The Cosmic Key is
a 1987 Masters of the Universe
mini-comic (the last). No author or artist is credited, quite possibly because no one
wanted to admit involvement. Here, The Evil Cloud appears to bestow power upon
Skeletor.
The Evil Cloud! How many trees died for this six-page abomination?
One could complain that six pages isn’t enough space to tell a coherent story,
but I’m pretty sure it wasn’t going to happen regardless. To wit: Blade and
Saurod talk like they’re reading off their toy packaging. Gwildor gets summoned
out of a nearby pond like he’s the spawn of a union between the Lady of the
Lake and Gizmo from Gremlins. The
resolution doesn’t make any sense whatsoever of any kind. And The Evil Cloud is
a real thing that happens (he would go on to star in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer).
Being kind, the art is substandard, as is the coloring, and
one is forced to conclude that The Evil Cloud is the villain here for the sole
reason that he’s so easy to draw. Let’s start by saying that Skeletor’s face
looks really good. Moving on, He-Man looks like he’s wielding the sword that
the She-Ra action figure came with. The Sorceress does the Dhalsim yoga float
through half the issue. The climax involves a tornado that’s twice the size of
the planet. Blade has that weird thing from the concept art over his mouth. Skeletor
is wearing the Terror Bra. And backgrounds? We ain’t got no backgrounds. We don’t
need no backgrounds! I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ backgrounds!
Calling this the worst mini-comic of them all is just too
easy. This one’s in a category all its own.
The Evil Cloud!
RECOMMENDED AGAINST (but you know you’re going to look at it
anyway)
Read it HERE
