SPLINTER

Master Splinter is a wise mutant rat, master of ninjutsu, and the adoptive father and sensei of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, he first appeared in Mirage Studios' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 in May 1984. Across decades of media, he guides his four turtle sons as both a formidable martial artist and a loving spiritual mentor.