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New Adventures

After the classic line came to an end and the Powers of Grayskull didn't get off the ground, Mattel decided to 'reboot' the franchise with 'The New Adventures of He-Man'. Only He-Man, Skeletor and the Sorceress were taken into this new line, all of them completely redesigned, keeping basically only their names. The mixture of fantasy and science fiction was abandoned in favour of a completely science fiction approach: He-Man and a group of good-looking humans are battling ugly evil mutants who have allied with Skeletor - in space. The line was a failure, cancelled pretty quickly again. The four minicomics which were made are perfect proof of the lacking quality. This is something for completists, much like the Princess of Power minicomics.

The New Adventure


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Plot: A spaceship is looking for He-Man to save their home planet. Skeletor fools them into transfering Castle Grayskull's power into their ship. Adam, alerted by the Sorceress, jumps at the Overlord of Evil and they both get teleported to the ship. Adam changes into He-Man in front of everybody, deciding the battle in his favour. The Sorceress tells him the powers of the Ancients have merged with the powers of the future and that they can't be seperated again. Skeletor escapes in to space...
Comments: The beginning of the series. Not much good to say - it all makes little sense, but at least they tried with the few scenes set on Eternia.
Thanks to Oddball for the scan!

Skeletor's Journey


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Plot: The evil mutant Slushhead has stolen the Trifusium Crystal for his leader Flogg. This crystal makes life on the planet Primus possible by regulating the athmosphere. The Galactic Coucil has sent a spaceship to Flogg's home base on the planet Denebria to retrieve it. The pilot is captured by the mutants, though. They're in the middle of interrogating him when Skeletor's escape pod lands literally on them, giving the pilot a change to escape. Skeletor easily overpowers Flogg and his minions.
Comments: Total crap. Seriously. Did they seriously think they could win a new audience with this?
Thanks for Oddball for the scan!

Battle for the Crystal


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Plot: He-Man saves Starship Eternia by using the power of Grayskull. After some repair work, the crew heads off to the Tri-Solar system to retrieve the crystal the evil mutants have stolen. After a brief air battle, the pilot of the Astrosub guides He-Man to the place on Denebria where he has seen the crystal. The good guys are attacked by Skeletor and his mutant servants again, but they prove to be no match for He-Man's power. Skeletor throws the crystal away and uses the ensuing chaos to escape.
Comments: As an intermediate issue between the exposition and the conclusion, this one might be bearable. Not too exciting, on the other hand.
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The Revenge of Skeletor!


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Plot: The planet Primus is about to explode from the missing crystal which He-Man has retrieved from Skeletor's hands. The evil mutants attack Titus and take control of the observatory. They lure He-Man and his crew there to defeat them once and for all. As the battle rages, He-Man enters the observatory to put the crystal back into its place and prevent the planet's destruction. He's met by Skeletor and a fight ensues. It looks bad for the most powerful man in the universe, but calling the power of Eternia, he remains victorious. Skeletor flys away vowing revenge.
Comments: Not much plot development, but it wraps the four issues up with lots of action - and at least that's somewhat well-done. As for the series on the whole, good thing it's over.
Thanks to Oddball for the scan!