KING OF THE SNAKE MEN

Honestly, I'm not sure if this was done by the same Bruce Timm that we all are familiar with from his work on various DC/WARNER cartoons, but if it is, this has to be one of his earliest professional art projects. I'm pretty sure it's the same awesome Stan Sakai who did the lettering.

Regardless, this is a worthwhile trip down memory lane (for me anyway).

© 1985 MATTEL INC.










This first panel reminds me of PEARLS BEFORE SWINE for some reason.







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NOSTALGIA FLASHBACK 1986

Masters of the Universe was a line of toys from Mattel started in 1981. If you didn't live during the 1980s, you'd probably find it hard to believe just how insanely popular these things were. I can remember when just about every kid in the neighborhood had them. Since they were a little bit larger, it was pretty easy for He Man to stomp the crap out of the smaller Star Wars figures, but he was still small enough to prevent him from having any meaningful interactions with Barbie.
Anyways, the toys spawned several different animated series, and multiple comic adaptions as well. there was even a live-action movie released in 1987.
This two-part epic is from the British comic series, artist and writer uncredited.

from MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE #6, 5 June 1986:



*No, you haven't gone color blind. A lot of these UK-produced comics had some portions of them printed in black and white. I guess that's how they kept publishing costs down.









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HE-MAN and MR. T

Iconic '80s action figure hero He-Man meets A-Team star Mr. T in this almost funny parody from CRACKED #215, October 1985
Illustrated by John Reiner.







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