Neal Shusterman and son Jarrod create a thrilling climate change dystopia in which California's denizens muddle through life during a drought—until the last of the water runs out. Core character relationships and an escalating, palpable desperation pervade the plot.
In a graphic memoir that tells a story of finding identity, Krosoczka conveys the joys and complications of his young life in Worcester, Mass. A stark, loving portrait of a real family. In this smart love letter to portal fantasies, two sisters struggle with reacclimating to the modern world after spending years in a magical realm.
A successful mix of wartime England and Narnia-like worldbuilding. An all-female and gender-nonbinary cast embarks on a dangerous mission in this sprawling space jaunt, a masterful blend of science fiction—inflected school drama, road trip, and adventure. Distinctive layers of flat color create temporal cohesion and emphasize themes of memory and chosen family in this graphic novel. A contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love. Fifteen Asian authors share short, genre-spanning retellings of myths and legends traditional to their own cultures in this outstanding anthology edited by Chapman and We Need Diverse Books president Oh.
An author's note follows each dazzling tale, offering context on creative choices and changes. Johnson kicks off a new series with this deliciously atmospheric mystery set at a prestigious Vermont academy. True crime—obsessed Stevie Bell, 16, hopes to solve the kidnapping and murder case surrounding the school's industrialist founder, and the school's deadly past resurfaces when a student from her dorm is killed.
As violence spreads, a funerary shop owner and his year-old son attempt to pull off a near-mythical plan to save the town. This is a riveting, powerful reading experience. Although the two groups in the Texas camp rarely mix, the young women, drawn realistically and sympathetically, find their friendship intensifying. In , a Nigerian tribe called the Menai are subjected to drug tests by a pharmaceutical company, resulting in the deaths of thousands—by , only a few dozen Menai remain.
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In this momentous, incisive collection, Adjei-Brenyah dissects the dehumanizing effects of capitalism and racism: This luridly propulsive novel centers on a depraved love triangle: This hypnotic fever dream follows three governesses and the sensuous education they provide while roaming the country estate of a staid married couple.
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Two siblings whose parents leave them in the care of two dodgy characters under murky circumstances in post-WWII London are at the center of this magnificent novel of secrets, loss, more secrets, and intrigue. Ondaatje is a preternaturally gifted storyteller, and this is a fine showcase of his abilities. Gander presses against boundaries both literal and figurative in this work haunted by the unexpected death of his wife, fellow poet C.
Wright, and the expressive limits of language. This is an emotionally versatile collection in which the struggles and joys of the body, the oddities and wonders of nature, and the pains and pleasures of the social coalesce with verve. Cheng recasts elements of several woman-centered Chinese folk tales in a collection of exquisite imagination and graceful presentation. Readers will come to understand these formally varied pieces not necessarily as small stories—about belonging, displacement, wonder, and more—in themselves, but as questions about how we tell those kinds of stories.
Rarely do investigations into such concepts as commodification and exploitation read so lyrically, nevermind so heart-wrenchingly. Kyozo Hayami, of the Tokyo Metropolitan PD, has to figure out how a construction company executive was killed by a crossbow bolt in the unusual figure eight—shaped house that he shared with his parents and two siblings. Abiko combines laugh-out-loud humor with an ingenious murder plot in this extremely clever impossible crime novel.
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Although Men's Health was founded in the U. In the years after the animated series ended, generally going along with the established Filmation continuity, Marvel Comics would release a younger-skewing Star Comics Masters of the Universe series that ran from to bi-monthly and produced 13 issues; featuring many of the later characters introduced in the toyline.
The strips were primarily written by Chris Weber and edited by Karen Willson with distribution in the U. The newspaper strips were somewhat obscure and were generally lesser known to the wider fan-base, but 1, of the 1, daily strips were finally collected in hardcover format with 'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Masters of the Universe' comic magazine from to also publishing 14 issues of 'For the Honor of Grayskull She-Ra' and several special issues, including 'Twins of Power'. Masters of the Universe and Princess of Power featured in many children's books in the s as well.
One of the main producers of these titles was Golden Books , which published several series of hard and softcover children's books from to the earliest books are more in line with early minicomics, with the later books following the cartoon series; however, Golden Books did introduce their own character of Goat-Man in the book Secret of the Dragon's Egg in Various video game adaptations of the franchise have been released.
Masters of the Universe: Two games, Masters of the Universe: The Arcade Game and Masters of the Universe: A video game based on the movie, Masters of the Universe: Throughout the s a wide array of He-Man merchandise was released, including colouring books, activity books, a Panini Sticker book and many other items. The new character, Gwildor Billy Barty , is included in place of Orko, as the special effects of the time were deemed insufficient and too costly.
In the film, Skeletor has finally conquered Eternia after stealing the Cosmic Key from the locksmith Gwildor, allowing him to gain entry into Castle Grayskull and imprison the Sorceress. Stranded on Earth, they are faced with the task of retrieving their Cosmic Key which has fallen into the hands of the unwitting humans, Julie Winston and Kevin Corrigan and returning to Eternia, before Skeletor can gain the full power of Castle Grayskull. Skeletor sends his minions to Earth with the mission of recovering the Cosmic Key prototype, as the war between good and evil is transferred to Earth, before returning to Eternia for a final battle between He-Man and a golden-clad godlike Skeletor in the film's climax.
Numerous parts of the previously accepted history of the series are omitted in the film, including all references to Prince Adam, Battle Cat, Orko, King Randor and Queen Marlena. Many reviews of the motion picture criticized its departures from the cartoon, although the movie was produced as an adaptation of the toys only, with Filmation having no involvement in the film. The story concentrates more on the science fiction elements of the franchise rather than the fantasy and the majority of the story takes place on Earth rather than on the world of Eternia.
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Also departing from all other depictions, He-Man uses a gun in some scenes, instead of his Power Sword, and he is rarely shown displaying his superhuman strength in the film. Although He-Man twice utters his catchphrase "I Have the Power", while holding the sword aloft in the iconic manner, he does omit the prefacing clause "By the Power of Grayskull".
Although Mattel had hoped that the movie would boost sales of the toyline, it instead had little effect on the line's falling sales, and the MOTU toy line was finally discontinued in early under mounting financial difficulties. A sequel to the film was written, but by , Cannon Films was in such severe financial troubles that it could no longer afford to pay the license fees to Mattel.
The new series is radically different from the original fantasy -oriented milieu, shifting to an almost purely science fiction setting which sees He-Man transported to the futuristic planet of Primus.
He-Man with a new more slender appearance and sporting a ponytail; voiced by Doug Parker leads the heroic Galactic Guardians; while Skeletor also with a new completely look; voiced by Campbell Lane , bases himself on the mutant world of Denebria, forming an alliance with Flogg and his band of Evil Mutants, who are hellbent on conquering Primus for themselves. The series contains continuity links to the original Masters of the Universe , and was intended as a continuation of the existing mythology, although some fans see it as a separate canon from the original series due to the differences in style and character portrayal.
Other than He-Man and Skeletor, the Sorceress of Castle Grayskull is the only character from the original series to make regular appearances in the new series, acting as a spiritual guide to He-Man from afar. Teela also makes a later appearance in the series in the episode Once Upon a Time , although she bears little resemblance to her former Filmation counterpart. Other frequently appearing heroic characters include the young shepherd girl Drissi, her little brother Caz, the scientists Alcon, Gepple, Krex and Meldoc , the robots Gleep and UR, Grot the gardener, councilman Werban, the cyclops Meliac, and the remaining Galactic Guardians: Sagitar, Tuskador, Spinwit and Artilla; with the final members Kayo, Vizor and Nocturna rarely featuring in the show although they did appear in the comics and series intro.
The New Adventures of He-Man cartoon series first aired September 17th, , lasting sixty-five episodes, until the episode The Final Invasion ; which aired on December 14th , and unlike Filmation, did provide some closure to the series. The majority of the cartoon episodes were written by Jack Olesker, resulting in a somewhat tighter continuity than the prior series. The He-Man toy-line, debuting a year earlier than the animated series in , featured four waves of action figures produced in slightly smaller scale to the previous line ; totaling 28 distinct figures in all, with 7 vehicles, 2 playsets and 2 accessory items.
Neither the New Adventures animated series or toy-line proved nearly as popular as the originals, and the line was ended with little fanfare in The New Adventures of He-Man series was also featured in its own series of four minicomics, and in a monthly comic magazine entitled 'He-Man Adventure' which ran for about 6 issues, before returning to adventures on Eternia , and was published by Egmont's London Editions Magazines in the U. These publications differed somewhat from the animated series with the addition of the character Darius who did not appear in the cartoon series , in a major role as leader of the Galactic Council; the transition of the "Power of Castle Grayskull" into the Starship Eternia; and several of the figures sporting alternate names in some media and toy-line releases, such as Flipshot as Icarius, Flogg as Brakk and Slush-Head as Kalamarr.
The Masters of the Universe franchise would not produce any new media for over a decade, although a new series was pitched by Lou Scheimer to DIC Entertainment in The series was to feature He-Ro alter-ego Dare , now the son of He-Man, as a sequel to the original animated series; but remained unproduced. During this hiatus, Masters of the Universe also began a following on the early days of the internet, with sites developed by Kevin Herbert one of the first , Adam Tyner with the Scrolls of Grayskull newsletter , Busta-Toons with focus on the Filmation animated series and many others; eventually ending up with the expansive He-Man.
Masters of the Universe would also appear many times on the Adult Swim stop-motion comedy series Robot Chicken which introduced comedic character Mo-Larr. Both He-Man and Skeletor are often mentioned in pop culture, as seen on the long running animated series, The Simpsons on a few occasions. In , however, Mattel did act on the growing nostalgia for the s action figures, by re-releasing replicas of many of the figures, under the banner of the Masters of the Universe Commemorative line.
Each volume contained an extensive array of special features including original documentaries produced for the DVD set, featuring interviews from many series creators and writers such as Lou Scheimer , Larry DiTillio , Paul Dini and others. In , Mattel launched a new Masters of the Universe toyline with sculpts designed by the Four Horsemen. The new toyline was made surprisingly faithful to the original line, with the characters gently "re-imagined" and updated in terms of sculpting detail rather than radically reinterpreted.
One point of contention for many fans of the original Masters toyline was the redesign of He-Man's Power Sword. According to the Four Horsemen , this was due to their original re-sculpts being intended for a continuation of the original storyline in which Skeletor had obtained both halves of the Power Sword hence the new Skeletor figure's dual blades with clear "good" and "evil" hilt designs , necessitating a new sword to be built by Man-At-Arms and endowed with the properties of the original by the Sorceress.
These factors likely contributed to the cancelation of the line in and ultimately not achieving the success of its 's counterpart. The line's faithfulness to the original series made it very popular with collectors, however, suggesting it would have been better served as a collector-based line, akin to DC Direct. This theory was borne out in the wake of the discontinuation of the mass-market toyline, with NECA taking the rather unprecedented step of continuing the toyline through action figure sized mini-statues scaled and sculpted to be aesthetically compatible for display alongside the Mattel toys.
NECA would produce 22 'staction figures' in total, allowing fans to fill out their collections with other Four Horsemen redesigned characters that had yet to be produced as figures when the toyline was canceled. According to a December 8, interview with a Mattel representative on he-man. Instead, NECA was only permitted to produce nonarticulated statues, which they did from to A new animated series was produced to accompany the toyline, made by Mike Young Productions and lasting for 39 episodes; with the series making its premiere on Cartoon Network's Toonami on August 16, and airing its final episode on January 10, King Randor, was now a general rather than king, from an Eternian royal lineage , pronounced ruler of Eternia by the Elders of the Hall of Wisdom, which have gone into hiding inside the depths of Castle Grayskull.
Backstories of occasional characters such as Fisto, Moss-Man, Webstor, Zodak regarded a different character as opposed to the earlier Zodac , Two-Bad portrayed as two bounty hunters known as Tuvar and Baddhra, magically combined into one being by Skeletor's magic , Stinkor finally making an appearance in cartoon continuity as the mutated form of Odiphus are all expanded upon. Later episodes of this series were re-titled Masters of the Universe vs.
He-man's ancestor King Grayskull and his Sorceress wife Veena also debuted in this season against his nemesis Hordak now an ancient sorcerer. Hordak and the Evil Horde were to be the main antagonists for the third season if the show had continued, but it was not renewed. The 40th and final episode was produced as a comic-book 'special feature' on the last DVD set of the series; which was part of a three volume release, originally by BCI Eclipse in and later in a collected release by Mill Creek Entertainment in and A game based on the series, He-Man: Defender of Grayskull , was released for PlayStation 2 in February From Image Comics and MVCreations published several series of comics and one-shots that mirrored tales of the Mike Young Productions show; the comic series elaborated and added to the mythos by introducing characters that never made it in after the 39 episodes of the television series.
Along with these, a handful of special or 'pack-in' one-shots and trade paperback collected volumes were also produced. In a new incarnation of Masters of the Universe was announced, with the first action figure, King Grayskull, released at San Diego Comic Con Based on the look of the original s MOTU toys, this new toyline was aimed primarily at the adult toy collector market, often available only through subscriptions from MattyCollector. Sculpted by the Four Horsemen, these toys were updated versions of previous figures as well as characters that never before had an action figure made of them; such as Filmation's Queen Marlena, Fang-Man, Lizard-Man, Count Marzo, Granamyr and many others.
Masters of the Universe Classics surpassed the original s toyline in terms of length, running continuously for 7 years with over different figures produced since its launch in August Super7 releases include 's Mattel inspired figures from their animation special, "The Curse of the Three Terrors", the Masters of the Universe 'Ultimates' line which consists of 'deluxe' re-releases of Classics figures , and the continuation of the previous Classics and Club Grayskull lines.
Starting in , Dark Horse Comics produced mini-comics included in Mattel's Masters of the Universe Classics line of toys, continuing the series of mini-comics first introduced in the original MOTU toys of the s. Seeley stated that these comics were intended to blend the different He-Man continuities and select the best stories and ideas from MOTU history. These mini-comics provide an origin story of Keldor Skeletor , and then proceed to join into the later New Adventures of He-Man continuity. The Fall of Eternia saga in the final issues, incorporates the proposed Dare, son of He-man He-Ro II series from the s, along with many 'Create-a-character' contest finalist designs from the 's Masters of the Universe Magazine.
Many of these stories are meant to be read in conjunction with the altered continuity presented in the character biographies on the cardbacks of the Masters of the Universes Classic's line action figure packaging, and thus do not provide a detailed flowing narrative in the minicomics themselves. A Character Guide and World Compendium'. For many years now, fan-sites such as He-Man.
Masters of the Universe was also featured in the 3rd episode of the first season of the well received Netflix series The Toys That Made Us in and in with the release of the Power of Grayskull: A Masters of the Universe comic book series was relaunched by DC Comics in , first appearing as a series of digital comics. This was quickly followed by a six issue mini-series and all new revised origin issues for He-Man, Skeletor and Hordak. This introduced a new back-story for He-man's sister She-ra as Despara , Skeletor as the half-Gar son of King Miro , Hordak, and the Snakemen; moving the storyline further along, with a new Horde invasion of Eternia and He-Man taking the Eternian throne, amongst other new developments.
The series is executive produced by award-winning author, Noelle Stevenson creator of Nimona and Lumberjanes. The series first season of thirteen episodes was released on Netflix November 13, Also appearing in the series are Swift Wind initially referred to as 'Horsey', without the alter-ego of Spirit , Light Hope as a female hologram generated by the "First Ones" , Sea Hawk as a glory-seeking associate of Mermista , Castaspella as the sister of Angella's deceased husband King Micah and Madame Razz as an older and confused forest dweller with knowledge of prior "She-Ra's".
The evil Horde returns as the villainous overlords of Etheria, and although Hordak remains leader of the Horde, Catra is often presented as the primary antagonist, with a much stronger relationship established between her and Adora. Shadow Weaver and Scorpia also play prominent roles within the series, and cadets Lonnie and Kyle are introduced possibly inspired by previous Filmation characters ; however, no other previously established Horde members other than Grizzlor, Imp and Octavia are yet to appear.
Although no longer directly linked to He-Man or the Masters of the Universe in this first season, Eternia, Castle Grayskull and Adora's Kidnapping as a child are referenced. Since a reboot of Masters of the Universe has been in the works but has gone through development hell with various studios, directors and writers connected to the project. Variety reported in that Grayskull: Masters of the Universe would be produced by Joel Silver , and written by Justin Marks, and employing visual special effects to a large degree, as was done with the war film [] With that deal to reboot the film going nowhere, Warner Bros.
On 12 May , it was announced that the scripting duties had been handed to newcomer Evan Daugherty, with John Stevenson still attached to direct. Chu was in talks to direct the film. The film would be set on Eternia. The site also reported that Chu would not direct the film.
This draft of the script would be set on Eternia, but not exclusively there. We want it to be clicking on all cylinders in that regard. During the search for his replacement Entertainment Weekly reported that David S. Goyer had been brought in to write the script. The action figures themselves were often repaints and head-swaps of existing characters, outfitted with different equipment; for example, Stinkor was originally a color-swap of Mer-Man wearing a re-colored version of Mekaneck 's breastplate.
For much of the original line, there were limited molds. Teela had her own mold, which was later duplicated for Evil-Lyn. Wave three incorporated the same torso for Whiplash and Buzz-Off. New legs were shared with Whiplash, Buzz-Off and an early release of Clawful. Wave Four saw the introduction of more unique body parts i.
Wave 5 featured completely unique parts for almost every new character, while the final waves largely returned to the "classic" look of shared sculpts. Each action figure featured 5 points of articulation poseable head, arms and legs , removable armor, a weapon accessory and a spring-loaded "Power punch" at the waist. All 8 characters featured the twist waist action, but it was Wave 2 that saw the introduction of additional action features unique to the character, such as Tri-Klops ' rotating visor and Ram Man's spring-loaded legs.
Each figure would also come packaged with a mini-comic.