ThunderCats (1985 TV series) The eldest of the ThunderCats, Jaga, volunteers to pilot the ship while the others sleep in capsules; however, he dies of old age in the process, but not before ensuring they will reach their destination safely. The flagship contains the young Lord of the ThunderCats, Lion-O, as well as the ThunderCats Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra, WilyKit and WilyKat, and Snarf. When the ThunderCats awake from their suspended animation on Third Earth after ten "galacto-years," Lion-O discovers that his suspension capsule has slowed, rather than stopped, his aging. He has now become essentially a child in the body of an adult (he
Lion (comics) titles of the time. It began to feature an increasing number of anti-hero characters such as The Spider and The Sludge (who would later battle Robot Archie in his own strip). "Lion" merged with several other comics during its life, including "Eagle" in 1969 and "Thunder" in 1971. But by the early 1970s sales were slipping, and in 1974 it was merged with "Valiant". Several strips continued in "Valiant", but that title merged with "Battle Picture Weekly" in 1976. In 2005 many of IPC's characters, including several from "Lion", were featured in a mini-series called "Albion" published by the WildStorm