#3
The Revenge of Evil
The Ice Monster
May 1986.
SBP Strips
The
Revenge of Evil
Something is wrong with the powers of Grayskull: there
are strange negative energies that surround it and it
looks as if it is burning! Even the Sorceress is forced
the flee. Prince Adam is the first to notice the changes
-- he suddenly changes into He-Man without calling for
it! Teela is surprised to find He-Man in the palace,
and together they go to Grayskull. Zoar appears to He-Man
and informs him that dimensions of time and space are
melting together. Knowing that He-Man is slowly weakening,
Skeletor sends his minions after him. Skeletor, Beast
Man, and Trap Jaw appear, but together the group of
Heroic Warriors fend them off and continue on their
way to fix the problem, following Zoar. Finally arriving
at their destination, they see a walking mountain. He-Man
enters the mountain and sees ...another He-Man? Actually,
another He-Man, only bigger, stronger, and evil -- gaining
his powers from the ones that the real He-Man had slowly
been losing! Knowing he doesn't have a moment to lose,
he escapes and tells his friends outside what has happened.
They decide to look for the source of the evil He-Man's
power, and eventually arrive at a portal at the border
between good and evil. Entering the gate, they find
themselves at a negative Grayskull made of ice! And
there he stands, the evil He-Man, an undefeatable master
of evil, over 10 feet tall. The two superpowers battle,
but it is eventually decided when the real He-Man uses
his sword and sucks the power back into himself, even
transforming the negative energy into positive. The
balance is restored, and the evil clone fades away...
The
Ice Monster
In the eternal ice of the Eternian north there are things
that are meant to be hidden forever. But one day, all
that ends and the ice reveals its most horrible secret.
Skeletor stands in front of a massive block of ice holding
a 30 foot tall creature inside! With his magic, he releases
it, and the monster identifies the evil warlord as its
new master. His new mission: Destroy Eternos. Flying
in the Wind Raider, He-Man sees the monster, which has
already begun its assault, and begins to fire on it.
But they have no effect; in fact, it seems to be getting
stronger! The creature fires its lethal ice-breath at
the Raider and in a brief moment it is covered with
ice and crashes to the ground -- He-Man barely has enough
time to escape into a body of water. Suddenly, Stratos
arrives and begins to attack the monster, but the creature
merely bats him away. The monster grabs He-Man out of
the water, and it preparing to crush him. But our hero
calls upon the power of Grayskull and is surrounded
by an enormous flame, which melts the ice monster. Skeletor
is again defeated.