Shredder

Few names in comics carry the weight of Shredder, and IDW's Modern Age incarnation — debuting in 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Utrom Empire, brought to life by Paul Allor and Andy Kuhn — carves out a compelling corner of that legacy. With appearances across Urban Legends, the evocatively titled Shredder in Hell, and The Last Ronin II: Re-Evolution, this version of the character has been woven into some of IDW's most ambitious Turtles storytelling, sharing pages with Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, and Splinter. It's a small but meaningful footprint in the catalog, and the presence of a dedicated Shredder in Hell series signals that IDW saw real depth worth exploring in this figure beyond the battlefield. For fans who want to understand the full scope of IDW's rich TMNT universe, this Shredder is a thread worth pulling.