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''[[w:ThunderCats (1985 TV series)|ThunderCats]]'' was a 1985 animated series produced by [[w:Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment|Rankin/Bass]] – yes, the ''Rudolph'' people – based on characters by [[w:Tobin Wolf|Ted Wolf]]. The show told the story of a group of feline nobles exiled from their dying home planet coming to settle on the surreal world of [[Third Earth]], where they must contend not only with its strange flora, fauna, and peoples but also the frequent machinations of the devil priest [[Mumm-Ra]], who sought to gain the power of leader [[Lion-O]]'s mystical Sword of Omens. ''ThunderCats'' stood out due to its anime-influenced (by which we mean "outsourced to Japan") animation, its moral lessons courtesy of a psychological consultant on staff, and the part of its first episode where all the main characters stroll around in the nuddy.

In the U.S., ''ThunderCats'' received {{Marvel|ThunderCats_Vol_1|a tie-in Marvel comic book}} under the [[w:Star Comics|Star Comics]] imprint. Following in the footsteps of giant( robot)s, Marvel UK's version of ''ThunderCats'' augmented its U.S. reprints with homegrown strips, text stories, and a truly awful gag strip called ''One Cat and his Cod''. Like other Marvel UK contemporaries, the ThunderCats were embroiled in a scheme involving the Gwanzulums.

''ThunderCats'' was running on fumes from around the hundredth issue mark, printing reprints of reprints. "Double Jeopardy!" was on shelves again in issues 107 and 108, the former of which gave us the cover seen at right.