The crossover event in which theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesnot only met , but fought againstBatmanwas one of the most larger-than-life minute in comic book history , though one comic suggests that it was a chip derivative as the Turtles in reality battle their very own ‘ Batman ’ long before facing off against the Dark Knight .

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles first crossed paths with DC ’s Batman inBatman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles#1 by James Tynion IV and Freddie E. Williams II . In that chronicle arc , Ra ’s al Ghul has teamed up with the Shredder in a villainous plot that meant trouble for not just the occupier of Gotham or New York , but for the entire world . Using Shredder ’s mutant - make serum , many of Batman ’s rapscallion became knotted , animalistic version of themselves which only added to the loom threat of Shredder and Ra ’s . Beforethe Ninja Turtles team up up with Batman , the Heroes in a Half - Shell had no theme who the Caped Crusader was and set in motion a strike against him on mountain . While their battle was undeniably epic , it was something that had plain already been done .

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InTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cereal Comics#2 by Peter Laird , Leonardo , Donatello , Michelangelo , and Raphael are on a missionary work to save up Casey Jones who had been kidnapped by the Shredder . The Shredder meant to wrick Casey into a mutant by combining his deoxyribonucleic acid with that of a squid through the usance of his mutagen muck . However , the Turtles show upjust in time to stop the evil Shredder , but before they can take the villain down , they are look with a number of his mutant henchmen who are just as strong as they are and infinitely more wicked . One of those mutant villain was none other than the Bat - Man .

Obviously , this Bat - Man had no joining with DC ’s Dark Knight – though Donatello does make the meta connectedness in his head upon seeing the familiar villain – but is , or else , only related to Batman through name alone as the two have almost nothing in common . The Bat - Man inTMNTis a human - bat crossbreed who uses a jetpack instead of wings and wield a deadly machine gun . This Bat - Man could n’t be further from Batman as he is loud rather than stealthy , nefarious rather than heroic , and is a mutant squash racket rather than a paladin dressed as one . Where the two type align , however , ( away from their names ) is theirconflict with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , and it seems the lesser - known Bat - Man beat DC ’s to the poke , literally .

While the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fought their Bat - Man before DC ’s Batman , nothing will ever interchange how really awesomeBatman / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtleswas when the comic first come out , even if it was n’t necessarily the Ninja Turtles ’ first time press a ‘ Batman ’ . Plus , as advert to in the comic , Bat - Man was seemingly nothing more than acrude parody of the Dark Knight inTMNTwho was play up as a joke , perhaps to inspire the imagination of buff and have them consider the possibility of how cool it would be if the Turtles really did fight Batman for existent . Though small did the Turtles know at the prison term , they would eventually combat and then team up up with the real Batman and then never have to think twice about this mutant lummox of the Shredder . However , no amount of pro - Batman view can cloud the cold truth that theTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ’ first fight with a ‘ Batman ’ was n’t the one fans suppose .

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TMNT fought Batman before fans think.

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