Stump

Stump is an alien wrestling promoter — a sentient, tree-stump-like extraterrestrial who kidnaps warriors from across the galaxy to compete in his brutal intergalactic wrestling spectacles. He appears in the wilder, cosmos-spanning storylines of Archie's TMNT Adventures continuity.

Bursting onto the scene in 1989 during the wild creative energy of the Copper Age, Stump is one of the more delightfully offbeat corners of Archie's beloved Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures universe — a title that consistently pushed beyond the animated series to deliver stranger, wilder storytelling. With appearances spanning into Mighty Mutanimals and its special invasion crossover, Stump carved out a niche in that gloriously bizarre extended mythology, sharing pages with fan favorites like Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello, and the utterly unforgettable Cudley the Cowlick. Eight catalog appearances may sound modest, but in a world this wonderfully weird, every panel counts — and for collectors who fell hard for the Archie TMNT era's anything-goes spirit, Stump is exactly the kind of deep-cut discovery that makes digging through long boxes so rewarding.