WilyKit and Kat are also not adjusting well to Lion-O’s sudden growth. Kit especially, talking back when Lion-O orders them to stay close to the ship.
I really like the twins design, especially Kits little eye markings. I am wondering as they age if they will gain more stripes to look like the wildcats they are based on.
As expected, the twins sneak off and almost immediately fall into a sand trap that magics them to Mummy-Ra’s pyramid. Immediately this put me on edge, I have still not recovered from how The Return treated the kids.
We cut back to the adults, Tygra awakens and him and Cheetara have a moment (Tychee shippers rejoice). Meanwhile Panthro and Lion-O and having father-son bonding time while working on the ThunderTank together. I’m so glad there is no longer animosity between them. They speak on the foes they have encountered and when Panthero goes to retrieve an item in another room of the ship he comes across Tygra, drafting the schematics of Cats Lair. I’m betting next issue will be focused on him. YAAAAY!!
Back with the Twins. They both enter into the Black Pyramid while a baboon watches.
The mural that the twins see is really interesting. Mumm-Ra overseeing two planets, four suns with a MA-MUT MENTION AYAHAHAAH I have missed him so much, Mumm-Ra is hopefully back in his evil old man era with the crusty white dog. While staring at this mural Kat notices one of the pictographs I of an exploding planet, he says it reminds him of Thundera before he steps on another pit fall trap and gets separated from his sister.
While apart, Kit runs into some un-dead Mu’Tant Lizard men and manifests a speed boost smilier to Cheetara’s powers and Kat grows weak and encounters someone sleeping. They also develop twin telepathy at the same time, Wilykat calling out to his sister mentally. Really cool power idea for them and is counterbalanced by the fact that’s pointed out by Kat that when one uses their new ability the other one is weakened.
The twins got really lucky Mumm-Ra (a) thinks messing with them is underneath him or (b) is too tired out from his fight with Lion-O. Deadass gave me The Return anxiety but they got away. Mumm-Ra sleeping outside of his sarcophagus is low key ass but it made for a cool moment.
The twins then swear to each other not to tell the adults about their adventure(this will most definitely bite them in the ass).
Then we cut to the baboon seen earlier telling Monkian that the twins were about a the rumors of Thunderians being on planet is true.
This interaction proves my theory of Calica being a descendent of Thunderian prisoners wrong and now I don’t know what the fuck she may be.
Slithe and Monkian are teaming up tho so the unholy alliance is brewing.
Overall I really enjoyed this issue, the twins are definitely going to get in trouble. Hopefully we do get a Tygra-centric story next issue :3
Non-Spoiler Review: I thought Tygra was a butch lesbian & THEY DID IT THEY FINALLY DID IT!
Spoilers ahead!
First off I really think its homophobic they gave some pages for a Johnny Quest preview.
I know that people are bitching about the Cats Lair but its referencing the TOY I THOUGH YOU GUYS WANTED EASTER EGGS??? Anyway, Jaga and Cheetara are introduced. They talk about the faceless gods the Thunderians worship which I find incredibly interesting. The gods statues range from renaissance to egyptian, which has me suspicious about something but that's for a separate post.
Turns out that the tiger from the promo page is Tygra, and I have been thinking that it was a new character who was a butch lesbian... Embarrassing for me but Tygra really experienced twink-death good for him.
Cheetara contemplates her place in the ThunderCats and the universe in which they exist. The ThunderCats, which seem to include the Tower of Omens team (interesting change) plus Tygra(??? the art looks different so idk), Cheetara, Panthro and Jaga, are tasked by Claudius to take care of the infant Lion-O. The Queen is dead again,, and unnamed as of right now.
Cheetara is confirmed as a mother figure for Lion-O I WIIIIIN I WIIIIN!!!! I have never cared for LiChee and this falls in line with my headcanon about '85 Cheetara. She is MOTHER. It was so sweet to see her with growing Lion-O, THAT IS HER BABY HER SON.
She already has her visions, and the ending of the issue is her forseeing the fall of Thundera. RD Rivero wins this one. But it’s definitely hooked me into reading this. Seeing the final days of Thundera and Cheetara’s reaction to danger following her son due to a prophesy will hopefully be emotional.
