Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #5

Dates

Cover date

May 1988

Editions and covers

• Original edition

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Creators

Stories

• Complete Carnage and Radical

Publisher’s description

The issue begins by telling the origins of Complete Carnage and Radical, two super powered beings who got their abilities when they were each struck by the same bolt of lightning. The villain, Complete Carnage, was a construction worker, who became a rock-like monster after the incident. His rival, the heroic Radical, had been jogging through Central Park when she met her destiny and became enfused wth liquid energy. The two soon became enemies. Radical bested her opponent by tossing him miles into the air towards the North Pole. Complete Carnage didn't reach his destinantion, however - instead, he bounced off a passing 747 and landed on the grounds of a religious cult in upper New York state. The cultists took in Carnage and treated him as their prophet, while training him in martial arts. Soon enough, Complete Carnage mastered the ability to pass through steel and concrete, and also absorb energy from the materials. With his newfound powers, CC set out to get revenge upon Radical.

Characters

Reprinted in

Collected Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989), Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007), Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Compendium (2022)