Panini comics!! That’s an Italian comic publisher, and have reprinted many of the Marvell US Comics. Why didn’t they give Thundercats to a better and well known publisher, like Dark Horse or IDW?
Panini was famous for the collectible stickers in the past
That artwork looks familiar.
Me gusta.
Pero..
I agree with Movie Brat, it does look familar. <_<
Nice Artwork, I hope that this will find it’s way over to the states.
ill get this asap and post some scans up guys. I know the artist through her work on Transformers stuff, she is a really lovely person.
here’s some more info (with bigger versions of the preview pics).
http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2012/03/thundercats-return-in-brand-new-british.html
[FONT=verdana]ThunderCats Magazine No.1 will be on sale Thursday March 22nd priced £2.99, available at all major retail outlets across the UK. Every issue will carry a gift, with the first one being a Sword of Omens. Here’s the polybagged comic and gift below to look out for in the shops:[/FONT]
Don’t like the design of their so called “Sword of Omens,” but I get that they probably had to change the design for legal reasons or something.
On the first page, did the writer somehow confused Wilykit for Wilykat?
Looks like it. I didn’t even catch that. Where’s the editor at?
Let’s hope the rights issue was the reason and it isn’t a sign of things to come in the show. Having the Sword of Omens “power-up” to look like that would be really lame. :eek:
I have to say there are a few things I like and a few things I don’t like about this comic.
I’ll start with the positives. First off the artwork is fantastic, as it is pretty much across the board on this new series from the cartoon to the toy packaging. Second off, I liked the fact that it was an original story, not just a comic version of the pilot cartoon. Finally its THUNDERCATS!!!
However, I did not like the gimmicky ‘free’ gifts, cheap plastic toys that do nothing but add to the price. However, I do understand that this is aimed at children, and they may like that, so I’ll let that slide. What I can’t let slide though is the poor editing, there were a few spelling mistakes, instances where Kit and Kat’s names were mixed up, etc. I mean c’mon, the editors need to pull their socks up a bit don’t they?!?!?! Also, the toy photo comic strip was just lame. I agree that there is a need for things like crosswords, puzzles and letters pages etc (especially the latter) but the balance seemed to be a bit skewed. Make the comic strip longer, much longer lose a few of the gimmicks. Oh, and keep the letters page a letters page with perhaps an occassional drawing if it is outstanding, I do not need to see pictures of someone elses sprog pretending to be a character.
I would like to add my criticisms, whilst may seem harsh on the surface, stem from a deep, deep desire to want this to be a good, quality comic, and to see it continue for a long, long time. I’ve bought the comic (and will continue to do so) to show my support for the new series in the hope that if all of us Thundercat fans, both new and old, do this then the series will continue to grow and develop for a long time to come. :liono
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Oh, and I would LOVE to see a Panini sticker album and stickers like I had for the OS when I was a kid! I remember getting the sticker album free with the comic, now THAT was a free gift!!!
Does anyone know when the new issue is supposed to be out?
That would be great! I was an avid sticker collection collector as a kid. Swapping stickers with your friends after school, ah the memories! 
As for Issue 002, I haven’t even found the first issue yet! Non of the newsagents around here seem to have it! 
I wonder how long it will be before they hop across the water and come here?
Hi blackiecats, me too, I had all the thundercats stickers, took me ages! Haha!
I’m up in merseyside and a lot of places that did have them have sold out but if you go to a local newsagents they will be happy to order them for you?
Chris here…
Yep, same problem here, I’ve not found it anywhere - I’m seriously considering trying eBay! I don’t collect a lot of UK comics but will obviously make an exception in this case! 
Take care…
i got my in WhSmiths, Issue 2 is out on 19th April
So its only out monthly? Bah!
Oh and to repeat guys if you are having trouble finding it any newsagent WILL order it for you at no extra cost.
I finally found it in a local newsagents I hadn’t checked before I haven’t opened it up yet to take a look, but will in the next day or so. Oh mine included the free sweet I think some folks copies didn’t have the sweet?
Really? Mine did. But I’d rather not have the questionable ‘free’ gifts and have an extra few pages of comic strip instead.
There really needs to be a U.S. ThunderCats 2011 comic book series, one that’s different from the U.K. ones.