Energy Zoids is a
1986 Masters of the Universe mini-comic
written by Phil White and illustrated by Chris Carlson. Here, Skeletor and the
Snake Men try to steal Man-At-Arms’ new robot-warrior-creating invention.
I always thought Rotar and Twistoid were fairly lame toys,
but White does a good job of giving Rotar a little bit of character (and hoist
the flag, I guess, for empowering amputees). It’s also cool that Skeletor’s
running an underground fight club out of Snake Mountain. I’ve missed that since
Clash of Arms. The ending is a little
too He-Man ex machina, but they had
to get him into the story somehow (and the teamwork moral at the end veers a
little too close to “never try to win without getting help from He-Man”
territory).
Carlson does a good job with the characters and action,
although his heads are frequently oversized and lumpy. But why, longtime
colorist Charles Simpson, is Skeletor’s Havoc Staff orange?
White does a fair job given what he has to work with, and despite
its flaws, this one is perfectly readable.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
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