COMIC and REVIEW: “The Spear of Eternity” Minicomic

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For years Michael ”Smitty.81” Smith has been largely responsible for digitizing minicomics for the "Masters of the Universe" community. Now, HE-MANIA.COM will be officially cataloging his work, accompanied with his personal reviews.

COMIC:

REVIEW:

“The Spear of Eternity”

STORY:

The story opens on Etheria. Man-at-Arms is in an observatory and sees something that gives him cause for alarm. Man-at-Arms and He-Man hop in the Talon Fighter and head to “Spikeheart” to warn the “Comet People” a.k.a. Rock People, but they were already aware. The story then flashes back to the home world of the Rock People, “Geolon.” They lived there in peace until Scoria showed up, a living volcano that looks similar to Lord of the Ring’s “Eye of Sauron”. Scoria wanted the Rock People to worship him, but they fought and won, exiling him. Scoria was so mad and petty that he split part of himself off, named it Obsidian and threw it at the Geolon sun causing it to destabilize. The Rock People were forced to flee, and I guess the episode “She-Ra: Princess of Power: The Rock People” happens after that. At some point the story shifts back to the present and the Rock People turn into rocks and attack Scoria, and he’s gone, perhaps destroyed, it’s not clear. The story ends with Rokkon, Stonedar and Granita, celebrating.

ART:

The art is in a very cartoony style. All the characters look like they are made of clay or rubber, with many panels featuring faces that are contorted. The highlight of the art is the design of the “extras.” There are some unique looking unnamed Rock People, one even has a “Fu Manchu” mustache.

CONTINUITY:

Spikeheart is the place where the Rock People move to on Etheria in the “She-Ra: Princess of Power” cartoon series. The name of the Rock People’s home planet was accurate including the fact that their sun was destabilizing, but the episode never explained why. What’s not exactly clear is why He-Man and Man-at-Arms are on Etheria, or where She-Ra is for that matter, but the vintage cartoon would often have Masters of the Universe characters show up will little to no explanation, sometimes treating them as if they had always been there.

FINAL THOUGHT:

When it comes to “The Spear of Eternity”, I’m not really a fan of the art and the story feels rushed. There is also little focus on the figure it came included with, Rokkon, and could have been packaged with any of the Rock People.

– Review by Michael ”Smitty.81” Smith @smitty-81