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Masters of the Universe: Revolution
Journey to the earliest days of one of the universe’s most consequential, and fraught, team ups in this official graphic novel prequel to the Netflix series Masters of the Revolution!
A prophecy has been foretold. One that will forever bind the fates of the Masters of the Universe’s two greatest Hordak and Skeletor.
Hordak is an ambitious general, eager to make his mark; Skeletor is an aspiring mage, hungry for power. Joining forces, melding ancient Eternian magic with advanced Horde technology, could bring them all their evil hearts’ desire...but they’ll have to survive each other first.
Collect the thrilling, four-issue series written by the producers of the Netflix series Masters of the Revolution!
A prophecy has been foretold. One that will forever bind the fates of the Masters of the Universe’s two greatest Hordak and Skeletor.
Hordak is an ambitious general, eager to make his mark; Skeletor is an aspiring mage, hungry for power. Joining forces, melding ancient Eternian magic with advanced Horde technology, could bring them all their evil hearts’ desire...but they’ll have to survive each other first.
Collect the thrilling, four-issue series written by the producers of the Netflix series Masters of the Revolution!
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112 pages, Paperback
Published January 21, 2025
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August 4, 2025
EN This read left me quite divided when it comes to my final assessment.
Let’s start with the good: visually, this is one of the best Masters of the Universe artworks I’ve ever seen — perhaps even the best. The graphic quality has improved immensely since the 1980s animated series, and here, artist Daniel HDR brings the universe and its characters into the 21st century in a way that stays true to the original style. Hordak’s visual design, in particular, is outstanding. And the cover is absolutely stunning.
Now, my issue lies with the story. I actually liked that most of the narrative was told from the perspective of the Horde and its leader, Hordak. While I do like Skeletor, I’ve always found Hordak to be a much more compelling and threatening character. However, I honestly don’t understand this constant obsession with recreating and retelling the origin of this universe. In this case, the story tries to build a foundation for the relationship between Hordak, Skeletor, and the kingdom of Eternia — something already addressed in the original movie, The Secret of the Sword.
It feels like every recent MOTU story revolves around this same theme, and I can’t understand why. The universe is already well established. Why not treat the original series as canon and focus on telling new stories that build upon it? They could still add new elements to enrich the world along the way.
There’s an obvious attempt to reinvent the wheel — which is a shame, because I actually think this comic is far superior to the recent Netflix series, which I personally see as an insult to the essence of Masters of the Universe.
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PT Esta leitura deixou-me bastante dividido quanto à avaliação final.
Começando pelos pontos positivos: visualmente, esta é das melhores artes que já vi associadas ao universo Masters of the Universe — talvez mesmo a melhor. A qualidade gráfica evoluiu imenso desde a série de animação dos anos 80, e aqui o desenhador Daniel HDR consegue transportar este universo e as suas personagens para o século XXI de forma fiel ao estilo original. O visual de Hordak, em particular, está excecional. E a capa é simplesmente estrondosa.
O problema, para mim, está na história. Até gostei do facto de grande parte do enredo ser contado do ponto de vista da Horda e do seu líder, Hordak. Apesar de gostar de Skeletor, sempre considerei Hordak uma personagem mais interessante e ameaçadora. No entanto, confesso que não percebo esta obsessão recorrente em recontar e reinventar a origem deste universo. Neste caso, a narrativa tenta estabelecer as fundações da relação entre Hordak, Skeletor e o reino de Eternia — algo que já tinha sido abordado no filme original O Segredo da Espada.
Parece que todas as histórias recentes de Masters of the Universe giram em torno disto, e sinceramente não entendo porquê. O universo já está criado, com bases sólidas. Porque não assumir a série original como cânone e construir a partir daí? Criar novas histórias que expandam esse mundo, introduzindo elementos que o enriqueçam, em vez de andar sempre a mexer no que já foi definido.
Há aqui uma tentativa demasiado evidente de reinventar a roda — o que é uma pena, porque esta BD está, a meu ver, bem acima das recentes séries da Netflix, que considero uma deturpação da verdadeira essência de MOTU.
Let’s start with the good: visually, this is one of the best Masters of the Universe artworks I’ve ever seen — perhaps even the best. The graphic quality has improved immensely since the 1980s animated series, and here, artist Daniel HDR brings the universe and its characters into the 21st century in a way that stays true to the original style. Hordak’s visual design, in particular, is outstanding. And the cover is absolutely stunning.
Now, my issue lies with the story. I actually liked that most of the narrative was told from the perspective of the Horde and its leader, Hordak. While I do like Skeletor, I’ve always found Hordak to be a much more compelling and threatening character. However, I honestly don’t understand this constant obsession with recreating and retelling the origin of this universe. In this case, the story tries to build a foundation for the relationship between Hordak, Skeletor, and the kingdom of Eternia — something already addressed in the original movie, The Secret of the Sword.
It feels like every recent MOTU story revolves around this same theme, and I can’t understand why. The universe is already well established. Why not treat the original series as canon and focus on telling new stories that build upon it? They could still add new elements to enrich the world along the way.
There’s an obvious attempt to reinvent the wheel — which is a shame, because I actually think this comic is far superior to the recent Netflix series, which I personally see as an insult to the essence of Masters of the Universe.
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PT Esta leitura deixou-me bastante dividido quanto à avaliação final.
Começando pelos pontos positivos: visualmente, esta é das melhores artes que já vi associadas ao universo Masters of the Universe — talvez mesmo a melhor. A qualidade gráfica evoluiu imenso desde a série de animação dos anos 80, e aqui o desenhador Daniel HDR consegue transportar este universo e as suas personagens para o século XXI de forma fiel ao estilo original. O visual de Hordak, em particular, está excecional. E a capa é simplesmente estrondosa.
O problema, para mim, está na história. Até gostei do facto de grande parte do enredo ser contado do ponto de vista da Horda e do seu líder, Hordak. Apesar de gostar de Skeletor, sempre considerei Hordak uma personagem mais interessante e ameaçadora. No entanto, confesso que não percebo esta obsessão recorrente em recontar e reinventar a origem deste universo. Neste caso, a narrativa tenta estabelecer as fundações da relação entre Hordak, Skeletor e o reino de Eternia — algo que já tinha sido abordado no filme original O Segredo da Espada.
Parece que todas as histórias recentes de Masters of the Universe giram em torno disto, e sinceramente não entendo porquê. O universo já está criado, com bases sólidas. Porque não assumir a série original como cânone e construir a partir daí? Criar novas histórias que expandam esse mundo, introduzindo elementos que o enriqueçam, em vez de andar sempre a mexer no que já foi definido.
Há aqui uma tentativa demasiado evidente de reinventar a roda — o que é uma pena, porque esta BD está, a meu ver, bem acima das recentes séries da Netflix, que considero uma deturpação da verdadeira essência de MOTU.
January 30, 2025
I had to give this book 5 stars. If you have seen the second season of Netflix's Master of the Universe series, you know the plan.
This book shows how the alliance between Hordak and Skeletor was forged, but also the origin of Skeletor.
This book had great artwork and fits perfectly into the Netflix MOFU. The book finishes with the cliffhanger from the end of the season and sketchbook of character designs and a cover gallery.
This book shows how the alliance between Hordak and Skeletor was forged, but also the origin of Skeletor.
This book had great artwork and fits perfectly into the Netflix MOFU. The book finishes with the cliffhanger from the end of the season and sketchbook of character designs and a cover gallery.
August 31, 2025
Aus Nostalgie und aufgrund der Serie zugegriffen, aber bis auf ein paar optische Highlights, ist die Story des Comics doch etwas lame. Würde ich nicht wieder kaufen.
November 8, 2024
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This prequel comic to the Netflix Masters of the Universe: Revolution show is an interesting origin story for Skeletor and provides a lot of backstory in general to this take on the Masters of the Universe franchise.The story shows us how and why Kaldor ends up with Hordak and the events that end up leading to him taking on the Havoc Staff and becoming Skeletor. We get nice amounts of insight into Hordak and I like that it's mostly set outside of Eternia show casing the size of the horde. The story is decent, if a bit predictable even for a story where you already know how it's going to end.
Weirdly on the negative side, there is perhaps even too much exposition which makes the plot run fairly slowly. I consider myself as a fan and I'm rarely in a situation where I don't want to know more of the lore but here I started to feel like being taught things I really do not need to know. I'm also not a big fan when a story explains the motivations of a character over and over again, especially in situations where they are obvious already.
The art in the comic is really good, and matches the look and feel of the TV series very well. This is, however, a speech-bubble heavy comic and I feel the art is there just to support it.
Overall, I did like this quite a bit and if you enjoyed the TV show, you should definitely pick this up. It's definitely written for the fans though and more toward the hardcode end. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.
February 23, 2026
Expandiendo el universo de la serie de Netflix
Reseña de la versión en español de editorial Moztros
Si no te gustó lo que hicieron en la serie de Netflix, este libro no es para ti,pero si te agrada expandir en una delas múltiples líneas argumentales que Mattel ha creado para seguir vendiendo juguetes de Herman y compañía, este es un buen origen para Skeletor y su alianza con Hordak. Es acompañado de un buen arte de línea sencilla con buenos acabados de color, que recuerdan mucho el estilo de la serie.
Eso sería lo que podría decir sin revelar mucho del argumento, que tiene sus buenos girso, aunque muchos de ellos predecibles, pero en un viaje entretenido.
Reseña de la versión en español de editorial Moztros
Si no te gustó lo que hicieron en la serie de Netflix, este libro no es para ti,pero si te agrada expandir en una delas múltiples líneas argumentales que Mattel ha creado para seguir vendiendo juguetes de Herman y compañía, este es un buen origen para Skeletor y su alianza con Hordak. Es acompañado de un buen arte de línea sencilla con buenos acabados de color, que recuerdan mucho el estilo de la serie.
Eso sería lo que podría decir sin revelar mucho del argumento, que tiene sus buenos girso, aunque muchos de ellos predecibles, pero en un viaje entretenido.
October 17, 2025
I absolutely love the absurdity of the toy line, just pure 80s madness. The story here helps explain the history of Skeletor and Hordok, their ties and eventual falling out. Solid art, great battle scenes. The best part is the acceptance of the absurdity- Hordok sees his future (which alright, it’s a fantasy story why not) and then rides off on a mechanical praying mantis (hell yea). It’s so silly but doesn’t laugh at itself and it doesn’t try to hide the fun and wring the story through a modern “nihilistic realism” look.
It’s fun, it’s dumb. Just like me! I enjoyed this one.
It’s fun, it’s dumb. Just like me! I enjoyed this one.
October 18, 2024
This was a really great story that enhanced both the animated series and the previous tie-in comics as we got some excellent Easter eggs and depth to characters and storylines with a few teases toward the future. I hope we keep getting these stories as Dark Horse has really turned in great Masters of the Universe adventures in the short time they've had the license.
Special Thanks to Dark Horse Comics and Edelweiss Plus for the digital ARC. This was given to me for an honest review.
Special Thanks to Dark Horse Comics and Edelweiss Plus for the digital ARC. This was given to me for an honest review.
June 5, 2025
Excellent read
This is a brilliant read full of twists and turns and deep character development. You get a really good look into Jordan and skeletor. The use of the fright zone is very clever too.
This is a brilliant read full of twists and turns and deep character development. You get a really good look into Jordan and skeletor. The use of the fright zone is very clever too.
April 6, 2025
I haven’t watched the Netflix show yet but this book does some good world building that reads well.
April 28, 2025
Pretty good origin story for Skeletor.
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