10 Even More Most Disgusting Comic Book Deaths
7. Donatello's Shell Gets Ripped Off Before He's Beaten To Death
One of the more notable comic book deaths in recent years, IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle line is one that has been absolutely brilliant, and also at times absolutely brutal.
Case in point, TMNT #44 did the unthinkable and killed off Donatello.
The concept of having one of our Heroes in a Half-Shell perish was one that many were massively taken aback by, but even more jarring was the fashion in which Donnie was offed.
In the Attack on Technodrome story, Donatello decides to stay at home while his brothers head out to stop Kang. Unfortunately, the tech genius of the Turtles is ambushed and outnumbered by Bebop and Rocksteady in an attack that ultimately costs Donnie his life. Before his death eventually comes, there's the sickening moment - off-panel, of course - where Rocksteady smashes Donatello's shell with a sledgehammer, with the rogue quipping to Bebop, ""Didya expect it to look like that under there?"
It would be a whole 12 further pages until Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Master Splinter finally discovered the dead body of the fallen Donatello, with this the most disturbing, shocking moment in the 38-year history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
While Donnie's demise was totally twisted, he would be alive and well a few months later, with his conscious initially taking over the body of Metalhead before returning to his own body.