Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-26353309-20150421205040/@comment-995426-20150430164006

Conzo FC wrote: I liked how in the comics raphael was the shredder in a different dimension or something like that but I'm not sure if that's right because I don't know much about the comics More like he was temporarily the new Shredder in Image TMNT Volume 3, all of which was later declared non-canon by Peter Laird anyway. But in the Volume 3 story, Oroku Saki has already been dead for a few years, and Raphael has befriended the newer New York City Foot Clan leaders who are loyal to Karai. But these leaders are abruptly purged by an attack by organized crime rivals, and many Foot Ninja are killed. So Raph acts and saves the remaining Ninja, and becomes their impromptu leader, so he accepts the title of Shredder while he controls the NYC Foot Clan. (Splinter then considers himself a failure as a father because one of his sons has claimed the title and armor once worn by his mortal enemy.) But he loses his leadership position to Tang Amaya ("Lady Shredder") near the end of Volume 3.