The Failure of Jim Lee's WildCats Animated Series: X-Men Competitor? Not Really

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In the 1990s, superhero cartoons were all the rage, with X-Men: The Animated Series leading the pack. But when Jim Lee's WildCats (sometimes rendered WildCats or WildC.A.T.s) arrived on the scene as a potential competitor, it failed to measure up.
In this video, we talk about how the WildCats cartoon failed to capture the same audience as X-Men: The Animated Series, and how it struggled to find its place in the crowded superhero animation landscape.
Additionally, we'll delve into the WildCats toyline and the Super Nintendo game along with some of the other merchandise. And finally, we'll touch on the role of Image Comics in the broader context of the animation industry in the 1990s and what that meant for Savage Dragon, Spawn and Gen13. So join us as we explore the rise and fall of Jim Lee's WildCats, and how Nelvana was hoping for an X-Men competitor.
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  • @SecretGalaxyTV
    @SecretGalaxyTV Жыл бұрын

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  • @thebenforever
    @thebenforever Жыл бұрын

    The 90s was an effin wild time for cartoons. Xmen, Eek the Cat/Terrible Thunder Lizards. Great stuff.

  • @bensaret
    @bensaret Жыл бұрын

    Goldie Hawn was always my favorite member of WildCATS.

  • @Markimark151
    @Markimark151 Жыл бұрын

    I remember Wild CATS on CBS, but I feel they didn’t promote the show enough probably due to the network phasing out of animated Saturday morning shows. The show deserved more episodes!

  • @simbriant
    @simbriant Жыл бұрын

    I'm sad the animated Wild CATS didn't do better, but as a kid I still thought it was awesome. Then when I discovered the comic, the more mature themes made me like it even more. I'm glad Jim Lee has constantly been successful. That man has never been short for work. :D

  • @joshuafrias2415
    @joshuafrias2415 Жыл бұрын

    WildC.A.T.s, yes! Love that theme song, no matter how cheesy and 90s it is!

  • @Shane665
    @Shane665 Жыл бұрын

    The commercial break not involving the cartoon/comics/toys for WildC.A.T.s but instead the 1986 Goldie Hawn Wildcats movies was just “chefs kiss”!

  • @jinpei05
    @jinpei05 Жыл бұрын

    Say what you want about the series, but that theme song still kicks so much 90's ass.

  • @mttylerdurden9
    @mttylerdurden9 Жыл бұрын

    Image comics in the 90s was insane!

  • @trippin_ninja
    @trippin_ninja Жыл бұрын

    I didn't realize it at the time but I think Jim Lee leaving Marvel to help start Image was probably the first time my eyes were opened to the business aspect behind comics. It was a real shock as a young boy to learn the guy that was drawing your favorite series had left to start his own. I'm pretty sure I collected many of those first few issues of Image's different series but none of them really stuck with me. I'll have to go dig around in my comic boxes and see what I have now. 😊

  • @Dynaman21
    @Dynaman21 Жыл бұрын

    Jim Lee landed on his feet as Editor in Chief of DC. Might be why he keep trying to make Grifter a thing in the DC Universe.

  • @creategreatness8823
    @creategreatness8823 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, as a kid, one of the toys I remember my older brother having in our room was the dude with the red facemask. He had the aesthetics of an X-Men character, I thought he was some weird version of Gambit....but now years later I realize he was from Wildcats.

  • @JacobsenBros
    @JacobsenBros Жыл бұрын

    This was one of those shows that was like a fever dream for me that I didn't even know was real. I remember watching like the first episode one Saturday morning. I loved how it was darker maybe because I was a little older but then the next week I remember it was gone. Just disappeared from the line up, and I was left empty wondering what that new awesome cartoon was and barely not even remembering the title. I thought I had just made the whole thing up in my head. I always loved the 90s designs and look of it.

  • @Baarogue
    @Baarogue Жыл бұрын

    I just gotta tell you I appreciate the effort you put into including all the little "Easter eggs" of sorts with the comic covers switching blink-and-you-miss-it fast between Image and Marvel titles

  • @LouisTheBassman
    @LouisTheBassman Жыл бұрын

    Dude, I love Wild C.A.Ts. It's one of my favorite Cartoons and Comics.

  • @erikwebber6038
    @erikwebber6038 Жыл бұрын

    I only saw this show when it was already having re-runs on late night Teletoon. It was a awesome to find out there was a show (and the later, a comic book haha) cause I already had several of the WildC.A.T.S. action figures, so it was a "Oh cool! So that's where these guys came from" moment. Now even at 36 years old, I still have a nostalgic soft spot for WildC.A.T.S., and occasionally watch a random episode of the cartoon on KZread.

  • @TheJones-ui9qx
    @TheJones-ui9qx Жыл бұрын

    I love Jim Lee, and Todd, McFarlane, and all the other guys who made image comics, because as a kid, those comic books from titles, including Youngblood wildcat Savage, dragon shadow hawk supreme, which blade spawn darkness. They all were lining the bookshelf of my room. I had all the image comics figures from the mid to late 90s I still have a spawn to this day. These guys were my heroes as a kid because I used to make my own comics to at the kitchen table.

  • @robseman5212
    @robseman5212 Жыл бұрын

    At the absolute height of 90s comics, the fact that WildC.A.T.s even existed as an animated series blew my teenage mind, and to be honest, given that it wasn't a long running series at that point, gave me a lot of hope that comics had a future in other forms of media. That someone other than publishers could see potential in them.

  • @ceno10101
    @ceno10101 Жыл бұрын

    this has become one of my favorite shows I look forward to each week! The humor, the production value, and of course Dan himself.

  • @shr00m7
    @shr00m7 Жыл бұрын

    I love WILDCATS, the comic is amazing from the Jim Lee originals to the Alan Moore run! The cartoon is what got me into it- and if done faithfully would make an awesome adaptation on the big screen. Or even as a more adult animated series.