As her name suggests, Ringmistress is the head of the Carnival of Creeps circus.
Appearance[]
Ringmistress wears the traditional ringmaster costume consisting of a bright tailcoat trimmed in red, a waistcoat, a tophat, tall red boots and a gold bow tie. She also carries a cane topped with a pinkish-red crystal.
History[]
The Freak Seeker[]
Michelangelo sneaks away from his brothers and the lair in order to watch the performances at the Carnival of Creeps circus. Grabbing some popcorn, he hides beneath the bleachers and watches the Ringmistress, who describes the performances he's already missed before introducing the next. As it turns out, the next two performers are Leatherhead and Slash. Mikey reckons something weird is going on and is about to go tell Leonardo when a trio of robotic clowns grab him. He is taken to the Ringmistress, who intends to turn him into another of her mindless performers. She touches the Crystal of Gally-Gaar to his forehead in order to empty his mind, but it doesn't work on him. Ringmistress order the clowns to dispose of him, as she is ready to depart for the inter-dimensional highway before someone comes looking for him. The other Turtles arrive and make short work of the clowns, so Ringmistress sets the other circus performers on them. They turn out to be the Mighty Mutanimals - Leatherhead, Slash, Mondo Gecko and Tyler Rockwell.
The Turtles know their friends have been brainwashed, and try to fight without hurting them. Mikey takes off after Ringmistress, trailing her into the “Crazy Maze of Mirrors”. She is about to set a course for the inter-dimensional superhighway when Mikey destroys the Crystal with his kusarigama sickle. When it shatters a dimensional vortex opens because a space/time fracture has occurred. All of the creatures from across the multiverse that Ringmistress has collected are set free, her circus is pulled apart, and she is sucked into the vortex.