![]() Their once-proud headquarters now stands in ruins, and Snarf lives in hiding, half-convinced Mumm-Ra thinks so little of him that he isn't worth chasing down. In those five years, Mumm-Ra has overwhelmed Thundera with his Mutant army and conquered the colonists summoned by the ThunderCats to repopulate their new planet. Snarf reveals to Lion-O that Mumm-Ra's magicks caused Lion-O to remain unaware of the passage of time while inside the Book. It's the mildest of the series' redesigns, as we'll soon discover. He unlocks the Book of Omens with that key, causing Lion-O to materialize… and debut his new costume. Lion-O must return to Thundera to rescue his subjects, and in spite of the Book's (likely imaginary) taunts, Snarf's convinced their king hasn't forgotten him at all. His one-sided conversation has Snarf (who's only recently discovered a key Mumm-Ra had buried in the desert) arguing that it's time for Lion-O to be released. Snarf, perhaps now mentally ill, is treating the Book of Omens as his lone friend. Scott Campbell (who produced a brief ThunderCats preview comic and some striking promotional images for WildStorm) didn't draw the actual miniseries, most fans recognized McGuinness' bold melding of manga and Jack Kirby as an exciting take on the characters. Even if some readers were disappointed superstar artist J. Writer Ford Lytle Gilmore was a dedicated fan of the property, setting the story within the continuity of the original animated series, and artist Ed McGuinness produced a refreshingly modern take on the cast while also remaining loyal to their 1980s roots. Whatever you wish to say about WildStorm's 2002 introductory ThunderCats miniseries, Reclaiming Thundera, it certainly wasn't controversial. ![]() And if you have any suggestions for the future, let me hear them. ![]() (Hence the snake of nostalgia eating itself.) This week, WildStorm's second attempt at a ThunderCats miniseries… the one that caused some fans to declare their childhood had been ruined. Welcome to the 11th installment of Nostalgia Snake, a look at 2000s revivals of 1980s properties, now so old they're also quite nostalgic.
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