Awesome / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage)

• The Turtles' first battle against the Foot Clan, humiliating the Shredder by easily killing his best troops, besting him in combat, and foiling his Taking You with Me attempt.
• Also, that first comic in general, for far outperforming Eastman and Laird's idea of how much it would sell, and starting one of the biggest franchises of all time.
• Leo facing down the Shredder one-on-one in "Return to New York Part 3." In their first encounter, the Turtles had to work together to defeat him. The second ended with Leo beaten within an inch of his life, and the Turtles, Splinter, April, and Casey fleeing to New Hampshire. This time, Leo takes him on by himself in a battle that takes up almost the entire issue, ending with an epic two-page spread in which Leo decapitates Saki.

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