Two staples of the Cartoon Network brand -The Powerpuff GirlsandThunderCats- are having the most unexpected crossover. For any ’80s or ’90s kids flipping channels during their childhood, they were likely to get glued into either aPowerpuff GirlsorThunderCatsmarathon. Both shows have an iconic place in history, to the point that both have now found new life in ongoing comic book continuations.
Nostalgia brings the two forces together, asFree Comic Book Day 2025: ThunderCats / The Powerpuff Girls#0 by Paulina Ganucheau, Coleman Engle, and Jeff Eckleberrywill be hitting participating stores on Free Comic Book Day, which is May 3rd, 2025, courtesy of Dynamite Entertainment. Ganucheau, writer and cover artist for the FCBD issue, is also the series writer for Dynamite’sThe Powerpuff Girlsongoing title.
FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2025: THUNDERCATS / THE POWERPUFF GIRLS #0 (2025)
May 3rd, 2024
Cover Artist:
Paulina Ganucheau
TWO TITANS OF ANIMATION — TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME! In the greatest crossover since peanut butter met jelly, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS travel to Third Earth and discover the world of the THUNDERCATS! After being trapped in a runaway rocket by Mojo Jojo, the Townsville Trio find themselves on a strange planet where their super-powers don’t work. Luckily, someone named Snarf is there to provide a situation report — and wouldn’t you know it, there’s evil that needs defeating! But without their Chemical X-enhanced abilities, what can Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup do against a foe like Mumm-Ra? Find out as writer PAULINA GANUCHEAU and artist COLEMAN ENGLE open up the Treasures of Thundera in Dynamite’s Free Comic Book Day special ThunderCats/Powerpuff Girls #0 — featuring an instantly iconic cover from the author!
No one would have expected this crossover to happen decades ago, but the fact that it can happen through the comic book medium shows how instrumental the medium has become in advancing the legacies of classic media like these two shows.
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Dynamite’s comics have injected new life into thePowerpuff GirlsandThunderCatsfranchises by producing story continuations through recent comic-book launches. TheThunderCatscomics have been smashing records, while thePowerpuff Girlscomics havealready fixed the original TV show. Now, the two superpowers of the cartoon industry are joining forces by way of a crossover between the two series. It’s the crossover that no one knew would be possible, and nobody knew how badly they needed it until now.
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While the Powerpuff Girls have shown their amazing abilities protecting Townsville, their anime counterparts are bigger, tougher, and stronger.
Many elements could make this new Free Comic Book Day story interesting, namely the fact thatthe Powerpuff Girls are going to be powerless once they land in ThunderCats territory. It puts both teams on an even playing field, but it also puts the trio on a journey to show their skills as heroes beyond having superpowers. Not having fingers used to bethe Girls' biggest obstacle, but having to combat foes like Mumm-Ra could prove to be their biggest challenge yet.
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Despite sharing the same network, the Powerpuff Girls meeting the ThunderCats never seemed conceivable, hence why such a crossover never dawned on a child’s mind while watching in the ’80s, ’90s, or even 2000s. They were in two completely different universes with different animation styles, so even kids knew that this crossover could never happen. However, comics change the game once again. The legacy ofThePowerpuff GirlsandThunderCatscan not only be celebrated, but extended by doing in comics what could never happen on television.
Free Comic Book Day 2025: ThunderCats / The Powerpuff Girls#0is available May 3rd, 2025 from Dynamite Comics.
Powerpuff Girls
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The Powerpuff Girls is an animated comedy series that chronicles the adventures of three super-powered little girls created by a professor in an accidental lab experiment. Setting out to make his own little girl, Professor Utonium’s experiment goes awry and creates Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, each with unique powers. The three girls are then asked by the mayor and other citizens to help protect the city, all while attending kindergarten and trying to live an everyday life.
Thundercats
Thundercats is a multimedia franchise that started in 1985 with Tobin “Ted” Wolf’s series about a team of cat-like humanoid aliens protecting their planet. Like many animated TV shows in the ’80s, the series was released simultaneously with a line of toys. Since the ’80s, the Thundercats franchise has expanded to video games, comics, and more TV shows.
