This issue’s lone story, “The Comet Warriors Have Landed!,” is
an alternate origin for the Rock People – why we need a story like this after
the mini-comic “Rock People to the Rescue!” is beyond me. The story itself
feels like it could have been a Filmation episode, although it’s really been
dumbed down. Kirschner does a good job again with Filmation-style art, and of
making the Flying Fists metal undershirt look more like the Battle Armor.
With great painted art, “The Lake of Mystery” is the
highlight of the activities, which also include the engaging (if obvious) “King
Randor Radar,” a somewhat more helpful “Sketch Pad” drawing guide than
previously offered, and another why-bother connect-the-dots.
The He-Man of the Issue is Nathan Bitner, who won the
Create-a-Character contest and, with it, a staggering prize package that’s still
remarkable two and a half decades later even though Fearless Photog never went
into production (which is a little surprising given that he’s way less lame
than Snout Spout, Rotar, Twistoid, or the Meteorbs). For more on the contest and
Bitner, look HERE and HERE.
There are also two Norem posters: the cover plus He-Man in
the Laser Bolt versus Skeletor in the Land Shark.
Read it HERE
