In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures series produced by Archie Comics, April began as a carbon copy of her animated counterpart from the 1987 TV series, but the writers developed her into a competent warrior after training with Splinter. Years earlier in the September, 1985 re-printing of issue one, Mirage Studios artist Ryan Brown depicts April as a katana wielding ninja warrior in his back cover pin-up. At the beginning in this version she is a reporter for Channel 6, but because of her frequent adventures with the Turtles, she lost her job at Channel 6 and became a freelance reporter with her ​​friend Oyuki Mashimi as cinematographer. April received ninjutsu and katana training from Splinter, and gradually became highly proficient at fighting skills. Her remarkably quick progr