He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Magazine #12 is
the Fall 1987 issue. This one feels fairly sparse in terms of content – or at
least, interesting content.
The cover is misleading; there’s no movie content to speak
of within. What we do have is a
spotlight on actor Peter Billingsley for a movie other than A Christmas Story (which means you
probably didn’t see it; but, fun fact: he was also in Iron Man). There are also two more pages of un-He-Manly content
here.
On the story front, not only do we get a perfectly coherent
three-page She-Ra story, the comic story, “Rescue King Randor,” is by far the
best we’ve had in many issues.
Activities include guidelines for do-it-yourself Masters of the Universe costumes (with
somewhat more helpful pictures), another worthless connect-the-dots, and some
other easy stuff.
Noteworthy ads include those for free Legos when you buy
Jell-O pops, Disney Channel programming that includes live-action Dumbo and
Winnie the Pooh shows I don’t remember at all, plus an exercise program led by
a guy in a Mickey Mouse costume, and another full-page plug for the Power Tour
masquerading as content.
Beginning a trend of posters that don’t completely make
sense, this issue’s single Earl Norem poster features He-Man and Clamp Champ rescuing
King Randor from the Snake Men, plus Ninjor, in Preternia.
Read it HERE
