Teela’s Secret is a 1985 Masters of the Universe children’s
book written by Bryce Knorr and illustrated by Harry J. Quinn and James
Holloway. Here, Teela seeks to discover the identity of her mother, Skeletor
lays a trap for her, and Evil-Lyn sells him out to the Horde.
This book borrows heavily from the Filmation episode “Teela’s
Quest,” although it tells a completely different story. And since Knorr is
doing the writing, it’s a lazy story, in which characters jump from one
location to another incoherently, there’s some mess about a Snow Queen who’s
never shown, and Skeletor plans a diversion for He-Man that directly results in
him being present in the one place Skeletor didn’t want (but nothing comes of
it: “Hey, that looks like Teela going into Snake Mountain; guess I’ll go home
now”).
Quinn and Holloway turn in a mediocre performance with the
art. They’ve produced solid work in this series, but this isn’t it. Hordak has
a distinctly different look here from both his toy and cartoon versions – he looks
like an old albino man. It’s not a bad look, but it’s not right for
Hordak (unless maybe a Hordak in a Gary Goddard film). And once again the cover has nothing to do with the story.
In every way, Teela’s Secret is decidedly inferior to
the cartoon episode it’s based on; it’s passable at best.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
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