Sad Tale of a Thundercat Addict: Profile on Tygra

You may have thought when you read The Truth About Tygra that you'd found out all of the architect's dirty secrets.

But sadly enough, this is not the case. It turns out that the striped Thundercat has been fighting addiction for years, mostly to a magical hallucinogenic fruit, and secondarily to a crystal substance, which he originally tried to help kick his fruit habit. Unfortunately, all it resulted in was another addiction.

It all started when Tygra was doing a routine Thundercat investigation into some earth tremors, and he found a sleazy underground club. He was offered some of the fruit by a club regular named Silky

who seemed amused by Tygra's reaction to the fruit.

From the very first time he went on the fruit-trip, he was hooked. He saw strange and beautiful things in his drug-induced fantasies, such as beautiful flowers, plants, and butterflies in the dark underground cavern...

as well as strange and beautiful birds.

Tygra was even convinced for a time that he was flying!

After that first amazing experience, he wanted more.

Before long, it was revealed that Silky was really Mumm-Ra in disguise. He was in the female form looking to pick up more dates without harming his reputation.  However, with Tygra hooked, there was no more need for disguises, and he began trading sexual favors for the drug-like fruit.

It wasn't long before Tygra was spending nearly every night in Mumm-Ra's sarcophagus.

As Mumm-Ra's demands became more and more unreasonable, such as forcing Tygra to appear in an X-rated magazine spread, Tygra started to realize he might have a problem.

(picture cropped to satisfy our publisher's censors)

He was reprimanded numerous times for ditching his Thundercat duties to sneak off into the woods and get high.  Here Panthro caught him doing fruit when he was supposed to help him fix the Thundertank.

Tygra hit bottom when he had a bad experience with one of his fruit-induced mind trips, (not to mention endless days of nasty hangovers)

and decided to try and give it up for good.  He suffered numerous withdrawal symptoms, including nightmares.

This led him to try a "cure" in the form of a crystal, sold to him by notorious con artist and circus train proprietor Captain Bragg.  Bragg also sold WilyKat another bottle of invisible oil, "guaranteed to work this time."  This is how Tygra first felt when he had the crystal.  It not only removed his fruit cravings, but made him feel extremely powerful.

Unfortunately, the crystal broke and he had to go and get a new one.  By that time, Bragg had left the galaxy and there was only one individual on Third Earth who had purchased one: a fellow addict of the crystal's powers, Alluro of the Lunatacs.

Before he knew it, Tygra had a new dealer as well as a new addiction. Here we can see Tygra begging for it.

Just like Tygra's previous dealer, Mumm-Ra, Alluro demanded outrageous prices and twisted sexual favors in exchange for fixes from the crystal.  He got with poor Tygra when he didn't want to pay up, too...

But all is forgiven once Tygra gets his hands on it!

Poor Tygra! Reduced from powerful Thundercat to a weak, desperate junkie.  Oh, how the mighty have fallen!

The Thundercats kicked him out of Cat's Lair until he gets help.  Tygra moved in with the Warrior Maidens, and now his addiction problems have allegedly gotten  worse.  Rumor has it he's back on the silky fruit as well as taking crystal hits, blaming the need to block out Willa's abrasive voice to maintain his sanity.

Whoa! Tygra's a druggie? What other nifty stuff can I find out in this tabloid?

After reading about Tygra's descent into the sick world of drugs, I am far too disillusioned to continue reading.