CONTINUITY INDEX / 1984–PRESENTEIGHT
EIGHT
DONATELLOS
There is no single definitive Donnie. Follow the character as comics, television and film keep changing what intelligence looks like.
01 / 1984
MIRAGE
Curiosity before the genius archetype hardens.
02 / 1987CLASSIC
The cartoon that makes Donatello the inventor.
03 / 1990MOVIE
A Donnie who proves he does not need a lab.
04 / 20032003
The engineer learns some things cannot be fixed.
05 / 2011IDW
Science, mortality, Metalhead and identity.
06 / 20122012
Technical brilliance collides with adolescence.
07 / 2018RISE
Engineering becomes armor, ego and silhouette.
08 / 2023MUTANT MAYHEM
The genius archetype becomes a kid again.