Ivan Steranko

"*Well, if it isn't my beard, Ivan Steranko"*

-Tinnar

## History

Ivan Steranko, aka, Rocksteady is an enemy of the Ninja Turtles, and Spider Kid/Tinnar Wilson. He was formerly a Russian Arms Dealer and Russian Mafia Boss with a prosthetic diamond eyeball, who was an old friend of Oroku Saki from the past. He was the boss of Anton Zeck, an African-American master thief who steals artifacts for him. One of Zeck's missions was to steal Tinnar's watch, which he does until Tinnar retrieves it back from him. Due to a series of events involving him and Zeck capturing Tinnar to bargain with Shredder(Movie), he ends up mutating into a mutant white rhinoceros as a punishment by Shredder(Movie). Due to their mutations, the duo was forced to join The Foot Clan in order for them to live and capture Tinnar once again. After Shredder was resurrected by Kavaxas and the demon takes over control of the Foot Clan, him and Bebop decide to leave the clan. Sometime afterwards, him and his partner are both hired by the 2012 Shredder to his Foot Clan(to replace Movie Bebop and Rocksteady). But once they were reformed and fought alongside the Turtles, Movie Turtles, Tinnar, April O'Neil and the Mighty Mutanimals to defeat 2012 Shredder and the Technodrome, they quit their lives of villainy once and for all. He wields a Golden Hammer, a Sickle and Knuckledusters as his signature weapons of choice. He has a rivalry with Spider Kid, Leonardo, Raphael and Casey Jones. Ivan Steranko debuts in Ace In The Hole and Rocksteady debuts in Surge of Power.

## Appearances

### Appears in

Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesTiny Hippos Daycare Adventures

## Backstory

### As Ivan Steranko

Ivan Steranko was born to an unknown Russian couple and was raised in Russia alongside with his brother, Boltak Steranko. Ivan later on moved to New York City, where he started to work as a Russian Arms Dealer and apparently met Oroku Saki during his business. He also hired Anton Zeck as his own henchmen to steal artifacts for him, such as the Spear of Destiny and Excalibur. At some point, Steranko got one of his eyeballs shot by Zeck. Due to the incident, he had to get himself a prosthetic diamond eyeball. Even though Anton Zeck claims that it was an accident, it seems that Ivan Steranko does not forgive him for it.

### As Rocksteady

During the events of the Kraang Invasion, Anton Zeck and Ivan Steranko were struggling to survive during the chaos taking place due to The Kraang. Since they barely had any food supply and they didn't want to rest becoming mutated, they decide to hunt down Tinnar to make a trade with Shredder(Movie) for permission to leave New York City.

After a series of events that took place during the hunt for Tinnar, the two proceed to do the trading at the VTOL Headquarters. But once Tinnar, Batman and Superman came and interfered with this trading, a fight takes place between Tinnar, the Justice League, Ivan Steranko, Anton Zeck and VTOL. The fight comes to a conclusion once Tinnar's watch has been set free, forcing all three of the heroes to retreat. Since the Shredder was angered by what occurred, he decides to take both Zeck and Steranko captive in order for them to get their punishment.

Once the two were taken to the laboratory of Baxter Stockman, Shredder proceeds his punishment by mutating them both. After the henchman of Ivan Steranko, Anton Zeck, was mutated by Shredder into a mutant warthog with his technological suit merged to his body, it was Steranko's turn to be mutated into a mutant white rhinoceros.

But Steranko, who didn't want to become a mutant, attempts to reason with Oroku Saki. He brings up the fact that he would be much more useful to his old friend as a normal human, not as a mutant. The Shredder made it seem as if he agreed with him, but he is pushed by Spider Bytez into the mutagen sphere.

Once inside, the mutagen mixed with the white rhinoceros DNA causes him to mutate into such animal. After Steranko's mutation, the duo meet each other in their new mutated forms and are not pleased. So because of this, they attempt to fight off the Shredder(Movie) with their new mutated forms, which they miserably fail to do so and are forced to join The Foot Clan in order for them to be kept alive. As their first mission, they must hunt down Tinnar's watch and must turn it in, or they will be punished further more. When the mutant duo were in Coney Island, Michelangelo gave them both mutant names of Bebop(Anton Zeck) and Rocksteady(Ivan Steranko) due to the van they were driving.

## Trivia

* In his debut episode, Ace In The Hole, Ivan Steranko's name was never mentioned during the episode, but it was seen in the credits as "Steranko". In his later return, Surge of Power, Steranko's full name was revealed to be Ivan Steranko.
* Steranko has a hammer and a sickle modeled on his knuckle dusters, which are the symbols of the Soviet Union.
* Although Rocksteady is a white rhinoceros(as seen in the computer screen in Stockman Fly's laboratory as shown in a silhouette of a white rhinoceros), his nose is shaped like a black rhinoceros since a white rhinoceros does not have a beak shaped mouth. This could either be an animation error or the DNA placed in the mutagen was a mixture of both rhinoceros species.
* Ivan Steranko shares his last name with Jim Steranko, a famous comic book artist.

## Episodes

**Season 12**

* Ace In The Hole(first appearance)
* Devastation(mentioned)
* Surge of Power
* Lordly Caliber