original art from unpublished he-man origin comic!

**Tallstar** · October 30, 2009, 12:52pm

Originally Posted by MANGLORD

yeah, i like it that much too. love how ruthless skeletor is. He'd do anything to get that half sword. toasted that girl

love it.

lol @ Shalda going flying from the blast.

**Uncle Montork** · October 30, 2009, 01:37pm

Originally Posted by Tallstar

lol @ Shalda going flying from the blast.

Lol @ Moon Spinner's comment about Battle Cat.

**thew40** · October 30, 2009, 09:57pm

Originally Posted by Eamon

I'd love to have a stab and finishing it off but I think there are better artists than I out there that are more suitable.

I'd be all about scripting it!

~W~

**Tallstar** · October 31, 2009, 05:21am

Originally Posted by Uncle Montork

Lol @ Moon Spinner's comment about Battle Cat.

lol @ He-Man and Teela having a silent dramatic moment where they walk away from each other.

**MANGLORD** · October 31, 2009, 01:41pm

I just got off the phone with Sallah, had to share some exciting news.

I RECEIVED MY 5 PAGES!!! They are AMAZING!!! I am on a major high right now. My hands were literally shaking as i held the pages. Still can't believe i own these pieces of Masters history. Congrats to anyone who was fortunate enough to snag one, hope you get them safe and soon.

Major props to Lord Fallen Elder and my bro Sallah, who are busy tracking down anyone and their momma in hopes to give us more info on this origin and art. Thanks dudes!!!

**Eamon** · October 31, 2009, 02:02pm

Originally Posted by MANGLORD

I just got off the phone with Sallah, had to share some exciting news.

I RECEIVED MY 5 PAGES!!! They are AMAZING!!! I am on a major high right now. My hands were literally shaking as i held the pages. Still can't believe i own these pieces of Masters history. Congrats to anyone who was fortunate enough to snag one, hope you get them safe and soon.

Major props to Lord Fallen Elder and my bro Sallah, who are busy tracking down anyone and their momma in hopes to give us more info on this origin and art. Thanks dudes!!!

Any little notes on the back or anything?

**MANGLORD** · October 31, 2009, 03:24pm

Originally Posted by Eamon

Any little notes on the back or anything?

nothing. a doodle on the back of one, which maybe looks like the snake armor. maybe.

**Tallstar** · October 31, 2009, 04:48pm

Originally Posted by MANGLORD

nothing. a doodle on the back of one, which maybe looks like the snake armor. maybe.

Can you post a scan of it?

**Neo** · October 31, 2009, 05:05pm

Is it me, or do the demons kinda look like Caligars?

**King Tycho** · October 31, 2009, 05:28pm

I bought page 23, it just came. Looks much nicer in person then in the scan, even if it is just rough pencil. Beautiful! Nothing on the back though.

**Tallstar** · October 31, 2009, 05:59pm

Take a look at these quotes. It may be interesting / useful information.

Let me preface by saying that Whitman Comics was a subsidiary of Western Publishing.

Western decided to end its partnership with Dell and publish comics themselves, and set up Gold Key Comics. This continued until the late 1970s, after which newsstand distribution was discontinued in favor of distribution to toy stores etc. under the "Whitman Comics" banner. They stopped publishing comics in 1984, and all their licenses have since gone to other publishers.

Now look at this:

Mattel bought Western in 1982, then sold it off in 1984. Under new ownership, it renamed itself "Golden Books Family Entertainment" and tried to focus on children's books.

EDIT:

So what does all of this mean?

Well, for starters, Mattel didn't just have an account with Western like in the quote that Sallah posted. They actually owned it. So the question is, since this comic was essentially done in-house using a Mattel owned brand, does Mattel still own the rights to this like the mini-comics....or does ownership to this go to Golden Books Family Entertainment? It's not like a DC comics situation where they licensed it out to a different company.

I dunno the answer. But guess who owns Golden Books Family Entertainment? Classic Media. Maybe they have the rights to this origin story?

**Eamon** · November 1, 2009, 10:49am

mmm...very interesting!

**masterenglish** · November 1, 2009, 05:06pm

Wow, great stuff guys.

**skelehorde** · November 1, 2009, 06:44pm

Damn! I would have loved to grab one of those pages.
Are there any left?
Thanks for getting them all together guys, Awesome!!

**TheShadow** · November 2, 2009, 12:18pm

Excellent find

I love how we continue to uncover more things that we didn't know existed for MOTU!

**Sallah** · November 2, 2009, 12:23pm

Got my 5 pages today! BEAUTIFUL stuff! Page 8 and 17 are my favs of the batch!

No notations anywhere, unfortunately.

LFE and I are progressing with this, and have a few holes in the history filled already, but we still have a few people to find before we can definitively nail it down. Keep your fingers crossed!

Sallah

**King Tycho** · November 9, 2009, 06:17pm

Anything new on this?

**Sallah** · November 9, 2009, 09:43pm

Still working on it...we have a little more background, but still have a few more leads to follow...Soon hopefully!

Sallah

**JVS3** · November 9, 2009, 10:06pm

Sallah and LFE are on the case!

I'm excited!

**JonWes** · November 9, 2009, 11:15pm

Wow, I need to check this section more often. Some amazing stuff!

**King Tycho** · November 10, 2009, 02:52pm

Just so people know, there is still a piece up for sale on ebay. It's an incredible piece, and i'd get it in a heart beat if it wasn't so far out of my price range!

**Predabot** · November 10, 2009, 04:44pm

Man, this is actually a bit suspenseful! Are we going to find out the origins of the... ORIGIN OF HE-MAN?

It would be amazing if this actually predated the mini-comics, wouldn't it?

**Tallstar** · November 10, 2009, 05:17pm

Someone should ask about this in the Q & As on the MOTUC forum. Since Mattel owned Western Publishing during this time period, I would assume they have to have some record of it. Plus, it's their brand.

**He-Ryno** · November 10, 2009, 05:24pm

Have I mentioned that I love this art and the story?!? I DO!!!

**Eamon** · November 10, 2009, 05:33pm

I think this predates anything published on MOTU.
The character designs of Man-at-arms and Skeletor, they are very early.

Skeletor's face is very like the first prototype figure ie. more fleshy and we know his very first face on print in the first minicomics was totally fleshless.

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