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Old 04-17-05, 10:34 AM
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Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.S. complete series coming 7/19.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=3259
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The brief 13-episode animated series based on Jim Lee's Image Comic WildC.A.T.S. - Covert Action Teams which attempted but failed to give Marvel's X-Men a run for its money in the early '90s is coming to DVD on July 19th in a 3-disc set.

I vaguely remember this series due to a push by Image Comics at the time to become the next big rival to Marvel and DC. I also had a set of WildC.A.T.S. collectible trading cards. I think the cards were cooler than the series.
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Wow. I think this ran on UPN along with ExoSquad. Now that's a show I'd love to watch again.
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had someone asking me about this just this week....i have a vhs someone bought me for Xmas way back...putting it on the buy list
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This was a great comic. I had no idea they had a cartoon run. Was it any good?
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Thanks for the news!

I remember watching this show, but I can vaguely remember any specific episodes though. The comics were great, and Jim Lee is still one of my favorite artists. I probably will be picking this up
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Originally Posted by asianxcore
Thanks for the news!

I remember watching this show, but I can vaguely remember any specific episodes though. The comics were great, and Jim Lee is still one of my favorite artists. I probably will be picking this up
Yeah, IIRC, the art in the comic books and the show was great for the time. Better, I'd say than X-Men.
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I was a fan of the comics for a while, but never even knew it was a cartoon. Pretty cool...
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The theme song for this cartoon has hauted me for years!

"They're heroes,
not zeros,
they got what
you fear-o"
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I collected all Image comics (including WildC.A.T.S.) untul Image dissolved, yet I never heard of this series. May have to check this out.
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I liked the cartoons and will have to shelve the VHS tapes now. Never say never to the eventual release of anything to DVD-I always thought this show would never get released. Thanks for making my day.
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Originally Posted by steebo777
I collected all Image comics (including WildC.A.T.S.) untul Image dissolved, yet I never heard of this series. May have to check this out.
Yeah, it's a shame Image dissolved. Their artwork was usually three times better than Marvel's.

This cardset I had may have been of other Image characters other than WildC.A.T.S., I can't remember. I had a lot of cool sets of collector's cards up till about '97 when those CCG sets started to take over and the demand for non-CCG card sets dropped off.
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I think I still have them all on VHS taped off of TV. It was a decent, not great cartoon.
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Originally Posted by chente
I think I still have them all on VHS taped off of TV. It was a decent, not great cartoon.
There's an ebay auction right now for a set of those.
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Originally Posted by Mike Lowrey
Yeah, it's a shame Image dissolved. Their artwork was usually three times better than Marvel's.
I hate to overly geekify this thread, but Image never dissolved. They are better now than ever, in the beginning when Wildcats started their art was horrible, but now there is about 10 times better than Marvel.

I never liked Wildcats until it's most recent run by Joe Casy, & I don't remember the cartoon but I do remember The Savage Dragon cartoon, which probably has a good chance to get a DVD release if Wildcats did.
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Erik Larsen has talked a few times about Savage Dragon getting released on DVD, he said there is a hold-up because of the USA/Universal merger a few years back.

And Image indeed better than ever. Invincible and the Walking Dead are two the best comics coming out from any company.
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Originally Posted by Sessa17
I hate to overly geekify this thread, but Image never dissolved. They are better now than ever, in the beginning when Wildcats started their art was horrible, but now there is about 10 times better than Marvel.
Well, to be honest, I didn't think or know they did. I was just going on what the other fella said. Chalk it up to lazy "journalism" on my part.
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I haven't seen this show since it was one the air!! I'm going to ahve to pick this up. Thanks for the heads up.
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Originally Posted by Mike Lowrey
Well, to be honest, I didn't think or know they did. I was just going on what the other fella said. Chalk it up to lazy "journalism" on my part.
OK, I misspoke by saying 'disolved'. 'Refocusing' might have been a better term, but it was during '96-'97 when they had a bunch of sludge ttles that weren't doing too well, and I think part of the company was sold from an original creator to another creator (Jim Lee to Erik Larsen perhaps?). Top Cow productions was just starting up, and things were definitely changing. In all honesty, I started college right after that, so I had no money to collect comics anymore, so I stopped following from there on out. I did know that Image Comics was still around, I just didn't know what they had now.

Back on topic, I'm still excited for this release
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Old 04-19-05, 09:24 AM
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Jim Lee sold his characters to DC, other than that, the company's ownership has remained stable between the four remaining co-founders.

As for the DVD release, I hope that it might show Disney they need to release X-Men in season sets.

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ExoSquad now that's what I want on DVD already!
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I still have the WildCATS animated series buttons I picked up at Chicago Con way back in the mid-1990's.
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Old 04-19-05, 10:10 PM
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I thought the animation was not as great as the Lee comic, and the stories were too kiddie, with oversimplified stories and action. But better than the Street Fighter, Savage Dragon and Mortal Kombat cartoons.

Exo-Squad was actually TOO mature for me when I was a kid. Entire races and galaxies getting massacred every week, freaky stuff.
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Has anyone picked this up yet? I am waiting on a couple of reviews from you guys before I pick this up.
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Originally Posted by Get Me Coffee
ExoSquad now that's what I want on DVD already!
Tru-dat. One of the best animated shows ever.
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didn't get it yet...not seeing it in most places

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