James Robinson Channels the Power of Grayskull

[Pixie_Solanas]

This right here has me totally interested. James Robinson, doing He-Man? Yes, thanks.

[Pixie_Solanas]

In the 1980s cartoon, Ram-Man taught me that ramming things with my head was just dumb, and that I shouldn't do it. Valuable life lessons like this don't come easy!

He was also the LAMEST action figure. I think I had four Ram Mans as errant b-day gifts that were so obviously regifted.

[EMeadow]

I also wish DC would've done a sequel to their Space Ghost mini. They SAID they would, but it never happened.

That's because they couldn't come to an agreement with Joe Kelly on fees to write the sequel. Bill Willingham was then supposed to write the sequel but that never happened either. Right now DC doesn't have the rights to do comics on the HB characters but we're not sure who currently does.

This is why the planned Johnny Quest and Herculoids comics never appeared either.

[Hulk_Is]

I wanna get this but out of the things I've read by Robinson, I am not feeling optimistic. I want that Skeletor variant, but I have to pass (for now). :-/

[Professor Arkham]

The Skeletor variant cover is awesome! Very much looking forward to this

[Agent_Dark]

He-Man is awesome:

[maxpower00044]

I'm so down with this. This was my favorite show as a kid, and I feel James Robinson's style of writing will fit this universe perfectly.

[Flash Gordon]

I'll give Robinson a chance on this.

[rasx]

I know this is controversial but can Man-at-Arms work as a black man?
Since Teela is really his adopted daughter she can still be a red head.

[Namtab]

I always felt like a Masters of the Universe / New Gods crossover would have been great -- having Eternia be a new battle ground for New Genesis and Apokolips just seems to work.

I'm just happy DC is doing this, and if it is more like the mini-comics and the '02 series, then it should be pretty entertaining.

[El Sombrero]

I liked how the 80s show was so corny and kid-friendly, I thought that was the entire appeal...?

But that variant cover is pretty awesome.

[The Nuke]

I always felt like a Masters of the Universe / New Gods crossover would have been great -- having Eternia be a new battle ground for New Genesis and Apokolips just seems to work.

I'm just happy DC is doing this, and if it is more like the mini-comics and the '02 series, then it should be pretty entertaining.

I've actually thought the same thing. Interesting enough MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE the movie was influenced by Jack Kirby's NEW GODS.

AS for the comic, I'm all for it. He-MAN is all kinds of insane/crazy fun. It's so out there that you can do most anything with it. Don't know if any of you partake in doing some of the green medicine, but it's definitly enhance the He-Man experience. Espeically the episodes that go all pyschedelic.

[Mat001]

I liked how the 80s show was so corny and kid-friendly, I thought that was the entire appeal...?

That was the appeal to most of the children back in the day and I was no exception. But, we mostly cared more for the action than the other aspects. That's why as adults, it really doesn't hold up well. If not for the kid-friendly design, it would be remembered even more fondly than it is. But between Filmmation really upping the kid-friendly aspect and the watch dog groups not being happy that the show was there to sell toys, really hurt it in the long run.

[Toonimator]

I know this is controversial but can Man-at-Arms work as a black man?
Since Teela is really his adopted daughter she can still be a red head.

That could work. So long as he still has the 'stache and is named Duncan. They can do away with Fisto being his brother, though... former comrades in a war, perhaps. And Fisto being Teela's biological father could still work.

[Namtab]

That was the appeal to most of the children back in the day and I was no exception. But, we mostly cared more for the action than the other aspects. That's why as adults, it really doesn't hold up well. If not for the kid-friendly design, it would be remembered even more fondly than it is. But between Filmmation really upping the kid-friendly aspect and the watch dog groups not being happy that the show was there to sell toys, really hurt it in the long run.

What also really hurt the show (to my adult eyes) was the fact that ever episode used the same animation cells over and over again. It was really well-animated, which I guess was so expensive that they decided to use the "stock footage" constantly. I had bought the first boxset on DVD years ago, and I never finished watching all the episodes. It just didn't hold up as well as G1 Transformers, G.I. Joe, or ThunderCats.