Holy cow! Where was I when this was first announced? (Probably recording our podcast). More importantly, why the heck hasn't James Robinson ever hinted that he had this cooking?

DC has announced that this July, Robinson and Philip Tan will be giving us a six-issue miniseries for the Masters of the Universe.

According to DC:

In the new series, Robinson reintroduces the Masters of the Universe® to comic readers with Skeletor having won a major victory and rewriting the world of Eternia where he now rules from Castle Grayskull and the Masters have no memory of their former glory. Adam is a simple woodsman haunted by dreams of a heroic warrior, wielding a powerful sword in battle. He is found by a mysterious sorceress who tells him his dreams are of the way the world should be, that he is Eternia's champion He-Man. Adam sets off on a quest to regain his power and reawaken the Masters of the Universe.

He-Man is definitely a strange character. I can't say I'm the biggest He-Man fan but I am so freaking excited over seeing Robinson and Tan do this story.

That sounds pretty cool..especially if it's anything like the 2003 animated series.

Interesting.. Curiosity peaked.. Might have to pick this up

I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!

"eye haf teh powaaaaa!!!!!"

@megamoses10 said:

I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!

No way because...

I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!

:p

I hope they really go into the mythos and explore it. Don't really see that happening in 6 issues though 

@Dernman said:

@megamoses10 said:

I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!

No way because...

I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!!!

:p

heh heh heh you fools. Neither of you have the power. Because I.....well do I even need to say it?

Im very excited. James is one of the few writers I really follow. For most it completely depends on what they are writing and who their artist is. With Mister Robinson its worth reading if he wrote it. I dont know when I will be able to buy it but I know I will either as a trade or issue by issue where I can spare my change to do so!

YES!!! Not only do i get a He-Man comic, but MARVEL isnt forcing me to give them my money by printing it! GLORY BE THY GREYSKULL!!!

i hope this kicks off a series, and i hope that kicks off a new live action movie. Masters of the Universe was epic to me!

... i would say i want a Cartoon too, but honestly i dont trust any of the networks to not make anything that doesnt pander to the growing ADD epidemic in today's children. Have you seen what they did to the original power rangers a couple years ago...?

mmm id rather have another good heman cartoon or movie...not a comicbook...and to top it off a 6 issue limited series....id be better off wating for this to be collected IF i was interested...i liked heman because of the mythos and universe it had in the cartoon. how will they do this in a 6 issue limited series..they wont.

Incoming cancelled book.

@Mercy_ said:

@InnerVenom123

Incoming cancelled book.

It's a six issue mini. It's not like it's an ongoing.

That's what I get for misreading an article.

@NightFang: Yea man the 2003 series had really awesome animation. The voice actor that did Skeletor was great too. To be honest tho i always used to laugh at the end credits when they had a Master describe the "moral" or lesson to the episode lol.

Sounds cool! Now if only it looked like this :P

There arent words to describe how much I loved He-Man as a child. Those figures were actually the first things I started collecting. I still remember that little bastard next door breaking my He-Man sword.

Hold the phone... so He-man is going to be part of the DCU?

cool.

Interest piqued. When I read the title I thought they were introducing He-Man into the DCnU. That got me overcharged!! but this is still good too

@NightFang said:

@popparox said:

That sounds pretty cool..especially if it's anything like the 2003 animated series.

Yeah, the 2003 series was the best.

I have to agree i wanted more of this animation if i recall i only watched 2 seasons of this . There should have been more.

O yes I have the power

Awesome. That is all.

Robinson and Tan, how could this not be great?

Should have been "Buy the power of grayskull," get it???

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I AM CRAPPING MY PANTS RIGHT NOW HOW AWESOME THIS IS!

This is INSANE!!!! wicked writer, maybe if this sells out possible opening for new MOTU movie, why not?

EPIX!!!!!!!

i just bought the whole DVD collection of the 2003 version, it was worth the nostalgia, even though i was 10 back then... so definately gonna be picking this up, LoL the family guy vid.

@TheMess1428: It's more like Gears of War. A licensed book. Supernatural is a WB product so there's no licensing needed.

As a child of the 80's I think I have to get this.

@G-Man said:

Now that I had a chance to let the shock settle down from my system. one of a few things I wanted point out.

1. that picture reminds me of this statue done by the four horsemen. minus the axe and shield.

2. I dislike time travel, but the synopsis kind of reminds me of Thor: Blood Brothers.

For all you nostalgia critics out there. Best thing i can think of is that if they are just basing it on the old series is Pre-eternia mucking about. or the Time Corridor from the cartoon which brought back that old king from the past.

3. James Robinson has been known to throw in curve balls into a series to make it that much more interesting. as long as prince adam does not have a daughter. I do not expect a child to get building dropped on them.

and 4. OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG *Fan-gasm*

I'm really looking foward to this. I still love ol' muscle-head and keep an almost complete collection of the vintage figures. About the time travel stuff, when Marvel's Star Comics imprint ran the series, the final two part arc involved time travel in a manner much similar to the plot revealed for the new series. It was a great reading, imho.

Epic, definately gonna be picking this up, and then buy the TPB aswell.