Lobsterdude (mutated reporter, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles character)

LOBSTERDUDE
Earth-90667

Real Name: Stanley Stobbs

Identity/Class: A lternate reality (Earth-90667) human mutate

Occupation: Newspaper reporter

Group Membership: Unidentified news crew

Affiliations: Ray Fillet

Enemies: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Donatello, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael);
indirectly Bebop, Rocksteady, Shredder (Oroku Saki)

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Presumably mobile through New York City, New York, USA

First Appearance: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine I#1 (June, 1990)

Powers/Abilities: Prior to his mutation, Stanley Stobbs was a seasoned reporter who wrote high-quality, investigative articles. After drinking mutagen-laced water, he transformed into a humanoid lobster, becoming larger and significantly stronger. He also gained a shell that can act as a defense and claws that can be used as weapons.

Stobbs' intellectual abilities were noticeably diminished after the mutation, so unless this was a temporary effect due to shock, it's possible he lost his reporting skills.

Height: (Stanley Stobbs) unrevealed (approximately 5'3"); (Lobsterdude) unrevealed (approximately 6'5")
Weight: (Stanley Stobbs) unrevealed (approximately 171 lbs); (Lobsterdude) unrevealed (approximately 507 lbs.)
Eyes: (Stanley Stobbs) Black; (Lobsterdude) Yellow
Hair: (Stanley Stobbs) Brown; (Lobsterdude) None

History:
(Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine I#1) - Stanley Stobbs was a newspaper reporter covering crime in New York City and the dastardly Shredder's evil empire was at risk of being exposed due to some of his investigations. Stobbs was one of the reasons Shredder ordered his mutant henchmen Bebop and Rocksteady to dump mutagen into Manhattan's water supply.

That evening, Stanley Stobbs went to a restaurant and ordered his favorite dish: lobster. When the lobster was ready and on his table, he asked the waiter for a glass of water. The waiter poured water from the tap into a glass, unaware that it was laced with mutagen, and brought it to Stobbs. Stobbs drank the water with his meal and quickly became ill. The mutagen worked instantly and the reporter transformed into a humanoid lobster monster. Losing control and determined to free the restaurant's lobsters, Stanley, screaming "aba-laba lob-ster," ran into the kitchen and charged at the lobster tank. He broke it then punched a wall and went outside, where he encountered the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who were ordering pizza at the same restaurant, and their friend, Ray Fillet, a mutant manta ray. Stobbs wasn't looking kindly so the turtles took up arms and began fighting while Ray Fillet stood by and watched. Fillet soon intervened, telling Stobbs that lobsters, like rays, belonged in the sea and promised to show him the sea, including the lobsters that lived there. The mutated reporter calmed down and left with Ray Fillet.

Comments: Created by Ryan Brown, Dean Clarrain, Jim Lawson and Dan Berger.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine ran from 1990 to 1993 and spanned thirteen issues. It was published by Welsh Publishing Group, which was acquired by Marvel in late 1994, so its publications are considered fair game for the Appendix, similar to Malibu Comics and CrossGen.

   Welsh's TMNT comics are based on Archie's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures series and were even created with input from its crew. However, they are set in a divergent reality, as the origin of Dragon Warrior, who appears in issue #2, differs from the one depicted in Archie canon in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures II#20. Earth-90667 also serves as the setting of Welsh's Garfield Magazine, as evidenced by the crossover in issue #7 and Garfield Magazine I#5.

   Stanley Stobbs was never named as Lobsterdude in-story but is identified as such on the cover.

    This profile was completed 09/10/2026 but its publication was delayed, as it was intended for the Appendix 25th anniversary's celebratory event.

Profile by Mike Castle.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Earth-90667's Lobsterdude has no known connections to and should be distinguished from:

BILL THE LOBSTER of Earth-616 - cybernetically enhanced lobster--Fallen Angels I#2
DON THE LOBSTER of Earth-616 - cybernetically enhanced lobster--Fallen Angels I#2
LOBSTER LAD of Earth-616 - carnival artist, Madame Yang Fei Kwei servant--Blaze II#7
LOBSTER MAN of Earth-29463 - superhero, gained his abilities after being bitten by a radioactive lobster; character of an in-universe movie on Earth-616--Amazing Spider-Man II#43
LOBSTER PEOPLE of Earth-616 - a group of mutated humans living in an underground society--Sentry/Hulk#1
LOBSTER PEOPLE of Earth-20007 - sinister humanoid lobsters, fought Hulk and Sentry--Sentry/Hulk I#1
LOBSTROS of Reality-616 - Microverse, lobster-like cyborg bio-engineered in the Body Banks, telepathically controlled by Lobros, attacked Devil, slain by Marionette and Commander Rann--Micronauts I#36
LOBSTER RANDOM - cyborg soldier--2000 A.D.#1342
other "Stanley," "Stobbs" or lobster-like characters, groups, items, races or events

images: (without ads)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine I#1, p11, pan2 (Lobsterdude, main image)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine I#1, p10, pan8 (Stanley Stobbs pre-mutation)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine I#1, p12, pan4-5 (vs. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

Appearances:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Magazine I#1 (June, 1990) - Ryan Brown and Dean Clarrain (writers), Jim Lawson (pencils), Dan Berger (inks)

First Posted: 09/18/2026
Last updated: 09/10/2026

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