Not to be confused with The
Sword of She-Ra or The Secret of the
Sword, The Story of She-Ra (1985)
is the first Princess of Power
mini-comic. He-Man’s in it, or we wouldn’t be here. No author or artist is
credited, but I’d guess Larry Houston on the pencils and maybe Bruce Timm on
the inks.
This is a vastly different origin: Adora’s still kidnapped
by the Horde as a baby, but the only ones who appear in this story are Hordak
and Catra. As this story begins, Adora’s already free and a good guy somehow,
she’s already got the sword somehow, and she turns into She-Ra on
her own (in front of Catra) somehow. Thus, He-Man drops by pretty much just to
say hi. It’s borderline incoherent. Typos abound. Also, the moral’s printed explicitly
in red because…girls are stupid?
The art is perfectly fine and the colors are good, but it can be confusing because Adora looks like She-Ra already, like the action figure does. When Adora changes into She-Ra, her headpiece flips around to go over her
eyes, Batman-style, following the original toy concept; otherwise, her outfit doesn’t really change.
In short, this one’s a mess. It might be worth a look just for
how wacky it is.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
Read it HERE
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