Dynamite Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products today announce an exciting surprise update to the ThunderCats X SilverHawks comic book crossover event. Fan-favorite artist Drew Moss is dropping in and will be joining the expansive creative team, as the ongoing interior artist for the flagship ThunderCats X SilverHawks series past the first issue.
Writer and artist extraordinaire Declan Shalvey tackled double duties drawing the first issue himself. He stated at the time, “I felt it was the right opportunity to invest into the franchise a little more. Why let Drew have all the fun…? I was also looking to write and draw something again, not having drawn a whole comic in nearly a year. The planets aligned, I guess, or Third Earth specifically aligned.”
Now expanding the cockpit back to a two-seater, Declan welcomes Drew on board for more fun! The creative duo were at ground zero collaborating on ThunderCats #1 in February 2024 when it blew fans away and scorched up the charts. Comics franchise editor Nate Cosby tagged in a few guest creators for a string of acclaimed special breather issues between story arcs, but Moss was the powerhouse illustrating the vast majority of issues in the series for over two years, including several covers too. And he continues that signature association and run with the biggest story yet!
“I am really excited to be working with Declan again and with these characters I grew up with,” shared artist Drew Moss. “Drawing the ThunderCats for two years and now getting to work with the SilverHawks too is a dream come true!”
Declan Shalvey added, “Drew and I launched this book together and he has built this larger saga with me brick by brick over the last couple of years. I knew if I was going to do art duties on the first issue of this big crossover series, there is no one else who deserves to draw the rest more than Drew. I’m very excited to see what Drew will do on an event-level book like this and it’s so cool to be drawing a series with him, and not just writing for him.”
Following the un-spoiled events of the first issue and accompanying second and third chapters of the crossover in its companion titles, both the ThunderCats and SilverHawks squads find themselves reeling. The ‘Hawks descend upon Third Earth, with plans to apprehend every ‘Cat in sight. What they can’t account for is the ferocious feline instincts of Cheetara!
In addition to the pulse-pounding storytelling of Shalvey and Moss, ThunderCats X SilverHawks #2 sports electrifying covers by Shalvey, Lucio Parrillo, Eric Canete, Chuma Hill, and a piece from the animation archives.
Fans will not want to miss adding the essential fifth and sixth chapters of the crossover to their preorders and reading lists as well.
In Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living #2 by Shalvey and Rapha Lobosco, the master sorcerer awakens in a land not his own — Second Earth! Caught in a land where he is ever-dying and ever-reviving, he must make a pact with the Ancient Spirits to learn their magics, and discover the dark cost of immortality.
Closing out the month of May, ThunderHawks #2 by Ed Brisson and Vincenzo Federici chronicles the now SilverHawks armor-clad ‘Cats crew lost in space and time making preparations to escape from the dystopian future they’re trapped within. It will take a massive diversion, considerable power… and a sacrifice that will rock the team and the entire comics franchise to its core!
