Skeletor's floating head!

One of my favorite scenes from the Masters of the Universe animated series by Mike Young Productions appeared in the episode "The Price of Deceit" written by longtime He-Man scribe Larry DiTillio. For the first time in the series we discover that Skeletor's head appears to be magically independent from his body, and floats in a very mysterious and somewhat creepy way. These two specific images really showcase the wonderful imagination of the artists.


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Drissi's Pokemon!

Initially in The New Adventures of He-Man series we would see the lovely Drissi, who had the ability to communicate with animals, with all manner of woodland creatures around her. Years later I remember thinking that a few of these creatures looked like Pokémon characters; especially the one you can see perched on her shoulder in the image below.


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Mekaneck fires!

Here is an interesting action-packed panel from issue sixty of the UK Masters of the Universe comic. Now I can believe that He-Man, Man-At-Arms, Orko and even Snout Spout have the ability to fire out energy blasts at their foes, but it appears that the artist became somewhat desperate with Mekaneck in this panel! He is not only firing beams from his eyes, but also from his club! I think that may be pushing his abilities a little too far...


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The cover that lied!

Issue five of the UK She-Ra comic features a pretty dramatic cover with She-Ra, flanked by Sweet Bee and Peekablue, attacked by a demon! Most, if not all of the time, a comic book cover details a scene that takes place within the comic. However, on this occasion this scene does not take place at all, and we are left scratching our heads...


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Grosse Pointe Hordak!

Here is one of my favorite panels from the story "Hordak's Evil Brew", as featured in issue four of the UK Princess of Power comic. For those of you that have seen the classic nineties film Grosse Pointe Blank featuring John Cusack, the trick that Hordak is performing will be all too familiar. And for the James Bond fans, yes, the same trick was employed in the movie You Only Live Twice. Either way, this is still a very cool scene. That said, I find it odd that Adora sleeps in her clothes...


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The Sorceress vogues.

Here is a beautiful illustration of the Sorceress from issue sixty-five of the UK Masters of the Universe comic. Looking at the way her hands are positioned in this image, I cannot help but think the guardian of Castle Grayskull is performing a vogue-like dance...


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The First Ones?

Here is a very odd panel from issue four of the UK She-Ra comic. In a previous entry I showcased how one particular artist illustrated Light Hope as a normal human king. In this panel we can see that the same artist has illustrated the First Ones as humans, too. For me the First Ones will always be the magnificent fire-like beings that appeared in the animated series. However, it could be argued that at one point they were human...


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Cringer is a Lavicat?

An interesting question from a reader that appeared in issue sixty-one of the UK Masters of the Universe comic prompted Scrollos to reveal that Cringer is "Lavicat". I do not believe that Cringer's breed was ever revealed in any other canon, but while I take this with a pinch of salt it is interesting nonetheless.


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Orko's comic strip #71

Almost every issue of the UK Masters of the Universe comic featured an Orko comic strip on the inside front cover. As this Blog continues I will try and feature all of them for your amusement. Here I present the "Orko the Magician" comic strip from issue seventy-one. King Randor should know by now not to ask Orko for help.


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Coming soon...

As many of you are probably aware, I have been writing an unofficial guide to the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe animated series by Filmation. This book will have an unbelieveable amount of information contained within! Here is the cover to the forthcoming book! As soon as it is available I shall let you all know!


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