Complete Carnage

Few characters carry a name as boldly ominous as Complete Carnage, who stepped onto the page in 1988 during the gritty, black-and-white independent comics boom that made Mirage Studios a cult phenomenon. Debuting in the second printing of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 — a key chapter in one of the most beloved indie runs of the Copper Age — this villain shares the stage with Leonardo, Raphael, Splinter, and the equally dangerous Radical and Raven Shadowheart, signaling the kind of dangerous company that defines the darker corners of the Turtles' world. With only a handful of catalog appearances, Complete Carnage is a rare find for the dedicated TMNT completist, a piece of Mirage's raw, creator-driven era before the franchise became a global juggernaut.