Panini - Thundercats 001

Basic Information

Cover Characters: Lion-O, Tygra and Panthro

Cover Date: 22/MAR - 18/APR 2012

Price: £2.99

Poster: Thundercat's Main Cast (minus the Kittens) / Mumm-Ra doing evil magics

Comic Title: Safe Haven

Script: Ferg Handley

Art: Cosmo White

Colours: Kat Nicholson

Letters: Will Lucas

Plot

The Thundercats are resting in the Badlands when they notice some Lizardmen encroaching on them in a Pincer movement to force them into a strange forest. That evening the Thundercats wandering through the strange forest when they encounter some fellow Thudnerians and they invite our heroes to their campsite, where they explain how they escaped the destruction of Thundera and how they found this area, with a constant light source from a crystal.

Lion-O and the others agree to train up the Thunderian civilians and build up an army of sorts to deal with Mumm-Ra and his forces. After the team are taken to a quiet area to rest. Later Snarf detects something wrong and wakes up the others and they find the new Thunderians attacking them, intending to kill them.

Wilykit tries to use her flute to see if it can affect the Thunderians, and it does, it dazes them and makes them change form briefly, their leader Tiberus stops her from playing by knocking out her flute. Lion-O and the others noticed the sudden change, and Lion-O has a theory that the crystal that provides light to the cavern is responsible, so he uses the Sword of Omens to destroy it. Once the crystal is gone, all the Thunderians take on their true insectoid forms, and Alba, whom is now their leader explains that they are the Darva Clan, and are shapeshifters. They were trapped in the forest by a Necromancer who once controlled them with the crystal. Days ago Mumm-Ra contacted Tiberus and made a deal to free the Darvans if they kill the Thundercats, which is why the Lizardmen drew them to the forest before.

Alba apologizes and give Lion-O an ancient amulet for helping them, Lion-O accepts it and they leave, unaware that Mumm-Ra is watching them through his magic cauldron, and comments about how sometimes there are traps within traps....

The End?

Characters

Thundercats
Lion-O
Cheetara
Panthro
Tygra
Wilykit
Wilykat
Snarf
Thunderian Civilians (Flashback)

Mumm-Ra's Forces
Mumm-Ra
Grune (Mentioned)
Slithe (Mentioned)
Lizard Army

Other
Tiberus (Darvan) Killed when Crystal Explodes
Alba (Darvan)
Darvan Shapeshifters
The Necromaster (Flashback)
The Necromaster's Forces (Flashback)
The Necromaster's Enemies (Flashback) Destroyed by Necromaster

Notes

• I don't know much about Thundercats as a franchise, so if I miss anything obvious, don't attack me
• The free gift is a sword that shoots disks....yeah...odd
• It's not clear in the end whether the Darvans were truly all just under a spell or just doing this out of loyalty to Tiberus, but they still give a trap amulet of some sort to Lion-O in the end, so maybe they are actually bad still anyway? I dunno.
• Wilykit's flute seems able to break illusions here
• Considering that the Crystal was made by a Necromancer years ago, it's safe to assume it's a magical device and not technology
• It's not actually said or shown here at all, but it seems quite clear that Tiberus dies when the Crystal is shattered
• The lantern with Jaga's soul in it is seen behind Mumm-Ra in this issue, implying that this is set before he is freed
• It seems odd that the Darvans didn't poison or spike the Thundercat's food...
• One of the Necromancer's troops seems to be a dragon...a zombie dragon...awesome....

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