ThunderCats #12

History

Dynamite Entertainment announced this ThunderCats series at New York Comic Con in October 2023, part of a newly struck partnership between Dynamite and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products. Writer Declan Shalvey and artist Drew Moss — both self-described fans of the original Rankin-Bass animated series — were brought together by editor Nate Cosby, with Shalvey having previously drawn a variant cover for Moss's creator-owned book Copperhead years earlier. The series launched in February 2024 with a mandate to explore the ThunderCats' earliest days on Third Earth, leaning into the science fiction underpinnings of the original show while introducing new lore; the coloring across the run is credited to Arancia Studio, with Jeff Eckleberry on letters. Issue #12, shipping in January 2025, was produced by the same core creative team and arrived the same week Dynamite launched its companion SilverHawks series, positioning it as the anchor of an expanding 'ThunderVerse' line.

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• Published by Dynamite Entertainment; cover-dated January 2025; on sale January 29, 2025.
• Written by Declan Shalvey, with interior art by Drew Moss; cover A by Lucio Parrillo, with additional covers by Shalvey, Jae Lee & June Chung, Ivan Tao, and Manix.
• Calica — the franchise's first major original Thunderian character introduced in this Dynamite run — returns in this issue after stealing the Eye of Thundera from the Sword of Omens; the issue reveals for the first time who she is working for.
• Calica first appeared in ThunderCats #2 (March 2024); she was designed by Drew Moss and is visually modeled after calico cats, with a tri-color fur pattern and a black patch over one eye.
• The issue shipped the same week as SilverHawks #1 (also from Dynamite), marking the formal debut of Dynamite's expanding ThunderVerse publishing line.
• The issue carries a 32-page count and a Teen rating, consistent with the rest of the Dynamite ThunderCats run.
• The issue was offered with at least 23 variant cover editions, including foil, virgin, metal premium, and retailer incentive tiers, reflecting Dynamite's standard variant-heavy publishing model for the line.
• The broader Dynamite ThunderCats series was announced at NYCC 2023 as part of a new Dynamite/Warner Bros. Discovery partnership; ThunderCats #12 sits at the midpoint of the initial ongoing series run, which reached at least issue #25 by early 2026.

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