The year is 1982, and the DC Overlords have blessed the world with an incredible 3 part mini-series based on the Masters of the Universe! Credits for this book include: Paul Kupperberg, George Tuska, Alfredo Alcala, Adam Kubert, and Adrienne Roy.
I’m going to be honest with you, I didn’t have much knowledge of the whole MOTU besides the whole Prince Adam = He-man and Skeletor’s laugh, that used to haunt my every waking moment. For one, I had NO CLUE that Battle Cat could talk! Or even that his name was Battle Cat!?! And Man-At-Arms is an actual name of a character! What a world that we live in! Unfortunately this post is only going to cover part 1 of 3, but I implore you to check out the whole series, our listing can be found at the bottom of this post.
Review continues under the cut!
Visuals & Story:
The issue opens in a celebration for the Queen, spoiler alert, the Queen is just a lost astronaut from earth that crashed in Eternia! After King Dad and Man-at-Arms talk about the pitiful failure of a son Prince Adam is, they somehow teleport outside to find Prince Adam (Psst, this is He-Man’s secret identity) running away from a quick shag in the bushes with an unnamed gal pal. Some quick thinking on Adam’s part proves he isn’t as dumb as he acts and runs off to retrieve his mother’s gift from his room. BWOOMPH!
DEMON ATTACK! Adam scurries under the bed only to discover Cringer, yes Cringer, his trusty companion is already cowering there. Now, I’ve made this marvelous discover about Cringer/Battle Cat, and it’s that Cringer is a scared, cowardly creature, and you would think as Battle Cat, he would be fearless and brave. Well he is, but also he is a murderous, blood thirsty animal who’s only desire is to sink his teeth or claws into his enemies until their hearts stop and their bodies turn cold. Thank God He-man is there to reel the devious creature in.
I’m getting caught up in the weeds here, so quicker recap. Skeletor shows up and tells He-Man that he has to find the pieces of the Power Sword in order to save the Goddess, who he captured. There are three difference pieces (hence the 3 part mini-series) and the adventure begins. He returns to the castle to seek out the first pieces from the resident wizard but is once again thrown into battle joined by Battle Cat, Tarrak (the Wizard), and Teela, the most bad-ass-bikini-warrior, daughter of Man-in-Arms. She calls them on their pissing party during the fight and immediately became my favorite character.
So then some stuff happens, they don’t get the first piece, and in the last 5 pages of the issue they get the second piece, via He-Man ripping it from the neck of Stratos, without even asking. Rude. So Rude.
Though a bit faded when compared to modern comics, the pages hold up well for newsprint. The art is strong and panels are easy to follow. I had a lot of fun with this one all in all so let’s jump straight into ratings!
Ratings:
Overall
7.8/10 - Even though I really enjoyed this issue, it did have a few pacing issues at the end and weird scene jumps lacking good transitions.
Butts
1.2/10 - There are no real butt shots in this issue, but you do get a lot of thigh. If this was a thigh rating it would be 32/10 for sure.
Sick Burns
10/10 - Teela lays out the hurt on those boys and I can’t tell you how much I enjoyed that little quip!
Chances of Picking Up the Next Issue
I ALREADY READ IT!
You can get all 3 parts of the mini-series for yourself HERE and help support our store and this blog! (This is an Amazon listing, so just double check that you are buying from SsalefishGSO, thanks, and we’ll see you next time!) If you do get a chance to read the series, please let me know what you think of it!!
