#classics mini-comics

[emperorsfoot]

They made Orko look more like the Unnamed One.

I get that they're the same species. But damn! They're almost identical now!

[templeofskelegod]

Masters of the Universe issue #3, Classics mini-comics, 2011

(This one was a nightmare on account of all the 2-page spreads.)

[emperorsfoot]

Hiya so since you're on the topic of his dad.. what's up with Keldor? Why is he blue but his dad and sibling isn't? Is he adopted? Vitro baby? Magic baby? Im sure you've probably mentioned it but I have poor memory ? :3

*vibrates with excitement* I am so happy someone asked! Keldor is my favorite character and I love talking about him!

The short answer is: Keldor and Randor are half-brothers. They have the same father (King Miro), but different mothers. And Keldor's mother was a non-human. A woman from a race called Gar.

Now for the LONG answer!

Very little is known about Keldor's mother. Not even her name!

In Prelude to Eternity War, Keldor confides a little bit in Adam that Miro isolated him from his Gar heritage. He never told Keldor his mother's name, never allowed Keldor to learn the Gar language, and never allowed Keldor to visit Anwat Gar, the homeland of the Gar on Eternia. The in-universe explanation for this is that the Gar were implicated in the assassination of King Grayskull and Miro wanted to shelter his son from that shame.

But then, at the END of Eternity War, Evil-Lyn takes Skeletor's bones to Anwat Gar... ...to his mother's grave!

And Keldor's mother's grave isn't a formal grave, but a cursed pool of "everlasting blood".

That's really sus to me.

That says to me: Miro murdered Keldor's mother, and that's why he never talks about her or allows Keldor to learn about her or her people.

This is just my headcanon, of course.

I think it is supported by cannon, but it is not explicitly stated in cannon. So it is open for debate.

In the Classics-line comics, Keldor is the legitimate first born of King Miro and should have been King after Miro died/disappeared.

But then Randor's mother mysteriously dies off-panel and Keldor is implicated as the murdered. Randor exiles Keldor from Eternos City and becomes King instead.

That was the event that sent him on his journey to becoming Skeletor.

Thank you so much for asking about Keldor. I love him, and I love talking about him. Please do not be embarrassed to ask me more!

[emperorsfoot]

Not really important, but I do like how they reused the design of Evil-Lyn's crown from the 1987 live action film,

... for her look in the "Fall of Eternia" arc in the Classics mini-comics.

I think that was a nice homage.

[emperorsfoot]

Masters of the Universe issue #2 Classics mini-comics, 2011

[emperorsfoot]

Masters of the Universe Classics mini-comic Issue #1, 2011

This one was only 9 pages, in including the front cover, so I was able to fit the whole comic in one post!

That will not be the case for the rest of the run. Most of the issues will have to be broken up into 2 posts on account of Tumblr only allowing a maximum of 10 images per post.

[emperorsfoot]

Adora's clothing is being held on by a prayer.

Look at her, poor girl is having to hold it up herself!