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Shadow
Weaver's Magic Mirror
Ladybird. 1985
Shadow
Weaver unveils to Hordak a magic mirror, which she plants
in the Whispering Woods with the intention of defeating
the rebels. When Kowl and Glimmer happen across it,
the mirror begins making doubles of Glimmer when she
gazes into it. It is up to She-Ra and Bow to destroy
the mirror with a special arrow and halt the confusion.
Interesting
points:
-The
rebels are referred to here as the Light Folk. Strange,
and rare.
-Some little used descriptions are used here. Bow is
referred to as the Master Archer, and Shadow Weaver
is referred to as the Mistress of Dark Magic. These
are actually quite good, and apt, descriptions if you
ask me.
-Guest appearance from the Sorceress, who sends She-Ra
the Arrow of Apollo to destroy the magic mirror.
-This story is obviously more influenced by the cartoon
canonicity than the toy canonicity. Evidence of this
is Hordak's appearance of main villain rather than Catra
and Clawdeen, the Fright Zone's appearance rather than
Cat Tower, the Horde Troopers and Sorceress's cameo
roles and Hordak's transformations with his arm cannon
and rocket mode.
(Beautiful illustration is spoilt by a rotten story.
What purpose does creating doubles of the rebels serve
if they are not even evil? Hordak even makes a comment
that supports this idea - "Etheria would be all
the better for an army of Princess Adoras!". Of
course, the idea is to create confusion as to who is
the real Glimmer, but the whole idea is just too silly.)