April O'Neil is a television reporter for Channel 6 News, appearing in the comic strip Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She is employed by Burne Thompson, with whom she often clashes over news assignments.
History[]
Splinter’s Quest, part 3[]
April makes her debut at the very end of the Splinter's Quest storyline. She greets the Turtles and Splinter upon their return from their journey.
Heaven's In Here[]
Making a trip to the lair to visit the Turtles, April tells them she’s taking a few weeks off work before she starts covering the 1992 Presidential race. She joins the mutant family on the couch as they watch the evening news, which reports on a strange meteorite moving across the New York City sky. April is still at the lair when the Turtles take off to investigate the meteorite after it crashes into the Hudson River, and they can hear it moving underground.
Off-World Odyssey[]
Trying to cover the story of the fight between the Turtles, Splinter and Shredder, April stumbled upon Krang's spaceship and decided to investigate. The Turtles find her inside one of the ship's escape pods when they get ready to abandon the ship after inadvertently becoming passengers on a flight into space.