![]() ![]() The resulting convulsions give the reader an improbable profile shot of her breasts while simultaneously giving the audience a look at her tiny slave-thong. Wilykit finds her voice and talks back to Mumm-Ra and gets zapped for her troubles. This includes a lot of stuff that we’ve seen before. ![]() So it’s time for this story, such as it is, to tread water for a while. But now the team is assembled and the big fight with Mumm-Ra has to wait until next issue. As bad as the comic’s opening three issues were, they at least progressed the plot in some way, getting the original ThunderCats (minus the kittens) back together. This comic just keeps getting more vile and pointless. In a poorly-executed comic like ThunderCats: The Return, the problem becomes more pronounced. Even good comics sometimes have an issue where the plot doesn’t really move forward because a tale that would be best told in four parts needs to be five. Many, many modern comics have the problem of being too obviously written for a trade. Too bad that plan is, “let the heroes show up in my lair and kick my ass.” The Padding Issue Wilykat agrees, and it looks for a moment like Mumm-Ra actually has a plan. Mumm-Ra tells Wilykat that if he betrays the Thundercats, he and his sister will be set free. We go back to Mumm-Ra, hasn’t done anything besides laugh and exposit for three issues now. Rather than standing on her own as a character, she’s either the object of lust (to the mutants), the girlfriend (to Panthro), or the bitch (to Lion-O). All it serves to do is make sure that Cheetara is entirely defined by the way men see her. The reason for their relationship is never given, it is never brought up again as significant to the plot, and it does not change the story or add to the characters in any other way. Going back to the story, Lion-O, Panthro, and Snarf rescue Tygra and then save Cheetara, who immediately kisses Panthro and slaps Lion-O.Īs to the latter, she blames Lion-O for this mess…not logical, but the girl has been through some serious issues and is probably messed up in the head.Īs to the former, she and Panthro are an item now. What cracks me up is when people call this stuff “realistic,” or, even worse, “comics for grown-ups.” The term “realism” applied to a comic book about talking cats is ridiculous, and the idea that it’s “kid’s stuff” if it doesn’t have rape and murder is mind-bogglingly stupid. They’ve both been sexually assaulted and the trauma of those crimes is depicted as sexy. This story has exactly two female characters. So this comic took a character who had probably been repeatedly gang raped and presented that situation as something designed to give the reader an erection. Despite this horrible situation, the art serves as fan service, emphasizing Cheetara’s figure and enlarging her breasts. She’s chained to a pillar, her clothing torn, mutants making sexual advances on her. What have those mutants been doing to Cheetara? Well, it’s heavily implied that she’s been repeatedly raped for the past three years. “But, then, after what those slovenly mutants have been doing to her, I guess it’s understandable.” “She’s not as friendly as she used to be,” says Mumm-Ra. Unfortunately, the writer uses her introduction in this series to introduce rape into the ThunderCats franchise. So obviously, she’s going to be highly sexualized here. Before this comic book turned Wilykit into a sex object, Cheetara was what passed as Ms. Speaking of depravity, it’s time to meet Cheetara in this story. So this guy has conquered an entire planet, but spends his time dallying with a teenage girl and getting dressed in moldy bandages. But who on Earth wants to see Mumm-Ra bathing, and how do those demographics cross over?Īnd why does Mumm-Ra even bathe? He’s a decaying corpse! What’s even more baffling is that after his bath, he has Wilykit and Wilykat to dress him in bandages again. There really are people out there who just want to spend their time ogling anthropomorphic cat boobs. See, the cheesecake, even the overtones of hebephilia, I can understand. The issue opens up with a scantily-clad Wilykit bathing a naked Mumm-Ra. Yes, this is a thing.ĭo I need to repeat that? I think I need to repeat that. The bad news is that the issue opens up with a scantily-clad Wilykit bathing a naked Mumm-Ra. The good news is that it doesn’t get any worse than issue #3. As always, I must share my pain, so let’s explore issues 3-5 of ThunderCats: The Return. The sexism, gore, and terrible storytelling of the first two issues pales in comparison with the final half of the miniseries. Last time, we scratched the surface of an ill-advised attempt to make the ThunderCats franchise darker and edgier. ![]()
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