Thundercats Just Made a MAJOR Comeback! | Thundercats #1

In today's video let's talk about how the Thundercats just made a major comeback in Thundercats #1 from Dynamite Comics, and why this version is taking something old and making it new once again!
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[@thatonkgau5221]

The 2011 Thundercats series was the best iteration of the the thundercats, it had so much potential especially with the world building. It needs to be brought back.

[@LadyDragoncat]

Hear! Hear! Couldn't agree more! Maybe someone will do a comic of that version.

[@markcruz359]

You talking about the animation? Nahh they changed the look of the characters way too much. Im definitely excited about this new comic run

[@brianquincyscott1955]

Absolutely!

[@brianquincyscott1955]

​@@markcruz359character changes aside the story looked to be going somewhere good.

[@thatonkgau5221]

@@brianquincyscott1955 It had the potential to be something epic it could've as great as Avatar The last airbender.

[@Warfighter13]

How long did it take for everyone to realize that when the ThunderCat signal was used that it was really a giant red laser pointer to attract a bunch of cats...LOL

[@claudijatzandrapova3347]

we all know cats love laser pointer dots xD

[@sobk718]

I’m 47 and still watch both versions at least once a year and I’m mos def going to check this out …

[@bobbyschannel349]

Back in 1985, I was 11 years old, I used to go to 36th Street School in Los Angeles california... it was just 15 minutes away from my house. Every day I used to run home from school to catch Thundercats and voltron, those two cartoons are my favorite cartoons of all time, still till this day I get excited talking about those two cartoons LOL

[@NYCJoeBlack]

Do you like Netflix’s Voltron?

[@bobbyschannel349]

@@NYCJoeBlack I watched some of it, I haven't finished it, I'm more of a fan of the classic, but keep in mind I haven't even watched all the episodes from the classic Voltron

[@NYCJoeBlack]

@@bobbyschannel349 - I watched the Netflix’s Voltron originally when I bought the DVD/Blu ray, but I don’t think they released season’s 8-10 on disc. So, I only watched until season 7. Unlike either Thundercats reboot, I like how they stayed pretty true to the 80’s cartoon, but make changes/modifications that made sense.

[@nishidohellhillsruler6731]

That beardstash for Tigra was... A choice... But at least seems they got Cheetara right.

[@masoudahmad4348]

IM 40 years old but still love the good old cartoon and thundercats is one of the i always hope the day Thundercats Will be remade again

[@nelsonmorales5576]

I picked up 6 issues (different covers) . I am here for more Panthro !

[@copacdagod5095]

Panthrow was voiced by the grandfather from the Cosby show if I'm not mistaken.

[@jamalsimmons619]

I love and respect the thunder cat from back in 1985 Era. Bring my child hood in a great way Blerd!😊😊😊

[@darthmeow1370]

I'm white but I also always perceived Panthro as a black man, and thought it was cool that he was so obviously a black man and yet had none of the stock stereotypes. I mean, he's part strongman, part ninja, and part scientist / engineer --how do you even come up with a combination like that, let alone make it work so incredibly well? I can't think of another character like him, and and I don't think I've ever heard of anyone who didn't think he was completely awesome.

[@anthonywynn1812]

I always just perceived panthro as an anthropomorphic panther. You associate Panthro with a black man, probably because of the psycho suggestion of 1) Panthers being primarily black, and 2) the association of the Black Panthers. But everyone always tries to bring race into anthropomorphic animals, when it's NOT NECESSARY. it doesn't matter what color the cats would be if they were human. They're cats. The only time it would matter is if there was an episode where the cat DNA was somehow untangled from their DNA, which would turn them into jello, not human. Anyway, not digging on you, its just a peeve on mine for people to try to bring race into a place where race doesn't matter. I read a review once that claimed the original show was racist because Panthro was "obviously the only 'N word' in the show." That absolutely killed me, to read. They're CATS

[@johns9652]

I was about 14 when I was watching Thundercats, and I always kinda thought Panthro was sposed to be Black also. I sort of assumed it was a way to make the show more appealing to a wider audience. Fun fact; panthers are actually just leopards or jaguars that have dark fur, if the sun hits them right, you can still see the spots.

[@user-mp5lm5sy6x]

Panthro is Black Man...The guy who played Bill Cosby father on the cosby show played Panthro on the 80's cartoon

[@anthonywynn1812]

@@user-mp5lm5sy6x so... The voice actor was a black man. Goliath from Gargoyles was also voiced by a black man... But he was STILL a gargoyle. Kratos was voiced by 2 black men. He's a SPARTAN. Iago, in Aladdin was voiced by a white Jewish guy. Was Iago a white Jewish guy? No. He was a bird. The point here, is the race of the actor doesn't matter, when the actor themselves aren't on the screen. The characters are NOT the same color as the actor behind them. They ARE characters. And Panthro is a damn CAT. Not a black man. The race of Panthro is CAT. Why insert racism in a place where it doesn't belong?

[@craiganbrooks1485]

​@@anthonywynn1812Are u “black”❓🤔

[@MySuperman78]

If we ever get a true live action Thundercats movie, here are my fan castings: Lion-O: Alan Ritchson Tigra: Henry Cavill Panthro: Micheal Jai White Cheetarah: Minka Kelly Jaugar: Liam Neeson Wiley Kit: Zendaya Wiley Kay: Tom Holland Snarf:Jim Carey (voice acting and mo-cap)

[@mb-py4wh]

just no. Im so SICK of Zendaya being in everything, she not even a good actor. Plus Kit & Kat are like 12yrs old.

[@jamesbaggett7223]

A plank of wood has more charisma than Zendaya

[@devilghostface8798]

I agree but mumbra?

[@MySuperman78]

@@devilghostface8798 The guy who played Ronin The Accuser in GOTG?

[@tureytayno3154]

I think The Rock would make an amazing Panthro.

[@DavidJohnson-td5ic]

Panthro was always my favorite Thundercat in all its iterations, and this is no different. The 2011 series gave a little more meat to all the Thundercats, so hopefully, Declan watched both the animated series in order to use the best elements of each show.

[@jamesbaggett7223]

And completely ignoring that bullshit “Thundercats Go”

[@claudijatzandrapova3347]

@@jamesbaggett7223we don't talk about that dumpster fire round here, friend 😋

[@Nikke283]

I loved Thundercats even before I fell in love with Comics.

[@kenb2671]

Overseas a buddy of mine bought 3 well known sword replicas. The Sword of Power from He-Man, Excalibur from King Aurhur and The Sword of Omens with the Eye of Thundera.👍🏾

[@jasonhearn5818]

Nice to see them sticking to the roots of the original series

[@Sunstar808]

Tigra looks so different like an older grizzled mentor. I’m all about embracing and keeping Panthro black.

[@acereporter73]

Hol'up... there was a He-Man/Thundercats crossover?! I have been *ASLEEP.*

[@Nikke283]

Yeah, I somehow remember this.

[@LadyDragoncat]

Did you know about the crossover with Superman?

[@Merkyaself1917]

Yeah

[@boobs_n_bots]

Pathro comment about being Lion-O general reminded me of his 2011 counterpart. While the twins trying to "steal" the bunny Tigra was hunting before Cheetara startled it made me think of how they are pickpockets in 2011.

[@lunatickgeo]

I remember watching the OG Thundercats on TV (and if you missed an episode you better hope there's a rerun in the future!) and it _always_ bothered me that the writers forgot that Lion-O was a kid in an adult's body and I used to cringe anytime they had even a hint of flirtation with any of the adult women.

[@seanahmed9079]

in some of those slides Panthro looks like Bob the Drag Queen

[@Matthew-cl6ny]

Bruh, I'll be hitting my local shop tomorrow. My sons just started watching the show.

[@jackieanderson9408]

Panthro was my favorite. By the way he is black.😊

[@Meim32008]

Yes He is back

[@billycranston5481]

Is it because he is a panther and they tend to be black? Or is this just the vibe he gives off? Like he would be a black guy if he wasn’t a cat person? Last question also who cares if he is black?

[@jackieanderson9408]

@@billycranston5481 We care. Next question

[@brendonohagan1946]

Jaga is the realist on 3rd earth

[@bazzfromthebackground3696]

Honestly I think the sword broke simply to humble Lion-o. He needs to learn the eye is the power, but only after he's become less brash.

[@pastbehind25]

I loved Thundercats when I was a kid. I still love em. I liked the 2011 version as well. I'll give it a shot.

[@BobbyMoore2-mp8wb]

Cool 👍🏿. I love ❤️ the 2011 thundercats reboot

[@ensabahnur7657]

No doubt that sjit was 🔥!

[@ensabahnur7657]

No doubt that shit was 🔥!

[@Aesirfollower2020]

That was fire.

[@edmondallen9393]

I loved it too

[@ez-8238]

2011 reboot is trash.

[@XMachete]

Loved the video, subbed. Agreed on Declan's character writing! He's clearly laying groundwork for these characters to be fleshed out in their personalities and ideologies. One thing I'd love to see is how awkward Lion-O's interaction is now with the twins, with whom he undoubtedly roughhoused. Hopefully we see some of them figuring out how to relate to each other now. Also agree about the ties Mumm-Ra appears to now have with Thundera and the Sword of Omens, currently shattered. What's interesting to me is, he's aware of it (presumably more accurately aware of the Eye of Thundera) until then, so it is the Eye being 'awake' that he can sense, which makes sense. Lastly, I agree with you on appreciating Moss' choices in his Panthro design, it was great to see him move the character back in that direction after the whitewashing of 2011 Panthro, who was basically a character lift of Jet from Cowboy Bebop (among other crits I have). But I want to push back on the idea of Panthro being lowkey fake representation since representation is (1) not monolithic and (2) representation in fantastical characters is as important as grounded characters. Him being recognizably Black-coded is sufficient to have an impact and that's a great thing. I think fake representation is more like the caricatures that Michael Bay employed with Skids and Mudflap.

[@gabrielknight6626]

Loving your coverage of this series. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@TamekoPatten172]

I'm so in! I just wish they hadn't deviated from Tygra and WilyKit's designs...

[@Douglasman123]

Although I am happy to see Thundercats get some comic love , I wish one day we get a spinoff series based on the 2011 series. That show was ahead of its time and I feel there was a lot of open ended themes waiting to be looked at . If you listen to the podcast where the creators talk about it. I swear it sounds amazing.

[@flashback7273]

Lol "blerd" I love it. Never bumped into your channel before. But I'm glad to find it. I love thundercats and wish they'd continue the 2011 version.

[@booga324]

i hope this becomes popular and goes far like the power ranger comics, imagine a new show based off this comic comes out in the future, that feel and look of the og cartoon but not just for selling toys but has an actual plot so to say

[@lexbryant4564]

THUNDER!THUNDER!THUNDER CATS HO!!! wonderful childhood glad we getting thunder cats again😏😏 yea Panthro is one us a brother you ain't changing my mind lol

[@stevenlisten]

I love comics

[@WynterFyre]

Cheetara can show skin but we gotta cover Lion-O!! Hilarious!

[@middle-aged-cal]

I was a big fan of both cartoons. I'll be sure to check it out. Between this and new issues of G.I. Joe ARAH, my inner 80's child is very happy.

[@MatthewLoh-ru1mw]

Me too. It's a great time to be an 80's fan. Both the Energon Universe and now this one! 😊

[@Varatho]

I always thought that Lion-O being someone with a stolen childhood (and effectively a child soldier in a grown body because of it) was potentially the most interesting part of his character. I really didn't like how the 2011 reboot just ignored that entire idea by turning him into a teenager instead.

[@jonathanstewart4999]

Prediction: Lion-O goes on his journey to become a good leader and the Sword of Omens reassembles itself during the big fight with Mum-ra

[@eijentwun5509]

I always thought Lion-O was a BIGGER Child simply because he is a bigger TYPE of Cat: A Lion! vs Whiley Kit and Kat who are probably based on House Cats, Panthro on a Panther, Tigra on a TIger etc...technically though Tigra should have be the biggest then.

[@brendonohagan1946]

I remember watching that time they tricked him into saying snarffff

[@jasonsumma1530]

If I remember correctly in the 80s cartoon, the sword was broken because Lion-O used it against a fellow Thundercat in anger.

[@brendonohagan1946]

Alot of cool characters in this world from back in the day

[@MrJopanti]

Thanks for the review. I was second guessing if I should buy it but now I will give it a try.

[@danelamoreaux4166]

Thundercats are dope. Panthro is the best.

[@judgedredd2039]

Tygra with a mustache kinda works lol

[@dragoonseye76]

I miss the old comic from the late 90’s. The art was fantastic. And story was pretty brutal.

[@dramonmaster222]

Thunder ⚡ Cats Ho!

[@venomabsolute5807]

Blerd hitting us with the animation. 😂😂

[@artemis722mushu50]

Excellent content and presentation.

[@Nyrufa]

Lion-o: "There is no threat the Thundercats can not defeat." Slithe: "Tell that to your homeworld."

[@buster_wolfhopkins6801]

Thundercats Netflix series. I'd watch it

[@cirnosnumberfan6449]

Lion-O is basically like Billy Batson, except his adult form is permanent.

[@ronsorage78]

as a white dude i always thought of Panthro as black myself. he was my favorite make character in the series. wise teacher with a bit of years on him. great character and a character type that is usually a favorite of mine. i am still waiting for a live action Tcats movie.

[@jaydee8981]

Just got my sword of owmens last week... huge and heavy... and in the original cartoon Mumra says the eye was originally his

[@karissarasmussen567]

Just make sure Mumm-ra doesn't try to steal the sword of Omens

[@klarn99]

I surprisingly loved the 2011 version. I grew up on the original and was skeptical when I heard about it. I wish they’d bring it back, very good storytelling.

[@thegilfactortv]

thanks for Sharing! big fan of the new series and artwork

[@AdrianMendoza23]

Panthro is a brotha.

[@fido2644]

I was excited when you started out with Thundercats and then you started talking about DisNazy.

[@matthewgordon3281]

I never realized Lion-o was supposed to be a kid. That should make for some weird interactions with Wily Kit and Wily Kat, as they used to all be same age friends and now he is adult in appearance.

[@raiu8990]

I wanna know more about that Gargoyles!

[@delmontegreenbeans]

There needs to be a large Movie Series Thundercats? Lord of the Rings large

[@alanblanks]

I always thought Lion-O's rapid aging had nothing to do with the pod. The sword of omens is what caused it. When the flagship is attacked, Lion-O activates the sword and fights off the Mutants(Sligh?). This scene was always always amazing to me as a kid because of the music and the build-up to the first time the sword goes to full power. There's a short moment where Lion-O can't lift the sword until the eye opens and powers up. The sword powering up then started Lion-O's aging process. The pod couldn't stop his aging up because the eye of Thundera was causing Lion-O to grow more powerful to what the Lord of the Thundercats would need to be. It just made sense. As a kid I never really questioned it, magic sword doing magic sword things. Meanwhile as an adult, sometime around the time the 2011/relaunch came out I watched the Original movie... and wondered why the Mutants never aged at all. Did they have their own suspended animation, or are the Thundercats beating up on 100 year old mutants grandpas?

[@kevinmaden5572]

Grune the Destroyer is a tough Saber tooth General in 2011

[@snappa77]

MumRa was misunderstood. Skeletor too.

[@MatthewLoh-ru1mw]

No, he was evil through and through, being a priest who is empowered / channels evil spirits! 😅

[@user-rl2db8yc4c]

Now we just need the silver hawks 💯

[@hoodwinkiez]

I honestly prefer the 2011 story over the original that I grew up with. It made more sense.

[@alviscardi]

I hope for a third-person action RPG mixing the original series with the 2011 series.

[@bigreaderpike]

One thing about Liono's age when he comes out of the Pod if the Pod malfunctioned and he aged so many years he shouldn't have come out as a muscle man who is lived an active life and exercised he should have come out as a more wasted person because he wouldn't have been eating all that time and his growth would have been fed on by the muscle mass he already had

[@kengtachala1867]

Your merchandise is dope !!

[@kevinmaden5572]

I got the 2011 complete series on Blu ray I watch it all the time !

[@dontellbetts6062]

I remember when sword of omens fought excalibur flying around on their own. And excalibur stabbed himself in sword of omens eye. I forgot what happen next.. i just know excalibur fought sword of omens..

[@NukNuk013]

glad yer doin' this!!! to all those that read this - SMASH THAT LIKE BUTTON!!!!!

[@njnjhjh8918]

That's not even the first Darkwing Duck comic series, unless it's a continuation

[@catspaw3092]

They kept Wilykat's hairstyle but Wilykit gets a different look I don't like her hair at all & they're giving Tigra a 1930's mustache & beard lol.

[@TheJones-ui9qx]

Thunder cats! Hooooooo!

[@kevinmaden5572]

Mum Ra is tough too in the 2011 series

[@Cpt.McMorpheus]

Panthro is a rare cat species of Namek... 🤣😂🤣

[@AtmosphereIVXX]

Negaduck comic is the truth

[@user-pr8gx3vb9h]

Dynamite has done a good job of restarting Thundercats .

[@Felinasproductions]

Tygra looks like Tom Selleck lol

[@motownzfinezt]

2011 was bad ass

[@jmacmalcolm]

Man I thought Brad Pitt signed on to do the live action Thundercats awhile back.

[@Longbowan]

I would so watch a new Darkwing Duck...❤

[@LadyDragoncat]

i am lucky to have a cable channel that shows the original Thundercats. I'm hoping to see the 2011 version again as well. I hope Amazon is selling the new comic.

[@omenriver2399]

I loved the Thundercats.....in hindsight they were rather elitist. The "mutants" had Representatives from a diverse groups. The thundercats were cats and cats only. Lol

[@johnsantos507]

Thunder... thunder... thunder... Thundercats Ho!!

[@ensabahnur7657]

Interesting

[@LVMILL1156]

Panthro was voiced by the grandad on The Cosby Show, so yeh he Black🤙🏾

[@Lucifer.s.understudy]

Thundercats 2011 kicked. Major. Ass. The best version of Thundercats.

[@TitularHeroine]

Slithe is much more heavily muscled than Lion-O and his weapon is basically a meat cleaver. Something was gonna give in that assault. Maybe Mumm-Ra and Jaga's spirit are somehow bound in proximity and they're gonna spend the next few years just &!$@in' with each other.

[@MARStheFORSAKEN]

watch the original thundercats into on mute and listen to "take on me" then tell me whey they fit so well together

[@kevinmaden5572]

Panthro in 2011 got tail

[@NUYORICAN-wy3bz]

When’s the thunder cats live action movie comin out ???

[@user-br9pc6qg9c]

Dis was pretty good cartoon

[@narulovechannel2249]

I want visionaries and inhumanoids remakes.

[@samsungGalaxy-jo7sc]

Pois eu gosto muito thundercats 2011 essa hq parece muito interessante

[@odyssey205]

Well I hope they don’t stray away too much from the original, otherwise it will be like He-Man. So many different origins and stories and one of them, he shared his power with others. Oh and they forgotten She-Ra. So I hope this remake is good, not a disappointment.

[@jeetkunedoatlanta2464]

You are wrong. Mummra couldn’t use the sword in the original show either. There were episodes where he tried but the sword went crazy. It was clearly stated the sword couldn’t be used for evil

[@silvertiamat1001]

Mumm-Ra couldn't touch the sword in the original cartoon either. He used good characters such as Willa to get it for him.

[@jo-annferreira8467]

What is the reason thunder cats x as Omarion has changed so much

[@satch422]

Why do they keep leaving the Silver Hawks out?