thundercats baseball - SPORTS
The trick of starting an episode in the middle of the action, in order to grab the viewer's attention, and then recounting how that action came to be taking place is a trick that was used in ThunderCats to good effect, and this episode is a classic example of that - except in this case, the first few minutes of the episode are far from action ... The Nosediver is one of the specially designed evil vehicles that Mumm-Ra’s Mutant army uses in it’s attempt to defeat the Thundercats. It can travel at high speeds, both on land and underwater, but most importantly, the Nosediver is equipped with an indestructible spinning rock-crusher nose which can drill through anything in it’s path.
Context Explanation
When ThunderCats first appeared on UK TV screens early in 1987, Marvel Comics UK were quick to realise their potential. The UK ThunderCats comic debuted in March 1987, and began life by featuring reprints of stories from the US Star (Marvel) Comics series, but quickly branched out into creating stories unique to the series. ThunderCats boasted some of the finest comic artists working in the UK ...