In the early issues of TMNT an alien entrusted the Ninja Turtles to protect an object of great power called “The Eye of Sarnath”. Much later o robotic being teared through the streets of New York with an alien creature named Quark at his side, this was revealed to be Sarnath, who was blind in a sense (he could see through Quarks eyes) and he was searching for his eye.Â
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Sarnath never appeared in the TMNT’s first animated series, though he was mentioned in the shows first episode when the TMNT received the Eye of Sarnath from a dying alien, who in the comics was later revealed to be evil.