In what would have been the first issue, he decapitated civilians for “insolence,” “rudeness” or simply as a sign of his authority. In fact, he took his duty as the head of the family so seriously that he demanded absolute fealty and deference from “peasants,” which pretty much meant all New Yorkers. While we all Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, and the lovable goof Michelangelo, here are the four original Ninja Turtles that were just a bit too “cold-blooded” to launch a global children’s brand around:īoticelli: The eldest of the four turtle brothers, Boticelli tended to assume the role of leadership.
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Time to meet the original four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles whose devotion to the warrior code of Bushido was considered “too grizzly” for cartoon audiences at the time. See, the popular image of the Turtles as pizza-loving party dudes is a far cry from how they were originally pitched. From children’s cartoons to Michael Bay movies to your childhood lunchbox, these heroes in a half shell are everywhere! But what a lot of people don’t know is that the Turtles franchise was almost flushed down the drain before it even launched. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have been a pop culture phenomenon since Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman first debuted them in 1984.