Favorite Shredder origin story (various versions)

[quinnmjohnson]

Just wanted to get people's opinions on which of all the different versions from the various TMNT universes (Mirage comics, 1987 cartoon, 2003 cartoon, movies, etc.) is the best Shredder origin story.

I think that's one of the cool things about the TMNT property: the different realities can all take things their own way, explore all the different possibilities within their own boundaries so to speak, and they can all be cool.

While I am a huge fan of the Mirage comics and having Shredder just be a normal human, albeit a scary, total butt-kicking ninja warlord, I am quite impressed with the 2003 cartoon's version. To make him an Utrom ties in with the whole Turtles origin mythology in a very cool way, plus the fact that he has been around for 1000 earth years amassing his evil forces is awesome. Add to that that he is also an intergalactic criminal responsible for the deaths of millions, and that his robotic exoskeleton can take many scary and powerful forms, and you've got yourself one awesome villain. What do you guys think?