***SPOILERS***
He-Man: The Eternity
War #10–12 (DC) are written by Dan Abnett and illustrated by Pop Mhan.
Here, Adam wages his inevitable internal war against King Hsss, Sorceress-Teela
battles Sorceress-Evil-Lyn, and we finally find out what’s been going on with
Man-At-Arms since way the heck back in issue #2.
The Sorceress can rescue She-Ra like it’s nothing? Oh,
that’s convenient. Moss Man can erase the entire Fright Zone? Oh, that’s
convenient. On it goes. All of this is rushed, thrown together with
insufficient buildup. We’ve also got a bunch of awful speechy dialogue that
Abnett had previously done an adequate job of avoiding.
So this showdown between Sorceress-Teela and
Sorceress-Evil-Lyn: I’ve complained a little in the past about the
ill-conceived religion of this Eternia. Here, we’re told that it’s “two sides
of the same goddess” that are battling. That doesn’t even make any sense.
Whatever. It’s dumb.
There’s a new character here, War Wraith, and of course it’s
Man-At-Arms, because who else was it going to be? At least one classic
character and possibly more gets killed off—it doesn’t matter who, because the
characterizations have been either so poor or so nonexistent that it’s
impossible to care.
Shoutouts are due to the artist here, first for doing a
squadron of Dragon Walkers without making them look completely ridiculous, and
second for finally giving me the
classic He-Man and Battle Cat design.
Things are obviously building to the inevitable climactic
showdown between He-Man and Skeletor, but honestly, I’m not sure I even know
who to root for at this point. But that’s all right, because I don’t actually
care, either. Let’s just get this over with.
TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT
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