Dorno and the Pirates

Dorno and the Pirates by Bowen12a

Pirate Lieutenant (to Captain): What about the prisoners, Captain?

Pirate Captain (to Lieutenant):  Dispose of them in the usual way.

Dorno and the Pirates 2 by Bowen12a

Dorno and the Pirates 3 by Bowen12a

Dorno is the son of Zandor, leader of the Herculoids, and his wife Tara, a family of three humans and their five very powerful pet creatures defending their jungle planet.  The Herculoids were the subjects of an American animated television series, which debuted in 1967 and was revived in 1981 on CBS and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Due to his youth and his lack of special powers, Dorno is certainly one of the most vulnerable members of the Herculoids and is frequently a weak link which their opponents seek to target.  I imagined what might happen if the Herculoids had not rescued the boy in certain episodes.

The 3-part picture series "Dorno and the Pirates by Bowen12a" was one that I commissioned from an artist through DeviantART in 2014.  

These pictures were inspired by the episode "The Pirates".  After being spotted attempting to escape on Tundro's back, Dorno was shot with a levitation beam by two Pirates with hover packs and transported to their spacecraft, where he would serve as a hostage while their engine was being repaired.  

Imagining that the Herculoids' rescue attempt had failed and that the Pirates succeeded in leaving the planet, I pictured shirtless pretty boy Dorno, having been shot into space, waking up in his small, lonely capsule, terrified by the cold, airless environment outside.  

Hopefully, a space patrol would rescue the frightened boy.

These pictures are fan art and intended to raise interest in the Herculoids and Dorno.  These are original scenes and did not appear in the series or in any other derivative media.

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Also see:  Dorno and the Beaked People; Dorno and Sarko the Arkman