Title: DC Comics Presents
Issue Number: 47
Release Date: July 1982
Highlights- First appearance of Prince Adam / He-Man, Cringer / Battle Cat, Man-At-Arms, Teela, The Sorceress, Skeletor and Beast-Man
- Special appearance by the Man of Steel, Superman
- It's interesting to see the conception of these characters prior to appearing in the animated series - They have very different physical characteristics and personalities
- It's interesting to see the original premise of Masters of the Universe, where both halves of the power sword are needed to enter Castle Grayskull - Skeletor has one half, the other half is hidden somewhere on Eternia
- Skeletor opens a rift and it pulls Superman through it to Eternia
- Superman punches Skeletor in the stomach and Skeletor returns the blow in kind with a magical blast far superior to Superman's strength
- He-Man and Superman meet
- He-Man knows not only of the planet Earth, but He-Man, because his mother is from Earth
- Skeletor uses his magic on Superman to make the Man of Steel fight He-Man
- Prince Adam is very arrogant and Man-At-Arms doesn't appear to enjoy training him - Or really like him all that much
- Prince Adam is strong right from the start - He ties a barbel with two weights on it in a knot
- Prince Adam is all for fighting someone in a bar - Where he's in drinking and singing
- Prince Adam is rude to Teela, even referring to her as, "Woman".
- The Sorceress meets Prince Adam and Cringer in a cave and turns them into He-Man and Battle Cat with her magic - Where is the sword lifting and the, "By the power of Grayskull!"?
- He-Man fights with an ax
- With his display of strength and power as Prince Adam, there really appears to be no reason to transform him into He-Man
- Superman randomly spots a time-space warp (whatever that is), to conveniently return him to Earth at the end of the story
Oddities
- Unique read for what was the foundation of the soon to be mega hit cartoon series, but definitely not the He-Man (and related characters) I know and love
- If not for what it had evolved into, this story and its characters would have been quickly and long forgotten
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The Low Points are actually kind of funny.
ReplyDeleteA little bit. It was shocking when first reading it. One of those, "What's going on here," moments.
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