As
this life-changing story opens, we are treated to a space map
(of sorts) for the Tri-Solar System, as its twin worlds, beautiful
Primus and darkly-scarred Denebria, are shown, along with their
moons, Enos and Nordor, respectively. The "map" indicates
various cities and regions, and their relative locations.
The action then kicks in, as we find Captain Hydron and Lieutenant
Flipshot, soldiers in Primus' league of Galactic Guardians, fending
off another mysterious attack on Titus, home of Primus' space
observatory. Convinced by this senseless siege that they can wait
no longer, the two pile into their command ship, and set out on
a time-travel mission to the past, to locate the one man whom
the ancient legends foretell can save Primus from ultimate destruction!
That man? Who else? He-Man! The Galactic Guardians send out a
distress message to He-Man, and receive a transmission from planet
Eternia! The voice over the radio says that the source of his
power, Castle Grayskull, is under siege. The Guardians can help,
the voice continues, by transferring Grayskull's power into their
ship until the danger is past. Hydron and Flipshot are more than
glad to help, and open a Laser Gate from orbit high above Grayskull,
and slowly begin draining the castle's fantastic energies into
their ship. Little do they realize that the voice that instructed
them to do so belonged not to He-Man, but to his mightiest, most
evil enemy, Skeletor! Within the castle, the beautiful falcon-garbed
Sorceress appears to a sleeping Prince Adam, alerting him to the
peril that threatens to plunder Castle Grayskull. Getting dressed
in record time, Adam raises his (oddly high-tech) sword, and invokes
the power of Grayskull. The sword flares, then horribly, the power
evaporates. The power of Grayskull is no more!
Rushing outside, Adam sights a gloating Skeletor, who is ready
to board the Guardians' starship and finally sieze all the power
he's sought for so long. Adam fearlessly jumps Skeletor, and as
the two struggle, they both are teleported into space. They materialize
in front of a stunned Hydron and Flipshot, and as Adam and Skeletor
grapple, Adam cries out that they've been tricked! Realizing their
error, the time-travellers rally to Adam's aid. As they hold off
Skeletor with their specialized fighting tactics, Adam grabs his
sword. Since the power is within the ship, it should be able to
help him now. "By the power of Grayskull!" he shouts,
just as Skeletor reaches out to grab the sword from him. In a
rush of realization, Skeletor suddenly learns He-Man's most powerful
secret! "You?!" he gasps. As they both clutch the sword,
a fiery, lightning-charged explosion erupts from it. Skeletor
slumps to the floor, burned and badly wounded by the blast, while
a voice rings in Adams ears: "By the powers of the past and
future joined...." the voice intones, "Prince Adam is
no more! You are He-Man! Long live He-Man!" The voice belongs
to the Sorceress, who was brought along with the power of Grayskull.
She appears now as a floating holographic image, wearing a white
and silver digitized costume. He-Man has a new look as well: red,
gold, and blue space-age armor. Hydron and Flipshot kneel before
the champion they've sought, and tell him of their planet's need
of his heroic aid. He-Man of course pledges his help, but insists
that Grayskull's power be returned to where it belongs first.
The Sorceress explains that this is not possible, due to the merging
of the powers of present and future. He-Man is concerned: if he
embarks on this mission, will he ever see his parents or his friends
again? The Sorceress assures him that there is a way, but again
insists that they leave for the future. There is evil there, but
she cannot see its face. While they speak, the still-smoldering
Skeletor crawls away, and finds the starship's escape pods. Strapping
himself into a stolen shuttle, Skeletor screams, "Evil's
face is mine!"
Too late to stop him, our heroes can only watch helplessly as
Skeletor's shuttle pod blasts off, speeding directly into the
time-portal created by the starship. Skeletor has escaped into
the future! To be continued...
00070562 1989, Series 1.
Packaged with He-Man and He-Man two-packs.
