"Thundercats X Silverhawks (2026 Event)" Talkback (Spoilers)

[wonderfly]

From the front page of AnimeSuperhero.com:

"At Long Last: The Thundercats Meet The Silverhawks!"​

"Why should Transformers and GI Joe have all the crossover fun?

80’s cartoon fans may remember that occasional comic book crossover between the GI Joe and Transformers (made possible by Hasbro owning the rights to both). While we’re still waiting for those two properties to crossover in animated format, there is now two other 80’s properties that’s now set to meet up, and this one makes so much sense:

Dynamite Comics has now announced a multi-month crossover event between the Thundercats and the Silverhawks! Both series were part of the “Rankin Bass” line of cartoons from the 80’s, (much like He-Man and She-Ra were both the “Filmation” series). While the two never crossed over, the animation style was the same, and the format of the shows were similar (though Thundercats was always a bit more Fantasy than Sci-Fi)."

Read the full article here.

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Read the prelude ThunderCats Lost in Time recently and as it turns out the future that Pumyra, Neko, Lynx-O and Ligon are stranded is in fact a bad future as a result of a catastrophic war that caused millions of Thunderians being killed by rogue SilverHawks sympathetic to Mon*Star led by Moon Stryker that led to both Bengali and Cheetara the only remaining ThunderCats.

Not only Bengali's future self blames himself for what caused the war, he also tells the team that they need to go back in time to prevent it from happening along with that Cheetara was kept alive in a life support chamber that was used as the battery for the SilverHawks' precog tech.

Both of them sacrifice their lives to stop Moon Stryker, which allows Pumyra and co along with Flashback to go back in time in order to prevent this from happening.

With that said, can't wait for the event soon.

22/03: Managed to read the Road to War one-shot and it's set concurrently with ThunderCats issue 24 (hence Lion-O does not appear outside of flashbacks) as well as after both  SilverHawks issue 12 (the team get a new recruit called Chromium before he gets badly injured by a warlord) and ThunderCats Lost in Time (six year timeskip after that one-shot, as it shows Neko taking down a renegade SilverHawk and saves a female bear-like alien and her son), thus showcasing that next month's crossover will be like, especially with a preview of ThunderCats × SilverHawks issue 1, which will start the 15-part saga.

21/04: I've read the first issues of both ThunderCats × SilverHawks and Mumm-Ra, The Ever-Living as the former is set after  ThunderCats issue 25 and the latter is a prequel focusing on the villain's origins.

The former had Bengali confronting Chromium and Copper Kidd before a Vultureman attacks the former and Bengali's hammer slips out of his hand and kills Chromium, while Lion-O reverts back to being a kid by Copper Kidd's mirror after cutting Quicksilver in half before Darkbird arrives to executive Copper.

The latter reminds me of The Mummy's opening prologue since it focuses on Mumm-Ra's origins as Ancient Egyptian slave Ra-meses-mi-atumu, who renounces his humanity after making a deal with the Ancient Spirits of Evil.

Can't wait for  ThunderHawks issue 1 soon.

22/04: Caught up with reading  ThunderHawks issue 1 as it turns out that Moon Stryker survived the explosion from Lost in Time and while the ThunderCats are on a mission to take down the Darkbirds and finding a way to return back, it's revealed that Mon*Star is still alive in the future.

 

[wonderfly]

Thundercats x Silverhawks #2:

Writer: Declan Shalvey
Artist: Drew Moss

Synopsis: THE EPIC CROSSOVER RAGES ON! Chapter IV: The shocking events of last issue leave both the TCats and SHawks teams reeling. The SilverHawks descend upon Third Earth, with plans to apprehend every ThunderCat. What they didn’t anticipate is that Cheetara is very, very angry. Featuring the series debut of superstar ThunderCats artist Drew Moss!

Discuss this comic book below!

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Three issues, one month and of course, this outgoing month is the second month of the five-month storyline that is ThunderCats × SilverHawks.

ThunderCats × SilverHawks issue 2 reveals that Snarf also got deaged by Copper Kidd like Lion-O along with that the SilverHawks believe that Cheetara has captured Copper, when it's not the case at all.

Whereas in Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living issue 2 had Ra-meses-mi-atumu becoming Mumm-Ra and being cursed with the Ever-Living, resulted in him being sent to the Third Earth, where he is encountered by Jaga.

And last but not least,  ThunderHawks issue 2 reveals that Flashback grew up believing that the Thunderians were evil during the latter's war with the SilverHawks as he was among those who put Cheetara into the life support chamber that was used as the battery for their precog tech before realising that he was wrong about them, leading him to encounter Bengali, who told him the truth behind the war.

 

[wonderfly]

Thundercats X Silverhawks #3:

Writer: Declan Shalvey
Artist: Drew Moss

Synopsis: The greatest crossover event in the galaxy continues! Cheetara and Tygra are overwhelmed by invading Darkbird forces, and the SilverHawks are desperate for interplanetary backup to arrive. But everything on Third Earth stops when there’s a massive explosion in the sky...

Discuss this comic book below!

 

[AdrenalineRush1996]

Two thirds of this month's comics from the crossover event has arrived ( ThunderHawks issue 3 is not yet out) and my thoughts about them.

ThunderCats × SilverHawks issue 3 reveals that Darkbird is in fact a traitor to the SilverHawks as he crashes into the stranded space station carrying Panthro and attempts to kill his teammates, only to be stopped by Cheetara.

While in Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living issue 3, Mumm-Ra forms an allegiance with the original ThunderCats comprising of Jaga, Claudus and Grune before he breaks the seal to the Otherworld that marks the start of his villainy.

After leading a war between the Mu'Tants and the original ThunderCats, Mumm-Ra gets imprisoned in the Black Pyramid, while Claudus and others leave the Third Earth.