Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Kevin Smith · Rob David · Tim Sheridan

Aug 2021 · Masters of the Universe: Revelation Issue #2 · Dark Horse Comics (Single Issues)

About this ebook

Co-Written by Kevin Smith! This is the official comic book prequel to the upcoming Netflix television show written by Executive Producers Kevin Smith and Rob David and episode writer Tim Sheridan and featuring art by Mindy Lee (Crimson Lotus). Following the vicious Orlax attack on King Randor, He-Man learns the creature is linked to the origin of the sword of power and also to his nemesis Skeletor who finally finds himself on the cusp of realizing his dream of capturing Grayskull's secrets! The official prequel to the upcoming Netflix show!

Ratings and reviews

Decent enough series so far. Way better than the show it's based off, but I will note one thing. It seems to me that this series is about the origins to notable characters, weapons, places in Eternia. For example, Issue 1 was the about the origin of the Sword of Power and Castle Grayskull. This issue is about Skeletor and how he came to Eternia, which was neat because they seemed to follow the original toy line history to where he was an entity from another dimension instead of being King Randor's brother. However his reasoning for wanting to have all the Power of Grayskull is, I don't know. The typical trope that deep down not all villians are all evil. This sort of reminds me of how Hordak was portrayed in the 2018 She-Ra, but not as bad at least IMO. I'm not saying this trope is bad, but you need to know what you're doing to sell and the writers didn't do that. Next issue is going to be about Evil Lyn, so that might be interesting but I also want to get back to the main story.