Character Spotlight: Manmoth

The current run of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics by IDW is trying to more or less be the definitive TMNT story by synthesizing all the Ninja Turtles media that came before it. As such, that means it has had a ton of canon immigrants and will continue to have many more.

This week: Manmoth!

Manmoth first appeared in TMNT Meet Archie #1 (1991) as a caveman who was found frozen in a block of ice by the Shredder. He performed an experiment that accidentally combined the DNA of the caveman with the DNA from the mammoth pelt he was wearing, turning him into Manmoth. He later appeared in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #41 (February 1993), which takes place a couple months later.

In IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #71 (June 2017), Manmoth is introduced as a member of the Pantheon, a family of deities that reign over animals. We talked about his sister, Jagwar, two weeks ago.