Once an immigrant from Japan Hamato Yoshi bought pets - four turtles. But under the influence of mutagen Yoshi turned into polukrysu-polucheloveka Splinter and turtles grew to enormous size and acquired human traits and qualities. Underground in a sewer pipe, Splinter raised them as his own sons by teaching discipline, philosophy and martial arts

The original TMNT- style does not look like something that used to "ordinary people" . Initially the comic was grim. Permanent night reigned supreme on the pages blindly staring at us sewer manholes and broken glass windows uninhabited lower floors. Permanent night , constant darkness, constant mud. It is not just the wrong side of New York , it's