Daily Doodle: Scare-Glow
One of the minor villains of the Masters of the Universe line, Scare-Glow has a great iconic look that riffs off of Skeletor. He’s a […]
He-Man minis
Buzz-Off’s mute witness to He-Man’s insect-o-cide
In real-life, and in fiction, people tend to stick with their own kind. People of Italian descent root for Italy in the World Cup. People […]
He-Man mini-comics: How Thundarr helped the Masters of the Universe
When the Masters of the Universe toyline came out in 1983 — a year after the end of “Thundarr the Barbarian,” a cartoon about […]
He-Man & the two versions of “The Power of Point Dread!”
CotB dives once again into the mythos of the “Masters of the Universe” mini-comics, a series of promotional booklets inserted with most of the He-Man […]
A bone to pick with Skeletor
When I first opened this minicomic, I was surprised to see a fairly off-model version of Skeletor staring back at me with his not-so-creepy hollow […]
He-Man: Before the Power Sword
I just finished reading a great Batman book featuring the Wrath, a sort of counter Batman akin to Cat-Man and Owl Man. The comic, Batman […]
He-Man and the bitch-slapping of Stinkor
You know it’s going to be a good mini-comic when it starts out with a thorough bitch-slapping of the stinkiest villain of them all. That’s just […]
Hose Nose, Snout Spout or Hindu god?
Ah, poor Snout Spout. Even when he was brand new, he was a has-been. In the He-Man minicomic “Eye of the Storm,” this Masters of […]
Man-E-Faces and the riddle of Teela
One of my favorite He-Man characters was Man-E-Faces. He had a perfect color combination in my opinion — Orange and Blue. As a kid, those […]
When the Tin Man goes bad
“The Battle of Roboto,” like any other He-Man minicomic, was used to introduce new things and new characters to the toyline. This particular entry into […]
King Hiss’s motto: There’s a snake in my pants!
When it comes to heroes with weird villains, you’ve got Dick Tracy, Doom Patrol and then He-Man. He-man’s rogue’s gallery is just packed with the strange, the […]
Spikor Strikes! … and so does Lee Nordling!
“Spikor Strikes” looks like a fairly typical He-Man and the Masters of the Universe minicomic. It introduces a new villain. The villain gets soundly trounced […]
Run, Skeletor, run!
Just about every Masters of the Universe minicomic ends the same way: Skeletor and his flunkies bolting away from a triumphant He-man. It seems strange […]
Shut your stinking Trap Jaw
In the “Menace of Trap Jaw,” the interdimensional cyborg proves to be so tough that He-Man and Skeletor have to join forces to defeat him.How […]
He-Man minicomics — Part 6: What’s a “Flying Fist”?
There’s really only two goals for all the Masters of the Universe mini-comics — to get kids to buy more product and show them how […]
Skeletor’s dirty little secret
The He-Man minicomic “The Search for Keldor” is one of the key issues of the Masters of the Universe promotional campaign. The comic, which was […]
Stan Sakai’s role in the minicomics
“The Warrior Machine” was one of the later Masters of the Universe minicomics featured the story of the origins of Extendar and Dragstor, two super-powered […]
Sticking to the He-Man art style
In the “Masters of the Universe” minicomic “Masks of Power,” which was originally packaged with Fisto, He-Man and Fisto seek to recapture legendary masks that […]
A monster identity crisis
Slave City has He-Man at odds with the ruler of a kobold kingdom where our hero must fight for his freedom.
In the minicomic, the kobolds were purple-skinned muscular monsters that matched He-Man in size, but that’s a far cry from the typical take on kobolds.
Alfredo Alcala: Master of a mini universe
When the Masters of the Universe action figure was in full swing, each action figure also included a mini-comic. These helped shape the He-Man universe […]