Mumm-Ra, The Ever Living and also Ever Lasting? Could He Be Dynamite Comic’s New Master Villain?

Mumm-Ra: The Ever-Living turns #ThunderCats’ greatest villain into a dimension-hopping tyrant with no interest in becoming a better person, which is why I’m already wondering when he’ll cross paths with Cobra Commander. @DynamiteComics #review at:

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Trade Paperback set for release March 27, 2027. Preorder this title on Amazon USA here.

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For decades, I have always believed Mumm-Ra is one of animation’s most memorable and least understood villains. He’s in my top five, and as for who is number one, you can read my review of Dynamite Comics’ take on Cobra Commander to find out. If folks think I’m too 80s-centric, that’s okay. That was the era when these characters cemented their legacies! To see some of them return in comic book form suggests the publisher has grand plans to unify them into its own Legion of Doom. Well, maybe.

We’re no longer seeing a cartoon villain plague the ThunderCats every episode. Instead, these are competent nasties who will no doubt cause trouble in the modern day. Yes, the last issue needs to be spoiled, because seeing Wah-Sut transform into the Ever-Living and gain a human disguise changes everything. Now that he can walk amongst men, he is even more dangerous! After getting freed from Second and Third Earth, I just have to wonder why he’s been tossed into the modern day. There’s a reason, and I’ll get to that later. But within this series’ continuity, although he hasn’t conquered the Four Ancient Spirits of Evil, the fact they’re willing to play along shows I’ve got a lot more reading ahead of me!

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Demona’s War With The Gargoyles: Her Past, Present and Future along with Predictions on What’s to Come

In this continuing look at Demona’s history, we see how things fall into place as she once had a daughter, tried to turn another and failed. As for another generation…. it seems creator Greg Weisman has ideas, and readers will be in for quite the ride!

Gargoyles Demona trade paperback coverWhen the danger is real, and Demona has shown that she can’t change her stripes, what happens next can be grounded in what has already been revealed throughout the series and Dynamite Comics‘ Demona miniseries. In part two, I focus on the next two eras.

Also included will be a quick look at her influence with the monthly regular series, as published by this comic book publisher. With the latest freshly out, what’s offered so far is more of a teaser as new characters straight out of legend start wanting a piece of the pie. They are The Green Knight and Queen Mab, Oberon’s mother! Yes, she’s not happy, and that’s for one very good reason!

Demona’s New War

After the massacre at Wyvern, Goliath’s former mate gathers the other gargoyles displaced by this private war and hopes to form a new faction. We see glimpses of this during the series, along with a great deal more in the self-titled miniseries. Although not every century is addressed, there’s more than enough backstory to make her a sympathetic character. Yet after failing with her adopted daughter Angelika, as recounted in the solo series Gargoyles: Demona, the final story featuring the two leaves the aging Angelika’s fate unknown.

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The Dark Ages of Demona’s Relationship with Disney Gargoyles – A Look Back

As most fans know, Dynamite Comics’ new monthly series picks up where the previous comics left off. Yet with Demona’s past still shaping the present, the Dark Ages saga may be far from finished. This overview concentrates on the animated series and Dynamite Comics monthly Gargoyles series; the earlier Slave Labor Graphics stories are not covered in detail.

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The trade paperback edition of this miniseries will be out Oct 21, 2026. Preoder here.

The Dark Ages of Gargoyles is ripe for further exploration should creator Greg Weisman choose to write another story arc. After revisiting the episodes while gathering screen captures for a modelling project, I found that Demona’s tragedy feels far worse during my umpteenth watch, especially after reading the added lore in Dynamite Comics. All the tales set in the past carry much more meaning.

Most fans already know the story begins when the Viking Hakon wants to plunder Castle Wyvern, which is occupied by Princess Katherine and protected by the gargoyles. Although that’s one conflict, another simmers among the people and creatures who call this patch of land home. The gargoyle who would become Demona does not trust humans. She views humanity as a blight (“Awakening,” Parts One to Five) and wants them all gone.

If she hadn’t become an apprentice to the Archmage, things might have unfolded differently. A lingering question has me wondering if her hatred is what drew the Weird Sisters to watch her. Had she chosen love, the fate of the entire clan might have been different. The Magus would not have cast his spell turning them to stone until Castle Wyvern was lifted over the clouds, and she would not have been alone.

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Transformers! Understanding The Cybertronic Spree and Me

Prom Night can be made extra special for those who love their nostalgia. The Cybertronic Spree offers the right mix of classics, hard rock and performance theatre to make Transformers fans wanting scream for more!

The Cybertronic Spree Next Show
Next show in Toronto!

August 22, 2026
Capital Ballroom, Victoria, BC
Spoiler Alert

When I had the good fortune to be invited to see The Cybertronic Spree for free, I knew I was in for an awesome night of nostalgia and heavy metal, backed by animated sequences celebrating anime, video games and The Transformers: The Movie. For newcomers, they’re a Toronto rock band whose sentai-style costumes, hard-rock covers, original songs and glam-rock theatrics make their stage personas larger than life. I’d seen their YouTube videos and followed their rise as a pop-culture band. Once I learned their latest P.R.O.M. tour, short for Programmable Read-Only Memories, used a playful rock-opera narrative to stitch the concert together, I knew it was time to see them live.

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Scooby-Doo Origins. Shaggy’s Best Friend Gets Another Live Action Attempt!

Netflix’s Scooby-Doo Origins is using a real Great Dane for the first time, and that choice may define whether this live-action reboot can charm old fans and new viewers.

Scooby-Doo Origins live-action Great DaneLast week, Netflix announced the rest of the cast for Scooby-Doo Origins, which is currently in production in Atlanta, Georgia. Whether this live-action reboot is truly needed, and whether it can work, depends on a fan’s point of view. After seeing how the production is approaching the property, I’m willing to give it a chance. To make everything live-action with minimal CGI use looks great.

When the studio revealed on Instagram how the canine looks, fans of the long running franchise will either yelp or go aww. That alone has sparked plenty of debate.

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More Disney Gargoyles Than Meets The Eye! A Long-Awaited Ongoing Series Begins This Summer!

And we got a list on what’s been published in comicdom so far! After years of loose ends and unanswered threads, Disney Gargoyles returns with a new ongoing series that finally taps into Greg Weisman’s long-promised vision, picking up where the story truly left off.

Disney GargoylesDynamite Entertainment is fully invested in continuing the adventure of Disney Gargoyles, self-proclaimed protectors of Manhattan City and the new guardians of Avalon. After watching the animated series for the upteenth time, that’s one of Oberon’s decrees that still lingers. As for the fate of the robot clan, where the spirits of Othello, Desdemona, and Iago were finally separated from the Coldstone body and given their own robotic forms, we never got a proper continuation.

There’s also the Canmore clan, who have a deeper history with Demona than most, though the series never played favourites. That arc began with the City of Stone story arc, and every once in a while, surfaces in a future narrative. That’s where things were left (and yes, we’re ignoring the third season, since not many fans liked the direction when creator Greg Weisman wasn’t involved).

Followers of Gargoyles will be excited to learn that this comic book company will publish the story this creator has always wanted to tell. Whether that means exploring events before the previous comic runs or pushing beyond the cartoon’s timeline, those long-promised ideas are finally taking shape. He’s been sharing his ideas with fans for years, and now it seems this publisher is ready to go the extra mile.

From the Press Release:

“For me, this is a story thirty years in the making. One I’ve been longing to tell,” said Weisman. “So longtime fans are seriously not going to want to miss this. At the same time, it’s also a great place for new readers who know nothing about Gargoyles to jump aboard. We’re making sure that everything you need to know is right there on the page. Your Gargoyles addiction begins here and now!”

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