Quite a few of the goings-on here, frankly, don’t make a
great deal of sense. In just pages, Skeletor goes from unstoppable sword collector to
castle owner who clearly has no idea what he’s doing. In the first book, he tried to capture Teela and marry her; here, he gets a friendly Teela ready to serve him, and he can’t wait to drop her down a pit. At least we get Battle Cat (although he’s not talking yet). This story does do a good job with its primary objective, though, which is to show off the finer points of the Castle Grayskull
playset.
Alcala’s art is solid, but it’s not used to as good effect
as in the previous book. His outdoor night scenes are the best, and we do get a
little of that in the end.
On the whole, I’m not impressed.
