Eye of the Storm is
a 1985 Masters of the Universe
mini-comic. No writer is credited; it was illustrated by Jim Mitchell and Tom
Luth. Here, Skeletor builds a storm-creating machine and unleashes it on the
Heroic Warriors.
Snout Spout is, hands down, the lamest He-Man character of all
time, and in a world populated by the likes of Extendar (who here is playing sports
in the sun in full plate armor), Mekaneck (the poor man’s Extendar),
Man-E-Faces, and Stinkor, that’s no mean feat.
It should come as no surprise, then, that this story serves
little purpose except to give Snout Spout his one day in the sun, and in a very
obvious manner. Skeletor’s machine is pretty cool, yet it’s foiled easily
enough by He-Man and Snout Spout – heck, the climax of the issue involves
Webstor trying to shoot He-Man with a gun after the storm fizzles out (and the
merits of Snout Spout spraying water while He-Man is absorbing lightning bolts
with his sword are highly dubious).
The highlight here is the art. Mitchell isn’t much for
backgrounds, but his characters generally look extremely good – especially the
villains.
Based on this issue, Snout Spout does one thing well: fight
fires pilot the Wind Raider. Heaven only knows why they didn’t give him an
issue where Skeletor tries to set the palace on fire.
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