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Leatherhead, part 3 is issue #58 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, published on May 11, 2016 by IDW Publishing.
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"Leatherhead" Part 3! A violent skirmish between different factions breaks out in the Technodrome! The Turtles will have to make a difficult decision if they are to save the Utroms race.
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Synopsis[]
Inside the Technodrome, two of the newly awakened Utroms, Lieutenant Kleve and Corporal Montuoro, demand to know why Colonel Ch’rell has been left in stasis. Donnie explains to the Utrom Chief Science Advisor, Ma'riell, that it is on account of the many war crimes committed by Ch’rell, and the desire to see him tried in the same Neutrinos court as General Krang to answer for his crimes. Donnie further explains that since Krang had been successful in converting Burnow Island to a habitat suitable for the Utrom refugees, it could remain their home.
Elsewhere, Utrom Technician Leeshawn and Mikey release some of the other Utroms from lockdown in their quarters. Two of the Utroms, Churk and Yoom, recognize Mikey from their encounter with him in the Prehistoric Era (see the TMNT: Turtles in Time miniseries for more details). Leeshawn assures his fellow Utroms that Mikey is on their side when suddenly Leatherhead enters the room, bleeding profusely from his arm. Leatherhead explains to the others that he mistakenly injured himself while fumbling through one of the dark tunnels below the Technodrome, and asks that Mikey go back to help his brothers while he cleans himself up. As he goes to find his brothers, Mikey tells Donnie what has happened. Hearing Leatherhead’s name, the severed head of the Fugitoid, the robot containing the Neutrino Professor Honeycutt’s consciousness, awakes, telling Donnie that it was Leatherhead who tore apart his robotic body.
Mikey finds Raph and Leo coming to in the tunnels underneath the Technodrome after being knocked out by Leatherhead, along with the Stone Soldiers Tragg and Granitor. Leo asks Mikey who was left guarding the Utroms; Mikey tells him that Leatherhead had taken over. Leo quickly explains that Leatherhead is seeking revenge against the Utroms and must be stopped. As the group makes their way back to the main section of the Technodrome, Granitor explains that Leatherhead had been experimented on mercilessly by General Krang during his time on Burnow Island. Leatherhead had been the first test subject for Krang’s plan to create a mutant army to use to take over the world.
In their quarters, Leatherhead speaks to a group of Utroms about how the harsh realities of life were thrust upon him when he was captured after his mutation. Leatherhead prepares to attack the Utroms but Donnie arrives and tells him to stand down. Leatherhead parries a strike by Donnie and flings him across the room. Just then Raph, Leo, and Mikey arrive, having armed themselves with stun batons from the Technodrome’s armory. Leatherhead grabs Donnie and forces him to activate the teleporter. Leatherhead prepares to depart and tells the Turtles that he believes that they as mutants are abominations and should not exist. Leo attacks but Leatherhead grabs hold of Leo’s taser and breaks it. Raph is about to attack but Mikey snatches Leatherhead’s breathing mask off his face using his grappling hook, and tells him to stop fighting. Leatherhead grabs hold of Mikey and removes his breathing mask, telling Donnie to teleport him to New York City before he suffocates and threatening to crush Mikey to death. Donnie tells Raph and Leo that they have no choice but to send Leatherhead to New York, to save Mikey and because Donnie owes him for saving his life when he provided him with a supply of healing ooze.
Leatherhead, still clutching Mikey, Leo, and Raph arrive in New York near the docks. Leatherhead is quickly overwhelmed by the high level of sensory stimulation. Leatherhead drops Mikey and tells the Turtles that he has to find peace and quiet so that he can plot his next move. Leatherhead leaps into the water, telling the Turtles that he’s not done with them.
Leo, Raph, and Mikey walk up to the entrance to the Foot Clan’s headquarters, the door slightly ajar. Leo tells Mikey that he wishes he would come inside and stay for a while rather than go straight home. Mikey tells Leo that he just wants to relax in his own space and Raph backs him up, telling Leo that Mikey and Donnie will be fine doing their own thing sometimes. Raph tells them that what they should be concerned about is what Leatherhead will do next. Looking up through the open doorway, the Turtles are shocked to see several Foot Ninja down, Alopex in combat with Jennika, and Kitsune clutching an unconscious Master Splinter, about to stab him in the heart with a knife.