Leafing through a giant hardback compilation of an entire run of newspaper comics, even a series with as relatively short a run as He-Man (especially compared to something like The Phantom or Prince Valiant), is you don’t really get to see or notice everything. For example I did see Gwildor, the creator of the Cosmic Key in the Masters Of The Universe movie with Dolph Lundgren. He actually has a recurring role in the comics for whatever reason. Mattel only made toys of the movie character because it was a movie based on their toyline. (Although I don’t think they gave us movie versions of the regular characters, whose costumes were so far off you’d think it was a ripoff rather than an officially licensed adaptation…and it’s STILL a better adaptation than Super Mario Brothers.)

However, looking briefly into this month’s chapter I noticed two other movie-born characters had signed up–namely Skeletor’s movie minions Blade and Saurod. So how will they be introduced into comic strip continuity? In our fifth trip into this collection we’ll take a look and see. I’m actually quite curious.

Evil Under The Stars

WRITER: Chris Weber | ARTIST/ORIGINAL LETTERER: Gerald Forton |

COLORIST: Connie Schurr | EDITOR: Karen Willson

At some point I should have a dedicated format for these credits. Getting Finally Watched right on the first try was a fluke. Just look at the early Scanning My Collection articles.

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