Get ready for more cats and hawks than you can stuff in a bag, as the highly demanded ThunderCats x SilverHawks crossover is coming from Dynamite. And they’re pulling out the stops with three different titles telling the 15-part, epic story.
Written and drawn by Declan Shalvey, the crossover will kick off in a special titled ThunderCats x SilverHawks: Road to War, an extra-sized 30-page issue.
“I can’t believe I’m writing and drawing my own comics crossover event,” said Declan Shalvey via press release. “Having soon built up to 25 issues of the main ThunderCats book, I’m very excited about this new stage of Thunder-stories. When our initial ThunderCats series was announced, the first question I was asked was ‘What about the SilverHawks!?’ so I was delighted when die-hard fan Ed Brisson took them on last year. We always knew these two teams would go head-to-head somehow, artist Drew Moss and I left little teases here and there, but now feels like the right time. That the line of books has taken us to the stage where a crossover feels justified is something I never could have expected when I took on this comic book franchise. Getting to play with a new set of toys, while bashing them against the ones I’ve already been playing with makes me feel like a kid again. It’s also been a while since I’ve drawn a big bombastic superhero type story, and I’m having a blast doing so.”
Here’s the synopsis for the Road to War special, via Dynamite:
Panthro of the ThunderCats’ mission to launch a new satellite high above his adoptive home of Third Earth resulted in an unexpected turn of events that will change the destiny of two entire galaxies. Alerted to an anomaly at a long-dormant base in a quarantined sector, The Copper Kid, Quicksilver, and Chromium of the SilverHawks set out to investigate. As soon as they land on the forbidden planet, they’re confronted by a fearsome band of strange, cat-like warriors — and quickly find themselves in a fight for their lives!
After the initial one-shot, things continue in ThunderCats X SilverHawks: Mumm-Ra the Ever-Living #1, written by Shalvey, with art by Rapha Lobosco, which brings on the bad guy.
Mumm-Ra has been a sinister enigma to the ‘Cats ever since they first set their paws on Third Earth, and now the full ancient and tortured history of the infamous devil-priest will be revealed! While interweaving with the ever-evolving 15-part epic, this series dually functions as an essential origin for fans.
Shalvey added, “With so many characters and relationships, the main ThunderCats book juggles a lot. Mumm-Ra looms large in the book, but I’ve been wanting to dig into the complicated history and relationship between him and the Thunderans. With this series, I have such an opportunity and a large theater to tell a more epic story. I’m delighted to have Rapha Lobosco tell this tale with me after having done exceptional work with Ed on ThunderCats Lost. I can rest easy knowing he will deliver on how big this story should feel.”
But wait, there’s more! Part three is ThunderCats X SilverHawks: ThunderHawks #1 by Ed Brisson and Vincenzo Federici, which picks up from ThunderCats: Lost in Time and the Road to War special, and starts “with the Lost team trapped in the far future desperately trying to get back home and prevent the cataclysmic war that could end all of ‘Cat-kind. They’ll find themselves donning SilverHawks bionic suits and fighting in this unknown, hostile space and time.”
“Since first starting on ThunderCats Lost and SilverHawks, the question I’ve most been asked is ‘When are they going to meet!?.’ It’s been killing me to keep these plans under wraps for more than a year,” Shalvey said. “I’m proud of the work we’ve put in building up to this event and I think readers are going to be both excited and shocked to see where we’re taking it. I’m also relieved that I can finally answer the question. April, dear reader. They’re going to meet in April!”
There’s more to come, with the crossover rolling out from April to August 2026. Check out the first three covers and some interior art, below. ThunderCats x SilverHawks: Road to War #1 hits stores on April 1, 2026.
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