Thundercats: The Return #1 was published by DC Comics on April 1, 2003, as part of a series that began in 2003. Ford Lytle Gilmore writes, and art comes from Ed Benes, Joe Pimentel and John Cassaday. This 36-page issue features Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra and Snarf, among 11 characters cataloged on VerseDB.