#thundercats 1980s

[vintagegeekculture]

Created by Daredevil, Avengers, and Indiana Jones comics writer Dave Michelinie, Lynxana the Huntress was an original character created for the 1985 Marvel STAR Comics line as a villain, an amoral, mercenarial "failed Thundercat" who had their ninja like martial training, strength, and courage, but who washed out and became a bounty hunter.

Gradually, however, Lynxana was reminded of her former ideals and Thundercat chivalry, and eventually teamed with the others temporarily, though she went her own way as she valued her personal freedom.

Lynxana had no appearances apart from the 3 issue arc that introduced her...in the US, that is. Thundercats had strangely durable popularity in the UK, which caused Marvel UK to make Thundercats comics well past the point you'd think, with the last UK issue printed in 1991 (!). Her return story was penned by 2000 AD's Simon Furman, yes, as in Judge Dredd Simon Furman.

(Note the difference in coloring technique. UK comics use "solid" coloring, whereas American comics used the less expensive "dot" or four-color method.)

What's the current legal status of this character? That is unknown, but in the typical work for hire license, Marvel owns any character they create for a licensed series, which is why, for example, Marvel-created original characters in Micronauts like Bug have returned in the proper Marvel Universe, whereas toy characters that were part of the Micronauts license like Prince Acroyear have not, or why Circuitbreaker, the anti-robot bigot enemy of the Transformers created for the Marvel Comic, showed up in the Marvel Secret Wars series. it depends entirely on the specific text of the work for hire contract, but the most likely scenario is that the rights to Lynxana the Hunter are still at Marvel.

Hmm. I wonder if Marvel knows they may have the rights to their very own Thundercat.

[tvneon]

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[cinematicwasteland]

[therobotmonster]

The Ancient Spirits of Evil Have Some Explaining to do...

From Thundercats, episode 24 "Hair of the Dog".

Mumm-Ra uses magic to swap Snarf and Maw-Mutt's appearances, Face/Off style, and uses the fake Snarf to get into Cat's Lair.

Snarf, having witnessed Mumm-Ra's transformation, evokes the Ancient Spirits of Evil, and transforms into Snarf-Ra the Everliving.

This raises questions.

Because the Ancient Spirits of Evil aren't a vague force that just anyone can tap into. They're sapient, they talk, and they won't hesitate to deny Mumm-Ra their power or grant him extra power to get what they want.

We'll leave aside that Snarf-Ra is able to overpower Mumm-Ra. That could just be because Snarf isn't a thousands-of-years-old decaying corpse with a strong case of 'get off my lawn'.

Huh... The whole of the Thundercats conflict is essentially an HOA dispute gone very ugly. Weird.

The chant isn't so much a spell as a phone call. The Ancient Spirits are generally accommodating to Mumm-Ra because they're trapped and he's the only one out there doing his bidding.

So when Snarf transforms, that means that the Ancient Spirits of Evil decided to give him that power.

Meaning either:

the Ancient Spirits of Evil thought it would be hilarious to let a lizard-cat-thing pants their errandboy in front of his least-favorite neighbors. Which is valid.

Or else Snarf is, by their estimate, as worthy a host for their power as Mumm-Ra.

And I'm not sure if that second one brings up more questions about Snarf's ethics, or Mumm-Ra's whole deal in general.

[justinmadson]

Cheetara and Lion O from Thundercats

[cpyclopse]

THUNDER! THUNDER! THUNDERCATS!

The Cheetara sketch for my mom's Mother's Day painting!

[My art]

[twixnmix]

Tom Cruise and Cher visiting the Lab School of Washington in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 1985.

[fungirlinpink]

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ThunderCats (1985) intro

[tvneon]

[booksbitsandbobs]

THUNDERCATS Annual 1989 (Marvel Comics Ltd)

[metalcube]

I had no idea they made a #Tundercats game. #80s #retrogaming

[hasbr0mniverse]

Thanks to everyone for your support & likes during Tooniversary Month! Hope you enjoyed the memories! Until next year. (Poster By Scottoakleyartshop)

[spaghettieggs]

Oh to be an 80s cartoon action hero where you’re a protagonist with cool powers and loving friends and everything works out perfectly for you and your a cis white man and buff as hell and no problems :)