Reply With QuoteDid Queen Marlena ever appear in the mini-comics with auburn hair?
I've seen the green dress, but she had white hair. Did her hair ever change colors?
While the Goddess' green skinned version was only in the first mini, she appeared in several follow up mini comics as a separate entity than Teela. Yes, she was normal flesh tone, but it was the Goddess in snake armor glory.
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Did Queen Marlena ever appear in the mini-comics with auburn hair?
I've seen the green dress, but she had white hair. Did her hair ever change colors?
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The pre Filmation stuff has so much potential, I really wish we'd see it done. I'm a huge fan of the blonde Teela (see my signature) I would give my left kidney to see her done.
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It's a vast world and the art in the early mini comics was amazing. Artist Alfredo Alcala's work blows me away. So much attention to detail!
Yea pre-Filmation was it!!! I played with He-Man years b4 the cartoon, so my play was based on the original comics. WHen Teela had the armor on she was the Sorceress (As she is referred to... she is never called the Green Goddess... Teela was the Warrior Goddess, but GG was the original Sorceress... and I can NOT WAIT til December to finally have her!!!)
I liked that there was no Prince Adam, no king, no palace. Just warriors battling to either protect or possess Grayskull.... awesome stuff!
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I don't think Point Dread survived the Filmation incursion, did it? After Filmation came along I can't recall so much as a mention anywhere of Point Dread, which was this awesome new wrinkle in the whole multilayered mystery surrounding Castle Grayskull. Also the notion of two separate halves of the Power Sword went out the window. What a shame the minicomics or the various story books couldn't have done more to integrate some of these forgotten ideas into their later stories.
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I am a huge huge fan of the pre-filmation era (though I'm on the fence as to whether I'll buy the Green Goddess or not - I prefer the Teela in Cobra Armor look...).
I never saw the filmation cartoons until I was in college due to living in a very rural area in my young days. Needless to say, my MOTU universe was heavily inspired by the early darker stories. Heck, when someone bought me the prince Adam figure for my birthday, I distinctly remember telling my father that the idea of him turning into He-man was 'stupid.' lol.
Though there are elements of the later MOTU storyline that I like very much, the early stories and art will always hold a dear place in my heart.
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I know the Talon Fighter was in an episode or possibly two at most, but I agree that aspect is something that will hopefully not be overlooked in the classics line.
I love the Pre-Filmation era a lot as well!
Mainly the original 4 Mini-Comics. Isn't this usually referred to as: Mineternia?
I don't really like the idea that much of Prince Adam turning into He-Man,
but I do brainstorm about things like Adam can call upon He-Man using a Mechanical Sword and maybe shifts into another dimension while He-Man trades places with Adam while he's on Eternia. So He-Man and Adam are two seperate characters and He-Man is always He-Man that way, just not on Eternia all the time. Only when he's needed the most.
One of the things that I love the most about the Pre-Filmation era of MOTU is the depiction of the power sword. The sword was a force so powerful that it was kept in pairs to keep it's awesome power in check. I recently read for the first time, the MOTU DC miniseries, and that was amazing. One of the amazing things was just how many things the wielder of the sword was capable of. Skeletor used the sword to cast beams of power at He-Man, and the sword had power over inanimate objects. I would love to see this aspect of the sword brought back.
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In the He-Man and the Power Sword minicomic, there is one panel where Statos appears with Skeletor, Beast-Man and Mer-Man as they try to enter Grayskull, and he seems to be part of the group. I assume initially he was supposed to be evil, probably a concept of "all beast-like creatures are evil, and good characters are all humans".I posted this in another section but it might as well go in here too. A scan of the back of an old sticker album. Check out Stratos' bio--not just pre-filmation, but pre-everything!
I also like the Zodac is referred to as a bounty hunter.
The Goddess/ Sorceress (she is treated by both names in the first mini-comics) was only green in that minicomic, but the original concept of Teela was that that figure was two characters: The Heroic Warrior Goddess (with snake armor), and Teela, princess of Eternia (without the armor); That is pretty clear in the first wave of Alcala's minicomics.
It's so amazing how we can be so different on one era, but on the same page on another one...As I've mentioned on many-a-thread, the pre-Filmation version is my first love in MOTU.
I have a lot of love for the Filmation version, but at the same time, it made it a bit more childish. Pre-Filmation had so many good concepts that were sadly dropped. And while I like all of the figures, I wasn't so keen that most later ones moved away from a barbarian, swords & sorcery feel in favour of different styles.
I've love to see a Procrutus figure (the four-armed being who lives inside Eternia - see minicomic "The Magic Stealer!") for example.
And anything to do with two-halves of the power sword and suchlike is great with me.
And yes, Skeletor did always seem to want to either sacrafice Teela or make her his bride!
I also think the Teela cloned-from-Goddess concept was really dark and should have been used further.
I love this! In one of the first 4 mini comics, you can see Stratos with Skeletor's men when he's taking Teela the Grayskull for the marriage ceremony.I posted this in another section but it might as well go in here too. A scan of the back of an old sticker album. Check out Stratos' bio--not just pre-filmation, but pre-everything!
I also like the Zodac is referred to as a bounty hunter.
Awesome! I love this old stuff.
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Just saw Wolfchild's post!
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Teela was one character in the 1st 4 comics. She only wore the snake armor in one page, when Mer-Man captured her. She was always the warrior goddess.
Great thread!! I LOVE the pre-Filamation era, such great stories and real potential for some great sword and sorcery barbaric stories (with just a little tech mixed in).
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This thread is full of win. If they ever make a MotU movie I hope it borrows heavily from the pre-Filmation era. I had no idea Stratos started as a bad guy.
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The canon there was still being defined, that's why we see Stratos amonst the evil warriors; What I meant was that the Teela toy originally stood for two characters, Teela the princess of Eternia, and the Sorceress/ Warrior Goddess. You're right that Battle in the clouds contradicts this by having Teela in snake armor but He-Man and the power sword (with the green goddess) and following comics (like the magic stealer or He-Man meets Ram-Man) clearly defined these two characters.
Me too. When I grew up Teela was a blonde. When the figure finally came out, it was strange to see her wih red hair.
One great thing about MOTUC, the line likes old things--even pre-Filmation MOTU.
There really aren't so many characters, are there?
He-Man (Jungle Barbarian with spear)
Stratos (Caucasian repaint)
Teela (DC Comics outfit with two heads)
King Randor (Elderly)
Queen Marlena (Elderly)
Prince Adam (Blue Vest)
Zoar (Red and Green repaint with the armor and missiles)
Don't forget these:
Chewbacca style beastman
Granamyr(sp)
I wish this is the way MOTU stayed, I wish Filmation followed the mini comics, way better story there.
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Here's something very interesting;
http://www.donaldfglut.com/MOUinterview.html
An interview with the writer; Donald F. Glut of the first 4 Mini-Comics from 1981:
He-Man and the Power Sword",
"King of Castle Grayskull",
"Battle in the Clouds" and
"The Vengeance of Skeletor”
He created the names: Eternia, Castle Greyskull, Teela, Mer-Man and tells how he came up with the names. He created the story where it all began!
Was saying this in another thread...I thought it was a ridiculous transition. Even though the DC Comics story brought in the Prince Adam concept, everything else remained the same. Same characters, settings, ambitions, same Eternia. The Sorceress was dressed like the Goddess and Zoar was his own character--her messenger. I wish filmation would have done that. But, it doesn't matter, we all have our own eras we like and Mattel encourages it, which is a good thing.
It sadness me that most people involved with the creation of MotU sound like mercenaries in the interviews. There's no love for their creations whasoever. The problem with the initial approach was that it was far more limited, story and characterwise, than Filmation's version. And, not that I think that Filmation and Lou Scheimer weren't doing it for money, but Lou at least always expressed love for the characters in his interviews I've read.
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