In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rizzoli), Leonardo is a mutant turtle, and one of the four ninja sons adopted and trained by Hamato Yoshi (a.k.a. Splinter), along with his brothers Donatello, Michelangelo and Raffaello.
This version of Leonardo is closely based on Leonardo from the 1987 TV series. Unlike the series, however, one of the other Turtles calls him by the nickname "Leo", but not until 1991's issue 12.
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Reporter April O'Neil is chased into the sewers by a gang of thugs whose boss doesn't want her to continue her reports of thefts of scientific materials. They catch up to her, but before they can attack, the Ninja Turtles arrive and knock-out the thugs. She faints at the sight of the Turtles and wakes in their lair. Upon seeing Splinter, she faints again, which makes Leonardo call attention to that fact. After hearing their story, April accuses them of being thieves, but they finally convince her they are not the bad guys and celebrate with pizza. Leonardo's choice is a cream and beans pizza. La Nascita di un' amicizia