Theory: Blind Foot Soldier in "Return to NY"

*Tetsu Deinonychus* · 12-17-2016, 10:09 AM

Just something that occurs to me re-reading a lot of my Mirage collection. In Tales of the TMNT Vol.2 Issue #5, there's a story called "Blind Faith" where Leonardo battles a blind Foot Soldier that's after revenge on Leo for taking away his eyesight. This leads to a whole Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight miniseries dealing with the aftermath.

They present this guy as any one of the hundreds of Foot Ninja the Turtles have battled over the years and not anybody specific. But, back in Vol. 1 Issue #20 (Return to NY: Part 2). There's a page where a Turtle who could just as easily be Leo as any of the others, gouging a Foot Soldier's eyes with his fingers.

leo-eye-gouge.jpg

I haven't read all of Tales Vol. 2 or everything the Mirage crew have said, so I don't know if there's anything that contradicts that idea (I doubt the connection's even intentional). But, until I hear otherwise, it's my "headcanon" that this is the origin of that Foot Ninja's blindness.

Anyone, agree/disagree?

12-17-2016, 10:09 AM	#1
Tetsu Deinonychus The Iron Dinosaur Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Studio Snowlion HQ Posts: 3,021	Theory: Blind Foot Soldier in "Return to NY" Just something that occurs to me re-reading a lot of my Mirage collection. In Tales of the TMNT Vol.2 Issue #5, there's a story called "Blind Faith" where Leonardo battles a blind Foot Soldier that's after revenge on Leo for taking away his eyesight. This leads to a whole Tales of Leonardo: Blind Sight miniseries dealing with the aftermath. They present this guy as any one of the hundreds of Foot Ninja the Turtles have battled over the years and not anybody specific. But, back in Vol. 1 Issue #20 (Return to NY: Part 2). There's a page where a Turtle who could just as easily be Leo as any of the others, gouging a Foot Soldier's eyes with his fingers. leo-eye-gouge.jpg I haven't read all of Tales Vol. 2 or everything the Mirage crew have said, so I don't know if there's anything that contradicts that idea (I doubt the connection's even intentional). But, until I hear otherwise, it's my "headcanon" that this is the origin of that Foot Ninja's blindness. Anyone, agree/disagree? __________________ (Image hosting by Postimage.org) And here's a list of all my old wacky threads!