If that sounds familiar, it’s because this was adapted from
the cartoon episode “The Dragon’s Gift.” The story’s extremely rushed for that
reason, but Halperin more or less gets it all into these few pages.
Alcala returns to the mini-comics with a distinctly
different but just as impressive style of artwork, with bright watercolor
washes that add an impressive degree of texture. It’s also neat to see the same
story done in a completely different artistic style.
So, thus we begin the third series of mini-comics, which are
now down to 14 pages. From this point on, in terms of story and backstory, the
mini-comics conform to the Filmation mythos, although not everything and
everyone looks like their cartoon counterparts, presumably because these comics were completed before the cartoon was produced: Adam’s wearing blue, the king
and queen are still geriatrics, and Man-At-Arms is still clean-shaven, but Teela,
at least, is back to being a redhead, with her hair up, like we’re
used to.
All by itself, Alcala’s art makes this one worthwhile.
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