New "Masters of the Universe" from DC

[samurainoir]

And oddities like this exist.


notable that this came out after the Turner/Warner merger
Cartoon Network Presents Space Ghost #1 (1997) NM | eBay

[madmarva]

Seems like DC would put Tan and Robinson on one of their characters, but whatever. Never was a fan of He-Man. Too old for the toys, or I thought I was. My nephew had a ton of them.

Would love to see Space Ghost and Johny Quest titles, even Herculoids. Really enjoyed the Johnny Quest comic in the 80s, as well as Air Boy.

That Scott Rosema Space Ghost cover reminds me of a cool Dr. Fate sketch I got from him at the Chicago Comic Con in the 90s.

[The Toyroom]

Never was a fan of He-Man. Too old for the toys, or I thought I was. My nephew had a ton of them.

I religiously watched the cartoon after school but I too was too old for the toys...

[palitoy]

When the toys first came out I bought one or two, I was still 11 and they seemed cool. I liked the original stories and the DC special but the cartoon series killed my interest, it kiddiefied the concept too much for me.

[Figuremod73]

In todays market of low quality concepts theres more than enough room for those classic characters IF done right. Remember that for decades popeye, bugs, etc always had books on the shelves and it wasnt until we lost Dell/Goldkey that alot of those classic characters stopped showing up every month.

Turner merging with Warner was a terrible mistake. Or should I go back further and say Hanna-Barbara allowing themselves to be bought was the mistake?

I really liked the Filmation Heman cartoon. Sorta kiddish, yea, but there was alot of other things about it that caught my interest: the artwork, music, and designs.

[Random Axe]

He doesn't have a mandarin collar or armor piping. Not interested.

[thunderbolt]

Never got into the show, occacionally watched it for its pure stupidity.

[VintageMike]

I remember watching the cartoon in Junior High. It was funny b/c everyone watched it but it was kind of hush-hush because everyone wanted to act liek they were too old for it. Had a few figures and my Grandmother ended giving me $25 when I was around $15 so she could givem them to a kid who lived down the street. I'll probably read the series just see what the take on it is.

[johnmiic]

Never got into the show, occacionally watched it for its pure stupidity.

Yah, I hated the cartoon. I felt it was the bottom of the barrel for Filmation. A lot of afternoon cartoons at that time seemed to be badly written tho. It also seemed some of their PSA style endings were written by different writers & not privy to the actual episode's story.

[Bruce Banner]

I missed the DCCP issue, but the free preview in DC Comics that month was the first time I'd ever heard of Prince Adam. I was still going by the noble barbarian deal shown in the packed-in mini comics.



Chris

The mini-comics "wandering barbarian" incarnation of He-Man was the one I always preferred.
I can understand why DC wanted to introduce the concept of an alter-ego/secret identity, but I always found it unnecessary.

It would be nice to see an updated live action film (with no changes to his design).

Ralph McQuarrie did some great concept art for the 1987 MOTU movie, keeping close to the classic design, but unfortunately director Gary Goddard wanted to move away from the look of the toys.

The version of Skeletor shown below was when Goddard was thinking of having Skeletor as just a guy in a skull mask... thankfully they didn't go with that in the end.

[Earth 2 Chris]

The mini-comics "wandering barbarian" incarnation of He-Man was the one I always preferred.
I can understand why DC wanted to introduce the concept of an alter-ego/secret identity, but I always found it unnecessary.

Did DC come up with the Prince Adam concept, or were they working from early concepts Filmation had created for the show, which must have been in production at that point? I've always wondered that.


The movie is a sore spot for me. MOTU was the first toyline I dropped as I got into my tween years, probably due to the somewhat sillier nature of the cartoon over say, GI Joe or Transformers. So when the movie came out the following year, I thought I'd get to revisit my old friends again. To me it's too far afield from the concept. I'd much rather seen the movie based on the drawings above (minus the skull-mask Skeletor of course).

[samurainoir]

Anyone read Concrete Fragile Creature? It's essentially a fictionalized account about Concrete working behind the scenes of The Masters of the Universe movie, which apparently cut fairly close to the bone around the insiders perspective working on the film.

CONCRETE " FRAGILE CREATURE " 4 PT MINI SERIES & " ECLECTICA " 2 PT SERIES 1991 | eBay
Concrete Fragile Creatures TPB signed by Chadwick | eBay

[samurainoir]

I was always baffled why they didn't make Lundgren He-Man action figures. He definitely had a toyetic look for the character.

MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE FF ORIG 1SH MOVIE POSTER DOLPH LUNDGREN HE-MAN (1987) | eBay


DOLPH LUNDGREN 8X10 Publicity Photo - MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE Movie - 1987 | eBay

[johnmiic]

What terrible marketing! Courtney Cox's face is turned so you can't see her! I know she was not this well-known Friends actress then but still-a pretty face fills seats at the box-office.

Anyone read Concrete Fragile Creature? It's essentially a fictionalized account about Concrete working behind the scenes of The Masters of the Universe movie, which apparently cut fairly close to the bone around the insiders perspective working on the film.

How did he get insider info to incorporate it into the comic? Did he actually work on the film or know someone who did?

[thunderbolt]

The movie seems to borrow a lot from Jack Kirby's New Gods.