In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Rizzoli), Michelangelo 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 Leonardo, Donatello and Raffaello.
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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. After hearing their story, April accuses them of being thieves, but Michelangelo says the thieves might be ninjas but who said they were also Turtles? He proposes a trade; they will help her discover the real thieves and she will help them find who spilled the mutagen that transformed them. When April agrees, they celebrate with pizza. Michelangelo's choice of topping is ice cream and peppers. La Nascita di un' amicizia