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Confirmed: TMNT: Shredder by Dan Watters & Michele Bandini From IDW

Confirmed: IDW is to publish a new TMNT spinoff comic book monthly series, Shredder by Dan Watters and Michele Bandini

A few weeks ago, Bleeding Cool broke the news that IDW was to publish a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spinoff, Shredder, written by Dan Watters. The character has been missing in the current Turtles revival, and we promised him a new home. Now IGN has been able to "exclusively reveal artwork and early details for TMNT: Shredder, a new monthly comic book series starring the one and only Oroku Saki. The series is written by Dan Watters (Batman: Dark Patterns) and illustrated by Michele Bandini (Spider-Man: City at War), with cover art and a new character design by TMNT veteran Mateus Santolouco."

See, AIPT? That's how you do it. You don't have to state PR-handed news stories are exclusive scoops when they are most demonstrably not.

"Prepare for the rags-to-revenge story of the ultimate ronin. Returned forever changed by a maddening ordeal beyond imagining, betrayed by all around him, and no longer with the Foot Clan, Shredder will quest deep into New York's criminal underworld as a former protege has formed their own rival clan with sinister plans for the city. In his deadly mission for vengeance, enemies both old and new will brutally discover what defiance will bring them at the end of the Shredder's blades.

"The bad guys always have the best stories, and Shredder is no exception," said Watters in a statement. "This story is Shredder on a quest of revenge – rejecting the gods and allegiances he's made over his long and storied history, reminding New York exactly why it feared him so much – and why it should do so again. This is the kind of character I love to write. Driven, ruthless, and crawling his way back to the top with a new purpose. This is going to be a hell of a ride."

"I'm from the '80s, so I grew up with TMNT and I always wished to have the chance to work on one of their books since I was little kid. Yup, I wanted to be a comic book artist since I was five years old, and my favourite characters have always been the fun-loving Michelangelo and the ruthless ninja master, Shredder," added Bandini. "A revenge story with one of the coolest characters ever created? I can't wait to see Shredder get back what he deserves: the crown of the deadliest villain New York has ever seen!"

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