ComicsPRO: ‘ThunderCats X SilverHawks’ To Introduce New Character Chromium

by Erik Amaya

For comic fans of a certain vintage, the term “chromium” has connotations regarding the 1990s speculator boom, but Dynamite’s upcoming ThunderCats X SilverHawks crossover hopes to change that when it introduces a new Chromium all its own.

As announced in conjunction with ComicsPro, Dynamite offered as look at the new character on Monday. Chromium will appear first in March’s ThunderCats X SilverHawks: Road to War (from main SilverHawks writer Ed Brisson) before truly making his presence known in Declan Shalvey‘s ThunderCats X SilverHawks #1. As Road to War begins, “Mob boss Mon*Star is off the table … with a power vacuum left in his wake, criminals from across the cosmos are moving in and it’s up to the SilverHawks to stop them. With their resources stretched thin, the team is increasing its ranks and brings in the new recruit Chromium. Brought under the silvery wings of Quicksilver, the veteran and rookie will face a trial by fire.” Subsequently, Chromium, Quicksilver, and the Copper Kid engage in an “impromptu mission defying Stargazer’s orders to investigate an anomaly in a long-dormant base in a quarantined sector.” There, they find a group of “cat-like” warriors and must fight for their lives.

“After seeing what Ed had developed with this new SilverHawks lore (the team we recognise assembling after the old guard), it’s been great to build on that with this new character of the next generation starting with Chromium, much like how Ed built on our ThunderCats comics lore with characters like Neko and Scorpius, etc,” Shalvey said in a statement

Brisson added, “We’re expanding the SilverHawks and I couldn’t be more excited! Chromium is the first of the new generation, but he’s not the last! The impact of these new SIlverHawks on the team is going to be a big part of what this crossover is about. Declan did an incredible job designing Chromium, then I swooped in and stole him to use in Road To War.”

Take a look at some of the covers slated for the crossover below: