane ; impound is a banker’s bill   gainsay him to a destruction battle . Accepting their term , the Shredder arrives on the aspect with his Foot Clan only to be surprised by the appearance and skill of the turtles . Afterdefeating the Foot Clanand landing a end shock on the Shredder , Leonardo pass him his sword to charge   seppuku . decline , Shredder displume the pin on a grenade , stand for to kill them all . However , the Shredder was then pink off the construction they were fighting on , along with the grenade , which exploded before he hit the priming .

Comic book art: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles leaping into action.

Though the Foot Clan proceed to appear in the comic , there was no indication ofthe Shredder reappearingfor quite some time . Shredder would n’t revert to the comics until the one - proceeds Leonardo micro - series two years later on , acting as the leader of the Foot Clan once more . However , it would be revealed in a later issue of the main series that this Shredder was just a louse - like clone that partake in the original Shredder ’s memories . With that in nous , the original Shredder really stick utter throughout the relaxation of the series .

Though he returned by and by on in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comic , Shredder ’s death in the first payoff feels definitive , as if it was n’t even planned for him to come back . This theory is reasonably sustain by the tortuous elbow room in which he was finally brought back . Despite being a huge threat to the turtleneck in the comics , Shredder became a much more   striking reference inthe popular liven serial publication , which positioned the Shredder and   Krang as the turtles ' principal antagonists . Regardless of how it happened , if the first issue had beenthe Shredder’slast appearance as well as his demise , theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtleswouldn’t be the same .

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