"Well... We were mixing it up inside the Shredder's ultimate weapon - The Technodrome. Trying to keep him from getting his claws onto some vials of Mutagen. We were looking for a way to end the fight once and for all. When Don had a rockin' idea. Use the Technodrome's own Trans-Dimensional Portal to send it back from whence it came. Don started working his Techno magic, but... The next thing we knew, we were back in the city."
January 1, 1970
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