The Battle of Roboto is a 1984 Masters of the
Universe mini-comic by Christy Marx, Larry Houston, and Michael Lee. Here, Skeletor
commandeers Man-At-Arms’ newest invention and marches on Castle Grayskull with
it.
This is, on a certain level, Man-E-Faces all over again, but
with different characters and vehicles. And yet it’s somehow more compelling; whereas
Man-E-Faces was always pretty lame, Roboto is impressively overpowered, and we
do get some nice drama and resolution here.
All around, the art is pretty good, although Man-At-Arms’
eyebrows and mustache aren’t ever colored. All the characters are now in full
Filmation style except the pink Sorceress. The only other nitpick is that “Grayskull”
is misspelled again.
In all, it’s a fun read, and the additional characters help
the He-Man world feel a little more populated.
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