12/17/2022 0 Comments Leatherhead tmnt![]() Jess Harley was turned into the Crocodile man Leatherhead by the swamp witch Mary Bone after he attempted to steal the turn stone. When Raphael's mind was clear and he could think again he stated that he hoped he hadn't hurt Leatherhead, suggesting the Turtles and the alligator were on good terms. When Raphael was mutated into a monstrous creature he roamed the sewers and eventually battled and defeated Leatherhead. Leatherhead secretly attended Master Splinter's funeral from afar though he was noticed by the Turtles, who were surprised that he somehow knew of their master's death. In the end Leatherhead requested to be sent home to Earth. Feeling responsible for his creations he had to make sure they were all okay before he died. The other Utroms explained that Ribky was in charge of waste disposal at the TCRI facilty and so was responsible for the accidents that mutated Leatherhead and the Turtles. After fighting their way out of the Illumitated's, Ribky stayed behind and sacrificed himself to destroy the base. Thankfully Leatherhead was rescued by a group of Utroms led by an Utrom called Ribky and accompanied by the Turtles. They had been secretly experimenting on Leatherhead to make him the perfect weapon so now they could make an army of his clones to attack other worlds. The story was followed up issues later revealing that the Utroms that had captured Leatherhead were part of a secret religious sect called the "Illuminated" who believed it was their god given duty to cleanse the universe of all violent species so that peaceful ones can live without fear or hindrance. After the arrival of the other Turtles, the machine activated and a group of Utroms with ray guns captured Leatherhead teleporting him away, and they left behind explosives which destroyed the Transmat behind them. He showed Raphael a completed transmat but explained he had no recollection of building it. More mysterious was the fact that his eye had healed, he'd grown much larger and would black out for days with no memory of what transpired. Coming to his senses before he could do any permanent damage he explained that he was suffering from uncontrollable fits of rage where pure instinct would take over. Years later in Tales of the TMNT Vol 2 Leatherhead came across Raphael in the sewers and in a primal rage attacked him. In a violent rage Leatherhead starts to lash out at Foot and Turtle alike swearing vengeance on both. Once the device is complete the gator steps in but when activated he is not teleported away, but rather burned by energy. The Turtles arrive at their old lair and a fight breaks out with the Foot only to be diffused by Leatherhead and both groups grudgingly work together to finish the transmat. The mutant reveals that he's been working on a transmat to teleport him back to the Utrom home world but his over-sized hands make it difficult to do so but now that he had friends with smaller hands he can finally achieve his dream. Leatherhead who now has an eye patch attacks the intruders by a lone Foot ninja convinces Leatherhead to accept them as allies. Years later the lair is found by a group of Foot Clan members. The Turtles and Leatherhead realized their connection and after defeating Marlin the Turtles allowed Leatherhead to live in their original lair which they had since abandoned so he could work on his device in seclusion. Assuming humans were responsible and hoping that the Utroms had teleported back to their homeworld, he gathered what little technology was left and retreated into the sewers, working on a device to contact the Utroms.Įncountering the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the sewers while they were being attacked by a big game hunter called Marlin who was ironically searching for a giant alligator that had been sighted in the sewers. One day however he returned to find the TCRI facility destroyed. The aliens decided to educate the creature and allowed him to live with them.ĭespite acceptance by the Utroms, Leatherhead still had a strong connection to the sewers and would go exploring the underground tunnels for days before returning to his alien friends. While there he was accidentally exposed to a mutagen and grew larger and more intelligent. He was found by two Utrom scientists and taken back to their lab at the TCRI facility for study. In the original Mirage comics, Leatherhead presumably started life as an exotic pet which ended up in the sewers after being flushed down a toilet.
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