Raph influenced by Wolverine?

[Shellfox]

Again another thought, we know that the guys origin is tied somewhat to Dare Devil when originaly crafed, and I got me to wondering if any other marvel property might have influnced the creatuve prossece of the guys, and the more I looked the more Raph seemed to have wolverine influnces through out his person. I know most of what I am about to say is a stretch, and I may be way off, but it is something to think about (I've never heard anything to the contary so if thiskhas been stated in the past I've I've mearly fogten or never saw it I appoligise)

Both are regarded as hot heads and berzerkers to many extents.
Wolverine is best known for his 3 claws on each hand, some what similar in desighn to Raphs sais. Images of raph have even had him hold them between his fingers in a style reminesint of wolverine (from what I understand few people do this in real life)

Both are short by human standards.

Both have a tendancy to get the girl

Both have a tendancey to show compasion to younger people (wolvey- Jubilee and Kitty, Raph Yoshi [streactching it I know])

I know there are more but thats all I can come up with off the top of my had at the momnets but there is at least one point of counter influnce

Arond the time of the Onslaught saga, when wolverine was feral, his then trade mark mask was replaced with a mask very similar to the one Next Mutation Leo wore. The mask it self seemed to shift from primary blue, to the ocasiosnnal red version. And while I can't pull the dates of these events from my head as I write this, its possible this was a sighn of tribute to Raph.


Again I dought any of this is meaning full, possibly just coensidence, and an over active imagination, but it does make you wonder if raph hasn't been, perhaps unconciously, influenced by wolverine over the years