Well, basically, I love He-Man. I mean, I was the biggest He-Man fan as a kid. I read a little bit of the mini-series that led to this issue and found them strange but enjoyable. This is a fun comic that takes the mythos that we know and love (that is fairly paper-thin from the toy-based 80’s show) and expands upon it. This is a world of Science and Magic, where crazy sci-fi meets the mystic arts.

Seeing characters like Teela be given a whole new depth is terrific to see. I feel like Mhan’s art is, while not amazing, quite good for something like this and it is quite exciting to see true dynamic motion and emotion given to these once-toys.

The story by Giffen is compelling, if not a little confusing. This is an issue #1 and relies very heavily on the mini-series that came before it. Unfortunately I did not finish the mini, so I was left very confused. The state of Skeletor, the Sorcerous and Teela are left almost entirely to the readers imagination. This felt very clumsy for a “first” issue. I mean, I figured out the gist of what happened previously, but it was not handled well at all.

While the status quo is set by the mini-series and the main character dynamic is set by it, the story seems to be moving forward to one about a re-imagined Hordak and Auroa (She-Ra). This part of the story intrigued me and definitely hooked me to read the next issue in the series.

But, if Giffen doesn’t work out his clumsy expositions, I might have to jump ship. For the sake of my childhood heroes, I hope he works it out, because this is one adventure I’m excited to follow.

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